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Females dominated the Prix de Bourgogne New Year’s Day at Paris-Vinecennes as the ZeTurf fourth qualifier to the Prix d’Amerique took place. Delia du Pommereux (10f Niky-Novre du Pommereux) scored in stakes record time of 1.09.6kr at 14/1 odds over the 2100 meters autostart course contested by 18 starters for the 120,000€ purse. The Gr. […]
The world’s most prestigious trotting race, the Prix D’Amerique is to be staged this year on Sunday 25 January. Worth I million euros ($A1.734 million) the event is run over 2700 metres at the famous Vincennes Hippodrome in Paris. Generally regarded as the hardest trotting race to win the event is staged on spacious 2000 […]
The 7/10 odds favorite Filwell (9g Qwerty-Regence-Insert Gede) took today’s (Dec. 11) Paris-Vincennes harness racing featured Prix Auguste Francois (Gr. III, purse 90,000€, 2175 meters, monte, eight European starters) clocked in 1.11.0kr. Adrien Lamy was the winning jockey for breeder/owner/trainer Pierre Levesque as Filwill won for the 22nd time in 79 career starts for 753,160€ […]
June (5f Booster Winner-Cenora) easily rallied to victory off a fast pace of Java Dairpet to win the Gr. II monte Prix Xavier de Saint Palais (purse 120,000€, 2175 meters, seven five year old starters) at Vincennes on Friday (Nov. 8). Off at 2.6/1 odds June was handled by jockey and trainer Mathieu Mottier for […]
Jean Michel Bazire started today’s superb Vincennes card with three victories starting with the Prix Zosma (purse 53,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 15 five year old starters) victory at the lines of 9/10 odds favorite Destiny di Poggio (5f Bold Eagle-Sand Grenade) timed in a sharp 1.10.1kr. Scuderia Mistero Srl owns this four time winner in […]
Gold Voice (8f Jag de Bellouet-Lovely de Paris) dominated her harness racing rivals to win the Prix Jean Mary at Vincennes (monte, purse 75,000€, 2175 meters voltstart, 10 starters ages 6-11) at 17/1 odds with Clement Frecelle in the irons. Fabrice Souloy trains the David Benchetrit owned and bred performer that has 11 career wins […]
There were three more important Criterium qualifying harness racing events on the track today in Paris for three- and four-year-olds. The Criterium 4 Ans Q4 /Prix Gaston Brunet (Gr. II, purse 120,000€, 2700 meters Volt start, 11 four-year-old males) saw 21/1 odds upsetter Kataki de Wallis (4m Charly du Noyer-Valley Charm-Lets Go Along) score impressively […]
The Criterium 5 Ans Q2 /Prix Jockey (Gr. II, purse 120,000€, 2700 meters Volt start, 17 five-year-old starters) at Paris-Vincennes, France today (Aug. 31) went to the 7/10 odds race favorite Jushua Tree (5m Bold Eagle-Ma Sissi James-Buvetier d’Aunou) reined by his trainer Jean Michel Bazire for owner Ecurie Olmenhof. The Hugues Rousseau bred stallion […]
The three session Arqana-Trot Select Yearling Sale is now complete at Deauville, France. 310 lots sold from 469 presented (66.1%) for an average of 33,924€. The gross sales were 10,561,000€ with the 740,000€ sale topper. Last year 316 lots sold (67.0%) for 10,719,000 with the average 33,348€ and 250,000€ was the sale topper. The 2024 […]
Two-year-olds battled in the Prix des Cyclamens at Vincennes, France (Aug. 28) (purse 38,000€, 2175 meters, 10 starters) with first over Morality (2f Rocklyn-Union Quality-Password) powering away in the lane to an easy 1.17.2kr timed score, her first victory in two outings. Off at 2.2/1 odds the winner was reined by owner/trainer Julien Dubois and […]
Inshore (6m Real de Lou-Beaute Winner) handily took the Gr. III International monte Prix Guillaume de Ballaigue (purse 90,000€, 2700 meters, nine starters ages 6-11) at Paris-Vincennes timed in 1.11.7kr. Off at 3.3/1 odds Paul Philippe Ploquin was in the irons for L.C. Abrivard the winning owner/trainer/breeder. Inshore now has 10 career wins in 34 […]
Today’s (June 23) superb championship harness racing program at Vincennes included three monte finals for three-, four- and five-year-old specialists totaling 680,000€ in purses. In the Prix d’Essi (Etrier 3 Ans Finale, purse 200,000€, 2700 meters, 13 open three-year-old monte starters) the 6.8/1 odds Lexie de Banville (3f Real de Lou-Canne Biere) scored in 1.13.2kr […]
The 5.3/1 odds Lombok Jiel (3m Enino du Pommereux-Surabaya Jiel) rallied in mid-stretch past tiring leaders to win the Gr. I Prix Albert Viel at the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes in France today (June 23) (purse 200,000€, 2700 meters, 15 three-year-old open starters) with P-Y Verva at the lines for Jean Luc Dersoir training for Ecurie Luck. […]
The Journey of Champions Day at Paris-Vincennes (June 23) featured the Gr. I Prix Rene Balliere (International, purse 200,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 12 starters ages 4-11) that had the harness racing face-off between Prix d’Amerique and Elitloppet winners for the first time in 41 years. Here the 2.3/1 odds Horsy Dream (7m Scipion du Goutier-Bonanza […]
Gadget du Gade (8g Aladin d’Ecajuel-Razzia du Gade) off at 10/1 odds rallied past rivals in late stretch to win the Vincennes featured Prix Callisto (purse 68,000€, 2850 meters, 18 monte starters ages 7-11) this evening (June 21) timed in 1.12.8kr. Celine Eliane Lemaire rode the winner for J.F. Senet training for Ecurie du Damier. […]
Four Groupe II harness racing events were on stage today (June 8) at the famed Paris-Vincennes Hippodrome in France, including top four- and five-year-olds and aged performers, each racing for a purse of 120,000€. In the Prix Jean le Gonidec (2175 meters, 15 five-year-old starters) the 19/1 odds outsider Jamin de Brion (5m Charly du […]
Hanna des Molles (7f Village Mystic-Ultimate Jet) easily took the Prix Paul Delanoe (Gr. III, purse 90,000€, monte, 2175 meters, eight European starters for 6–11-year-olds) at Paris-Vincennes today (June 4) in a world record time 1.09.6kr (mile rate 1:51.986) with jockey Alexandre Abrivard in the irons. Off at 6.4/1 odds the winner is trained by […]
Two 120,000€ groupe II monte harness racing events Friday, May 31, highlighted the Paris-Vincennes program this day. In the Gr. II Prix Victor Cavey (Etrier 5 Ans Q3, purse 120,000€, 2700 meters, 11 five-year-old open starters) the 9/1 odds Jeroboam d’Erable (5m Prodigious-Amitaute) scored easily timed in 1.12.3kr. Damien Bonne rode the Charley Thomain trainee […]
Ganay de Banville (8m Jasmin de Flore-Anais de Banville-Quaker Jet) out fought rivals and then drew clear nearing the line to win in 1.12.9kr for harness racing trainer/driver Jean Michel Bazire in the Prix Jean Riaud at Paris Vincennes. Thus Gr. III test was raced over 2850 meters for a 90,000€ purse by a 15 […]
The 13/1 odds Go For The Gold (8g Ready Cash-Grace de Tembia-Workaholic) easily scored in today’s (May 21) monte Gr. III International Prix Louis Sauve (purse 90,000, 2700 meters, nine International starters ages 5-11) at Paris-Vincennes. Mathieu Mottier was the winning jockey for trainer and breeder Thierry Duvaldestin and owner Ecurie Union Story. The winner […]
Django Hill (5m Muscle Hill-Demi Kievitshof-Love You) rolled past rivals nearing the line to win the Prix des Viselets (purse 41,000€, 2100 meters autostart, five-year olds 15 European starters) at Paris-Vincennes on Friday (May 17) clocked in 1.11.7kr off quick fractions. William Nimczyk teamed this Karin Walter-Mommert owned trotteur that Wolfgang Nimczyk trains and was […]
Paris-Vincennes hosted multiple groupe level tests this evening (May 10) starting with the Gr. II Prix Masina (purse 120,000€, 2700 meters volte start, 15 three-year old fillies) where the well-bred Lotta Bourbon (3f Prodigious-Vita Bourbon-Love You) scored in 1.14.5kr. Eric Raffin teamed the Sebastien Guarato trainee to her fourth career victory in nine outings. She […]
Today’s (May 4) great harness racing action at Paris-Vincennes in France included three groupe level tests and fast-class trotteurs. In the featured Prix Albert Demarc (Gr. II, purse 120,000€, 2850 meters, 14 five-year old starters) the 6.3/1 Jazzman Debailleul (5m Repeat Love-Scarlet Gaby) won timed in 1.12.6kr/ Franck Nivard reined the Erno Szirmay trainee that […]
Today’s (May 3) Prix Bettina (purse 59,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 16 starters ages 6-11 European) saw 1.8/1 Global Agreement (8g Love You-Muskat) score in 1.11.3kr. Gabriele Gelormini reined this Alessandro Gocciadoro trainee for Glass Bagan Halsingland. The winner, starting from post 16, was up in the final strides after a death seat journey and remains […]
