Enjoy takes Pulay Kornel Memorial

Today’s featured Pulay Kornel at Kincsem Park (purse 1,500,000Huf, 1900 meters autostart, seven starters ages 5-11) saw the 1.2/1 odds favorite Enjoy (5m Maharajah-Journey Boko-Zola Boko) score easily timed in 1.13.9kr. Imre Fazekas teamed this Bernadett Balogh trainee for owner Prolongo III.

The winning time was just off the 1.13.8kr clocking by Cardenas Baba last year in this event. Home second was 3.2/1 Bonaparte Boss (8g Napoleon-Vikita-Crown Sweep) driven by Veljko Mazsity and third home was 19.4/1 Zacapa US (8g Father Patrick-Hollywood Hill-Muscle Hill) with trainer Csaba Lakatos driving.

Cardenas Baba (7f From Above-Ulan Bator Baba-Love You) took fourth at 6.6/1 with trainer Goran Zolnaji aboard. The winning Enjoy lodged his 11 win in 20 starts in HU.

On the KP undercard was the Rinette Streamline DIJ (purse 600,000€, 1900 meters autostart, 10 starters ages 4-6) and 1.5/1 odds Face To Face (4m Nuncio-Salome’ Bar-Ganymede) scored in 1.15.9kr to remain undefeated now in seven career starts. Imre Fazekas handled the Bernadett Balogh trainee for Prolongo III. Fenegyerek (4m Merengo Mellby Éclair-From Above) was second at 9.5/1 odds with Balazs Juhasz the driver/trainer followed by 14.9/1 Top Hill (5g Top Billing-Teilwo-Brads Photo) with trainer/driver Andor Angyal up. Vasterbo No Edge (8m Traders-Reet Petite Face-Muscle Hill) landed fourth for trainer/driver Tibor Hajnal.

Then in the Underpaid Hanover DIJ (purse 600,000€, 1900 meters autostart, eight starters ages 5-8) the 3.2/1 odds Daytona Spav (6f Maharajah-Tenerezza Bigi-Nad Al Sheba) hald gamely on the front to score timed in 1.15.4kr to equal her life record.

This was her first 2025 victory and 16th career win in 23 starts. Trainer Veljko Mazsity handled the winner for owner Hico. She was bred in Slovakia. Finishing second by a nose was fast closing El Valle Sagrado (6g Nuncio-Urubamba-Maharajah) for trainer/driver Attila Budai at 3.2/1 odds and third was 2.1/1 Igor de Vrie (7g Village Mystic-Sophia Vrie-Franc Jeu) handled by Branko Skenderovic for conditioner Miodrag Jandric from Serbia. This trotteue was bred in GFrance by Roger and Louis Baudron.

Elsewhere in Europe at Napolii Agnano (April 11), the veteran Bengurion Jet (8m Maharajah-Love Me Tender) returned to victory in the Premio Nerone (purse 11,000€, 1600 meters autostart) timed in 1.11.3kr. Off at 1.46/1 odds the Alessandro Gociadoro trained and driven performer won for the 21st time for 527,296€. He narrowly held off the same timed 4.02/1 odds Don Gil Nobel (6m Owen Gar-Miss Killer Gar) reined by Antonio Simioli. Dearrouge (6f Varenne-Sonia Jet-Igor Font) set the pace and held for third at 20.9/1 odds with R.L. d’Angelo aboard. The sire Maharajah continues to shine.

Kincsem Park, Gaet, Napoli Agnano files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink