Face Time Bourbon wins 660,000€ Lotteria

Face Time Bourbon (6m Ready Cash-Vita Bourbon-Love You) gamely rallied three wide in the final bend and inched past his second batteria winning challenger Alrajah One (5m Maharajah-Marili’-Varenne) to take the 72^nd Gran Premio Lotteria (purse 660,000€, 1600 meters autostart) at Napoli, Italy.

Race time was a new race record 1.10.2kr. Eric Raffin handled the Sebastien Guarato trainee for Scuderia Bivans Srl.

Santo Mollo teamed Alrajah One for trainer Alessandro Gocciadoro. Vitruvio (7m Adrian Chip-Tigre OM-Zebu) third with Andrea Guzzinati up and Vernissage Grif (7m Varenne-Dalia Grif-Park Avenue Joe) finished fourth for trainer Gocciadoro.

Zacon Gio (6m Ruty Grif-May Glade Font SM-Yankee Glide) was fifth for Roberto Vecchione and Drole de Jet (8m Coktail Jet-Likely Jet-Defi d’Aunou) was sixth for trainer/driver Pierre Vercruysse.

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The three batterias were also excellent with the first going to Vivid Wise As (7m Yankee Glide-Temple Blue Chip-Cantab Hall) in 1.12.1kr with Matthieu Abrivard teaming for Scuderia Bivans Srl. He raced with shoes on. Zacon Gio was a close second for Vecchione and Drole de Jet landed the third spot to the final for Vercruysse. Each batteria was raced over 1600 meters for a purse of 25,300€.

In the second batteria, Alrajah One scored for trainer/driver Gocciadoro in a then race record time of 1.10.3kr. Face Time Bourbon rallied for second for Eric Raffin ahead of Vitruvio and pilot Guzzinati.

Alrajah One def FTB in batteria #2

In the third batteria the 1.10.7kr clocked winner was Vernissage Grif handled by his trainer Alessandro Gocciadoro. He raced with shoes on. Global Trustwoorthy (9m Muscle Hill-Trophy Stand-Garland Lobell) was two lengths back second for Fed Eposito and third was Bubble Effe (4m Nesta Effe-New York Effe-Cantab Hall) for M Stefani.

Gaet, Napoli, Lotteria files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink