Bold Eagle (5m Ready Cash-Reethi Rah Jet) eased to the front, set tepid fractions, and then raced home to easily capture the €240,000 purse Gr. I Criterium des 5 Ans at Paris Vincennes today. Harness racing driver Franck Nivard teamed the 1.14kr timed winner owned by PierrePilarski, trained by Sebastian Guarato and bred by Jean Etienne Dubois.
Off at 1/10 odds Bold Eagle recorded his 27th career win in 31 starts for €2,110,300 earned.
10.5/1 Belina Josselyn (5f Love You-Lezira Josselyn) raced well to be second for trainer/driver J-M Bazire and owner/breeder Yvan Bernard. Third was 12.9/1 Baltic Charm (5m Password-Ilikova) with Eric Raffin up for trainer Guarato, owner St. Szward and breeder Jean Philippe Dubois. Bolero Love and Briac Dark were fourth and fifth with second choice Bird Parker an early breaking dq.
The undercard included wins in Groupe races by Django Riff, Dawana, Tornado Bello Cere Josselyn and Aubrion du Gers. J-M Bazire won two of the days’ six Groupe contests.
Thomas H, Hicks