Due to the health crisis, only 5,000 people had access to the Vincennes racecourse to attend the Prix d’Amérique this Sunday. On the professional side, eight invitations were distributed per meeting. For the public, it was necessary to be more lucky and monitor the sale of tickets on the Internet. Jean-Jacques, 63, from Vendée, was one of those lucky guys. “I reserved my place in December, confides this former stable employee. I’ve had a direct or indirect interest in racing for forty years. Last year, we were deprived of the Prix d’Amérique because of the pandemic. This year, I didn’t want to miss it. “Unfortunately for the privileged of this 2022 edition, neither parade nor parade as during a normal edition, but the presence of a brass band and a presentation of the drivers of the Prix d’Amérique on the track. “It’s a shame, deplores Jean-Jacques. But we are not going to complain, we are already there. »
Coming alone from the Vendée, this racing enthusiast joined fans ofamazing when arriving at the racecourse. Lénaïc, 39, comes from Calvados to support Richard Westerink’s pupil. “We were fans of Timoko before, then inevitably, we like amazing “, let go of the two supporters. Banners in honor of the champion of the Landes were even deployed in the stands by a group of supporters. As in the heyday of Timoko.
For some, the experience of the Prix d’Amérique ended earlier than expected. Even if the organizers had warned that there would be no tickets available for sale on site, a few die-hard enthusiasts tried their luck. Without much success. “I have been coming regularly to the races for fifty years, and I am refused entry,” shouts a disappointed spectator at the entrance, from whom the information had escaped.
