{"id":1716,"date":"2017-01-23T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T13:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prixdameriqueraces.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2017-01-23T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T13:18:59","slug":"back-to-the-80s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prixdameriqueraces.com\/en\/news\/back-to-the-80s\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the 80’s"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the 1980s, the Prix d’Am\u00e9rique had the supremacy of an outstanding horse, an exceptional champion with astonishing charisma and incredible longevity. Ourasi<\/strong> will become the record-horse of victories\u00a0and the eternal icon of Trotting History.<\/p>\n The 80s : IDEAL DU\u00a0GAZEAU: OURASI: In the 1980s, the Prix d’Am\u00e9rique had the supremacy of an outstanding horse, an exceptional champion with astonishing charisma and incredible longevity. Ourasi will become the record-horse of victories\u00a0and the eternal icon of Trotting History. The 80s : This decade marks the control of the French trotters in the Prix d’Am\u00e9rique since it is the only one during which no…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[170,171],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-epiqeseries-en","tag-gpameriqueopodo-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThis decade marks the control of the French trotters in the Prix d’Am\u00e9rique since it is the only one during which no trotter born outside France has managed to dominate the tricolors on the track of Vincennes, which will no longer happen in The following decades. Ideal du\u00a0Gazeau<\/strong> and Ourasi<\/strong> are the two heroes of the time.<\/p>\n
\nIdeal du Gazeau<\/strong>, the “Petit Bonhomme” as well as his nickname his trainer \/ driver Eug\u00e8ne Lef\u00e8vre for his modest size, won a second crown in the Prix d’Am\u00e9rique 1983. It thus punctuates an exceptional record, constituted on most of the great racecourses of the whole world. He managed to dominate the Americans, Italians and Scandinavians on their own land, which earned him an extraordinary popularity due in large part to his courage and speed on the track and the modesty of his coach \/ driver.<\/p>\n
\nAnd then in 1986 came Ourasi… The chestnut turned legend, whose bronze statue now towers his successors along the track of Vincennes Hippodrome de Paris. He who made his predecessors forget, and bend his opponents almost every time. He won his first Prix d’Am\u00e9rique in 1986, easily restraining the speed of the very swift Mon Tourbillon<\/strong>, then retained his title the following two years, thus gaining the status of star. “Only” third in 1989 of Queila G\u00e9d\u00e9<\/strong> led by his metronome trainer Roger Baudron, Ourasi<\/strong> resumes his scepter the following year for his final participation, under the rule of Michel-Marcel Gougeon who had to replace his brother, Jean-Ren\u00e9, victim of a heart attack. Unfortunately, the latter will not be seen again on the track, he who remains the record holder of the victories in the Prix d’Am\u00e9rique: 8, to the sulky of the mythical Roqu\u00e9pine,<\/strong> two victories, and Bellino II<\/strong> and Ourasi<\/strong> with which he imposed himself three times each.
\nAt that time, the heart of the public was beating for Ourasi,<\/strong> nicknamed the\u00a0Lazy King because of his tendency never to be employed elsewhere than in the race. So much so that before the 1989 race, under the eyes of the President of the Republic Fran\u00e7ois Mitterrand, the public – and the whole of France – held its breath: Ourasi did not urinate. For this reason, perhaps, the phenomenon will know its only defeat in the queen event, a third place – behind Queila G\u00e9d\u00e9<\/strong> and Potin d’Amour<\/strong> – who at that time made a lot of ink and saliva.
\n(Source: Turfcom)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"