He And Me (6m Bird Parker-Beauty Lady) with Eric Raffin driving took the Vincennes harness racing featured (Oct. 6) Prix Charly Mills (purse 75,000€, 2700 meters, 14 European starters) clocked in 1.13.1kr.
Off at 3.2/1 odds the winner secured his 10th career win in 45 starts for 332,400€ for trainer Michel Lenoir and owner Ecurie Thierry Guibert. Ecurie D bred this one that held off Giboulee de Mars (7F Orlando Vici-Inrosa Girl) that was second for driver Frederic Senet at 35/1 and 9/1 odds Heliot de Cahot (6g Un Carme Fou) took third money.
The day before at Cabourg saw 3.4/1 Libre Penseur Meek (2g Uzo Josselyn-Gustine des Ordes) win the Prix de Coulvain (21,000€ purse, 2050 meters autostart, 11 two year old starters) timed in 1.16.0kr with Yoann Lebourgeois aboard for trainer Thibaut Barassin and owner Johann Loutreuil.
This was his first career victory in two starts with one time third. The 7/10 favorite Lucifer Morningstar (2m Gotland-Do;ve Vita Delo) was second for David Thomain and owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. Largo d’Enfer (2m Timoko-Roller d’Enfer) was third for trainer/driver A.A. Barasin.
Earlier in the week (Oct 3) at Hamburg Behrenfeld the Grosser Pries Von Deutchland (25,000€ first prize, 2200 meters autostart, four-year-olds) went to 6.4/1 odds Global Dubhe (4g Brillantissime-Global Nova) reined by trainer Johan Untersteiner for SRF Stable. The 1.11.5kr timed winner defeated 42.6/1 Yahoo Diamant (4m Indigious-Glide Chip) with Michael Nimczyk aboard and 3.4/1 Schampus (4m Propulsiion-Kukeite) was third for pilot Josef Franzl.
On the Hamburg undercard the veteran classmaster Mister F. Daag (8m Conway Hall-Miss Love-Garland Lobell) scored in a 1680 meters autostart evebt worth 7.500€to the winner. Robbin Bakker teamed the winner for trainer Paul Hagoort. He was off at 3.8/1 and defeated Purple Rain (7g Fast Photo) and Exclusive Fire (8g Maharajah).
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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink