Duke of Greenwood wins Akershus Traktors

June 14, 2015 – Today’s Akershus Traktors – for harness racing five year-olds (300,000Nokr to winner, 2100 meters autostart) went to Duke Of Greenwood (5m Otello Pierji-Nikki Groenhof-Meadow Road) that rallied for length victory clocked in 1.12.7kr.

Hugo Langeweg Jr. (pilot of OGP 2009 winner Russel November) was in the sulky for trainer Peter J. Strooper and owner M.F. Rothengatter.

Lutfi Kolgjini conditioned, Stall Be The Best owned, Dante Boko (5g Going Kronos-Margherita Roso-Abo Volo) set the pace throughout much of the race and finished third for Adrian Kolgjini with Viking Va Bene (5m Rite On Line-Irana du Mont-Viking Sun) second for Ger Vegard Gundersen, trainer Sigbjorn Kolnes and Stall Grenale As owner.

Jerry Riordan’s trainee Rod Stewart (5m Love You-Valley Lane-Lindy Lane) ended fourth for driver Gunnar Austevoll and owner Graziano Ceccaroni.

Totalisatorløp 10			14.06.2015				Bjerke Travbane
Akershus Traktors Europamtach			Premiesum:  565 000,- – Distanse:  2 100				Startmetode:  Auto
							V5-1 V75-5 Plass Vinner Duo Tvilling Trippel
Pl.nr	Pr.nr	Hestens navn		Dist.	Km.tid	Kusk		Premie Kr	Evt.odds
1	10	Duke of Greenwood (DE)		2 100	12,7a	Hugo Langeweg Jr.		300 000,-	95
2	11	Viking Va Bene		2 100	12,8a	Geir Vegard Gundersen		150 000,-	147
3	2	Dante Boko (SE)		2 100	12,9a	Adrian Kolgjini		60 000,-	28
4	4	Rod Stewart (IT)		2 100	12,9a	Gunnar Austevoll		30 000,-	35
5	3	Jonesy (FI)		2 100	13,0a	Tuomas Korvenoja		15 000,-	332
6	1	Tano Bork (DK)		2 100	13,1a	Christian Lindhardt		10 000,-	511
–	6	Royal Blessed (IT)		2 100	13,2a	Peter Ingves			315
–	12	Rolex Bigi (IT)		2 100	13,2a	Jorma Kontio			67
–	8	Exodus Hanover (US)		2 100	13,7a	Ørjan Kihlstrøm			399
–	9	Tycoon Conway Hall (DK)		2 100	13,8a	Steen Juul			57
–	5	Love Voice		2 100	dg	Thor Borg			557
–	7	Tumble Dust (DK)		2 100	STR	Bjørn Goop			0

Tempo: første 500 1 10 9 (2 Dante Boko*), 1000 1 15 1 (2 Dante Boko*), siste 500 1 11 4

The Finn-Tack aged mares event (1609 meters autostart, 175,000Nokr to the winner) went to Fleetfoot Hanover (8f Andover Hall-Firefly Annie-SJ’s Photo) handled by trainer/driver Peter Untersteiner. The veteran mare won as pacesetter and now has a slate of 28-6-6-9 in 82 starts for earnings of 1,792,658Nokr. Her owner is Skele Stable AB. Premance Simoni (8f SJ’s Photo-Amance Hojgard-Why Not) was second for Frode Hamre after racing second and third during the contest while Jerry Riodan trainee, Bjorn Goop reined Rossella Ross was third for owner Francesco Rosselli. 

 

Totalisatorløp 8			14.06.2015				Bjerke Travbane
Finn Tack hoppeløp			Premiesum:  358 000,- – Distanse:  1 609				Startmetode:  Auto
							V75-3 Plass Vinner Duo Tvilling Trippel
Pl.nr	Pr.nr	Hestens navn		Dist.	Km.tid	Kusk		Premie Kr	Evt.odds
1	3	Fleetfoot Hanover (US)		1 609	11,5a	Peter Untersteiner		175 000,-	21
2	2	Premance Simoni (DK)		1 609	11,6a	Frode Hamre		87 500,-	89
3	10	Rossella Ross (IT)		1 609	12,0a	Bjørn Goop		43 500,-	103
4	11	Youana (SE)		1 609	12,0a	Erik Adielsson		25 000,-	59
5	1	Uranie Lorraine (FR)		1 609	12,1a	Eric Raffin		17 000,-	67
6	5	Lobell Countess (DE)		1 609	12,1a	Hugo Langeweg Jr.		10 000,-	68
–	6	Stylish Hanover (US)		1 609	12,3a	Jorma Kontio*			229
–	9	Glad Hall T.		1 609	12,3a	Bjørn Garberg			1755
–	4	Ruth Reerstrup (DK)		1 609	13,0a	Eirik Høitomt			296
–	7	Patricia Hastrup (DK)		1 609	13,2a g	Per Oleg Midtfjeld			810
–	12	Seaborn Simona		1 609	dg	Amanda Robertsen			824
–	8	Primula Brazza' (IT)		1 609	STR	Roberto Andreghetti			0

Tempo: første 500 1 11 1 (3 Fleetfoot Hanover), 1000 1 12 8 (3 Fleetfoot Hanover), siste 500 1 09 1

 

The top-class coldbloods battled in the ALM Svartens affair over 1609 meters autostart with 200,000Nokr to the winner. Favorite Lannen Silje and driver Tor Wolleback were favored as this mare had 35 wins in 37 career starts going in. However, she could not rally sufficiently (three-quarters of a length short) to catch winner Lome Brage driven by Per Oleg Midtfjeld that scored in 1.19.6kr for his 26^th win in 59 career starts, good for 1,633,000Nokr earned in his career to date.

Totalisatorløp 9					14.06.2015		Bjerke Travbane
Alm Svartens æresløp (sponset av KJøkken Huset, Miele & Aktiv Snøservice)					Premiesum:  400 000,- – Distanse:  1 609		Startmetode:  Auto
							V75-4 Plass Vinner Duo Tvilling Trippel
Pl.nr	Pr.nr	Hestens navn	Dist.	Km.tid	Kusk	Premie Kr	Evt.odds
1	1	Lome Brage	1 609	19,6a	Per Oleg Midtfjeld	200 000,-	29
2	9	Lannem Silje	1 609	19,7a	Tor Wollebæk	100 000,-	17
3	8	Ulsrud Tea	1 609	20,2a	Svein Ove Wassberg	50 000,-	1055
4	5	Tapsan Tahti (FI)	1 609	20,4a	Tapio Perttunen	25 000,-	1102
5	3	Tin Tveiten	1 609	20,6a g	Geir Mikkelsen	15 000,-	425
6	4	Tekno Odin	1 609	20,6a	Øystein Tjomsland	10 000,-	38
–	10	Føynland Kongen	1 609	21,2a	Geir Flåten		2773
–	6	Neslands Loke	1 609	21,5a	Åsbjørn Tengsareid		1536
–	7	Stjernejerven	1 609	21,9a	Geir Vegard Gundersen		2694
–	2	Doktor Jaros	1 609	brg	Tom Erik Solberg		871

Tempo: første 500 1 19 3 (1 Lome Brage), 1000 1 18 2 (1 Lome Brage), siste 500 1 19 8

Summarizing the Oslo Grand Prix, below is a link to the race replay and a note that B.B.S. Sugarlight’s victory clocked in 1.11.3kr was a new race record, lowering the 2008 time of 1.11.5kr set by L’Amiral Mauzun and equaled in later years by Arch Madness and Commander Crowe. The OGP has produced a host of well-respected winners such as double winners Copiad and Gidde Palema (they are two of four double OGP winners), Sugarcane Hanover, Ourasi, Peace Corps in 1991, Sea Cove, Ganymede, Mara Bourbon, Lisa America and the 2011 through 2014 victors Arch Madness, Commander Crowe, Sebastian K and Univers de Pan. 

Oslo Grand Prix

Thomas H. Hicks