Kaya Dream wins €120,000 Prix Ceneri Forcinal

The featured monte Prix Ceneri Forcinal (Gr. II, purse 120,000€, 2700 meters, 11 starters four year olds) at Vincennes on Tuesday (Nov. 12) saw 12/1 odds Kaya Dream (4f Unbridled Charm-Volga Vici-Prodigious) earn a close victory timed in 1.13.9kr.

The Etienne Dubois owned trainee won for the fourth time in 29 starts for 256,250€ earned. Damien Bonne was the winning jockey. Kyt Kat (4m Booster Winner-Diane de Brevol) was second at 3/1 with Mathieu Mottier aboard the Thomas Levesque trainee for Ecurie des Pommiers. Kelly de Banville (4f Eridan)  was third at 5.5/1 with Paul Philippe Ploquin up for trainer Stephane Bourlier. Favorite Kalif Landia (4m Un Charme Fou) was fourth at 1.5/1 odds with Benjamin Rochard the jockey and fifth home was 14/1 Kapaula de L’Epine (4f Discours Joyeux) with Adrien Lamy aboard.

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Long Island (3f Prodigious-Bahama Island-Love You) rallied for a close victory as the 1.1/1 odds favorite in the monte Prix de Bellerive (purse 52,000€, 2700 meters, 13 three year old fillies at the start) timed in 1.13.7kr. Mathieu Mottier was the winning jockey for owner/trainer Etienne Dubois. Long Island was bred by Jean Philippe Dubois and ashe now has three wins in 11 starts for 79,420€.

The 15/1 Luz Fatale (3f Offshore Dream-Aloa de Banville) was a game second for jockey Sebastien Emmanuel Pasquier, trainer Thomas Levesque and owner Marc Olivier Mosse. Legende du Goutier (3f Goetmals Wood-Utople du Goutier) was third at 3.8/1 with Benjamin Chauve-Laffey aboard for Thierry Duvaldestin and Ecurie Saint Martin.

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Sunday November 17 is the first Amerique race, that being the Gr. II International Prix de Bretagne (purse 120,000€, 2700 meters for 4-10 year olds). The engaged horses include Hooker Berry, Ampia Mede SM, Don Fanucci Zet, San Moteur, Just A Gigolo, Josh Power, Emeraude de Baid, Ganay de Banville and Krack Time Atout.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink