400,000€ Prix de France set for Sunday

A field of 15 top harness racing trotters will be at the start Sunday for the Gr. I Prix de France (purse 400,000€, 2100 meters autostart for International 4-11 year olds) at Paris-Vincennes.

Davidson du Pont, the Prix d’Amerique winner, departs from post eight, while the consistent Vivid Wise As has post one. The great 11-year-old mares Billie de Montfort and Bahia Quesnot go from positions four and two respectively.

The Cornulier winner Flamme du Goutier has post six with Theo Duvaldestin aboard. Italy’s Zacon Gio has trainer Jean Michel Bazire at the lines from post five. Zacon has been a disappointment in his five starts in France so far with his best outing a fourth on December 12 with JMB aboard. He is an historical sprinter. The lineup follows:

This day the Vincennes feature was the Prix Guy Lux et Leon Zitrone (purse 75,000€, 2700 meters, European 7-11 year olds) went to 1.13.7kr timed and 1.9/1 odds Fine Colline (7f Village Mystic-Pretty Colline) with owner/trainer/driver Matthieu Abrivard up.

This was her 12^th career win fir 297,460€ earned. The 13/1 Flaya Kalouma (7f Royal Dream) held second for Gabriel Angel Pou Pou. 11/1 odds Dolina des Plaines (9f Nahar de Beval) was third for Steve Stefano.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink