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The 2026 Prix d’Amerique (Gr I International, purse 1,000,000€, 2700 meters, 18 starters ages 4-11), an unforgettable race this was in the rain with the ultra game Josh Power battling Go On Boy for a great distance before Go On Boy made a tried break and the harness racing winner 36/1 odds Hokkaido Jiel (9m […]
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 […]
What a harness racing crowd!!! What festivities!!! What a horse is Idao de Tillard!!! While we reported on the big race earlier, below is summary of Idao’s largely three wide journey. The huge crowd shown below had an experience as Idao won the Amerique Prize twice in a row. Since the1920 Amerique start, there have […]
The 2.3/1 odds harness racing favorite Idao de Tillard (7m Severino-America de Tillard) returned from this classic victory last year to double up timed in 1.11.1kr, the second fastest in the race history that started in 1920. Prix d’Amerique (Gr. I International, purse 1,000,000€, distance 2700 meters, 18 starters ages 4-11) victory advanced his scorecard […]
Harness racing action at Vincennes on Prix D’Amerique day is about much more than just those carrying a sulky, with 12 runners contesting the Gr. II €120,000 Prix Camille Blaisot. Jean Balthazar (Alto de Viette), who was sent off as the 1.1/1 odds favourite, proved that favouritism with a 1.10.6kr timed victory off the front […]
Idao De Tillard (Severino), the 2-1 favorite, with driver Clement Duvaldestin in the sulky, captured Europe’s biggest harness racing event, trotting a mile rate of 1:55.1 to win the $1 million Prix d’Amerique on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2024. Racing with shoes on the front end, and none on the back, the 6-year-old, […]
Edition Gema (10f Prince Gede-Jaflosa Gede) took the first groupe test this Amerique day, the Prix Jacques Andrieu (monte Gr. II International, purse 120,000€, 2850 meters, 11 starters), timed in 1.11.9kr as she drew away from all rivals in the lane to score by ten lengths. Guillaume Martin was the jockey for trainer Marc Sassier […]
Paris-Vincennes Hippodrome is in great shape leading to the Prix d’Amerique weekend. This day there were three events of interest all with speedy winners. In the Prix Andre Meunier (purse 60,000€, 2850 meters, 15 starters European ages 7-8 year) the 2.3/1 odds favorite Hymne du Gers (7g Bold Eagle-Unanime Quality) scored easily timed in 1.12.0kr. […]
Saturday of Amerique weekend has historically featured the Prix du Luxembourg (purse 100,000€, 2100 meters autostart for ages 5-11) but this year four groupe level contest share the stage. The Gr. II International Prix Roquepine (purse 150,000€, 2700 meters for four-year olds) and the Gr. II International Prix Paul Viel (purse 150,000€, 2700 meters for […]
The 11/1 odds Hamilton du Ham (7g Rachmaninov Seven-Scarlet du Ham-Kid Blue) took this day’s (Jan. 16) Vincennes featured Prix de Brionne (purse 52,000€, 2700 meters, 14 European starters ages 6-10) timed in 1.13.3kr. Gabriele Gelormini teamed the Yannick Desmet owned and trained nine-time career winner in 39 starts. He has earned 193,260€. Joseph Feytroy […]
The fifth Prix d’Amerique harness racing prize qualifier, the Prix de Bourgogneis, is set for Sunday (Dec. 31) at Paris-Vincennes in France. The 2100-meter autostart Gr. II contest for 120,000€ purse has 18 horses in two tiers led by Hohneck, Ampia Mede SM, Go On Boy and Hail Mary in what appears to be a […]
The world of harness racing is full of his name. It can be found in newspapers, on television, in all the mouths of enthusiasts and insiders of all kinds. He is Varenne (Waikiki Beach), simply the greatest Standardbred horse of all time, capable of going into every opponent’s house and knowing how to impose his […]
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 […]
Sunday’s (Jan. 29) Prix d’Amerique, arguably Europe’s greatest harness racing event, and certainly so in France, is wrought with American trotting blood. While that ancestral phenomenon might be several generations in arrears, the influence of the American trotting gene on French bloodlines cannot be ignored. As well, one of the most interesting aspects of the […]
Horsy Dream (6m Scipion du Goutier-Bonanza du Closeet) rallied past pacesetter Beads and carried on to the 1.13.3kr timed Gr. II Prix de Belgique at Paris-Vincennes Sunday, January 15 (Prix d’Amerique ZeTurf Q6, purse 120,000€, 2850 meters for 4–11-year-old International trotteurs). It was the second Prix d’Amerique qualifier won by Horsy Dream. Eric Raffin teamed […]
The first Prix d’Amerique qualifier took place today (Sunday, Nov. 20) at Paris-Vincennes in France with the Gr. II Prix de Bretagne (purse 120,000£, 2700 meters, International 4-10 year olds) going to rallying Hip Hop Haufor (5m Up And Quick-Villa Haufor-Notre Haufor) with breeder/owner/trainer Chriatian Bigeon at the lines. Race time was 1.12.4kr as the […]
Anyone notice the trip of a lifetime that harness racing’s top pacer, Bulldog Hanover, enjoyed up in Canada last week? Well, now it’s your turn! Harnesslink is getting ready to celebrate its 20th anniversary covering harness racing throughout the world. The actual anniversary date is October 10 and Harnesslink is offering a “trip of a […]
On North American tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the champion trotter […]
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 […]
This Monday morning in France there were 35 horses engaged to the 2022 Prix d’Amerique that will have an estimated purse of $1 million euros. There are 11 qualified plus the Cornulier winner. That group includes Galius, Ganay de Banville, Feydeau Seven. Rebella Matters, Hohneck, Etonnant, Cokstile, Vivid Wise As, Billie de Montfort, Diable de […]
Cokstile (9m Quite Easy-Joystile) rallied to win the fifth Prix d’ Amerique 2022 qualifier, the Prix du Bourgogne (Gr. II International, purse 120,000€, 2100 meters autostart, 18 starters), at 26/1 odds and clocked in 1.10.9kr at the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes in France. Gabriele Gelormini teamed this H.E. Bondo trainee for Scuderia Santese Srl. This was his […]
Etonnant (7m Timoko-Migraine) scored a 33/1 upset in Sunday’s 100,000€ Prix du Bourbonnais ( Prix d’Am Races Zeturf Q2) at Vincennes with Anthony Barrier up. Timed in 1.11.4kr the Richard Westerink owned and trained veteran secured his 15th career win now for 1,053,500€ earned. Etonnant raced second much of the way and then at mid-stretch […]
