December 9, 2015 – Today’s Quinte+ (jackpot €4 million) at Paris-Vincennes was the Prix de Villers (purse €55,000, 2100 meters autostart, 18 European starters) and the photo-finish battle went to 5.8/1 Vichenko Chef (6g Chef de Chatelet-Incertaine Mabon) for owner/trainer/driver Ch. Dreux clocked in 1.12.1kr. 2.8/1 Donttellmeanymore (6g Andover Andover-Possessive Lilly) was second for Franck Nivard, Sweden’s Wallen Invest and trainer Fabrice Souloy. 29/1 outsider Voyage d’Affaire (6g And Arifant-Granny d’Hilly) was third for Damien Bonne.
The Prix les Mathes-La Palmyre (purse €80,000, distance 2175 meters, 10 starters) was the top event of the Wednesday Paris-Vincennes program and the 1.13.1kr winner was 8.4/1 Barraka d’Henlou (4f Diamant Gede-Louva d’Etangville) for reinsman J-Ph Monclin and trainer Philippe Allaire. 2.3/1 Action Partage (5f Opium-Loumane Flor) landed second for Pierre Levesque, trainer Mike Lenders and owner Mme. Daniele Gozlan, 13/1 Andalousie (5f Ganymede-Napoule) was third for Mathieu Abrivard, teaming for Jacques Bruneau and Ecurie JR.
The Quinte+ (jackpot €3.95 million) on Tuesday at Cabourg was the €42,000 purse, 2850 meter Prix des Calceolaires with 16 European starters. 35/1 Univers Solaire (7g Lutin Malin-Interaction) was victorious for Mathieu Mottier and trainer Mme. V. Lecroq timed in 1.13.9kr. 31/1 Tempete d’Hermes (8f Fleuron Perrine-Nemesis Fortiniere) was second for Antoine Wiels and trainer J-P Marmion with heavily supported 2.6/1 odds Unbridles Charm (7m Password-Intense Action) third for Ecurie Victoria Dreams, driver Jean-Philippe Dubois and trainer Philippe Moulin.
Thomas H. Hicks