Two Group wins and a track record

A Group 1 winner in Paris and a Group 2 and a track record-breaking winner in Victoria were the highlights of a busy week for stallions harness racing’s Haras Des Trotteurs’ roster.

Hussard du Landret, a five-year-old daughter of double millionaire and world champion Bird Parker, took out the Group 1 300,000 euros Criterium des 5 Ans over 3,000 metres at Vincennes, Paris recently. It was her seventh lifetime success.

Talented trotter Just Believe maintained the brilliant siring record of Orlando Vici when he led throughout and beat a top field in the Group 2 $30,000 Kilmore Cup to lift his earnings beyond $150,000.

While, Elegant Jet (Quaker Jet) hoisted a new track record and a new lifetime mark of a 1:58.8 rating for 2200 metres from behind the mobile winning by open lengths at Horsham.

Quaker Jet was also represented by a ‘new’ two-year-old winner in Mipersonaljet, who prevailed by 13 metres at only his second start at Bendigo.

Quaker Jet’s champion sire Love You sired six winners in five days – on both sides of the Tasman.

They included two ‘new’ two-year-old winners in New Zealand in Nazareth (Addington) and Groovy L’Amour (Winton), the three-year-old filly Lindy’s Love, who made it four wins from six starts this season at Menangle, Father Christmas NZ (Albion Park) and the Globe Derby Park winners Illawong Moonbeam (Pride of Petite) and Lovelorn.

To round out a great week, Visionary (by Orlando Vici) spaced her rivals at Cranbourne on Sunday afternoon.

by Peter Wharton, for Harnesslink