Love You rules the world

Champion trotting sire Love You left important winners in three different countries over the holiday racing.

Galius, a five-year-old son of Love You, led throughout in the Group 2 Prix Tenor de Baune, a qualification race for next month’s Prix d’Amerique with a purse of 100,000 euros to the winner, held at Vincennes, Paris on Boxing Day. He rated 1:56.3 for 2700 metres in notching his 16^th lifetime success.

In New Zealand, Highgrove clinched his claim as the country’s leading two-year-old trotter with a 12 lengths romp at Ashburton, rating 1:57.4 over 1700 metres with the last half in 56.8 seconds.

Highgrove has now won six of his nine starts for $$84,436 in stakes.

Love You was also represented by the two-year-old Masterly, a winner on debut at Westport, NZ, and the three-year-old Lovelorn, who posted win No. 5 at the Victor Harbor Cup meeting.

Quik Barbie, a two-year-old filly by Love You’s richest son Quaker Jet, hoisted a fresh NZ record of a 2:05.8 mile rate for the 2200 metres stand at Cambridge Raceway. She won by 11 lengths in posting her second win in eight starts.

Im Ready Jet, a four-year-old daughter of Quaker Jet, and one of his first crop, scored a brave, fighting win in a heat of the Vicbred Super Series and will be a leading contender for Friday night’s Group 1 $100,000 Final. The mare has won 14 of her 31 starts and $243,100.

Bird Parker, a double millionaire and the world record holder for two miles, sired the winner of the Group 1 Grand Prix de Vincennes, a monte race for carrying a purse of 200,000 euros to the winner in the three-year-old Ideale du Chene. The filly led from to start to finish and lifted her stake tally to 264,050 euros.

Highly promising mare Adelle NZ (by Orlando Vici) sat parked throughout before notching her 10^th win at the Boxing Day meeting at Ballarat. With a stake total of $82,292, Adelle is the richest daughter of Orlando Vici.

Love You, Quaker Jet, Bird Parker and Orlando Vici are all members of the star-studded Haras des Trotteurs’ sire roster at Ballarat.

By Peter Wharton for Harnesslink