June 16, 2015 – Jean-Pierre Dubois teamed his Ecurie D bred Calita Wood (3f Goetmals Wood-Qualita Bourbon-Love You) to victory at 7/1 odds in tonight’s harness racing Prix Eunyke (€41,000 purse, 2100 meters autostart, 16 starters) clocked in 1.13.4kr. The winner bested 15/1 odds stablemate Chanson d’Amour (3f Sam Bourbon-Song Of Love-Coktail Jet) by five lengths. Julien Dubois drove Chanson d’Amour and Yves Boireau trains both the Jean-Pierre Dubois owned and bred fillies. 7/1 Calyloulou (3f Gazouillis-Neige de Genetine) was third for pilot Pierre Vercruysse.
The Dubois entry represents highly productive Ecurie D franco-american pedigrees. Qualita Bourbon, a winner of over US$1.8 million, was a major group event winner at ages three and four and finished third at age five in the Prix d’Amerique. Her maternal family is second dam Etta Extra (Florestan-Une Crown-Speedy Crown). The dam of second finishing Chanson d’Amour is Song Of Love (Coktail Jet-Guilty Of Love-And Arifant-Amour d’Aunou – Speedy Somolli-Nesmile). Guilty Of Love produced Love You, Nice Love, and Repeat Love while Amour d’Aunou foaled In Love With You and Private Love. The fabulous mare Nesmile produced Buvetier d’Aunou, Defi d’Aunou and Extreme Aunou and their accomplishments on track and as sires are too numerous to list.
Also on the evening Vincennes card the Prix Polana (€46,000 purse, 2850 meters, monte with 10 starters) went to Bad Boy Terie (4g Showtime Bourbon-Perla di Parma) at 38/1 for jockey P-Ph Ploquin. 5/1 Brioni Arctic (4g Prodigious-Spring Flower) was second for Mathieu Mottier. The winners’ sire is Kaisy Dream (Extreme Dream-Daisy Chain-Speedy Somolli) and his dam is the Workaholic mare My Lady Bourbon.
This day Arqana Trot held its spring mixed sale at Cabourg.
133 head were cataloged with 97 sold for gross proceeds of €1,175,500 (average €12,119). Percent sold (72.9%), gross and average were well above the 2014 results (50% sold, gross €678,000 for 68 head, average €9.971). Hip 64 Aller Simple (5m Kaiser Soze-Origine d’Ar-Corot) led the parade at €56,000 with the final bid to Jerome X. Maillard.
Thomas H. Hicks