19 April 2019
Photo Pizzicato à Chantilly : scoopdyga.com
The horses trained in France still had great success on Friday at Lingfield Park in the All-Weather Championships.
The 3-year-old Pizzicato (Dabirsim) took the lead handily with 100 yards to go and resisted Deputise (Kodiac) hands and heels with Christophe Soumillon up.
Owned by Antoine Gilibert and the Ecurie Vivaldi managed by Didier Krainc, the winner of the All-weather 3-year-old Championship is trained in Chantilly by Fabrice Chappet. Winner of the Prix Montenica on Chantilly’s all-weather track, the bay gelding pocketed € 108,000/£ 93,375 and counts total earnings of nearly € 270,000/£ 233,500 with the owners' premiums.
Winner of five consecutive races on all-weather in France and in Great Britain until Friday, Amade (Casamento) settled for second place this time in the All-Weather Marathon Championship. Trained in Chantilly by Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti, Amade belongs to French aviation tycoon Laurent Dassault and the Australian syndicate OTI Management.
Silvery Mist (Stormy River) was third and Cry Baby (Power) was 4th in the All-Weather Girls & Mares Championship. Both are trained in France by Fabrice Chappet and Yann Barberot, respectively. The former represents British owner Roy Racing while the second races for Ecurie des Monnaies.
Trainer Fabrice Chappet also saddled Roc Angel (Rock of Gibraltar) to fourth place on Friday in the Easter Classic All-Weather Championship, again for owner Antoine Gilibert, president of the Compiegne racecourse.
Finally, Indyco (Rio de la Plata) took the second place in the All-Weather Mile Championship for trainer Henri-Alex Pantall and owner Sandro Gianella. He had not run since December and his second place in the Prix Luthier (L) in Deauville behind Marianafoot (Footstepsinthesand), winner of a Grand Prix in Qatar since!