Trotting on the turf continued Sunday at Arras (FR) as the Trophee Vert harness racing series took the form of the Prix Pascal Noe (purse €45,000, 2875 meters, 18 starters).
4.6/1 After River rallied on the fan-side to score for Gabriel Gelormini, trainer Sebastien Guarato and owner Gerard Manzi.
The six year-old daughter of Quaker Jet-Ogusa de la Merite) defeated 19.6/1 Un Satin Rose (8g Ganymede-Dentelle Rose) with Franck Ouvrie up.
Third was 5.2/1 Ambassadeur d’Am (6g Orlando Vici-Halotte des Acres) with Christophe Martens at the lines.
Well-regarded Tagada Tagada, off at 8.5/1 odds, finished seventh.
Thomas H. Hicks