An 18-horse field has been assembled for the €900,000 Prix d’Amerique, which will be contested this coming Sunday (Jan. 27) at the Vincennes Racetrack in Paris, France.

The Prix d’Amerique will be contested at a distance of one-and-eleven-sixteenths-miles (2,700 metres). A total of six different countries will be represented in tape-start event.

Sweden’s Readly Express, who claimed victory in the event last year, will be looking for a repeat and will face off against the great Bold Eagle and Propulsion, amongst other upper echelon trotters.

France will be represented by no less than 11 starters.

The list of starters – along with their trainer, drivers and country they are representing – appears below.

1. Looking Superb (NO) – Alexandre Abrivard (Jean-Michel Bazire)
2. Bahia Quesnot (FR) – Junior Guelpa (Junior Guelpa)
3. Eridan (FR) – Eric Raffin (Sébastien Guarato)
4. Davidson du Pont (FR) – Franck Ouvrie (Jean-Michel Bazire)
5. Delia du Pommereux (FR) – Damien Bonne (Sylvain Roger)
6. Charly du Noyer (FR) – Pierre Vercruysse (Philippe Allaire)
7. Urlo dei Venti (IT) – Anthony Greppi (Gennaro Casillo)
8. Uza Josselyn (DK) – Gabriele Gelormini (René Aebischer)
9. Carat Williams (FR) – David Thomain (Sébastien Guarato)
10. Valko Jenilat (FR) – Francois Lagadeuc (Sébastien Guarato)
11. Traders (IT) – Yoann Lebourgeois (Philippe Allaire)
12. Belina Josselyn (FR) – Jean-Michel Bazire (Jean-Michel Bazire)
13. Lionel (NO) – Göran Antonsen (Daniel Redén)
14. Billie de Montfort (FR) – Pierre-Yves Verva (Sébastien Guarato)
15. Readly Express (SE) – Björn Goop (Timo Nurmos)
16. Bird Parker (FR) – Jean-Philippe Monclin (Philippe Allaire)
17. Propulsion (US) – Örjan Kihlström (Daniel Redén)
18. Bold Eagle (FR) – Franck Nivard (Sébastien Guarato)

(With files from the USTA)