Vincennes has major stakes weekend

Boss du Meleuc (9g Lucky Blue-Rafale du Meleuc) took the Gr. II International monte Prix Camille Leperq (purse 85,000€, 2175 meters) at Paris-Vincennes timed in 1.11.4kr with Alexandre Abrivard ion the irons.

Yannick Alain Briand owns and trains the harness racing winner that now has 22 career wins and 860,100€ earned. Boss, off as the 1.1/1 odds co-favorite, has now won two straight and three of his last four monte contests. 6.6/1 Evangelina Blue (6f Speedy Blue-Happy Blue) was next for Mathieu Mottier with third to 1.1/1 Etonnant (6m Timoko-Migraine) with Eric Raffin up for owner/trainer Richard Westerink.

Boss du Meleuc

On Saturday at Vincennes there are six groupe level races and they feature trotting’s stalwarts Face Time Bourbon, Gu d’Heripre and Gunilla d;Atout. The races are as follows:

• Criterium des 5 Ans (Gr. I, purse 170,000€, 3000 meters);

• Prix de Beaugency (Gr. III, 70,000€ purse, European, 2850 meters)

• Prix Uranie (Gr. II, 85,000€ purse, 2175 meters, three year olds)

• Yearling Cup 2020 Arqana Trot (Gr. III, 150,000€ purse, three year olds) **

• Criterium des 4 Ans (Gr. I, purse 170,000€, 2850 meters, four year olds)

• Prix Victor Regis (Gr. II, purse 85,000€, 2175 meters, three year olds)

**For three years. Only foals and fillies that have been included in the sales catalogue of the yearlings organized by Arqana Trot in Deauville on 5, 6 and 7 September 2018 and having responded favourably to the confirmations of commitments on 15 March and 25 November 2019, according to the list decided by Arqana Trot and published in the SECF Bulletin 52, Thursday, December 26, 2019.In the event of elimination, foals and fillies whose winning sums are the most Important.

Face Time Bourbon

LeTrot, PMU files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink