Sire de la Creuse wins Prix de Stockholm

Today’s Quinte+ (jackpot €3.45 million) was at Cagnes-sur-mer in the  €60,000 purse Prix de Stockholm contested over 2925 meters by 14 European starters. The 5.2/1 odds winner was Sire de la Creuse (10g Ildo de Fleurac-Olympoe du Bouford) handed by trainer J-F Senet and timed in 1.15.5kr over the rain soaked surface. 2.6/1 Vicomte Boufarcaux (7n Oh James-Olympe du Bouford) earned second for Gabriele Gelormini with 8/1 Slow du Beauvoisin third. Well-regarded Sergent du Rib ended fifth.

Also at Cagnes-sur-mer the Prix de Salernes (purse €44,000, 2925 meters, 15 starters) went to the 1.17.1kr timed 12.5/1 odds Cinor (4m Orlando Vici-Shone des Douets) for Gabriele Gelormini. Romain Derieux trains this one for Ecurie AB Trot. 46/1 Canberra Tonique (4f Jasmin de Flore-Prime Beautiful) took second for J-F Senet ahead of 26.1 Capitole Meslois.

Lightly raced three year-olds contested the €18,000 Prix de Malmoe at CSM over 2150 meters autostart. 11 rivals battled with the win going to 1.18.1kr timed and 7/10 odds favorite Duc de Castelle (3m Quaker Jet-Miss Castelle) with trainer Romain Derieux driving for Antonio De Sousa. 42/1 d’Anais Mauve (3f Sam Bourbob-Queen Mauve) was second for Ch-A Mary ahead of 6/1 Dingue de Toi (3m Ready Cash-Raison de Vivre) for Kevin Vanderschelden, trainer Yves Boireau and owner J-P Dubois.  The latter’s dam is a daughter of Love You-Life Is Good-Defi d’Aunou. The second dam has produced two winners of over US$100,000 and third dam Slave (by Jiosco) produced  six US$100,000 winners plus the broodmare Hungarie F, she the dam of Slave Dream (by Pearsall Hanover), a US$874,000 winner of multiple top-level contests in North America.

At Wolvega there were several well-bred winners as Tyrrell As (4m Daguet Rapide-Isola dei Vento) scored in 1.15.7kr for Robin Bakker, trainer Paul Hagoort and Victoria Park Stable. Later in the card Ti Rivedro’ Bigi (4g Self Possessed-Mia Delle Ghoie) secured a 1.18.7kr victory for trainer/driver Hugo Langeweg Jr. and Tzand Racing Stable.

Thomas H. Hicks