Football World Champion in 1998, Lionel Charbonnier became a horse consultant on RMC. Here is his passionate look at the Prix d’Amérique Opodo Finale EpiqE Series. Having become a full-time coach, Lionel Charbonnier, an international goalkeeper from the A.J. Auxerre, with whom he achieved the double Coupe de France / Championnat de France, has a passion for horses and races. Owner…
Olympic rookie jumping champion at the Rio Olympics last summer, Philippe Rozier is a horse man with a passion for trotting. He gives us his vision of the Prix d’Amérique Opodo and the atmosphere he particularly appreciates. Philippe Rozier is one of the four members of the French show jumping horse racing team in Rio in 2016. Born with horses,…
The year 2000, for a large number of enthusiasts, are mainly the Varenne years. But other champions were there. The transalpine champion, a real phenomenon for many observers, undoubtedly marked the decade of his great talent. But we should also note the advent of Jag de Bellouet, deprived of a second crown on green carpet, and that of Offshore Dream,…
After being the winner of the Prix d’Amérique with Meaulnes du Corta and then with Ready Cash, Franck Nivard is now Bold Eagle‘s pilot. The exceptional horse will be the favorite of the Prix d’Amérique Finale EpiqE Series,next Sunday. Back on the past of an exception driver. Son of the coach Jean-François Nivard, Franck Nivard was born in Avranches in 1979. Very…
The 90s begin with the farewell of Ourasi in full glory, and no one imagines that just a year after the retreat of the “Roi Fainéant”, a newcomer will settle in the Legend of trot, and to win the Prix d’Amérique by arriving undefeated after 29 sorties. None doubled during these 90s with a changing hierarchy over the years, but…
Author of an exceptional 2016 season, punctuated by a record number of victories, 300, Pierre-Charles Boudot won his second Cravache d’Or at the Gallop. Loving all the races, he gives us his point of view on the Prix d’Amérique Opodo. Co-owner with a good group of friends of a trotter, Beethov, recent winner in Vincennes Hippodrome of Paris, Pierre-Charles Boudot…
In the 1980s, the Prix d’Amérique had the supremacy of an outstanding horse, an exceptional champion with astonishing charisma and incredible longevity. Ourasi will become the record-horse of victories and the eternal icon of Trotting History. The 80s : This decade marks the control of the French trotters in the Prix d’Amérique since it is the only one during which no…
Sébastien Guarato is currently the incontestable leader of the coaches, accumulating the victories at the highest level, in the young as in the old horses. With Bold Eagle, the flagship of a high-performing team, he is competing for a second consecutive Prix d’Amérique Opodo Final EpiqE Series. And its path is not common. Originally from the Bordeaux region where he…
For some years, the stands of Vincennes Hippodrome de Paris flourished with flags, banners, scarves, caps or other gadgets to the glory and colors of the trotters who will illustrate themselves on the track. For the Opodo America Prize 2017, whole buses of supporters have been planned for a long time, which will ensure a festive and colorful atmosphere to…