Divine MM, Heavenly Zet win at Solvalla

Two Svensk Travsport Unghasyserie harness racing events were on stage this evening at Solvalla. The three-year old fillies contested a 2140 meter autostart course for 5,172€ first money and the 1.15.2kr timed winner was Divine MM (3f Raja Mirchi-Tempt Me-Yankee Glide) off at 11.2/1 odds and reined by Anders Eriksson for trainer Morten Waage.

This was the winner’s second win in four starts. She took a front-end journey to defeat 30.3/1 Perfect (3f Southwind Frank-Koletta Gigaro) with Per Lennartson driving for trainer Elke Frinta. Harriet Zet (3f Twister Bi-Cantabs Fortune-Cantab Hall) landed third for Orjan Kihlstrom and the Daniel Reden/Stall Zet team.

In the colt division also raced over the 2140 meters autostart course for 5,172€first prize. The 4,4/1 odds Heavenly Zet (3m Daley Lovin-Delicious US-Cantab Hall) scored in 1.13.8kr for his second win in eight starts for the Kihlstrom/Reden/Stall Zet team. Nagembie Boko (3m Southwind Frank-Helloise Boko-The Best Madrik) was a rallying second with Magnus A, Djuse driving for trainer Timo Nurmos. The 61/1 outsider Andiamo (3g Nuncio-Oceanic Clearence-Scarlet Knight) landed third with Per Lennartson aboard for Stefan Melander.

The same day in Itay, at Follonica, was the Pr. Whitters for 7,700€ purse. Here the 1.5/1 favorite Far West Bi (2m Muscle Hill-Savannah Bi-Ganymede-Dakota Bi-Todd Out-Personal Banner) scored by a wide margin in record time 1.12.6kr over the 1400 meter track. Tommaso Gambino teamed the well-bred winner. Falco Dell’Est (2m Sceicco-Ocala Dell’Est-Bon Vivant) was second for Antonio Di Nardo ahead of 13.3/1 Fuentes Cageors (2m Conway Hall-Franziska’s Cage-Indro Park) and Roberto Vecchione. The photo below illustrates the dominance of the winning Muscle Hill colt.

Action also took place this day at Solvalla SWE with the Hummeltorp Solvallaserien being a headliner. This event was raced over 2150 meters autostart for four-year olds. The 20.8/1 Dareios di Poggio (4m Father Patrick-Discordia-Muscle Hill) scored in 1.12.6kr. Bjorn Goop trains and reined the winner that now has a 4-4-3 slate in 25 career starts. The 1.7/1 favorite Pole Position (4m Propulsion-Uppsala Kronos-Donato Hanover) was second for the Kihlstrom/Reden/Stall Zet team. The 8.1/1 odds Edelweiss (4g Panne de Moteur-Unifforus-Andover Hall) landed third for R.N. Skoglund.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink