Journey Boko offspring victorious

The broodmare Journey Boko (Zola Boko-Vision Boko-Donerail) produced the winners of three events on the Kincsem Park (Budapest) program this weekend. This maternal  family  includes Armbro Flight and Helicopter.

This day’s featured Menesek Dija (purse 3,000,000Huf , 3160 meters distance handicap, five starters) went to the 1.4/1 odds favorite Enjoy (5m Maharajah-Journey Boko-Zola Boko) that overcame a 60 meter handicap to score timed in  1.19.1 over his 3220 meter distance. The time was off the race record 1.18.7kr set in 2020  and 2021 by Zseneroz and Borutka. Imre Fazekas  teamed Enjoy to his  sixth  straight victory and 19th from 31 career starts for 33,885,000Huf earned.  Bernadett  Balogh trains for the owner/breeder Prolongo  III / Prolongo Import-Export Kft. Second was the game pacesetter 3.4/1 Giovanni Fling (3g Chelsea Boko-Veronica Fling-Racino) that raced 3160 meters for trainer/driver Veljko Mazsity.  Anybody (9f Offenbach Bigi-Magna Charta-Baltic Bet) traveled 3220 meters to be a distant third for trainer/driver Emil Csordas.

Two year olds contested the Jozsef Radoki Memorial (purse700,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, eight two  year old starters) with victory to even money favorite Hollywood Boy (2m  Maharajah-Journey Boko-Zola Boko)timed in 1.20.2kr for driver Imre Fazekas, trainer Bernadett Balogh and owner/breeder Prolongo III and Prolongo Import-Export Kft.

This was his maiden win in four starts. Holiday (2f Miguel Duhamel-Florina-Timberland) was next at 15.6/1 odds  with trainer Andor Angyal aboard. Hugo CD  (2m Habital-Uzorka Ville-Beissinger Hanover) was third for trainer/driver Goran  Zolnaji.

The mare Journey Boko  showed again in the Imre Laufer Memorial (purse 500,000Huf, 1800 meters autostart, eight starters ages3-5) where 1.7/1 Gyoztes Sziv (3m Underpaid Hanover-Journey Boko-Zola Boko) scored in 1.18.1kr from post eight with Imre Fazekas up.

Again trainer Balogh  and owner/breeder Prolongo prevailed. The winner now shows five wins  in six starts. Greenback (3, MilliondollarLux-Wale-Center  Field) was second at 3.5/1 with Juhasz Balasz  the driver/trainer.  Gucci (3f Dundee-Bebops’s Cassandra-Bebop) was third at 15.9/1 with trainer Ferenc Nagy II driving.

Lastly the APA DIJ (purse 700,000Huf, 1960 meters distance handicap, 11 starters) saw 1.18.6kr timed Coach Degli Dei (7f Brillantissime-Un Foi Axe-Love You) score gamely at 3.4/1 odds for  trainer/driver Goran Zolnaji. This was his third 2025 win in four starts and 17th career win in 32 starts.

Euzebio (5g Connecting People-Daisysine-Like A Prayer) was second  along the pegs at 2/1 odds with  Krisztina Kamoromo up for  trainer Ferenc Nagy II. Doktor Adri (6g Nadal di Jesolo-Tiffany Grad-Angiers Hall) rallied for third at 87/1 for   driver Tamas Dukai and trainer Andor Angyal.

Kincsem Park files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink