“Within a few days, we could have run in front of 40,000 people. This is the observation of Valerie Francois, communication and marketing director of LeTrot. While specifying the measures taken for the 101st edition of the Prix d’Amérique: “The rule adopted was to respect fairness between the actors of the races and the public by ensuring their health safety and organizing the best of shows, while taking into account the constraints imposed. These 5,000 privileged people are divided between the general public (the first 1,500 people who bought their ticket before January 7), the clubs of supporters of the participants in the queen event, bettors invited by the title partner of the competition ZEturf and by the PMU, as part of their promotional operations, as well as people who have booked a catering pack before 3 January. »
No tickets will be on sale on D-Day and professional, PMU and loyalty cards (Hipp Hipp Hipp) will not allow you to validate your precious entry ticket.
Last year, the centenary of the Prix d’Amérique ran in front of empty stands due to the health crisis and the imposed closed session. “What a pity that the public could not attend this event”, had also declared Sébastien Guarato as soon as his champion is crowned Face Time Bourbon. This year, the 5,000 authorized people will try to set fire to the spans of the temple of the trot while in normal times, the atmosphere is at its peak on the Paris-Vincennes racecourse (Paris XII) on the last Sunday of January.
Parade canceled, parade maintained
The traditional parade of drivers will not be programmed but the official presentation of the competitors is maintained. Scheduled for 1:30 p.m., it will precede the inevitable parade of the Republican Guard, at 3:40 p.m., ie thirty minutes before the start of the Prix d’Amérique Legend Race. Socio-professional sides, each entourage of the eighteen starters of the queen event will be granted fifteen invitations. As for that of all the other starters of the ten races of this Sunday meeting, he will be able to benefit from eight invitations.
Creator of the association “En Selle pour Nos Soignants”, which pays tribute to hospital staff by collecting funds donated to the Fondation de France and AP-HP (Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris), Lakhdar Terbeche, will take advantage of the presence of one of its trotters to invite Olivier Peslier and Sayyid El Alami, 20, the main actor of the new TF1 series, “A so long night”.