Saturday’s excellent Kincsem Park harness racing card showcased the two heat Dr. Jozsef Vecsekloy Memorial (purse 1,900,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, four starters, two heats best in placing determines the winner).
Ujrazz! (6m Maximus Lindy) with Laszlo Kolozsi up and Villam Ville (5g Beissinger Hanover) with Goran Zolnaji aboard, each won a heat and finished second in the other, resulting in a split decision with each securing 750,000Huf for their efforts. Ujrazz! scored in 1.16.2kr in the first heat and his rival won the second heat in 1.18.7kr. Last year’s winner Time To Say Goodbye was third in the placing.
Villam Ville –Kincsem Park photo
The co-featured Nemzeti DIJ (2,000,000Huf prese, 1960 meters distance handicap) went to 1.18.9kr timed Sabath Black AT (3m Amiral Sund-Simb Lorikeet-Pearsall Hanover) with Csaba Lakatos the trainer/driver.
Sabath Black AT –Kincsem Park photo
Race time was 1.18.9kr for this 8.5/1 outsider. The 1.7/1 favorite Aurum Ville was second for trainer/driver Imre Fazekas and Zseneroz was third for Mitja Slavic, this one facing a 40 meter four year old handicap.
On the undercard was the Butterfly DIJ (purse 600,000Huf, 1960 meters distance handicap) for the better aged campaigners.
Herrik Ibsen AT –Kincsem Park photo
The 3.6/1 odds, 1.17.3kr timed winner was Henrik Ibsen AT (7m Worship-Her Only Child) reined by trainer Csaba Lakatos. Mitja Slavic teamed Sanger MS to a good second place finish ahead of Milady Amok paired with Laszlo Kolozsi.
Thomas H. Hicks