When 1.7/1 odds harness racing favorite First Of Mind miscued at top of the lane, the 27.2/1 odds Fortunadrago Font (4m Quite Easy-Onice Font-Coktail Jet) surged to the lead and prevailed easily to win the Gr. II Premio Firenze (purse 66,000€, 2020 meters) timed in 1.13.5kr.

Fortunadrago Font takes Premio Firenze 1 — **Fortunadrago Font**

This Gr. II test at Ippodromo Visarno saw the Enrico Bellei winner record his seventh victory now for 98,474 earned for Marjo Hannele Natynki the trainer for Olga Esperanza Torres.

Finishing second was 4.2/1 Far West Bi (4m Muscle Hill-Savannah Bi) with Antonio Simioli aboard, followed by 6.2/1 Finalmente Par (4m Varenne-Luce OK) with Vincenzo Gallo at the lines.

Following the top three were 24.8/1 Fierobecco Font (4m Ringostarr Treb) with Filippo Gallo up and 173.8/1 Fragola Di No (4f And Al Sheba) with Marco Stefani at the lines.

Italian interests also showed up at Laval (France) where 2.8/1 odds Colbert WF (7m Varenne-Trendy WF) won the Prix d’Avasnieres (purse 35,000€, 2850 meters, 16 European starters ages 7-11) timed in 1.12.3kr by open lengths.

Benjamin Rochard teamed this H.E. Bondo trainee for Scuderia My Horse Srl. This was his second straight victory in France and his earnings now stand at 182,366€. Icare du Vert (7g Bilibili) was a distant second here at 93/1 odds with owner/trainer Emmanuel Lamu up with 7.9/1 Gamelia du Lupin (9f Othello Bourbon) landing third with Antoine Wiels driving for breeder/trainer/owner J.P. Marmion.

To view the race replay, click here.

Tomorrow groupe level trots return to Paris-Vincennes and starting March 5 the traveling GNT Series returns in France.