THE winter meeting at Vincennes, Paris comes to its traditional climax this weekend with the running of the centennial Prix d’Amerique of €900,000, backed by the main sponsor of the event, Case Tractors.

The great race was established in 1920, the name meaning thanksgiving for the help of America in the First World War. However, there have not been 100 renewals as the sides in the conflict collided again in 1939, which naturally affected the trotting programme.