Prix de France lineup complete

The Sunday February 9 Prix de France harness racing lineup follows as 13 trotteurs will be at the start in this Gr. I International test for a 400,000€ purse.

The early favorites are Go On Boy, Hooker Berry and Emeraude de Bais. The latter is an 11 year old daughter of Repeat Love with career earnings of 1,047,760€ for trainer Benjamin Goetz and owner Herve Carlus. Franck Nivard will again be on her lines. Go On Boy will be a tough rival off his solid third in the Prix d’Amerique.

One outsider worth a look is Working Class Hero that will start from post 11 with Mathieu Mottier driving.

Idao de Tillard is out after a paddock injury after his Amerique victory and Just Love You is out and recovering from surgery after the Amerique.

As the Vincennes Winter Meet moves into its final month eyes will be on driver Eric Raffin who needs another 30 victories to equal last year’s 99 wins established by Alexandre Abrivard (shown above with Just Love You).

Trotteur Francais, Paris-Vincennes files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink