Wednesday, June 08, 2022

Hannes des Molles faultless this time?

Laval, Wednesday, 8 June: The sixth leg of the Grand National du Trot race series (1st race/13.50 h/90,000 Euro/2850 m) is up for decision today in Laval. After the surprising `out` of Hanna des Molles (Alexandre Abrivard) in the last `GNT` stage in Le Croise-Laroche, the five-year-old tries to make up for lost time.

Before that, `Hanna` proved her great class in Châteaubriant, where she finished second behind the superior Cleangame, ahead of Freyja du Pont (Nicolas Bazire). The latter was the beneficiary of Hanna des Molles` failure in Le Croise-Laroche and fought her way past Eire d`Helios (Francois Lagadeuc) and Fragonard Delo (Anthony Barrier) to take the silver medal. In Vincennes, a similar match was run in the Prix du Gatinais (Group 3), which Decoloration (Louis Baudouin) pinned to her banner ahead of Echo de Chanlecy (Tony Le Beller), Epsom d`Herfraie (Eric Raffin) and Flore de Janeiro (Franck Blandin), among others. The Baudouin mare, who is in good form, has to `go for it` with the maximum allowance this time, so there is nothing standing in the way of a reversal of form. El Grecco Bello (Gabriele Gelormini) can expect first chances from the basic brand. After two less fortunate starts, he could build on the victories achieved in March.