Whether in ’sulky” trotting or ’month’ trotting, he is the dominator among French professionals. In fact, Eric Raffin has won the tenth title (from 2012 to date) of his career in the ‘combined’ classification, which combines the victories obtained at French racecourses in both sulky and month trotting. A total of 346 victories (291 on the sulky and 55 mounted). With regard more specifically to the Sulky d’Or, i.e. the classification of victories obtained in the sulky trot for Raffin, this is the sixth consecutive title from 2019 to date, i.e. since he broke Jean Michel Bazire’s hegemony.
In the general classification, Benjamin Rochard is in second place with a total of 253 victories (196 on the sulky and 55 on the mount), while in third place is Mathieu Mottier, who is the leader of the specific monté classifcation with 86 victories, but who has put together 206 first places in all.
In the ‘attelé’ trotting classification alone (with sulky), second place goes to Yoann Lebourgeois (242 victories), while exclusively for ridden races, Paul Philippe Ploquin is second.
Among trainers, fourth consecutive title for Thierry Duvaldestin, Idao de Tillard’s man, with 234 victories over Frank Terry (141) and Yannick Henry (129).
