Hidalgo TIM takes Ketevesek Nagydija

The Ketevesek Nagydija (purse 3,000,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, seven two  year old open entrants) highlighted this Kincsem Park (Budapest) card and 1.8/1 odds Hidalgo TIM (2m Il Duce Boko-Victoria TIM-Incredible Cole) scored narrowly after an extended parked out  battle.

Trainer Imre Fazkeas teamed the winner for owners Baggio and Zotya III as he won for the third time in as many starts. Race time was1.18,5kr, off the 1.17.6kr race record established in 2022 by Ejjel Holgy.

Finishing second was 3/1 odds pacesetter Hermes History (2m Who’s Who-Digital History-Super Photo Kosmos) with trainer Balazs Juhasz driving, followed by 25,2.1 Hercegno K (2f Calypso Capar-Bonjour Evo-Donato Hanover) with trainer Laszlo Kolozsi at the lines.

The co-featured Koztarsasagi DIJ (purse 2,000,000Huf, 2400 meters autostart,nine starters ages 5-9) saw 1.3/1 Enjoy (5m Maharajah-Journey Boko-Zola Boko)score easily with an eighth to first sweep appraoching the final turn.

He emerged from post one to be eighth on  the inner before driver Imre Fazekas moved into the clear and a burst secured victoryas he pulled away. Enjoy now sports 17 career wins in 29 starts for 31,385,000Huf earned. He is seven for 11 in 2025. Bernadett Balogh trains Enjoy for breeder/owner Prolongo III.

The pacesetter Pure Muscle (6m Muscle Hill-Allmar Surprise-Angus Hall) gamely held second for trainer/driver Gyorgy Horvath and owner Pure Stables. Bonaparte Boss (8g Napoleon-Nikita-Crown Sweep) was third for trainer/driver Veljko Mazsity ahead of Stan Getz AT (5g  Hasard Lavec-Sophie Germain AT-Tony Oaks) with Branko Skenderovic aboard for trainer Dijana  Skenderovic from Serbia.

The other co-feature was the  Utoe Nagydij (purse 2,000,000Huf, 1900 meters autostart, seven  starters all three year olds). Here the 2.3/1 odds Giovanni Fling (3g Chelsea Boko-Veronica Fling-Racino) scoredtimedin 1.16.1kr for  trainer/driver Veljko Mazsity and owner Hico.

This was the winner’s sixth career win  in nine  starts for 7,445,000Huf earned.

The 3.8/1 Ginevra (3d Owen CR-Nana-Tony Oaks) rallied to earn second for trainer/driver Imre Fazekas and owner C’est la Guerre. Gyoztes Sziv (3mUnderpaid Hanover-Journey Boko-Zola Boko) was  thirdfor driver Istvan Papp, trainer Bernadett Balogh and Prolongo III.

Kincsem Park (Budapest) files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink