Vincennes has super trotters on display Saturday

Many of the best French and International trotters will be on stage Saturday March 4 at Paris-Vincennes, with two Gr. I winter ending classics and two Gr. III events of note for older monte and attele performers. Purses for just the four stakes races total more than 660,000€.

The Prix des Centaures monte starters are listed below, and that field includes Hanna des Molles, Ideale du Chene and Happy And Lucky.

Prix des Centaures (Gr. I monte, purse 240,000€, 2200 meters distance handicap for 4-6 year olds)

The attele counterparts will contest the Prix de Selection with favorites likely to be Idao de Tillard from the Thierry Duvaldestin barn along with rivals Juliet Papa Bravo and Joyner Sport. That full lineup follows:

Prix de Selection (Gr. I, purse 240,000€, 2200 meters distance handicap for 4–6-year-olds)

Two Gr. III tests are also on that program for aged attele and monte performers. A host of upper-level rivals are in the Gravelle Prize that include Prix du Luxembourg winner Beads from the Bazire training stable and Usain Toll. Copsi, Decoloration, Elvis du Vallon and Elite de Jiel.

The full starter list follows:

Prix du Plateau de Gravelle (Gr. III, purse 90,000€, 2100 meters autostart for International 4–11-year-olds)

The Prix Henri Desmontils (Gr. III, purse 90,000€, monte 2800 meters for International 5-11 year olds) will showcase many of top monte performers currently racing such as Granvillaise Bleue, Clegs des Champs and Chalimar de Guez. See that full starter list below.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink