Eugene PÉCHAUBES (1890-1967), Courses de trot (Trot Racing), 1954.

Gouache, watercolor, ink (pen); 44 x 61 cm lightly framed in a wooden frame, 51 x 67 cm; signed in pencil by the author "E Pechaubes" l.d. and in ink "VINCENNES" under the composition.Eugene PÉCHAUBES - French painter of horses, fascinated by horse racing. For many years he never missed a horse race at the hippodromes in Paris - Longchamp in the Forest of Bourbon and Vincennes, where trotting races have been held from 1920 to the present day. Every year in Vincennes on the last Sunday of January, the most prestigious trotting race in the entire world is held - the Grand Prix d'Amerique over 2,700 meters, with horses competing for a €1 million prize pool. This race was first held on February 1, 1920 in honor of the wartime Allies. At that time it gathered only 14 trotters at the start, and the winner was the 5-year-old stallion Pro Patria. Only between 1940 and 1941 the race was not held due to World War II. Among the legends of this race is the stallion Ourasi, who won it four times, and so far no other trotter has repeated this. Currently, about 33,000 spectators come to the stands to admire the opening ceremony and the race itself.The luminaires shown in the visualizations are for reference only and do not constitute a commercial offer.