December 19, 2015 – Today’s Quinte+ (jackpot €4.5 million) Prix Michel Thoury (purse €80,000, 2100 meters autostart, 18 European starters) went to even-money favorite Your Highness (6f Chocolatier-La Belle Lady) timed in 1.11.7kr and handled by Franck Nivard. Fabrice Souloy trains this winner for PV Racing Stable HB. 4.9/1 Unice de Guez (7f Capriccio-Eau Blanche) was a close second for trainer/driver J-M Bazire and Ecurie Vautors. 35.7/1 Sahara Fairytale (6f Viking Kronos-Sahara Shadow) was a distant third for Christophe Martens, trainer Vincent Martens and Manocapo AB. 21.9/1 Trou Normand (8g Bon Conseil-Jilanska) ended fourth for Eric Raffin with fifth to 50.2/1 Vea du Vivier (6f Jeanbat du Vivier-Kea du Vivier) and Franck Ouvrie.
The Prix Jules Leppentier (Gr. III, purse €76,000, 2100 meters, 11 starters) was secured by the 1.12.5kr winner, 5.5/1 odds Clarck Sotho (3g Oiseau de Feux-Mocanda) reined by Mathieu Mottier. 9.7/1 Clif du Pommereux (3m Love You-Noure du Pommereux) was second for Sylvain Roger with third to 31/1 Cyprien des Bordes (3m Ouragan de Celland-Perle des Bordes) driven by J.L.Cl. Dersoir for trainer Joel Hallais and Ecurie Rib.
Saturday at Paris-Vincennes the Prix Oscar Collard (purse €95,000, 2100 meters autostart, 17 European starters) was won by the 1.11kr timed, 3/1 odds Viking Va Bene (5m Rite On Line-Iriana du Mont) handled by Franck Nivard for trainer Fabrice Souloy. The Souloy trained 1.9/1 odds favorite Specialess (4m Ganymede-Enna Dra) was second driven by Roberto Andreghetti for Ecurie Nevi. Third went to 11.5/1 Apprenti Sorcier (5m Love You-Queen of Viking) driven by owner Pierre Levesque and trained by Thomas Levesque.
Saturday at Kincsem Park their featured Feiser Emlekverseny (purse 600,000Huf, 2400 meters autostart) went to the fast Sanger MS (5g Victory Scream-Samba MS) driven by part-owner Laszlo Koszegi-Kovacs, along with Pimri Bt, and trained by Imre Fazekas. Timed in 1.18.7kr the 1.6/1 favorite defeated 4.3/1 Alliance de l’Iton handled by Dejan Katanic with 4.3/1 Oldtimer Diamant finishing third for Emese Vezer.
Thomas H. Hicks