On January 25th, Franck Nivard (on the right of the photo) will be competing in his 9th Prix d\u2019Am\u00e9rique. The Avranches-born driver can quite rightly pride himself on being the most efficient driver in the world trotting championships since the middle of the last decade,\u00a0 and he hasn\u2019t missed a single edition since 2007.<\/p>\n
Jean-Michel Bazire may well collect \u2018\u2019Sulkys d\u2019Or\u2019\u2019 and Jos Verbeeck may well hold the record for the number of wins (4), but the Prix d\u2019Am\u00e9rique is now Franck Nivard\u2019s race. The 35-year-old driver has already triumphed three times and been on the podium a total of five times, with a 62.5% coefficient of success in the two first! He was placed two years in a row with Kool du Caux<\/strong> (2007 and 2008) and transformed his attempt in 2009 by winning in great style with Meaulnes du Corta<\/strong>, thus strengthening his reputation as a catch driver. The same year, he crossed paths with the champion Ready Cash<\/strong>.\u00a0 Their long and fruitful collaboration, which ended on December 28th with the Prix de Bourgogne, led to them winning two Grand Prix d\u2019Am\u00e9riques and coming second in 2013\u00a0.<\/p>\n This year, for the first time, Franck\u00a0Nivard will be hoping to enhance his track record as he takes on the dual role of trainer and driver. He will be racing with the recent Prix T\u00e9nor de Baune winner Vulcain de Vandel<\/strong>, his first winner at Group II level.<\/p>\n Franck Nivard\u2019s Prix d\u2019Am\u00e9rique track record:<\/p>\n 2007 \u2013 Kool du Caux \u2013 2nd Vulcain de Vandel – \u00a0Male, 6 years old Owner: Richard Cohen<\/p>\n 10 wins including the Prix T\u00e9nor de Baune (11\/01\/2015)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On January 25th, Franck Nivard (on the right of the photo) will be competing in his 9th Prix d\u2019Am\u00e9rique. The Avranches-born driver can quite rightly pride himself on being the most efficient driver in the world trotting championships since the middle of the last decade,\u00a0 and he hasn\u2019t missed a single edition since 2007. Jean-Michel Bazire may well collect \u2018\u2019Sulkys…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[81,77],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-franck-nivard-en","tag-vulcain-de-vandel-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n2008 \u2013 Kool du Caux \u2013 4th
\n2009 \u2013 Meaulnes du Corta \u2013 1st
\n2010 \u2013 Quarla \u2013 Unplaced
\n2011 \u2013 Ready Cash \u2013 1st
\n2012 \u2013 Ready Cash \u2013 1st
\n2013 \u2013 Ready Cash \u2013 2nd
\n2014 \u2013 Ready Cash \u2013 Disqualified<\/p>\n
\nDriver: Franck Nivard
\nTrainer: Franck Nivard<\/p>\n