August 19, 2017 – Ubu Kiraly (4m Vioxx SR-Helikon-Awesome Goal) won the first heat of the Istvan Sent DIJ (total purse 2,000,000Huf, 1960 meters distance handicap for three and four year olds) for Lajos Martin, harness racing trainer/driver for Amma i. timed in 1.18.5kr, as he won on disqualification of Villam Ville for that one being rough gaited in the late going.
The placed winner overcame a 40 meter penalty.
Urania RG (3m SJs Photo-Vitesse OR-Indro Park) was placed second for trainer/driver Tibor Hajnal. Villeneuve (3m Pilgrims Taj-Brisco Emma-Brisco Roberto) was placed third for trainer/driver Laszlo Kolozsi.
The top point winners of the two heats earned their purse checks.
Heat number two saw Ubu Kiraly end fourth, behind winner Vital RG (3m SJs Photo-Vitesse OR-Indro Park) timed in 1.19kr for Tibor Hajnal, the trainer/driver. Villeneuve and 40 meters handicapped Urania RG were second and third in this effort.
Ubu Kiraly was the overall point winner and he earned the trophy and first purse money of one million Huf.
Early in the program two year olds contested the Janos Szalay Memorial (purse 1,100,000 Huf, 1800 meters autostart) and the 1.20.6kr timed winner was Zeal di Cirifalco (2m Igor Font-Inviata d’Italia-Varenne) scoring his first win off a qualifier for Valjko Mazsity, the trainer/driver. Zenit Charme (2m Offenbach Bigi-Jolly Beauty-Valley Guardian) was second for trainer/driver Imre Fazekas ahead of Veritable Yankee (2m Yankee Mustang-Vega Zilelor-Komediart) for Csaba Lakatos.
Among the weekly upper class event winners this Saturday afternoon were Unika Vik (4f Cantab Hall-Nashville OM-Uronometro) in the Nardus DIJ (purse 400,000Huf, 1900 meters autostart) timed in 1.16.3kr for Andras Gaspar, driving for trainer Balazs Juhasz. The Laszlo Koszegi-Kovacs Memorial (purse 600,000Huf, 1960 meters distance handicap) went to Salihamidzic (6m Wall Street Banker-Helikon-Awesome Goal), a half-brother to Ubu Kiraly, driven by Viktoria Nemeth for trainer Lajos Marton.
Thomas H. Hicks