Emeraude de Bais takes Gr II Mile Test at Cagnes

The veteran mare Emeraude de Bais (10f Repeat Love-Haute Tension-Biesolo) was the best in today’s Grand Prix du Departement des Alpes-Maritime (Gr. II International, purse 180,000€, 1609 meters autostart, eight starters) scoring by a diminishing length from a front end journey engineered by Franck Nivard.

Race time over the mile distance was 1.10.0kr (1:52.6 mile time) by the Benjamin Goetz trainee that Herve Carlus owns. The was the winner’s 21^st career victory in 105 starts now for 909,760€ earned. The 1.1/1 odds favorite Go On Boy (8m Password-Balginette-Hasting) was away last from post two and steadily advanced after the halfway mark but he could not reach with trainer Romain Derieux driving. Eric the Eel (8m Muscle Hill-Laurel America-Varenne) was third at 34/1 with David Bekaert driving the Tomas Malmqvist trainee owned by Stall Panamera Racing.

Following the top three were 80/1 Chance EK with Pietro Gubellini, 101/1 Joyner Sport handled by Robin Bouvier and 33/1 Deuzs Zack with Carmine Piscuoglio aboard. Always EK from post one was offstride at the start and Ampia Mede SM was also a miscue dq.

Cagnes-sur-Mer’s Hippodrome de la Cote d’Azur, Trotteur Francais files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink