September 8, 2015 – Today’s La Cepiere feature race was the Grand Prix Dynavena Maisagri Duran (purse €40,000, 2950 meters, 14 European starters) that was also the Quinte+ race of the day with a jackpot of €2,900,000.
Longshots prevailed and therefore there was no exact order tickets sold.
The consolation prize to the ticket holders of the top five in any order paid €3,586 for a €2 wager.
24.1/1 odds Valea Mip (6f Ganymede-Javotte Ducale) won the race clocked in 1.16kr defeating 16.7/1 Un Roi d’Atout (7g Ganymede-Gonilla) and third finishing 105.8/1 Show d’Hermes (9g Tenor de Baune-Gardaia de Talonay).
Monday’s top racing action took place at Paris-Vincennes with the Gr. II Prix Ceneri Forcinal (purse €120,000, 2175 meters, 10 monte starters). The decisive winner was 3/10 odds Booster Winner (4m Love You-Quille Viretaute) with Eric Raffin up for trainer Sebastien Guarato. Clocked in 1.11.8kr Booster Winner defeated 22.8/1 Blooma d’Heripre (4f Rolling d’Heripre-Quenta Par Favor) ridden by Damien Bonne with 12.5/1 Beauty Turgot (4f Hand du Vivier-Quouragane) home third for Anthony Barrier and trainer Fabrice Souloy.
Also on the card was the Prix d’Asnieres (purse €46,000, 2100 meters autostart, 13 entrants) and the 1.13kr clocked winner was 8.7/1 Braga (4f Oiseau de Feux-Quelle Joie) for trainer/driver Pierre Vercruysse. 77/1 Brume du Bourg (4f Showtime Bourbon-Malovvia) was second for owner/trainer/driver Joel Van Eeckhaute ahead of 3.4/1 Bombe de Blary (4f Offshore Dream-Florette de Blary) for owner/trainer/driver Franck Anne.
Italy’s Romero (5m Kadabra-Etrille) and trainer/driver Andrea Guzzinati took the Prix de Denain (purse €42,000, 2700 meters, 18 European starters) timed in 1.14.2kr. Ecurie Louisianna owns this winner that was off at 14/1. 10/1 odds Axel Tily (5g Offshore Dream-Joyeuse Tilly) was second for Pierre Vercruysse with 6.7/1 Dex Beuckenswijk third for reinsman Dominik Locqueneux.
Thomas H. Hicks