The trotters have seen a giant uptake in harness racing competitor numbers in Great Britain over the last ten years. At the heart of this has been the evolution of TROTBritain, securing race sponsorship for Trotteur Français from LeTROT in 2014, becoming the National Governing Body for Trotting Horseracing in 2022 and now gaining full
23 trotteurs remain engaged to Sunday’s Prix de France – The Speed Race at Paris-Vincennes. This Gr. I International event is raced over 2100 meters autostart for a 400,000€ purse. The white-hot Idao de Tillard enters as the likely favorite for trainer Thierry Duvaldestin. The speed record in the speed race was set in 2022
Idao De Tillard (Severino), the 2-1 favorite, with driver Clement Duvaldestin in the sulky, captured Europe’s biggest harness racing event, trotting a mile rate of 1:55.1 to win the $1 million Prix d’Amerique on a pleasant Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, 2024. Racing with shoes on the front end, and none on the back, the 6-year-old,