Prix de New York to Denicheur Du VIF

Enghien Raceway in France featured Prix de New York (purse 90,000€, 5-10 year old European eligibles, 2150 meters autostart) that went to 5.2/1 odds Denicheur du VIF (9g Redlight Jet) reined by Alexandre Abrivard.

This L.C. Abrivard trainee is owned by Aymeric Thomas and he won for the 10th time in his career for 383,104€ earned. Race time was 1.12.2kr. The 3.6/1 Equinoxe (8m Texas Charm) was second with Matthieu Abrivard up and the 21/1 Crack Money (10g Singalo) was third in the blanket finish with Cedrik Terry aboard.

Om June 19 the Trophee Vert series continued with the seventh leg being the Prix Michel de Pontbriand (purse 45,000€, 3200 meters on the turf, 6-10 year olds). The winner was 2.3/1 odds Exauce Mous (8g Ganymede) reined by trainer Romain Derieux, his 15^th career victory now for 199,120€ in career earnings. The 51/1 Goutte du Houlbet (6f Rossini des Jipes) took second for Alexis Prat and 23/1 Caliimeru du Thale (10g Gogo) took third money for Robin Lamy.

On June 26 Paris-Vincennes hosts Le Journee des Champions that features numerous groupe level events:

Prix du President de la Republique (Gr. I, 240,000€ purse, 2850 meters for monte four year olds)

Prix le Parisien (purse 90,000€, 2850 meters for European 6-10 year olds)

Prix de Normandie (Gr. I monte for five year olds, 240,000€ purse, 3000 meters)

Prix RMC (Gr. III purse 80,000€, 2175 meters for four year olds)

Prix Rene Balliere (Gr. I at 2100 meters autostart, purse 200,000, International)

Prix Albert Viel (Gr. I, purse 200,000€, 2700 meters for three year olds)

Prix d’Essai (Gr. I monte for three year olds, purse 200,000€, 2700 meters)

Prix de Grasse (Gr. III, purse 90,000€, 2850 meters for European 5-6 year olds)

One of the most interesting events has the older trotters at the start in the Prix Rene Balliere (Gr. I, 200,000€ purse, 2100 meters autostart, International).

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink