A few minutes before the start of the quinté, the emotion was palpable, yesterday afternoon, on the Parisian cinder.
About fifty professionals accompanied by the marshals of the day and the officials of the Trot observed a minute of silence in order to pay tribute to Franck Anne, who died in the morning at the age of 47, having not survived a surgical operation.
Throughout this meeting, sadness could be read on the faces of the professionals, who ran the eight races of this meeting with a black armband.
“We lose more than a colleague, a friend, a comrade, a nice guy.
I don't have enough words.
Courage to your family now”, declared moved, Stéphane Meunier, trainer and driver of trotters, but also President of the Syndicate of trainers, drivers and jockeys of trotting.
The contemplation of trotting professionals before the start of the quinté SCOOPDYGA - PELFORT Ambre
Franck Anne had cut his teeth in the ranks of amateurs before becoming a renowned professional.
On September 12, he won the thousandth victory of his career as a coach.
Based in Bazoches-au-Houlme in the Orne, he watched over a workforce of 35 trotters.
During his career, he won six Group I including four in 2012 thanks to the champion,
Vanika du Ruel.
Six years earlier,
Nouba Turgot
had offered him the consecration by removing the Prix des Élites.
Winner of the Critérium des 4 ans in 2014,
Akim from Cape Verde
enabled him to finish 4th in the Prix d'Amérique two years later.