by Karsten Bønsdorf, , USTA Newsroom Senior Correspondent

Eighteen trotters are entered in the world’s richest racing under saddle race, the Prix de Cornulier at Vincennes, Paris, Sunday afternoon. The race has a total purse of $815,000.

The 10-year-old mare, Roxane Griff with Eric Raffin in the saddle will try to win the race for the second year in a row, but has history against her. No 10-year-old trotter has ever won the race.

Tiego d’Etang, who finished second last year and Vittel de Brevol are her rivals, the latter a son to the great Jag de Belllouet, who won this race in 2006.

The Prix de Cornulier has been raced since 1931 and is named after the Marquise de Cornulier, who was the President of French trotting from 1871–1893, and is considered the founder of the Vincennes racetrack, which opened in 1879.