Vivid Wise As wins Gran Premio Delle Nazioni a third time

Vivid Wise As (9m Yankee Glide-Temple Blue Chip-Cantab Hall) secured victory in the Gran Premio Dell Nazioni (Gr.I Grand Prix of Nations, purse 220,000€, 2250 meters autostart) with a gate to wire journey for Matthieu Abrivard.

Race time was a rated 1.13.4kr over the Milano La Maura 1050 meter course. Off at 1.7/1 favorite odds the winner held 6.8/1 Go On Boy (7m Password-Balginette-Hasting) with Romain Derieux driving in the death seat and then Vivid pulled away in the lane for a three plus length score for Scuderia Bivans Srl and trainer Alessandro Gocciadoro. Vivid has won the Nazioni three times (in 2021, 2022 and 2023) and now has 19 Gr. I victories plus the 2023 Yonkers MGM International. Based on FR and ITY data Vivid has earnings in excess of 5.1€ million. Finishing third was 27.4/1 Heliade du Goutier (6f Prodigious-Voltige du Goutier) driven by GP Minnucci for trainer Sebastien Guarato. The 2.9/1 Capital Mail (5m Nad Al Sheba) was fourth for Gabriele Gelormini and trainer Fabrice Souloy and fifth was 10.8/1 Cokstile (10m Quite Easy) for driver VP Dell;’Annunziata.

Photos and race replay follows along with Vivid’s Gr. I victory list. There are no words to adequately describe this quite exceptional trotteur.

Race replay: http://webtv.awsteleippica.com/videos/6340098616112

Groupe I victories and pedigree follow.

Le Trot, Gaet, Milano La Maura files/photos-harness trots

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink