The 6-year-old French trotter Idao de Tillard with Clement Duvaldestin continued his winning streak at Vincennes Saturday afternoon winning the prestigious Prix de Selection.

Idao de Tillard with Clement Duvaldestin extended his winning streak to nine at Vincennes Saturday afternoon in winning the prestigious Prix de Selection. Gerard Forni photo.

Idao de Tillard lowered the race record of 1.53.1 (mile rate) held by Face Time Bourbon to 1.52 (mile rate). The distance was 2200 meter (approx. 1 1-4 mile) with standing start.

This was the ninth win in a row and Idao de Tillard became the first trotter to go undefeated through the Wintermeeting at Vincennes since the great Ourasi did it more than 30 years ago.

Idao de Tillard, trained by Thierry Duvaldestin, will now do stud duties in France. He stands for 2.000 Euro by booking and 10.000 Euro by live foal.

Idao de Tillard, who is the first trotter to be invited to race in the Elitlopp 2024, will not race again before the Prix de l’Atlantique at Enghien, Paris, France on April 20.