The three probable favorites for the next Prix d’Amérique, namely Idao de Tillard, Go On Boy et San Motor will not be at the start of the last qualifying event on Sunday. As they announced after the qualification of their champions, Thierry Duvaldestin, Romain Derieux and Björn Goop all three chose to focus on freshness, like several other contenders such as Josh Power, Hussar of Landret, Hokkaido Jiel or Emeraude de Bais. It is true that most will also compete in the Prix de France two weeks later.
“This is how San Engine is the best”
“San Motor is very good, as he already was before his last victorious outing on December 14 in Åby” Håkan Arvidsson, owner and breeder of the horse, explained to Swedish media Travronden. “Now we just try to keep it that way. Even though we know that it is good with five or six weeks of freshness, there is always the question of whether we are making the right choice to run with such an interval. It’s normal. But Björn Goop and I think that’s how he’s best. San Motor will depart from Sweden on Tuesday January 21. He will arrive in France on Wednesday and will be able to work one last time on Thursday.”
Only one double achieved in the last ten years
Over the last ten years, six winners of the Prix d’Amérique have chosen to compete in the last qualifying event, namely Hooker Berry (fourth in 2023), Davidson du Pont (disqualified in 2022), Belina Josselyn (first removed for embarrassment in 2019), Readly Express (third in 2018), Bold Eagle (first in 2016), and Up and Quick (fourth in 2015).
And still in the last ten years, only one horse has achieved the Prix de Belgique – Prix d’Amérique double: Bold Eagle in 2016.
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