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 Ténor de Baune and his feat mark the decade right away.
1991. The year thus begins with a historic and unique achievement. Tenor de Baune, born in his youth and revealed at the age of 4, aligns himself in the supreme test strong of his 29 victories in the 29 races in which he participated. Powerful and stainless, the chestnut of Jean-Baptiste Bossuet, after an extraordinary mano-a-mano of almost two kilometers with Rêve d’Udon, manages to bend his elder to impose himself in force and to win his thirtieth consecutive victory. Never in the History of the Trot, a competitor had taken away the American Prize by presenting himself unbeaten. This achievement has never been republished.
92. In the lead since the climb, Verdict Gédé, a moment overwhelmed by the great favorite Ultra Ducal in the finish line, courageously manages to resume a length to deprive him of a victory that seemed to him offered.
93. The Swedish ballerina Queen L, with its airy appearance, keeps a slight gap on the big outsider and fast finisher Ukir de Jemma to offer his coach / driver Stig H. Johansson the only American prize of his prestigious career.
94. A young Belgian driver, associated with a Canadian trotter considered a bit like a horse of amateurs and property of a German, secures almost two hundred meters in advance to keep the minimum on the wire on Vourasie, the young sister of the quadruple retired laureate. Jos Verbeeck had just struck a blow with Sea Cove, showing his tactical mastery and his malice. It will not be his only master stroke.
95. In full possession of his resources, Vourasie is at the pinnacle of his art and form at the start of the Prix d’Amérique. Third in 1993, then second in the escaped Sea Cove in 1994, she is the favorite of the event. Reaching in progress on the leaders in the last turn, she sprints courageously but can not resist a small mare come in her back that overflows it all at the end. Held by a young Swede, Helen Johansson (homonymous but not related to Stig), Ina Scot offers the Prix d’Amérique to the first – and only to date – female driver.
96. Cocktail Jet, trained and driven by Jean-Etienne Dubois, Jean-Pierre’s younger son, placed at the forefront on the descent, sows his opponents in the finish line to win easily. It will become one of the biggest stallions of the current livestock.
97. Second in the previous year, Abo Volo, still driven by Jos Verbeeck, won his Prix d’Amérique from end to end thirteen years after his father Lurabo. With the exception of Passeport before the Second World War, this extremely rare father / son was achieved only last year by Bold Eagle, son of Ready Cash.
98. Another feat of Belgian driver Jos Verbeeck who, with his partner Dryade des Bois and after losing a score of meters at the start, managed to come back and slalom in the finish line to deprive Echo of a success that Seemed acquired.
99. Coached by Jimmy Takter, American sprinter Moni Maker aligns with the Prix d’Amérique a year after her second place in the Prix de France. Driven in confidence by Jean-Michel Bazire who installed him at the head on the plain, she deposited his opponents in the last turn to win with a good margin. It was the first American Award for JMB.
