Love Affaire with NSW Trot Series

The champion French sire Love You has a special affinity with the annual NSW Trot Series.

When the three-year-old Affaire De Cover swamped his rivals in the $30,000 final at Menangle last Saturday night (July 10) he became the third winner of the time-honoured series sired by Love You.

Parisian Chic (2YO) and Justine’s Amore (3YO) won their respective divisions in 2015, while Affaire De Cover captured the two-year-old division in 2020.

Affair De Cover, who has now won four races and $59,500 in stakes, hoisted a new lifetime mark of 1:56.3 in his slashing come-from-behind win.

Tough Love and Van Doren, a pair of Love You two-year-olds, filled the minor placings in the NSW 2YO Trot Final on the same card.

Orlando Vici was represented by very impressive winners on both sides of the Tasman recently.

Orlando Prince overcame a difficult barrier draw and a torrid passage to win his 11th race at Bendigo, while Clicquot, one of Orlando Vici’s first New Zealand crop, posted her first success at her third start at Addington.

Orlando Vici has an amazing siring score of 14 winners from 15 Australian-bred starters at an average of almost $40,000 per starter.

Elegant Jet, a four-year-old and one of the first crop of Love You’s richest son Quaker Jet, registered her second success at Terang recently, while Right Moves, a daughter of dual European Group 1 winner The Best Madrik, posted her ninth win at the Menangle midweek meeting.

Love You, Orlando Vici, Quaker Jet and The Best Madrik are all members of the impressive Haras Des Trotteurs’ sire roster at Ballarat (Victoria).

By Peter Wharton