Prix d’Angouleme to Donna di Quattro

January 1, 2016 – Donna di Quattro (6f Love You-Whoopie As) took todays Quinte+ (jackpot €5.15 million) Prix d’Angouleme (purse €90,000, 2100 meters autostart, 17 European starters) clocked in 1.12.3kr for driver Franck Ouvrie. Langebro Konsult AB owns this one and Tomas Malmqvist is the trainer of the 5.7/1 odds winner. 39/1 Akido (6g Love You-Isba) was second for trainer/driver Franck Novard for Comte P de Montesson. Third was favorite (1.6/1 odds) Apprenti Sorcier (6m Love You-Queen of Viking) ended third for owner/driver Pierre Levesque and trainer Thomas Levesque. Airframe and Amiral du Bisson were fourth and fifth respectively.

Uccello Somolli (8g Obrillant-Moonlight Somolli) took today’s Prix du Croise-Laroche (purse €70,000, 2850 meters, 18 starters). Genny Delaume piloted the trainee of Sebastien Guarato, also owner. He was timed in 1.15kr in victory over 2.5/1 Vico du Petit Odon (7g Otello Pierji-Mine Éclair) reined by Pierre Vercruysse for trainer Franck Leblanc and Ecurie Mabler, with third to 6.4/1 Venise Girl (7f Oxford du Rib-Matanzas Girl) for owner/trainer/driver Yves Dreux.

The Prix de Pithiviers (purse €44,000, 2700 meters, 12 starters) went to 3.9/1, 1.15.7kr clocked, Cedea Josselyn (4f Love You-Dea Josselyn) driven by trainer J-M Bazire for owner Yvan Bernard. 19.3/1 Calencia (4f Quaker Jet-Olencia) was second for Dominik Locqueneux and owner trainer BVBA Vanberghen with third to 26.4/1 City Life (4f Let’s Go Along-Life Is Good) driven by Etienne Dubois for the trainer/owner team of Philippe Moulin and Ecurie Victoria Dreams.

Thomas H. Hicks