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CHESTER PA – The driver sitting number six in the dash standings at Harrah’s Philadelphia has not changed his name to Johnathan Åhle – yet. But the 29-year-old from New Jersey did drive five harness racing winners from the barn of newly-elected Hall of Famer Åke Svanstedt as Philly reopened after a week dark, also […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – The Pennsylvania All-Stars races for state-sired two-year-olds will be raced at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania during the first half of July, with the first the event for trotting males on the Fourth Of July, this coming Saturday. Several classes of two-year-old prep races, for $16,000, were written for the Sunday twilight […]
CHESTER PA – Trainer-driver Åke Svanstedt brought a trio of talented harness racing trotters to the Tuesday morning qualifiers at Harrah’s Philadelphia and won with all three – by a combined margin of 25½ lengths. The first two winners may find a place on the Super Sunday card here on Sunday, May 24. The fastest […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Facing the likes of Twin B Joe Fresh, Kobes Gigi and Grace Hill all year long can make 12 months feel like a whole lot more when you have no wins, but trainer Ake Svanstedt found just the right spot for his 5-year-old harness racing pacer Valar Dohaeris (Huntsville-Bon Mot) to […]
Winbak Farm of New York is proud to welcome Southwind Tyrion, 2, 1:51.1; 1:49.2 -’24 ($1,127,865), to its 2025 harness racing stallion lineup. “Tyrion stood out as a yearling because he had a great pedigree, great video and perfect conformation,” said Ake Svanstedt. “He is very good-gaited horse.” Southwind Tyrion, a son of Muscle Hill, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Trainer Ake Svanstedt has been making a habit of capturing the Breeders Crown Mare Trot. And on Saturday (Oct. 26), his good fortune continued as his two supplemental entries Call Me Goo and Nelsonbriteagle NO finished one-two in the $496,000 harness racing event at The Meadowlands, with Svanstedt guiding Call Me […]
Svanstedt Stable announced on X today that two-time Breeders Crown harness racing champion and Dan Patch Award winner Jiggy Jog S (Walner) has been retired due to injury. In the statement, the stable said she was found to have an injury to her sesamoid after her win in the Dayton Distaff Derby on Sep. 28. […]
Cranbury, NJ — Trotting mares Call Me Goo (Googoo Gaagaa-Callmemza) and Nelsonbriteagle NO (Bold Eagle-Lindy’s Holiday), both from the stable of trainer Ake Svanstedt, have been supplemented to the upcoming Breeders Crown at The Meadowlands. The deadline for supplemental entries was noon Monday. No other harness racing horses were supplemented. The cost to supplement for […]
CHESTER PA – Harness racing trainer/driver Åke Svanstedt burnished his already-fine statistics at Harrah’s Philadelphia (.392 UDR / .481 UTR) by winning both of the $12,000 featured events on the trot and also an $11,000 event for fast-class horses of hat gait on Thursday afternoon (Aug. 22). In the high-purse trots, It was the sophomore […]
The last time Ake Svanstedt sat behind Warrawee Michelle (Walner-Sound Check) he became the first harness racing trainer-driver to win the Hambletonian Oaks in 35 years. On Saturday, the two will go to work together again in the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs, where Svanstedt will aim for a second straight victory […]
Jiggy Jog S (Walner-Hot Mess Hanover) 3,1:50 ($2,166,279), the 2023 Dan Patch Older Mare Trotter award winner, has been sold to a group comprised largely of harness racing breeders, but will continue racing in 2024. Jorgen Spaaredal Inc. sold Jiggy Jog S to an ownership group that includes Hunterton Farm, Black Creek Farm, Andrea Lea […]
HARRISBURG, PA – Åke Svanstedt, who seemed to have one (or sometimes more than one) of the top harness racing contenders in just about every major trotting stakes race in 2023 in North America, has been voted Trainer of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the sport’s leading media organization. During […]
Bond (Southwind Frank) followed up on her magnificent 2-year-old harness racing season in 2022 with an even better season this year. A winner of $587,265 last semester with a mark of 1:52.3, she went on to win $847,071 this year on the strength of an 8-2-1 scorecard in 13 starts, vaulting her lifetime earnings to […]
Despite not racing in a month since his victory in the Breeders Crown, Southwind Tyrion (Muscle Hill) and trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt were able to lead from the start in scoring an easy triumph in the $350,000 FanDuel Open Trot Saturday (Nov. 25) at The Meadowlands. The 10th race saw Svanstedt and Southwind Tyrion go out […]
Bond (Southwind Frank) rallied past stablemate Special Way (Tim Tetrick) to set a harness racing track record in the $600,000 Breeders Crown final for sophomore trotting fillies at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Saturday night (October 28th). Bond sat second early but following a :26.3 opening quarter, driver/trainer Ake Svanstedt made his move to the front […]
Harness racing trainer Ake Svantedt had trainees competing in 11 John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races this past week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Those Svanstedt trainees won every one of those races, with two more coming home victorious on Saturday (Oct. 21) afternoon to complete an incredible sweep. Svanstedt needed Khaosan Road (International […]
Special Way (Walner) and harness racing driver Tim Tetrick came from off the pace wide down the homestretch to capture the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday night, Oct. 20. Last year’s Crown champion in this division, Special Way trotted the […]
Harness racing trainer Ake Svanstedt ran his winning streak to nine on Wednesday (Oct. 17) in John Simpson Sr. Memorial races this week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania by winning three out of three races in which his trainees were entered for the third straight day. There were three Simpson divisions held on Wednesday […]
Bond (Southwind Frank) fended off a late attack from Righteous Resolve to win her third straight harness racing contest in the $381,000 Elegantimage on Saturday (Sep. 23) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Ake Svanstedt filed Bond in behind the fast-leaving Righteous Resolve heading into the first turn. She raced third to the half in :55.3 as […]
A year after being scratched from the Maple Leaf Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park because of an injury that sidelined him the remainder of the harness racing season, Alrajah One IT (Maharajah) is ready to return to action Saturday in this year’s edition of Canada’s top event for older trotters. The 7-year-old stallion, unbeaten in […]
Sierra Girl and Paulina Hanover picked up Pennsylvania Sire Stakes victories in the two-year-old trotting filly class on Sunday (Aug. 20) night at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The races comprised the final leg of the Sire Stakes preliminaries before the Pennsylvania finals are held on Saturday, September 2 at Pocono. In the first division, […]
Up Your Deo (Walner) was a pocket rocket in the stretch, flying up the pylons to win the $300,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial for sophomore trotting colts in harness racing action at Pocono Downs on Saturday afternoon (August 19th). It was the fourth winner on the day for trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt. After an eventful opening quarter […]
In a classic stretch drive to the wire, Bond (Southwind Frank) was able to edge Hambletonian Oaks harness racing winner Heaven Hanover in winning the $250,000 Delmonica Hanover for three-year-old trotting fillies Saturday (Aug. 19) at Pocono Downs. The 10th race co-feature got underway with race favorite Bond and trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt leaving and getting […]
Ake Svanstedt drove a pair of Chapter Seven colts from his barn – Cecil Hanover and Kierkegaard K – to harness racing victories in the two New York Sire Stakes divisions for sophomore trotters on Thursday night (Aug. 10) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Cecil Hanover made it look easy in the first $82,500 grouping as […]
