The top French trotter Face Time Bourbon is hot — very hot. Not just on the racetrack, where on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 31) he will go to post as the favorite in the Prix d’Amerique at Vincennes, Paris, France, but Face Time Bourbon is also hot in the stallion barn.

In the annual Prix d’Amerique sale, a stallion share in Face Time Bourbon was sold for a record of 190,000 Euros — or $230,000.

Today was also the day where the entry box for the Prix d’Amerique closed. A field of 18 trotters will meet at 2,700 meters (1-11/16th miles) with a standing start and the total purse is 1 million Euro or $1.2 million.

Eleven French-bred trotters will take on three Italian-breds, two Norwegian-breds and one each from Sweden and Denmark.

Here is the field:

1. Victor Ferm (IT)– Christophe Martens (Jean-Michel Bazire)
2. Feerie Wood (FR) – Alexandre Abrivard (Laurent-Claude Abrivard)
3. Diable de Vauvert (FR) – Gabriele Gelormini (Bertrand Le Beller)
4. Gu d’Heripre (FR) – Franck Nivard (Philippe Billard)
5. Moni Viking (NO) – Matthieu Abrivard (Pierre Vercruysse)
6. Drole de Jet (FR)- Pierre Vercruysse (Pierre Vercruysse)
7. Looking Superb (NO) – Francois Lagadeuc (Jean-Michel Bazire)
8. Feliciano (FR) – David Thomain (Philippe Allaire)
9. Chica de Joudes (FR) – Alain Laurent (Alain Laurent)
10. Valokaja Hindø (DK) – Nicolas Bazire (Jean-Michel Bazire)
11. Power (SE) – Robert Bergh (Robert Bergh)
12. Tony Gio (IT) – Yoann Lebourgeois (Sébastien Guarato)
13. Delia du Pommereux (FR) – Eric Raffin (Sylvain Roger)
14. Vivid Wise As (IT) – Alessandro Gocciadoro (Alessandro Gocciadoro)
15. Davidson du Pont (FR) – Jean-Michel Bazire (Jean-Michel Bazire)
16. Bahia Quesnot (FR) – Junior Guelpa (Junior Guelpa)
17. Face Time Bourbon (FR) – Björn Goop (Sébastien Guarato)
18. Billie de Montfort (FR) – Jean-Philippe Monclin (Sébastien Guarato)