Ideale du Chene prevails in €120,000 Prix Paul Buquet

The Paris Vincennes day’s featured Gr. II Prix Paul Buquet (monte, purse 120,000€, eight International starters, 2850 meters) produced a competitive finish with victory to 1.9/1 favorite odds Ideale du Chene (6f Bird Parker-Royale du Chene) timed in 1.13.0kr with Paul Philippe Ploquin the winning jockey.

Julien Le Mer trains Ideale for Yvonne Guedj as she has nine wins in 49 starts for 1,136,050€ earned. Edition Gema (10f Prince Gede-Ja Floca Gede) was second at 12/1 odds for Guillaume Martin in the irons for trainer Marc Sassier. In Love du Choquel (6m Carat Williams) was third at 3.3/1 with Francois Lagadeuc aboard and 4.9/1 Granvillaise Bleu (8f Jag de Bellouet) landed fourth for Benjamin Rochard.

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On the undercard was the Prix de Bourigny (purse 71,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 16 European starters) and 11/1 odds Working Class Hero (5m Village Mystic-Magnesia) scored in 1.10.3kr for Mathieu Mottier, Stall Frana AB owns this Jorgen Westholm trainee that has won five of nine starts in FR and sports career earnings of 214,047€. The 14/1 Jaconde Sibey (5f Timoko) was second for Louis Baudouin, trainer J.M. Baudouin and owner Yannick Desmet. 10/1 Je Reve du Bois (5g Reve de Beylev) was third for Matthieu Abrivard and 7/10 favorite Destiny di Poggio (5f Bold Eagle) was fourth with Jean Michel Bazire driving.

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The Prix du Sap (purse 68,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 13 European starters) went to 1.12.0kr timed Gloire du Perche (8f Utucky-Rumba du Bouffey) at 9/1 odds handled by David Thomain for conditioner Vincent Seguin. Gloire has 14 wins in 72 outings for 302,100€ in career earnings. The 4.2/1 Gilmour (8g Tag Wood) was second for Yoann Lebourgeois and trainer Daniel Delaroche. Gazoline du Seux (8f Opium) was third at 13/1 with Mathieu Mottier aboard for Cyril Travert.

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Joviality faces Jushua Tree tomorrow in the Saint Quentin.

Paris-Vincennes, PMU files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink