A field of 18 trotters is set to compete in the 2024 Prix d'Amérique on Sunday, Jan. 28 at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes in France.
The €1,000,000 ($1.47 million CAD) Group 1 event, contested over a distance of 2,700 metres, features defending champion Hooker Berry and runner-up Ampia Mede Sm. Idao de Tillard is the likely favourite as he heads into the Prix d'Amérique on a six-race win streak that includes the Prix Ténor de Baune. Izoard Vedaquais is another top contender coming off a win in the Prix de Belgique qualifying leg.
Among the starters familiar to North American racing fans is the five-year-old Chapter Seven mare, Joviality S, a winner of $2 million and 20 of her 28 starts at two and three in North America, including the 2021 Breeders Crown. She will be driven by three-time Prix d'Amérique champion Björn Goop for trainer Sabine Kagebrant.
Vivid Wise As IT, who came to North America and conquered the 2023 Yonkers International Trot last September, will also line up behind the gate for the Prix d'Amérique. The 10-year-old son of Yankee Glide, who is trained by Alessandro Gocciadoro and will be driven by Matthieu Abrivard, has drawn post 18 outside of Joviality S.
The complete field is listed below.
2024 Prix d'Amérique
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Inmarosa – Leo Abrivard – Laurent-Claude Abrivard
2. Hokkaido Jiel – David Thomain – Jean-Luc Dersoir
3. Emeraude de Bais – Jean-Philippe Monclin – Benjamin Goetz
4. Hussard du Landret – Yoann Lebourgeois – Benoit Robin
5. Izoard Vedaquais – Benjamin Rochard – Philippe Allaire
6. Gu d’Heripre – Francois Lagadeuc – Fabrice Souloy
7. Go On Boy – Romain Derieux – Romain Derieux
8. Italiano Vero – Mathieu Mottier – Philippe Allaire
9. Diable de Vauvert – Bertrand Le Beller – Bertrand Le Beller
10. Aetos Kronos – Örjan Kihlström – Jerry Riordan
11. Ampia Mede Sm – Franck Nivard – Fabrice Souloy
12. Idao de Tillard – Clément Duvaldestin – Thierry Duvaldestin
13. Hail Mary – Eric Raffin – Daniel Redén
14. Hooker Berry – Nicolas Bazire – Jean-Michel Bazire
15. Delia du Pommereux – Pierre-Yves Verva – Sylvain Roger
16. Hohneck – Gabriele Gelormini – Philippe Allaire
17. Joviality S – Björn Goop – Sabine Kagebrant
18. Vivid Wise As – Matthieu Abrivard – Alessandro Gocciadoro
Post time for the Prix d'Amérique, which is scheduled as Sunday's seventh race, is 10:20 a.m. (EST).
(Standardbred Canada)