Paris, FR — The prestigious Winter meeting at Vincennes ended Saturday afternoon (March 5). During the meeting only 170 races had been open to foreign trotters — 122 races for sulky — 48 under-saddle.

Some 61 of them — or 36 percent — were won by foreign bred trotters from 12 nations. Especially Italian trotters were victorious as they won 34 races, while Swedish bred trotters won 20.

The foreign trotters won 3,913,160 Euro in prizemoney; that is 11.2 percent of the total amount trotters raced for in the Winter meeting.

Eric Raffin was leading driver/jockey with 85 wins, while Jean Michel Bazire once again was the leading trainer.

Ready Cash was the champion sire followed by Royal Dream and Love You.