November 28, 2015 – Today’s Prix de Saint Loup (purse €20,000, 2650 meters, 16 starters) for three year-old fillies went to 15/1 Cybele Castelets (3f Quaker Jet-Elide) for trainer/driver Nicolas Ensch and owner Patrick Aubin. The 1.18.9kr winner defeated 8.3/1 Conquete A Deux (3f Sam Bourbon-Nina Madrik) along the pegs driven by Kevin Vanderschelden, trainer Yves Boireau and owner Jean-Pierre Dubois. 4.4/1 Carla de Flosaille (3f Rapidedu Bois-L’Epopee) was third.
Trainer/driver Nicolas Ensch won the Prix Genera;l Bonnafe (purse €34,000, 2650 meters, 16 European starters) with 1.15.8kr timed, 3.2/1 odds Truman Dairpet (8g Biesolo-Heloise Poterie), owned by Ecurie du Haras de l’Epinay. The classy veteran defeated 27.2/1 Verdict d’Honneur (6g Prodigious-Place d’Honneau) drivemn by trainer Anthony Laigrom and third finishing 2.2/1 odds Potenza OM (6f Yankee Glide-Francee di Jesolo) driven by trainer Pietro Gubellini.
The Prix Oscar RL (purse €22,000, 2650 meters, 12 starters) at Pont de Vivaux went to 3.6/1 Amtao (5g Rocklyn-Melia Clairchamp) clocked in 1.16.9kr for Kevin Van The Vanderschelden, trainer Yves Boireau and owner Jean-Pierre Dubois. The winner defeated 13.4/1 Aubin de Larcy (5g Assaim Laurent-Quismie de Bavent) and 3.8/1 Astre de Feu (5m Diamant Gede-Nuit de Feu) the latter owned/trained/driven by Nicolas Ensch.
Attenarco(5g Ready Cash-Mattmarra( won today’s Prix du Cheval Francias at Avenches carrying a purse of €12,489 and contested by seven over 3000 meters autostart. This 3/10 favorite scored in 1.17.2kr for He. Turrettini, owner/driver. 9.5/1 Scoop de Bellouet (8g Jag de Bellouet-Muse de Bellouet) was second for Pascal Schneider with third to 23/1 Une du Martz (7f Carpe Diem-L’Aventure).
Avenches’ Swiss Champions contest (purse €16,652, 2350 meters autostart, nine starters) went to the 1.16.3kr winner Podium du Rib (12g Giant Cat-Gallia de Vandel) reined by Mme. Rene Aebischer and owner Ecurie Rhythm & Blues. Qudeko d’Ete (11g Off Guy-Vitesse) was second for Heniz Gubler and third went to Rebus (7g In Love With You-Kattnouga) for Marcel Humbert and Stall Allegra Racing Club.
Thomas H. Hicks