Un Mec d’Heripre wins Aby Stora Pris Final

Un Mec d’Heripre (8m Orlando Vici-I Love You Darling-Buvetier d’Aunou) easily won the Aby Stora Prix Final (1.2SEK million to the winner, 1640 meters autostart) in gate to wire fashion for harness racing driver Bjorn Goop, trainer Fabrice Souloy and Ecurie d’Heripre. He now sports a 6-1-3 slate in 14 starts this year and has career earnings of 15,160,790SEK. His career slate is 25-4-6 in 49 starts. Time of the final was 1.11kr and the winner again raced without shoes in the final. Even though Un Mec d’Heripre went inside three pylons off the final bend no changes were made by the judges and the result was never in doubt as he scored by four lengths under wraps. The track was sloppy and heavy as rains continued that caused a race start delay of this the twelfth contest.

On the solid undercard was the Lyon Grand Summer Prix Gr. II Stayer (purse 500,000SEK to the winner, 3140 meters autostart, 12 starters) and 6.1/1 Dante Boko (6g Going Kronos-Margherita Rosa-Abo Volo) scored for trainer/driver Lutfi Kolgjini. 8.1/1 Alfas da Vinci (8g Orlando Vici-Hillary Clinton-And Arifant) took second for Peter Ingves ahead of 6.4/1 Reckless (6m Ready Cash-Haver-Supergill) with trainer Bjorn Goop at the lines. Time for the winner was 1.16.4kr.

The Silver Final (purse 200,000SEK to winner, 2140 meters autostart) went to 1.13kr timed Nadal Broline (6g Yankee Glide-Aimee’s Promise-American Winner) handled by Ulf Ohlsson for trainer Reljo Liljendahl and owner Onket Invest of Finland. This lightly raced winner is 3-1-0 in four starts this year and for the career shows a slate of 14-5-0 in 20 outings for 1,626,500SEK earned. Coldtown (7g Cantab Hall-Brylin Starlet-Balanced Image) was second for Jorma Kontio and trainer Timo Nurmos. Third was Takethem (6m From Above-D’Cherie-New Quick) with Thomas Uhrberg at the lines for trainer Steen Juul.

Thomas H. Hicks