by Gordon WaterstoneAfter breaking my Prix d’Amérique maiden last year and realizing I was eligible to non-winners of two this year, I embarked on my journey to Paris on Wednesday (Jan. 21). I arrived in Paris at 5 a.m. local time on Thursday, an amazing 75 minutes early. A video presentation was shown and then the trainers and drivers of all 18 scheduled Prix d’Amérique starters were interviewed. After a day of sun, we woke up Sunday — Prix d’Amérique Day — to clouds. There was a two-hour gap between races 2 and 3, when the 18 Prix d’Amérique drivers were introduced to the enormous crowd.