Paris-Vincennes Winter Meet stats very impressive

The Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes completed its famous annual harness racing Winter Meet with the March 2 stakes laden race date. Some of the Winter Meet important stats are listed below:

• purses allocated and distributed 42,273,000€, up 3,4% from prior year
• reunions (race dates) 91, one fewer than last year
• 464,538€ purses per race date; 58,067€ per race
• Horses engaged 35,401 vs 32,860 last year
• Horses engaged to race 10,124 vs 9,539 prior year
• Horses raced 9,876 compared to 9,312 in 2023
• Participants per race 13.1 versus 12.5 prior year

To watch the excellent TV production of the race meet statistics, click here

There were 40 new records set In Winter Meet, 15 of those in Groupe events.

Leading Breeders – the breeder of Idao de Tillard (by Severino) led breeder earnings during the Winter Meet with 977,860€, about 55,000€ ahead of Jean Philippe Dubois.

Attendance – Panoramique Clubhouse had 2,320 on Amerique weekend Saturday; 11,170 on Amerique Sunday. Attendance at the gate on Amerique day was 36,000 and total spectators for the Winter Meet totaled 176,000. Excluding Prix d’Amerique day the average attendance per race day was above 1,500.

In separate news the champion General du Pommeau turned 30. The son of Sebrazac-Actrice du Pommeau was a winner of 3,570,114€ scoring 40 victories in 95 starts and he achieved a 1.11.3kr speed record.

The General had an impressive racing career. At 3, Winner of Criterium des Jeunes, Prix Albert Viel, Prix Paul Viel. At 4, Winner of Criterium des 4 ans, Criterium Continental, Prix de Milan. At 5, Winner of Prix Marcel Laurent, Europeiskt Femåringschampionat, Åby Stora Pris, Prix Roederer, Prix Robert Auvray, Prix René Ballière, Criterium des 5 ans, Grand Prix du Sud Ouest, Prix Chambon P, second in Prix des Ducs de Normandie, Prix Jockey, third in Prix Albert Demarcq.

At 6, Winner of Prix René Ballière, Prix d’Amerique, second in Grand Prix du Sud Ouest, Prix de l’Atlantique, Olympiatravet, Elitloppet, third in Oslo Grand Prix. At 7, Winner of Prix d’Europe (Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère), second in Prix de Bourgogne, third in Prix d’Amerique. At 8, Winner of Prix d’Eté, Prix de Washington, Prix de Paris, second in Prix de Bourgogne, Prix d’Europe (Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère), Prix d’Amerique, Prix de France, third in Kymi Grand Prix. At 9, third in Prix de France.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink