Prix d'Amérique Races ZEturf Legend Race

Prix d’Amérique Races ZEturf Legend Race key figures

Analysis

26 January 2021

1,000,000 – This is the total allocation in euros distributed among the top seven in the Prix d’Amerique Legend Race. The race regains its highly symbolic allocation in 2021.

2,700 – This is the distance to travel in meters. The so-called classic course at Vincennes requires all the qualities required to make history: speed, endurance, handling and acceleration capacity.

1920 – The first Prix d’Amérique in history was contested in 1920, in honor of American Allied troops who came to fight in France during the First World War.

18 – The maximum number of starters.

11 – The number of horses that clinched their direct qualification for the Prix d’Amerique Legend Race.

6 – The number of ZEturf America Prize Qualifiers contested over the winter, providing fans and punters with a thrilling soap opera.

5 – Franck Nivard is the most successful pilot in activity with five successes in the Prix d’Amérique – Legend Race: Meaulnes du Corta (2009), Ready Cash (2011 and 2012) and Bold Eagle (2016 and 2017).

4 – The record for victories in the American Prize for a trotter: the legend Ourasi whose statue stands at the entrance to the straight line of the legendary racecourse around the world.

1’11’’2 – The record time (average over one kilometer) set in 2017 by Bold Eagle and in 2018 by Readly Express to cover the 2,700 meters.

3 – Like the number of Ultimate Finals on the program – The Prix d’Amérique Legend Race launches a series of three races, the Ultimate Finals: two weeks later the Prix de France Speed ​​Race will be contested, then a fortnight later again the Prix ​​de Paris Marathon Race.