October 17, 2015 – Today’s €30,000 purse Prix Societe des Courses de Saint Malo (2775 meters, 18 European starters) went to the Mathieu Mottier reined, D.M Mottier trained and owned Viva Lover (6f Look de Star-Kaline Lover) at 3.7/1 odds.
Racing shoeless the winner was timed in 1.14.3kr to defeat 1.3/1 odds favorite Donttellmeanymore (6g Andover Andover-Possessive Lilly) with J-M Bazire up for trainer Fabrice Souloy and owner Wallen Invest I (Sweden), also racing barefoot, as was third finishing 3.3/1 Prince Orlando (7g Orlando Vici-Sago Queen) for Anthony Barrier, trainer Souloy and Swedish owner G. Personiluthyrning AB.
The €20,000 purse Prix Fortunato II (2775 meters, 16 starters) also at Les Sables d’Olonne went to 4/1 Catch One (3m Prodigious-Possession) handled by Julien Dubois for Ecurie Victoria Dreams and trainer Philippe Moulin. 3/2 odds favorite Cheltenham was second for Cl. Duvaldestin with third to 32/1 Carlos du Garabin (3m Othello Bourbon-Laska d’Iquaine) for owner/trainer Roberto Donati.
This day at Orebro SWE there were several interesting winners including Borups Puma (2m From Above-Borups Julia-Naglo) for Magnus Jacobsson, Dixi Sisu (2f Ready Cash-Hey Gorgeous-Cantab Hall) for Per Nordstrom in the 2015 Svampen Orebro for two year-olds worth 505,000SEK to the winner, and Thai Broadway (6m Broadway Hall-Isabella Knick-Tap In) for Bjorn Goop in the Gold Division Express Gaxes for 150,000SEK to the winner as he defeated Arden Homestead bred Volstead (4m Cantab Hall-Madame Volo-Yankee Glide) and reinsman Orjan Kihlstrom.
Other Orebro winners in races with 100,000SEK or more to the winner included Sauveur (5m Echo-Operah Bob-Easy Lover) for Robert Bergh, Diamond (5g Classic Photo-Gala dei Bessi-Yankee Glide) for Bjorn Goop, and Mellby Diamant (3g Muscle Hill-Mellby Smaragd-Pine Chip) for Ulf Ohlsson.
Thomas H. Hicks