Donato Hanover filly impressive in French racing debut
May 8, 2013,by Karsten Bonsdorf, USTA web newsroom correspondent
Tast Of Bourbon, a 3-year-old filly who has a world class pedigree (sired by Donato Hanover and out of the top French mare Qualita Bourbon — the winner of more than $2 million), made her race debut Tuesday night (May 7) at Vincennes in a Group 3 race over the 1- 11/16th mile distance with a total purse of $100,000.
Gerard Forni photo
Danae F Boko catches Tast Of Bourbon at the wire.
Tast Of Bourbon is bred and owned by legendary French horseman Jean Pierre Dubois, who was also in the bike.
Going into the stretch it looked like Tast Of Bourbon was going to win, but she was caught at the wire by the Dutch filly Danae F Boko (sired by Ken Warkentin) with Robin Bakker in the bike.
Both were timed in 2:02 (mile rate).
- Donato Hanover filly upsets in France (Sunday, July 14, 2013)
Tast Of Bourbon, a 3-year old Danish-bred filly sired by Donato Hanover and out of the top French mare Qualita Bourbon, winner of more than $2 million, was an easy winner of Prix de Rome, a Group 3 race over 1-¾ miles for 3-year-old trotters at Enghien in Paris Saturday afternoon (July 13).