Hohneck battles to victory in Merwestaal

Hohneck (7m Royal Dream-Caranca) rallied off cover to the death seat and pulled away in the lane for a 1.11.3kr timed victory in the Gr. II Merwestaal Prijs des Giganten Pays Bas (purse 66,000€, 30,857€ to the winner, 2100 meters autostart) at Wolvega Victoria Park.

Gabriele Gelormini was the winning pilot for owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. Off at 1.32/1 odds the winner now has 21 wins in 63 starts for 2,526,002€.  The 17/1 Global Dubhe (5g Brillantissime-Global Nova) closed well for second the trainer Johan Untersteiner driving for SRF Stable. 7.5/1 Hades de Vandel (7m Ganymede-Silene de Vandel) held third after setting the pace with Robin Bakker driving the Paul Hagoort trainee for Stable Why Not. Y Not Diamant (5g Odessa Santana) at 37/1 was fourth for Micha Brouwer and trainer Hagoort and 65/1 Cash du  Rib (12g Ready Cash) was fifth for J.L.Cl. Dersoir.

The odds shown were track odds. A big Friday night crowd was on hand to see the classic race and champion Hohneck.

Wolvega Live, PMU, Veikaus files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink