Today’s featured harness racing trot was the Prix de Meadowland (purse 30,000€, 2550 meters, 18 starters) at Beaumont de Lomagne.
The 2/1 second choice Cap de Marmont (7m Islero de Bellouet) scored timed in 1.14.82kr with Dominik Cordeau up for trainer Denis Brossard. From post 18 he won for the 15 th time in 62 career starts.
The 1.1/1 favorite Dimoko de Jamal (6g Timoko) held second with Manuel Criado at the lines and 37/1 Brillant Madrik (8g Lilium Madrik) was third with Mme. Elise Lepage aboard. Cap de Narmont and Brillant Madrik raced from 25-meter handicaps.
On yesterday’s trots program at Enghien was the Quinte+ Prix de L’Opera (purse 58,000€, 2150 meters autostart, 16 European starters).
Victory went to 10/1 All Feeling (9m Otello Pierji) with Eric Raffin up timed in 1.12.2kr, his seventh career win in 58 outings. 19/1 Amour Orageux, Yoann Lebourgeois up, and Showmar (8m SJs Photo) was third for trainer/driver Andrea Guzzinati,
All Feeling
Even-money favorite Azur des Caillons and 19/1 Bauloise Haufor completed the exact order top five that paid 19,242,60€ to the 16 holders of a 2€ ticket.
The Q+ pool was 3,103,892€ and the race handle exceeded 6,774,000€.
The day before (July 9) the Q+ was the Prix Synergie (purse 35,000€, 3000 meters, 16 European starters) at Chateaubriant. Usain Henna (9m Super Light-Kessandra Kuron) was the 1.14.4kr timed winner, his sixth score in 16 outings in FR now for 318.480€ in life earnings, for reinsman Mathieu Mottier and trainer Jorgen Westholm.
Usain Henna
The 4.8/1 Bleu Ciel was second for David Thomain and 52/1 Aperto Wild was third, ahead of 21/1 Atino de L’Ormerie and 7.1/1 Juvels Boy. There was two winning tickets that paid 158,602.60€ with the Q+ pool being 2,781,135€ and the race handle was above 6,420,000€.
Thomas H. Hicks