Undefeated Festival of Speed takes Dansk Derby

Festival of Speed (4m Cantab Hall-Sugar-Pine Chip) remained undefeated in 12 career starts while taking the 2021 Dansk Trav Derby at Charlottenlund, Denmark (purse to winner 573,000dkr, 3000 meters autostart for four year olds).

Race time was 1.13.9kr as the Steen Juul trained and reined trotter raised his life earnings to 1,1182,170dkr for owner Kirsten Nielsen.

He was off as the 1.26/1 favorite and held safe his stablemate Frodo Cash (4g Zola Boko-Rosemont-Muscles Yankee) teamed by Thomas Uhrberg. Third home was Felix (4g Ens Snapshot-Viola K-Great Challenger).

On the undercard was the Red The Great (100,000dkr to the winner, 1600 meters autostart) with victory to the 2.5/1 Extreme (5m Chocolatier-Swiss Watch-From Above) reined by Steen Juul, also his trainer. Favorite Cokstile was second for Jorma Kontio and Slide So Easy was third for trainer/driver Flemming Jensen.

In the Mark Ingdams Minneslop (two year olds, 50,000dkr first prize, 2000 meters autostart) the 14/1 Howlingatthemoon (3m Cantab Hall-Nobodybeatsthebeat-Dream Vacation) scored for Jan Dahlgaard and trainer Peter Rudbeck to record his first win in just two career starts. He bested the Robin Bakker piloted Diapason (2m Maharajah-Lovely Bi-Pine Chip) that Paal Hagoort trains.

ATG, Maharajah, Charlottenlund files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink