March 21, 2019 – The 1.3/1 favorite DC (5f Great Challenger-Quite A Beauty) took Thursday’s Grand Prix d’Ardeuil AOC Buzet (purse 32,000€, 2625 meters, 15 European starters) at Agen la Garenne. This race was the day’s Quinte+ event and the 1.13.9kr timed victory by CD, reined by Nicolas Bazire for owner/trainer J-M Bazire, was his first in France and increased his life earnings to 113,097€.
6.1/1 Massive Attach (6m Pine Chip-Ibis SE) was second for trainer/driver Olivier Raffin.
Ahead of third finishing 15/1 Dauphin du Lot (6g Laetenter Diem) with trainer B. Muel aboard.
9.1/1 Ulberto (8m Broadway Hall-Depuis Blue) and 50.8/1 Damour Jiel (6m Rombaldi) comoleted the top five, setting up a 8,143.20€ payoff for a 2€ ticket.
There were 94 winning tickets and the Q+ pool reached 3,120.578€.
The total of all pool of this Q+ race was 6,354,000€.
CD
On the same card was the Grand Prix Dynavena Maisagri (purse 38,000, 2625 meters, 12 European starters) with the 1.13.3kr timed victory earned by 3.3/1 Cap de Narmont (7m Islero de Bellouet-Sissi de Narmont) with Denis Brossard driving, to his 13th career win in 58 appearances.
52.5/1 Casting de Chenu for Pierre Pellerot and 69.9/1 Byron du Klau with Olivier Raffin up, completed the top three finishers.
Cap de Narmont
Say Wolvega this day their featured event was the 10,000€ purse Championnat d’Hivier Finale. Raced over 2600 meters autostart by nine starters, the victory went to 16.6/1 Dream Gibus (6g Love You-Qualite Gibus) reined by trainer Mme. Anne Lahmann for owner Drafsport Lehmann.
The 2.2/1 second favorite Ditto Quick (6g Cezio Josselyn) was second for owner/driver Sven Hoste and third was 8.3/1 Dillinger Gentil (6g Kiwi) for Micha Brower.
The race favorite, 3/5 odds Brio de Janeiro, was a dq.
Dream Gibus
Thomas H. Hicks