Monte tests featured at Vincennes

The Prix Baucis (purse 75,000€, 2700 meters, 13 starters ages 7-10, Europeans) started the top-level monte action and 10/1 French Way Of Life (8f Vaillant Cash-Prime Way Corless) recorded her 14^th career victory in 51 starts with Tom Vlaemynck Debost in the irons.

Gregoire Houel owns and trains the winner that now posts 308,265€ in lifetime earnings. Race time was 1.13.0kr. The 1.2/1 odds favorite Espace Winner (9g Prince d’Espace-Fantrelvches du Rib) was second with Alexandre Abrivard aboard for owner/breeder Olivier Ponzio and trainer L.C. Abrivard. Third was 15/1 Girly Beco (7f Tiego d’Etang-Verveines Gede) with Guillaume Martin the jockey for trainer Maxime Bezier.

In the featured Gr. II Prix de Basly (purse 120,000€, 2700 meters, nine three-year old fiillies, monte) the 1.14.6kr timed winner was 13/1 Kaya Dream (3f Unbridled Charm-Volga Vici) with Eric Raffin in the irons for breeder/trainer/owner Etienne Dubois. This was her second career win in 16 starts for 128,550€ earned. Kandora Bella (3f Prodigious-Doriana Bella) was second at 5.9/1 odds, rallying from seventh with 1600 meters to go. Camille Levesque was her jockey for owner/trainer Thomas Levesque. Kelanie Lorraine (3F Eridan-Union Secrete) was third at 8.5/1 ridden by Paul Philippe Ploquin for trainer Alain Chavatte.

This week was the Caen yearling sale on September 14 where 66 lots sold (62.8% of this presented) for 417,300€, an average of 6,322€ versus the 2022 average of 8,580€. The sale topper was Merveille du Mont, a filly by Feeling Cash-Esperance du Mont that brought 30,000€

LeTrot files/photos – harness trots

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink