Digital Races takes Istvan Pasztor Memorial

The featured Pasztor Istvan Memorial (purse1,200,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart) on this Szerb-Magyar Day at KincsemPark (Budapest) saw 2.8/1odds Digital Races (8m Super Photo Kosmos-Paired-Scarlet Knight) gamely prevail timed in 1.14.7kr.

Istvan Papp teamed the winner to his eighth win in 14 starts in Hungary and his second 2025 victory. Bernadett Balongh trains the Prolongo II owned performer that Stefan Melander bred. The 8/1 odds Pure Muscle (6g Muscle Hill-Allmar Surprise-Angus Hall) rallied for second a neck off from post nine with trainer Gyorgy Horvath aboard for owner Pure Stables. The Sweden import with a 1.10.9kr speed record raced well in this his third start at Kincsem Park. Third home was 9.7/1 Bonaparte Boss (8g Napoleon) followed by 2.5/1 odds Cervantonpridegar (7m Varenne-Galaxy Brown-Sugarcame Hanover) with Dejabn Petrovic up.

On the  undercard on this Szerb-Magyar Day was the Joo Robert Memorial(purse 700,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, two year olds) where Harmatka R (2f Palomar LB-Amadora-Maximus Lindy) held on for a coast  to coast score at 1.4/1 odds timed in 1.19.9kr.

Trainer Adrian Burany engineered the win, her first in three career starts for A Trot Syndicate. The 6.2/1 Hollywood Boy (2m Maharajah-Journey  Boko-Zola Boko) just missed second with Imre Fazekas up for Prolongo III and trainer Bernadett Balogh. Third was 14.5/1 Horusz Szeme  (2g  Miguel Duhamel-Unigena Sun-Sholty Boko) with trainer Ferenc Nagy II aboard.

In the Adai DIJ (purse 700,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, eight starters) Coach Degi Dei (7f Brillantissime-Un Foi Axe-Love You) gamely held on for   the win at 3.1/1 odds timed in 1.15.5kr. Goran Zolnaji drove and trains the 16-time winner in 31 starts. Daytona Spav (6f Maharajah-Tenerezza Bigi-Nad Al Sheba) was second a nose off for trainer/driver Veljko Mazsity at 5.2/1odds followed by Euzebio (5g Connecting People-Daisyine-Like A Prayer_at 7.2/1 with Krisztima  Komaromi up for trainer Ferenc Nagy III.

Kincsem Park files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink