The 2024 amateur champions rewarded

Saturday evening in Vincennes, the UNAT (National Union of Trotting Amateurs), chaired by Pascal Boey, presented the awards for the different categories (national and regional) of amateurs. Are thus mounted on the podium (for amateurs able to be present):

Challenge UNAT

1st Kassandra Fresnaeau

2nd François Chapdelaine

3rd Sophie Blanchetière

National harness championship

1st François Chapdelaine

2nd Gisele Ambrogio

3rd Sophie Blanchetière

National Mounted Championship

1st Anne Ballière

2e Héloïse Lenault

3e Barbara Guenet

Central East Champions

1st Arnaud Gaudin

2nd Mathilde Martineau

3rd Virginie Boudier-Cormy

Southeast Champions

1er Thomas Martin

2e Charly Clozier

3rd Didier Bouyne

Eastern Champions

1er Benoit Schwartz

2nd René Courcelles

3e Yohan Acker

Ile-de-France Champions

1st Sébastien Laboutique

2nd Jean-Maxime Lesne

3rd Loïc Rivenet

Champions Normandie

1st Sébastien Campain

2e. Margot Trihollet

3rd François Chapdelaine

Champions West Anjou-Maine

1st Martin Prat

2e Jean-Philippe Derrian

3rd Yvan Jublot

Southeast Champions

1st Gisèle Ambriogio

2nd Sophie Blanchetière

3e Kassandra Fresneau

Before delivering the prizes, the President of UNAT, Pascal Boey, indicated on the microphone: “I hope we will still be here next year (Editor’s note: on 3^e floor of Vincennes). I hope that this Paris-Vincennes racecourse on which every owner, every amateur, every trainer dreams of racing and winning will always be our flagship racecourse. I hear, here and there, that there could be plans B, C, D… No, the only plan that exists is the sustainability of the Vincennes racecourse. I have no doubt that there is no desire to stay there, but I still have some concerns. So, I hope that the two parties, the SETF and the Paris City Hall, can come to a reasonable agreement so that our flagship racecourse envied throughout the world can remain. Let’s make no mistake, the Trot without Vincennes will no longer be the Trot and we must think carefully about the consequences if we were to live elsewhere. Countries that have abandoned their flagship racecourse no longer have a horse racing industry… Amateurs are very important in the horse racing industry. I would like to point out with pleasure that this Saturday, the Prix de Saint-Flour was, along with the Quinté+, the event which brought together the most runners, and we can only be congratulated for the dynamism of the activity of the amateurs. As such, we had observed a decline in the number of amateurs in recent years, and I note with satisfaction that we have raised the bar and that the figures are starting to rise again.”