The €60,000 Prix Amalthea

Friday at Paris-Vincennes featured the €60,000 purse Prix Amalthea over 2100 meters autostart. 15 European starters ware in this harness racing contest and the 1.13.6kr winner was 8.4/1 Sahara Fairytale (7f Viking Kronos-Sahara Shadow) with Christophe Martens up for trainer Vincent Martens and owner Manocapo AB in this Quinte+ event.

9.6/1 Varus du Bocage (7m Paisy Dream-Noria du Bocage) was second for Matthieu Abrivard and 2/1 Unbridled Charm (8m Password-Intense Action) ended third for Jean-Philippe Dubois, trainer Philippe Moulin and Ecurie Victoria Dreams. 11.3/1 Rooibos (7m Rotation-Miss Tessami) was fourth in this blanket finish for trainer/driver Bjorn Goop ahead for 86/1 Winning Love (10m Love You-Falin Amber Dance) with Pierre Vercruysse driving for trainer Sofia Aronsson.

The Quinte+ jackpot this day was €4.1 million.

Ervin Boko (5m Make It Happen-Tina Boko) won Friday’s Championnat d’Hivier Finale at Wolvega at 15/1 and timed in 1.15.3kr for trainer/driver Dion P. Tesselaar and owner Une de Mail BV.

The 2100 meter autostart test carried a purse of €9,900 with 10 horses in the battle.

1.1/1 odds favorite Toscanini Font (4g Conway Hall-Dora Parx) was second beaten four lengths with Robin Bakker up for trainer Paul Hagoort and owner J.A.C. Vanduffel. 7.2/1 Ever For Ever WS was third.

Thomas H. Hicks