Granit Meslois takes €90,000 Gr III Prix Gordonia

The Gr. III Prix Gordonia (purse 90,000€, 10 European starters ages 6-11, monte distance 2850 meters) at Paris-Vincennes this evening saw 10/1 odds Granit Meslois (8g Shadow d’Odyssee-Sexey Mesloise) score in 1.11.9kr for jockey Victor Saussaye.

The Pierre Belloche trainee is owned by Ecurie B and now has 11 wins in 89 career starts for 558,330€ earned. Filwell (9g Qwerty-Regence) was second at 4.4/1 with Camille Levesque the jockey for trainer/owner Pierre Levesque. Grace du Digeon (8g Seduisant Fouteau-Ancolle de Laigne) ended third at 6.1/1 odds with Eric Raffin in the irons for Charles Dreux the conditioner.

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The Prix Paulina (purse 52,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 16 three year old starters) went to comfortably rallying 4.1/1 odds Olivia W Boko (3f Donato Hanover-Maryanne K) with Eric Raffin driving the D.P. Tesselaar trainee for Ecurie Top Kip BV. The winner scored in her first start in FR and now has earnings of 52,650€. Fidelis Dance (3m Robert Bi-Ninfea Turbar) was second at 8.4/1 for trainer/driver Marco Smorgon. Third home was 16/1 odds Funky Roc (3m Nad Al Sheba-Galantine) reined by Gabriele Gelormini for conditioner  Filippo Rocco.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink