{"id":1751,"date":"2017-01-26T11:54:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prixdameriqueraces.com\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:54:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T10:54:59","slug":"back-to-the-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prixdameriqueraces.com\/en\/news\/back-to-the-2000s\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the 2000&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2000, for a large number of enthusiasts, are mainly the <strong>Varenne<\/strong> years. But other champions were there.<\/p>\n<p>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 <strong>Jag de Bellouet,<\/strong> deprived of a second crown on green carpet, and that of <strong>Offshore Dream<\/strong>, double winner like <strong>Varenne,<\/strong> and first trotter to make 1&#8217;12&#8221;0 on the 2,700 m of the Prix d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2000:<\/strong> For the first Prix d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique of the new century, it is a small horse with the uncommon footwork which breaks the screen and burns the track: <strong>General du Pommeau<\/strong>, answers to the very tough attack of the Italian crack <strong>Varenne,<\/strong> and flies in the last turn towards a resounding and very easy victory. He pulverized the course record becoming the first trotter to go below 1&#8217;13 &#8221; <strong>(1&#8217;12&#8221;6).<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2001:<\/strong>\u00a0The scheduled revenge of last year&#8217;s protagonists took place: the &#8220;General&#8221; against &#8220;Il Capitano&#8221;, Italian nickname of Varenne. This time, the latter attack from afar, and <strong>General du Pommeau<\/strong> fails to raise the transalpine champion, losing even the second place at the end to the benefit of Fan Idol. Raised by Jean-Pierre Dubois, trained by a Finnish Jori Turja and driven by Italian Paolo Minucci, <strong>Varenne<\/strong> offers a new American Award to Italy long after <strong>Nike Hanover<\/strong> (1964). The following year, the Italian crack doubled the setting by attacking from a distance while <strong>General du Pommeau<\/strong> is stuck in the peloton. Despite a stunning end, the champion Jules Lepennetier has to settle for the second place clearly ahead of<strong> Insert<\/strong> <strong>G\u00e9d\u00e9.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2003:<\/strong> Everyone expects a confrontation between the resident of Yves Dreux<strong> Insert G\u00e9d\u00e9<\/strong> and the Swedish car of Stefan Melander <strong>Scarlet Knight<\/strong> arbitrated by <strong>General du Pommeau<\/strong> now 9 years old. In a pouring rain, it was finally Belgian witch Jos Verbeeck who surprised his rivals by succeeding in sprintering <strong>Abano As<\/strong> after being released from the rope, thus offering to Germany his unique Prix d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique. Beaten with a breath,<strong> Insert G\u00e9d\u00e9<\/strong> consoles with the second place in front of <strong>Gigant Neo<\/strong> that drifted Jean-Michel <strong>Bazire.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2004:<\/strong> Jean-Michel Bazire, in the sulky of his resident<strong> K\u00e9saco Ph\u00e9do,<\/strong> takes a brilliant revenge on <strong>Abano As<\/strong>, second, getting out of reach of the redoubtable final rush of the German trotter. Third by trotting long outside,<strong> Jag de Bellouet<\/strong> made an impression.<br \/>\n<strong>2005:<\/strong>\u00a0Winner of the Prix de Cornulier at the trot mont\u00e9 a week earlier, <strong>Jag de Bellouet<\/strong> attacks at the bottom of the climb and imposes himself in force under the ferrule of his young driver Christophe Gallier. He is clearly ahead of <strong>Gigant Neo<\/strong> and competitor Jacques-Henri Treich,<strong> Ilster d&#8217;Espiens<\/strong>. This arrival of the first two, in this order, is exactly the same the following year, but <strong>Jag de Bellouet<\/strong> is disqualified from this victory a few weeks later, a banned product having been found in his body due to accidental contamination of a batch of vitamin <strong>C.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2007:<\/strong> 5 years old, and recent winner of the Criterium Continental allowing him to be at the start,<strong> Offshore Dream<\/strong> deposits his opponents in the last turn and goes towards an easy success. Only <strong>Kool du Caux<\/strong> manages to keep in touch, the coalition of Jean-Michel Bazire,<strong> Kazire de Guez<\/strong>, <strong>Kesaco Ph\u00e9do<\/strong> and <strong>Jardy<\/strong> finishing in this order. The following year, the resident of Pierre Levesque, brought back by his companion of box <strong>Meaulnes du\u00a0Corta<\/strong>, takes advantage in the finishing line and resists the good return of Scandinavian <strong>Opal Viking<\/strong> giving a double to the family Levesque in the Prix d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique<strong>.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2009:<\/strong> Driven by a young driver in full ascension, Franck Nivard, <strong>Meaulnes du Corta<\/strong>, set in the lead as the descent, accelerates in the last turn and sows his opponents, finishing far ahead of others. First victory for Franck Nivard, but above all, a third consecutive Prix d&#8217;Am\u00e9rique for his coach, Pierre Levesque who drives <strong>Offshore Dream<\/strong> (6th) that day.<br \/>\n(Source: Turfcom)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The year 2000, for a large number of enthusiasts, are mainly the Varenne years. But other champions were there. 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