7-1 Gaudeo likes the turf in Trophee Vert Series

The 7.9/1 odds Gaudeo (7m Tsar de Tonnerre-Theresa) took the sixth leg of the Trophee Vert Turf Series with a front stepping journey Sunday (June 4), this race named the Prix du Futuroscope (purse 50,000€, 3150 meters distance handicap for 6–10-year-olds) and raced at Hippodrome La Roche-Posay in France.

The winner, handicapped 25 meters, was teamed with driver Thomas Touchard for trainer/breeder Michel Dabouis and owner Antoine Dabouis. He secured career victory 11 and now has life earnings of 303,760€.  Race time was 1.16.1kr over the grass.

Galet Sted (7g Paris Haufor-Reynosa) was second at 3.9/1 and also handicapped 25 meters, driven by Anthony Barrier for trainer C.A. Mary. Third was the 50-meter handicapped and 2.9/1 Emeraude de Bais (9f Repeat Love-Haute Tension) that Franck Nivard piloted for trainer Benjamin Goetz.

The next major rotating series race is the Gr. III Grand National du Trot 6^th leg on June 7 at Laval, named the Grand Prix Laval Agglomeration and contested over 2850 meters for the 90,000€ purse.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink