Saudi Cup winner in the Grand Prix de Vichy

Vichy, Wednesday, 20 July: The summer meeting at the Hippodrome Bellerive reaches its preliminary climax today with the Grand Prix de Vichy (6th race/21.45 pm/80,000 Euro/2000 m), which counts as a Group 3 race.

The star of the six-strong field is the US-American Emblem Road (Olivier Peslier), for whom Alessandro and Giuseppe Botti are currently responsible. This year, the four-year-old surprisingly won the Saudi Cup, worth 20 million dollars, at that time still under the direction of Mitab Almulawah. Now he begins his European tour with the aim of contesting the Breeders` Cup at Keeneland. Six pounds cheaper in the match is Kertez (Maxime Guyon), who finished a good third in the recent La Coupe (Group 3). The in-form Diamond Vendôme (Simon Planque), who has won several times this season, could end up in the betting, as did the Riocorvo (Gerald Mosse), Sundoro (Mickael Barzalona) and Coeur Machen (Cristian Demuro), who recently performed well in May.