Team America continues to explore France
June 24, 2016,from the USTA Communications Department
Paris, France — On Thursday (June 23), with Team America complete after the arrival of drivers Daniel Dube and Patrick Lachance, their wives Kim and Megan, and SOA of NY President Joe Faraldo and his wife Yma, the group continued to explore Paris with a river tour of the Seine.
On Friday morning, the group will travel to the Grosbois training center where Team America drivers will have the chance to jog around the expansive tracks and meet with French horsemen.
The Yonkers based drivers of Team America will then head to Hippodrome de Vincennes for the first race of the Drivers’ Cup in France. With a dependable WiFi connection, the USTA Communications team will have the Drivers’ Cup available to watch live on the United States Trotting Association Facebook page at approximately 4 p.m. (EDT). The race is carded as event C6 with a local post time of 10:03 p.m. (4:03 p.m. EDT) and will also be available at http://www.letrot.com/fr/replay-courses minutes after it is official.
- Team America arrives in France (Thursday, June 23, 2016)
On Wednesday (June 22) Team America drivers Jason Bartlett, Jordan Stratton and Tyler Buter arrived in Paris, France, accompanied by their wives Kristen, Denelle, and Amber; Executive Director of the SOA of New York, Alex Dadoyan; USTA Communications staff Rich Johnston and Allison Conte; and Brandon Valvo of Harness Racing America for the second leg of the inaugural Drivers’ Cup.
- France’s Nicolas Ensch wins Drivers’ Cup race (Saturday, June 25, 2016)
Friday was the busiest day yet for Team America while in Paris for the third and fourth legs of the inaugural Drivers’ Cup. After spending the early part of the day at Grosbois, the group headed to Vincennes for a night at the races and the third leg of the Drivers’ Cup. Team America did not fare as well at Vincennes as they did back in March on their home turf at Yonkers Raceway. France’s Nicolas Ensch took the win easily with Bambou de Calvi.
- Team France wins Drivers’ Cup (Monday, June 27, 2016)
Sunday (June 26) was the fourth and final leg of the Drivers’ Cup at Vincennes racetrack. Going into the final race of the competition Team America held a 14 point lead, but it was not enough to hang on for the overall win.