UET_Grand_Prix

European Trotting Derby

European Trotting Derby

Horse race

The European Trotting Derby, also called UET Grand Prix and Grand Prix de l'UET, is an annual Group One harness event that is arranged by the European Trotting Union, UET. The final takes place on a racetrack in one of the member countries of UET. The event is open for 4-year-old European-born trotters and was first raced in 1985.[1][2] The 2009 final will be hosted by Tampere Racetrack, Finland, and has a purse of approximately US$607,000, or €460,000.[3][4]

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Racing conditions

The races

To qualify for the European Trotting Derby final, horses must progress from the qualifying races. These races takes place on two racetracks in two countries every year, in 2009 at Vincennes, France and Tampere, Finland.[5]

Distance and starting method

The distance has most years been 2,100 meters. Some years, a slight variation has been made, but the distance has always been in the interval 2,000-2,140 meters. The race has always been started by the use of auto start.[2]

Past winners

Drivers with most wins

Trainers with most wins

Sires with at least two winning offsprings

  • 2 - Pershing (Mack the Knife, Atas Rocket)[2]

Countries, number of wins

Winner with lowest odds

Winner with highest odds

  • Winning odds: 22.00 - Progress Value (1994)[2]

Fastest winner

  • 1:11.7 (km rate) - Kiss Melody (2002)[2]

All winners of the European Trotting Derby

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References

  1. [1]
    Bonsdorf, Karsten (2008-11-29). "A big weekend in Italy". ustrotting.com. United States Trotting Association. Retrieved 2009-04-12.[permanent dead link]
  2. [2]
    "Grand Prix de l'U.E.T." qhurth.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  3. [3]
    "2009 Group I races calendar" (PDF). uet-trot.net. European Trotting Union (UET). Retrieved 2009-04-12.[permanent dead link]
  4. [4]
    In the conversion from Euro to USD, the rates of 2009-04-12 have been used.
  5. [5]
    "Grand Prix de l'U.E.T. - uttagningslopp". qhurth.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  6. [6]
    The winner Jocose was disqualified after a positive doping test. Since Oiseau de Feux was declared winner some time later, there is no winning odds.
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