Barack Face wins 426,000€ Gr I UET Grand Prix in photo

In a highly competitive UET Grand Prix (Gr. I International for four-year-olds, purse 4,906,000SEK (426,000€ euros) to the winner 2,400,000SEK, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) at Solvalla, Sweden, the 5.15/1 odds Barack Face (4m Ready Cash-Lisa America-Varenne) held safe by a neck for trainer/driver Adrian Kolgjini.

The winner now has a 7-2-0 slate in 10 starts this year for 5,185,500SEK earned. For the career he has earned 5,825,500SEK with seven wins in 18 appearances. His dam, Lisa America, was bred by the late Lou Guida and campaigned successfully by Jerry Riordan.

Finishing second this day was 2.25/1 favorite Just A Gigolo (4m Boccador de Simm-Blue Valentine-Ready Cash) with Franck Nivard aboard for owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. Gigolo rallied from his third over position to just miss. Third was 16/1 Staro Mack Crowe (4m Bold Eagle-Giant Crowe-Gigant Neo) handled by Rikard N. Skoglund for trainer Katja Meikko that made a strong late closing bid that was a length short.

The 22/1 Never Mind’Em (4m Propulsion) was fourth and 31/1 Dancer Brodde (4m Bold Eagle) was fifth. The 4.6/1 second choice Joviality made a miscue between horses going into the first turn and 17/1 Joyner Sport never made the gate for the start. Race time was 1.11.5k over the rain-soaked racetrack, far off the 1.10.7kr race record of Face Time Bourbon.

The full lineup in post position order follows.

UET Grand Prix (Gr. I International, 2,400,000SEK first money, 2140 meters autostart, four-year-olds 12 starters

1. Joyner Sport 4m Dollar Macker-Carla du Padouend-Ready Cash, Gabriele Gelormini/Philippe Allaire
2. Just A Gigolo 4m Boccador de Simm-Blue Valentine-Ready Cash, Franck Nivard/Philippe Allaire
3. Bedazzled Sox 4m Brillantissime-Out Of The Kitchen-Here Comes Herbie, Torbjorn Jansson/Roger Walmann
4. Barack Face 4m Ready Cash-Lisa America-Varenne,  Adrian Kolgjini/
5. Joviality 4f Chapter Seven-Pasithea Face-Muscle Hill, Erik Adielsson/Sabine Kagebrant
6. Never Mind’Em 4m Propulsion-Face’em-Offshore Dream,  Mats E Djuse/Daniel Reden
7. Bengan 4m Django Riff-Restless Legs-Credit Winner, Daniel Wajersten/Daniel Reden
8. Dancer Brodde 4m Bold Eagle-Dancing in thehall-Cantab Hall, Johan Untersteiner/
9. Staro Mack Crowe 4m Bold Eagle-Giant Crowe-Gigant Neo, Rikard N Skoglund/Katja Meikko
10. Xanthis Harvey 4m Propulsion-B.Glorious-Smok’n Lantern, Orjan Kihlstrom/Daniel Reden
11. Gericault 4m Muscle Hill-Reverie d’Ar-Kuadro Wild, Christophe Martens/Victor Martens
12. Corazon Combo 4m Express Duo-Artic Secret-Dream Vacation, Pekka Korpi/

ATG, Solvalla, Veikkaus files/photos-harness trots

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink