At the Enghien track in Paris, 9-year-old Go On Boy (sired by Password), trained and driven by Romain Derieux, delivered a strong performance, decisively overtaking frontrunner Hohneck and winning the Prix de Washington in 1:50.2—a new race and track record.
The previous record was 1:51, held by Uza Josselyn.
Even faster was German-bred Gio Cash (sired by Victor Gio), trained and driven by Daniel Wäjersten, who fended off Don Fanucci Zet with driver Örjan Kihlström to win the Arjängs Stora Sprinter Prize in 1:50.1f.
This too was a new race and track record—the previous best being 1:51.3 by Nadal Broline.