Equidia Sets Strict Rules for Expert Picks at Paris-Vincennes Harness Racing

Equidia has formalized the rules governing expert predictions for the Paris-Vincennes harness racing card on Saturday, August 29, 2026, with ten journalist-expert teams competing under strict selection obligations across nine qualifying races. The regulatory framework assigns points based on objective criteria tied to official PMU payouts. Each two-person team must designate a winning selection daily from its retained horses. A team earns one point if its first-choice horse wins the race. Two points are awarded if the first choice wins and the second-choice finishes second. If the second choice wins while the first finishes second, the team receives one point. A non-starter for the first choice, followed by a second-choice victory, also yields one point. An additional mechanism called the "exploit" bonus doubles points when a team is the only one to correctly predict a winning horse or coupled bet. Short and consequential, that rule alone can reshape the standings in a single race. By contrast, the base scoring system rewards consistency over boldness, creating a tension that runs through every selection decision a team makes. This structure maintains uniform transparency obligations across all participating teams, with expert predictions published in advance on pmu.fr and equidia.fr so each team's positions are verifiable before the races begin. Three horses dominate expert consensus for the August 29 card. Lancier du Goutier, running in race 6 (Prix Jockey-Criterium 5 Ans Q2 at 16:25), has accumulated 95 citation points. Just de l'Oison, in race 8 (Prix Paristurf at 17:35), also totals 95 points. Mentor de Play, entered in race 5 (Prix Gaston Brunet-Criterium 4 Ans Q3 at 15:50), registers 90 points. All three selections concern qualifying races for the Criteriums scheduled for September 12, lending institutional weight to this particular card in the racing calendar. Teams that have designated winning selections for the day include D. Madar and J. Quoniam, L. Ganne and D. Venet, and T. Bernier and E. Rivron. Their choices will be evaluated against the standing regulations and will directly modify the overall standings. Whether the "exploit" bonus materializes for any team on August 29 may ultimately matter more than any individual selection, given how sharply it can compress or extend gaps between competitors heading into the September 12 Criteriums.