A field of 18 trotters is set to compete in the 2023 Prix d'Amérique taking place this Sunday (Jan. 29) at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes in France.
The €1,000,000 ($1.4 million CAD) Group 1 event, contested over a distance of 2,700 metres, features Critérium Continental champion Idao De Tillard and the streaking Horsy Dream, winner of the Prix de Belgique and Prix Ténor de Baune. The field also includes the past two Elitloppet winners, Etonnant and Don Fannucci Zet, along with multi-millionaires Cokstile and Vivid Wise As. The complete field is listed below.
2023 Prix d'Amérique
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Hip Hop Haufor - Christian Bigeon - Christian Bigeon
2. Horsy Dream - Eric Raffin - Pierre Belloche
3. Hussard Du Landret - Benoît Robin - Benoît Robin
4. Ampia Meda SM - Franck Nivard - Fabrice Souloy
5. Decoloration - Gabriele Gelormini - Jean Michel Baudouin
6. Idao De Tillard - Clément Duvaldestin - Thierry Duvaldestin
7. Honey Mearas - Orjan Kihlstrom - Daniel Reden
8. Italiano Vero - David Thomain - Philippe Allaire
9. Hooker Berry - Jean-Michel Bazire - Jean-Michel Bazire
10. Moni Viking - Björn Goop - Björn Goop
11. Hohneck - François Lagadeuc - Philippe Allaire
12. Vernissage Grif - Alessandro Gocciadoro - Alessandro Gocciadoro
13. Don Fanucci Zet - Yoann Lebourgeois - Daniel Reden
14. Flamme Du Goutier - Théo Duvaldestin - Thierry Duvaldestin
15. Cokstile - Vincenzo Piscuoglio Dell'Annunziata - Gennaro Casillo
16. Delia Pommereux - Pierre Yves Verva - Sylvain Roger
17. Etonnant - Anthony Barrier - Rrichard Westerink
18. Vivid Wise As - Matthieu Abrivard - Alessandro Gocciadoro
Post time for the Prix d'Amérique, which is scheduled as Sunday's seventh race, is 10:25 a.m. (EST).