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Vernissage Grif (7m Varenne-Dalia Grif-Park Avenue Joe) took the Premio AVV Carlo Marangori Campionato Europeo (purse 154,000€ for the final placing after two 11,000€ batterias,1660 meters all heats) after winning both batterias for trainer/driver Alessandro Gocciadoro.
He won the first September 4th batteria timed in 1.11.9kr defeating Generaal Bianco (8g Ufo Kievitshof-Zaskia Fortuna-Coktail Jet) handled by Fed Esposito and third finishing Deimos Racing (8g Quite Easy-Athena Haleryd-Pine Cjip) for Enrico Belei.
The second batteria saw Vernissage score in 1.11.1kr over Night Brodde (6m Up And Quick-Nagajkei-Viking Kronos) handled by Conrad Lugauer and third finishing Generaal Biano. The straight heat Vernissage victory sealed the race victory for this speedster. He won this race in 2020 as well. The 2018 and 2019 winner Arazi Boko was retired from racing this week at age 14. He was a game career long campaigner.
Below are prior winners of this event from 2011 to current.
Callmethebreeze (3m Trixton-Gilly LB-Supergill) was a front end victor in the September 5th Premio AVV. Carlo Marangoni at Torino (purse 154,000€, 2100 meters autostart, three year olds) clocked in a record time 1.12.2kr.
Philippe Allaire trains and owns this Andrea Guzzinati teamed performer that now has nine career victories for 363,960€ earned. This colt is from the maternal family of the great Impish. Second beaten a length was Capital Mail (3m Nad Al Sheba-Vnicona Golden-Varenne) handled by Mario Minopoli Jr. and third home was Corazon Bar (3m Oropuro Bar-Filanda-Lindy Lane) with G.R. Minnucci his pilot.
The winner’s sire Trixton has a great week as on September 6th at Lexington’s Red Mile the Dubois bred double occurred in the Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship division. Cuatro de Julio won the colt division in 1:51 for the mile. Belltassima took the filly division in 1:52.3 with an impressive front end journey.
In the Sep 5th Michelsens Bil Svenskt Travdeby 2021 (total purse 4,000,000Sek with 2,000,000SEK first money, 2640 meters autostart, 12 starters, Gr. I National event) at Kagersro, Calgary Games (4m Readly Express-Olympia Tilly-Lindy Lane) proved victorious with his 1.11.7kr timed score.
Jorma Kontio was the pilot for owner/trainer Timo Nurmos and the breeder was Menhammar Stuteri AB. Calgary Games remains undefeated in seven career starts now for 4,385,000Sek earned.
This colt had only three starts as a three year old after not racing at age two. Second today was Onas Prince (4m Chocolatier-Subra-Pine Chip) for trainer/driver Per Nordstrom. Third was San Moteur (4m Panne de Moteur-Aung Son Suu Kyi-Ready Cash) for trainer/driver Bjorn Goop.
Gaet, ATG, Cessna, Torino, Jagersro files/photos
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink
