Journées du Patrimoine 2025 unusual in Paris: watch horse races at the Paris Vincennes racecourse

The Journées du Patrimoine (Heritage Days ) are the perfect opportunity for curious visitors and enthusiasts to enjoy a wide range of activities in new places, museums, castles, monuments and other treasures of our heritage. Every year in September, this European event invites you for a weekend of free visits andunusual workshops. It's the perfect way to get to know the region better and make some wonderful discoveries.

Journées du Patrimoine 2025: outings for sports enthusiasts in Paris and the Île-de-France region
Culture is what brings us together and enables us to forge bonds. Just like sport! This weekend, September 20 and 21, 2025, discover the places and sporting activities organized for the Journées du Patrimoine in Paris and the Île-de-France region. [Read more]

As you'd expect, Paris and the whole of theÎle-de-France region offer a rich program that caters for all passions. If you love horses and equestrian sports, you should know that some racecourses regularly take part in this event. Among the best-known are theHippodrome de Longchamp and the Hippodrome de Vincennes.

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We look forward to seeing you at the 42nd Heritage Days on Sunday September 21. Inaugurated in 1863, theHippodrome de Vincennes hosts more than a thousand horse races every year, and is a veritable meeting place for enthusiasts. Tucked away in the Bois de Vincennes, it's the perfect place to put together a great program, with a green walk to boot!

The 2025 Heritage Days program at the Hippodrome de Vincennes :

• Horseracing at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes
  sunday, september 21, 2025 - 12:30 ⤏ 18:30
  

  Discovering the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes: trotting's living heritage

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  Nestled in the heart of the Bois de Vincennes, the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes is much more than a horseracing mecca: it's a veritable monument to living heritage, dedicated to a spectacular discipline emblematic of France's equestrian heritage - trotting.

  Created in 1863, the racecourse has since become the temple of harnessed and mounted trotting. Every year, it plays host to the world's greatest competitions, including the prestigious Prix d'Amérique Legend Race, the world championship in harness trotting. Its imposing architecture, panoramic grandstands and mythical clinker track make it a captivating venue for enthusiasts and the curious alike.

  Trotting, a unique discipline in which the horse must maintain a specific gait without ever galloping, is a skilful blend of tradition, sport, strategy... and emotion. It's an art form handed down from generation to generation, embodying the richness of France's equestrian heritage.

  Visitors will have the opportunity to watch nine trotting races, including the famous Quinté+ race of the day, in an atmosphere that is both sporting and convivial.

  Whether you're a history buff, horse lover or simply curious, the Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes offers you a unique opportunity to experience a timeless moment of heritage, passion and live entertainment.

  Come and discover trotting, come and experience the racecourse!