July 4, 2015 – Today’s Enghien harness racing feature was the Gr. III Prix de Berlin (€85,000 purse, 2150 meters autostart, 10 European starters) and it went to 4/5 odds favorite Coquin Bebe (3m Rancho Gede-Noble Nanette-Gazouillis) clocked in 1.13.8kr for Franck Nivard, trainer Franck Leblanc and owner Mme. Annie Bezier.
Fast closing 17/1 Chateauroux (3m Sam Bourbon-Only Way-Vikings Way) rallied late for owner/driver Jean-Pierre Dubois and trainer Yves Boireau for second. Eric Raffin piloted Caid Griff (3m Password-Savane Griff-Tenor de Baune) was third at 8/1 for trainer Sebastien Guarato and owner Ecurie Griff.
Italy’s Toseland Kyu (3m Love You-Zorayo Kyu), trained by Catello Savarese and driven by Santo Mollo, was fourth ahead of Tantalio (3m Le Touquet-Powerful Victory) trained by Fabrice Souloy and handled by Anthony Barrier, this one also from Italy.
Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pInqNgSnsCM
Also on the fine Enghien card was the Quinte+ (€4 million jackpot) Prix de la Manche (€85,000 purse, 2875 meters, 15 European starters) and it went to the 1.15.3kr easy winner Romanesque (5m Love You-Guantanamera-Viking Kronos).
Trainer Christophe Martens was aboard for owner BVBA Campus RPF. Marco Smorgon bred this one that was off at 2.4/1 odds.
Romanesque recorded career win 11 for €203,748 earned.
Perkins Grif (6m Classic Photo-Radiant Victory) was second at 4/1 for Anthony Barrier and trainer Fabrice Souloy. 9/1 Uranie Lorraine (7f Goetmals Wood-Garonnaise) was third for reinsman Franck Nivard, with fourth to 9/1 Tischendorf Padd (8g Baccarat du Port-Milady de Padd) and Mathieu Abrivard ahead of 26/1 Unice de Guez (7f Capriccio-Eau Blanche) for Eric Raffin and trainer J-M Bazire.
Thomas H. Hicks