Saturday’s featured Menesek Dija (purse 2,000,000Huf, 3200 meters distance handicap) at Kincsem Park went to the rallying 4.2/1 Villam Ville (4g Beissinger Hanover-Izaville-Endless Sands) that overcame a 40 meter handicap to score timed in 1.20.8kr for driver Andrea Nagyvary.
Imre Fazekas trains this winner that now has three wins and six placings in nine starts this year. 1.6/1 favorite Veronica Fling (4f Racino-Cicciolina Fling-Supergill) was second for trainer/driver Veljko Mazsity, also dealing with a 40 meter penalty. 11.7/1 and 60 meter handicapped Time To Say Goodbye (6m Maximus Lindy-Jungfrau-Valley Guardian) rallied for third.
The undercard included the Dr. Tibor Papp Memorial (600,000Huf purse, 1900 meters autostart) with the 1.1.7kr timed victory earned by 1.9/1 favorite Ubu Kiraly (5m Vioxx SR-Helikon-Awesome Goal) reined by trainer Lajos Marton.
The 7.6/1 Sziluas (7g Medic Hanover-Dios-Yankee Yankee) took second for Ferenc Nagy III and third was the 10.2/1 Samuel Becket AT (6m Diablo Va Bene-Simb Lorrikeet-Pearsall Hanover) with Tibor Hajnal driving.
Pre-race card qualifiers produced a victory for Always Quick BD (2f Up And Quick-Sunday Best-Angus Hall) for trainer/driver Laszlo Kolozsi.
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink