As the Tour de France did last summer, the Grand Prix d’Amérique celebrates its 100th anniversary on Sunday. This is an opportunity for us to return to the origins of the biggest race of the year. Created in 1920 by the French Horse Breeding Company, the Prix d´Amerique, officially called the Grand Prix d’Amérique since 2013, has its origins in…
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The program of a sensational event
In addition to the World Harnessed Trot Championship, the public will attend a grandiose show on Sunday. Here is the detailed program for a sensational day. The excitement will reach its maximum on Sunday, January 26 at the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes for the 100th anniversary of the Grand Prix d’Amérique. The biggest race of the year, the World Harnessed Trotting Championship,…
Starters for the 2020 Grand Prix d’Amérique
100 years after its first edition, the 2020 American Grand Prix will take place on Sunday in front of tens of thousands of spectators. Here is the list of eighteen candidates: they will line up at the start around 4:10 p.m. They shone in the 2019 edition The magical trio of Jean-Michel Bazire Belina Josselyn, Looking Superb and Davidson du…
FRM benefits from patronage
Each year, the Grand Prix d’Amérique uses its notoriety to support a noble cause. The 2020 edition is associated with the FRM. The Grand Prix d’Amérique always has heart! In 2020, the World Harnessed Trot Championship, which celebrates its 100th anniversary, donates its patronage to the Foundation for Medical Research. All receipts for D-Day tickets will be donated to the…
Bahia Quesnot, the great traveler
It’s amazing what it is possible to do and live as different experiences in the space of a year. It would have taken a lifetime for some to do the same, but health helping and guided by a willingness to undertake coupled with an undeniable taste for challenge, the entourage of champion Bahia Quesnot lived an exceptional year 2019. It…
Propulsion will be there
After several weeks of waiting, Daniel Redén made his decision: his Propulsion champion will start on Sunday at the Grand Prix d’Amérique. A follower of the opposite, Daniel Redén could still have been desired for a few hours, he who has until Thursday to definitively and officially declare Propulsion‘s participation in the Grand Prix d’Amérique 2020. But as he had…
Sébastien Guarato and his square of aces
Sébastien Guarato will introduce four of his representatives to the start of the 2020 American Grand Prix on Sunday. A square of aces with profiles all very different from each other. Before presenting them, we should already note that Sébastien Guarato has become accustomed to the multiple representations of his training in an Grand Prix d’Amérique. He is even the…
The Grand Prix d’Amérique, a legendary and cinematographic race
The Grand Prix d’Amérique offers its share of suspense and twists each year under a very precise scene. Prestigious players ensure the legendary race the best possible casting. So many terms from the cinema that remind us that horse racing is above all a breathtaking spectacle. The oldest Grand Prix d’Amérique race film we have available dates back to 1930,…
Délia et Enino, the “du Pommereux” siblings
It’s much more than an anecdote. The fact that two siblings are in the running for the Grand Prix d’Amérique is a real event: firstly by its rarity but also because it tells the very essence of horse racing: the search for the best crossovers to give life to champions. The main architect of this great adventure is Noël Lolic.…