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The legendary Jean Michel Bazire (“JMB”) doubled today on Champions Day at Vincennes first taking the Prix Albert Viel (Gr. I, purse 200,000€, 2700 meters, 15 starters age three) with 1.12.8kr timed 4.9/1 odds Mille Etoiles (3f Prodigious-Electra Green) that Nicolas Bazire trains. The Scuderia Mistero Srl owned filly now sports six career wins in […]
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 […]
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 exceptional harness racing trotter Jushua Boy (5m Bold Eagle-Ma Sissi James-Buvetier d’Aunou) returned to the races after a five-month absence to capture the Gr. II International Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (purse 150,000€, 2875 meters volte start, 13 starters ages 4-11) at Enghien-Soisy in France today, July 27. Off at 7.7/1 and racing with shoes, the […]
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 […]
Theo Duvaldestin and Jean Michel Bazire reined winners this day at Paris-Vincennes with lightly raced trotteurs. Bazire started off with a victory with 2.1/1 Destiny du Poggio (5f Bold Eagle-Sand Grenade) in the Prix du Mesle (purse 35,000€, 2700 meters, 13 European five-year old starters). Bazire trains and reined the 1.13.3kr timed mare as she […]
The 5/10 favorite Jushua Tree (5m Bold Eagle-Ma Sissi James-Buvetier d’Aunou) made a three wide brush in the final turn for harness racing trainer-driver Jean Michel Bazire and then fought off 10/1 Joviality (5f Chapter Seven-Pasithea Face-Muscle Hill) for the two-length victory in the Prix de Croix (SWC 4-5 Ans Q4, Gr. II International, 2850 […]
The Jean Michel Bazire driven 1.7/1 odds favorite Hotline de Carsi (6f Vigove-Uline de Carsi) rallied late and wide to capture today’s (July 16) 10th leg of the Trophee Vert Series, this being the Grand Prix Interhome Jean Maurice Bete (purse 50,000€, 3100 meters, 16 starters all 6–10-year-olds) at Royan-Atlantique in France. The winner is […]
Etonnant (9m Timoko-Migraine-Alligator) overcame a three and four wide journey with Anthony Barrier driving, eventually overcoming pacesetter Callmethebreeze in the final bend and then holding off the surging Go On Boy to win the Kymi Grand Prix in Finland (100,000€ to the winner, 170,000€ total purse, part of the UET Elite Circuit, 2100 meters autostart) […]
Many top harness racing trotteurs in Europe were on stage this day (June 10) at Paris-Vincennes. Five-year-old males contested the Gr. II Prix Jean le Gonidec (purse 120,000€, 2175 meters voltstart) with a relatively easy victory to the 4/10 favorite Idao de Tillard (5m Severino-America de Tillard) clocked in 1.09.7kr off quick fractions. Clement Duvaldestin […]
Two Gr II monte harness racing trotting tests were on stage Friday (June 2) evening at Paris-Vincennes. The Prix Lavater (Etrier Q3 doe four-year olds, monte, purse 120,000€, 2700 meters) saw Jasper des Charmes (4m Kesaco Phedo-Une Toscane) score in 1.13.3kr and off as the 8/10 odds favorite; Jean Michel Bazire trains this winner for […]
Three groupe tests highlighted today’s (May 6) Paris-Vincennes harness racing program. The Gr. II Prix Albert Demarq (purse 120,000€, 2850 meters for five-year-olds) saw 15/1 odds Ideal Ligneries (5m Repeat Love-Ouragame) rally to score times in 1.13.1kr. Franck Nivard was the winning pilot for Ecurie le Tremont and trainer Fabrice Souloy as Ideal won for […]
The Cagnes sur Mer featured Gr. III Prix Pierre Desire Allaire (purse 80,000€, 2925 meters for European 7-11 year olds) this evening went to the J-M Bazire trainee Gently de Muze (7m Perlando-Obade Mancellerie) reined by Christophe Martens. The now 17 time winner of 532,900€ was timed in 1.13.7kr for owner Yannick Desmet. He was […]
Hooker Berry (6m Booster Winner-Osaka Berry), off at 7.5/1 odds, swept three wide to the lead mid stretch and drew wide and off to an easy harness racing victory in 2023 Prix d’Amerique (purse 1,000,000€, Gr. I International for 4-11 year olds, 2700 meters) timed in 1.11.7kr at Vincennes, France Sunday, January 29. The master […]
Jubile Prior (4m Prince de Montfort-Dotation) captured the Gr. II Prix de Pardieu (monte, purse 120,000€, 2175 meters for four-year-olds) this day (Jan. 21) at Vincennes in France. Aurelian Desmarres was the winning harness racing jockey for trainer Jean Michel Bazire and owner Sylvain Desmarres. Jobile Prior won for the fourth time in his career […]
Gently de Muze (6m Perlando-Obade Marceerie) took the Gr, II Finale Grand National du Trot Paris Turf (purse 150,000£, 2850 meters distance handicap) at Paris Vincennes on Sunday, December 4, clocked in 1.13.3kr. Trainer Jean Michel Bazire was the driver for owner Yannick Desmet as the winner recorded his 14th career victory now for 389,800£ […]
Cleangame (10g Ouregon de Celland-Red Bell), off as the 7/10 odds favorite, returned to form by winning the fourth leg of the Gr. III Grand National du Trot Paris-Turf at Châteubriant in France. (purse 90,000€, 2975 meters distance handicap, 5-10 year olds). Trainer Jean Michel Bazire teamed the now 42-time career winner for owner J.P. […]
Davidson du Pont waited a long time before coming on in the stretch for 21-year-old driver Nicolas Bazire in winning the 1,000,000€ Prix d’Amérique Legend Race Sunday at the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes. He finished 4th in 2019 before being a silver medalist twice in 2020 and 2021 behind the big absentee of this edition Face Time Bourbon. […]
On Sunday afternoon just outside of Paris, France, the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes is hosting the world’s richest race for Standardbreds, the Prix d’Amerique, with a purse of 1 million euros ($1,114,000 US). There will be 18 harness racing horses going to post in the Prix d’Amerique, which is held at a distance of 2,700 meters or […]
Saturday’s Gr. III Prix du Luxembourg (purse 100,000€, International 5-11 year olds that are winners of 160,000€-800,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 16 starters) at the Hippodrome Pari-Vincennes saw the even-money favorite Elie de Beaufour (8g Royal Dream-Pignata) score in 1.10.4kr off fast fractions (1.07kr at the 1500 meters to go mark; 1.09.1kr at the 1000; 1.10.3kr […]
Splendid on paper, the Critérium des 3 Ans was on the track with a magnificent final packaging dominated by the filly Idylle Speed, driven by Jean-Michel Bazire, trained by François-Pierre Bossuet and for the colors of Franck Morineau. The time is exceptional: 1’12”2 for a 3-year-old filly, it is simply a new record of the […]
Jean Michel Bazire’s trained and reined Cleangame (9g Ouragon de Celland-Red Bell) continued his successful harness racing comeback with a 1.11.1kr clocked victory today in the Grand Prix Federation Regionale du Nord (Gr. III, purse 100,000€, 2400 meters autostart clockwise, International 4-10 year olds) at Amiens, France. Off at 4/10 odds, the winner started his […]
