CRACKSMAN did his very best to brighten up a gloomy afternoon, and thankfully the weather did not deteriorate from chilly and dull to wet and downright unpleasant until after racing had finished – just in time to soak the fans of the disc jockey ‘The Avener’ as he started his set of banging tunes!

The Mayor Of Paris and the Minister Of Agriculture were on hand to help carry out the official reopening ceremony and the feedback from first-time visitors was largely positive, even if the official crowd figure of over 10,000 seemed optimistic in the extreme.