Naples calls, JMB answers
TODAY – 5.30 pm TQQ in Varese (g, 6th race, 1400 m sand) Favorites: 13-3-4-11-2. Surprise: 7-8-6. Conference starts at 2.30pm. He also ran to Rome (t, 13.45), Albenga (t, 14.20), Aversa (t, 14.55). Tv: live UnireSat.
YESTERDAY – TQQ in Castelluccio dei Sauri: Tris 8-5-12, € 332.96 for 72 winners; Fourth 8-5-12-1, € 1,103.09 for 6 winners; Fifths 8-5-12-1-16, € 12,809.53 for 6 winners.
FRANCE / 1 – Yesterday gallop in Pornichet La Baule: girl (€ 19,000, 2100 m aw) 2. Saslong; girl (€ 19,000, 1700 m aw) 3. Centurion. Gallop yesterday in Cagnes sur Mer: conditioning (€ 26,000, 1500m) 5. Grec. Today I trot in Vincennes: course D (€ 57,000, m. 2100) Vicki Laksmy. Today obstacles in Pau: handicap (€ 34,000, m. 3500 hedges) Paint Prince; conditioning (€ 30,000, m. 3800 bell tower) Stormicaya.
FRANCE / 2 – Great courtship maneuvers at Davidson du Pont (in the picture with the boy Gabriel Monthulé). Anders Malmrot for Solvalla and Pier Luigi D’Angelo for Naples have expressed a declaration of interest in the winner of the Amerique 2022, for fact at the start respectively in the Elitloppet and in the Lottery. The manager of Solvalla, however, has already received a negative response from Jean Michel Bazire, who did not take the Swedish criticism of his son Nicolas for the excessive use of the whip in the final 200 meters of the Amerique, for which the 21-year-old Bazire jr ( as a recidivist, after similar episodes of 9 and 26 December) he was in effect on foot for 4 days (from 10 to 13 February) and fined 300 euros. JMB, in his usual “space” on Paris Turf, instead spent nice words for Naples, which would like to have father and son in the running: «We were together splendidly, on the occasion of the 2019 edition that we won with Bel Avis. We have received an invitation to be in the Lottery again this year and we will seriously consider it. “
FRANCE / 3 – After renouncing the trip to Saudi Arabia, Xavier Marie, new owner of Grand Glory, has decided that the 6-year-old from Olympic Glory will remain in training with Gianluca Bietolini also in 2022 to aim for the main French races open to elderly females, that is Romanet (which she won in 2021) and Opera (in which she was 2nd).
SWEDEN – Yesterday trot in Jagersro: Fördel Treåriga (75.700 sek, m. 2140-2160) 2. Goddess Grif 15.9; Fördel Treåriga (75,700 sek, m. 2140-2160) 5. Donnie Darko Font 18.1; Februaristayern (93,300 sek, m. 3140-3160-3180) squa. Senator Roc.
ENGLAND / 1 – Yesterday in Southwell a double of just over 7/1 for Marco Ghiani (16 wins in 2022), with the favorites Author’s Dream in handicap and Won Love in novice.
ENGLAND / 2 – John and Thady Gosden have formalized Mishriff’s participation in the Saudi Cup on February 26 in Riyadh: in case of victory, the … outgoing champion will oust Wink as world record holder for amounts won. In the antepost Mishriff is favored at 7/2, followed by Mandaloun at 4/1, TO Keynes at 5, Happy Saver at 8, Real World and Midnight Boom at 10, Sealiway, March Lorraine and Country Grammer at 12.
IRELAND – Yesterday an Italian purchase on the first day of February Sale di Goffs: Marco Bozzi took a 2 year old from Buratino for € 8,500.
ITALY – Advances confirmed: the European Pattern Committee of the gallop has deprived the qualification of listed the City of Naples, Archidamia and Closing Awards. The hope is that they must be kept as conditioned and not transformed into yet another unnecessary major handicap. Rather, there are fourteen other Italian races at risk of being downgraded for 2023, between patterns and listed.