Viking d’Hermes scores at Cagnes sur Mer

Friday’s Quinte+ race of the day was the Prix de Stockholm (purse 41,000€, 29215 meters, 15 European starters) at Cagnes sur Mer.

Viking d’Hermes (10g Sancho Panca-Norina Way) scored at 2.7/1 odds with David Bekaert aboard for trainer J.M. Roubaud and owner Sylvain Roubaud. Race time was 1.14.1kr.

The winner recorded his 16 th career win in 51 appearances now for 428,490€ earned. 14.1/1 Aprion (9g Nahar de Beval) was second for Y-A Briand and third went to 19.5/1 Athena des Ravaux (9f Prince d’Espace) for trainer/driver Nicolas Ensch. 5.8/1 Auch and 8.5/1 Carlo de Carsi completed the exact order top five that paid 11,647.40 to the 53 holders of 2€ winning tickets.

The Q+ pool was 3,765,519€ and the total of all wagering pools on the Q+ race exceeded 7.69€ million.

The impressive Popeye Diamant (8g Love You-Jasmin Diamant) scored again at Cagnes sur Mer with trainer Gerhard Biendl aboard for owner Stall Diamanten.

The 1.12.5kr timed victory was his third in six starts in France and increased life earnings to 142,639€ in this Prix d’Helsinki (purse 27,000€, 2150 meters autostart, 11 European starters). Off at 5/10 odds Popeye defeated 5.1/1 Bon Grain Tivoli (8g Gros Grain-Ma Vero) with trainer David Bekaert aboard and 23.3/1 Anakin Skywalker (9g Laetenter Diem).

Thomas H Hicks