Group 3 race in Vincennes

Paris-Vincennes, Friday, 28 October: Tonight`s event in Vincennes still officially counts as an autumn meeting, but it gives a foretaste of the major winter racing events to come.

In the Prix Pierre Van Troyen (2nd race/18.58 h/80.000 Euro/2700 m) four- and five-year-old horses of the winning category up to 300.000 Euro will compete. Heraut d`Armes (Nicola Bazire) has caught up with the top class of the year after his triumph in the European Championships for Five-Year-Olds (Group 1) against Hohneck.
and is on the verge of his next success. Horsy Dream (Pierre Belloche) had a successful summer in Enghien, where the stallion could not be beaten three times in a row. Here, at a higher level, he did not come into his own as usual. Hinden (Franck Nivard) did well in the Critérium des 5 Ans (Group 1) close behind the leading group as sixth and must be included in all considerations.

The I-year-old, born four years ago, will be addressed in the Prix Olry-Roederer (5th race/20.50 h/80,000 Euro/2850 m). Eleven saddle trotters will take part, including Intuition (Adrien Lamy), who won impressively in the Prix des Elites (Group 1) and before that in the Prix Emile Riotteau (Group 2). Ideale du Chêne (Paul Philippe Ploquin) always cut a good figure as a `runner up` to the Malmqvist mare. She is also expected to be in the front running as is Inshore (Alexandre Abrivard), who was not shown his limits in his success in the Prix Camille de Wazieres (Group 2) over Ici C`Est Paris (Francois Lagadeuc) and Ibra du Loisir (Yoann Lebourgeois).