It was the biggest weekend of trotting in France with the G1 Prix d'Amérique Races Legend Race (2700m) headlining a fantastic two days at Vincenne…
| Date | Saturday 29 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R3 – G3 Prix du Luxembourg (2100m) |
| Type | International – Driven, autostart for five- to eleven-year-olds |
| Winner | Elie de Beaufour |
| Driver | Jean-Michel Bazire |
| Trainer | Jean-Michel Bazire |
| Breeding | Royal Dream x Pignata |
| Second | Alcoy |
| Third | Feliciano |
| Elie de Beaufour recorded a hat-trick on Saturday as the eight-year-old continued a great Vincennes winter meeting. The son of Royal Dream came into the event with solid form winning the G3 Prix Jean Dumouch (2850m) and the G3 Prix du Forez (2700m). He travelled close to the pace and took up the running inside the final 1000m, where Jean-Michel Bazire injected a fair rise in pace turning for home. He always looked in control down the home straight and was an unchallenged winner. | |
| Date | Saturday 29 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R4 – G2 Prix Roquépine (2700m) |
| Type | International – Driven, walk up for three-year-old fillies only |
| Winner | Jazzy Perrine |
| Driver | Eric Raffin |
| Trainer | Tomas Malmqvist |
| Breeding | Django Riff x Trendy Perrine |
| Second | Joyful Diva |
| Third | Diamante Grif |
| The promising and highly talented, Jazzy Perrine continued her progression maintaining a 100% strike rate of finishing top three in her nine career starts. This was her fourth success after the G2 PrixGélinotte (2700m) victory three weeks previous. She ran close to the leader throughout, stalking the pace setter and stablemate, Holly Go Lightly for most of the journey. The filly burst clear in the final 300m showing significant acceleration and stormed away in impressive fashion winning easily. | |
| Date | Saturday 29 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R6 – G2 Prix Paul Viel (2700m) |
| Type | International – Driven, walk up for three-year-old colts |
| Winner | Deus Zack |
| Driver | Matthieu Abrivard |
| Trainer | Sébastien Guarato |
| Breeding | Victor Gio et Martina Grif |
| Second | Joyner Sport |
| Third | Jag Stryck |
| Ex-Italian raider, Deus Zack was having a second outing in France and won convincingly. He showed good speed throughout considering this walk up was set at a strong tempo. As the field turned for home, it was still an open contest, but Matthieu Abrivard had the son of Victor Gio well positioned on the outside for a clear run. The colt picked up nicely going the gears for a smooth success which was his third win in ten career attempts. | |
| Date | Sunday 30 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R4 – G2 Prix Camille Blaisot (2175m) |
| Type | Mounted, walk up for five-year-olds only |
| Winner | Héra de Banville |
| Jockey/Driver | Mlle Camille Levesque |
| Trainer | Thomas Levesque |
| Breeding | Goetmals Wood x Violette Gédé |
| Second | Héros de Fleur |
| Third | Hector des Champs |
| Five-year-old mare, Héra de Banville stepped up from Class D level to record a fourth career triumph when taking the first Group contest on Grand Prix d'Amérique day. She travelled well in second place throughout until the final 400m when Camille Levesque moved her mount to draw along terms with the long-time leader, Héros de Fleur. She gradually made ground down the home straight to win narrowly under a confident ride. | |
| Date | Sunday 30 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R5 – G3 Prix Jean-René Gougeon (2100m) |
| Type | European – Driven, autostart for six- to eight-year-olds |
| Winner | Usain Töll |
| Driver | Adrien Lamy |
| Trainer | Eric Hansen Bondo |
| Breeding | Googoo Gaagaa x Cotton Waste |
| Second | Grand Art |
| Third | Empire |
| Despite Usain Töll only having his fourth French start, he continued to maintain his progressive profile posting a tenth career victory. Adrien Lamy had to stay calm as he was sandwiched on the inside next to the pegs turning for home, however the six-year-old gelding manoeuvred around rivals and found the gaps for a clear run on the grandstand side to produce a powerful late surge. It will be interesting where he races in the coming months and could be a name to keep in mind for the final weeks of the Vincennes winter meeting. | |
| Date | Sunday 30 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R6 – G2 Prix Jacques Andrieu (2850m) |
| Type | International – Mounted walk up for five- to eleven-year-olds |
| Winner | Chalimar de Guez |
| Jockey/Driver | Jean-Yann Ricart |
| Trainer | Jean-Michel Bazire |
| Breeding | Nahar de Béval x Phebe de Guez |
| Second | Best of Bourbon |
| Third | Dimo d'Occagnes |
| Ten-year-old, Chalimar de Guez maintained his consistent record this Vincennes winter meeting taking another step forward after creditable efforts this season to produce a first triumph since September 2020. Turning for home, Jean-Yann Ricart was travelling strongly making up eye-catching ground on the outside and he rattled home to be a dominant winner with his jockey easing down in the final strides. | |
| Date | Sunday 30 January |
| Venue | Vincennes |
| Race | R10 – G3 Prix Helen Johansson (2100m) |
| Type | European – Driven, autostart for six- to eight-year-old mares |
| Winner | Fine Colline |
| Driver | Matthieu Abrivard |
| Trainer | Matthieu Abrivard |
| Breeding | Village Mystic x Pretty Colline |
| Second | Helena Di Quattro |
| Third | Flaya Kalouma |
| Under the floodlights, Fine Colline handled the step up in grade from Class D level to record a double after a win earlier in the month. The seven-year-old mare handles many different conditions that includes some good form on grass. She can show her quality on the big stage too, as proven on Sunday, flying on the outside to put a nose in front on the line. This was the richest race she has won to date. | |
