The grand champion Vivid Wise As (9m Yankee Glide-Temple Blue Chip-Cantab Hall) held gamely after a front-end journey to win the Gr. I International Gran Premio Gaetano Turilli (purse 154,000€, 2100 meters autostart) clocked in 1.12.7kr.
Off at 1.63/1 odds the Matthieu Abrivard driven and Alesssandro Gocciadoro trained trotteur advanced his life earnings to over 2,900,000€. The winner has 35 career wins in 85 starts with 18 Gr. I victories.
Bleff Dipa (6m Mister JP-Presziosa JW-Lets Go) was a game first over second at 4.5/1 with Roberto Vecchione up for trainer Holger Ehlert. Birba Caf (6f Orlando Vici-Rutilia Caf) was third at 41/1 odds for Enrico Bellei. Chance Ek (5f Nad Al Sheba-Ukase EF) was fourth at 11.8/1 odds handled by Pietro Gubellini. Allegra Gifont and Caio Titus Bond finished fifth and sixth. The well-regarded Vernissage Grif was a miscue dq.
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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink