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The Elitloppet Final Gr. I International (Stig H Johanssons Pokal, purse to winner 5,000,000SEK, 1609 meters autostart) saw Go On Boy (9m Password-Balginette-Hasting) rally off cover to score easily timed in 1.08.4kr for harness racing trainer/driver Romain Derieux and owner Ecurie Nixonn. He now has 20 career wins in 67 starts for 29,015,768SEK earned. This […]
Wise Guy upset Ginostrabliggi in world record time and Allegiant dominated from the back in harness racing undercard featured at Solvalla. The Breeders Course 3 Years Old Colts and Geldings, purse to winner 1,000,000SEK, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) produced an upset victory for 8.24/1odds Wise Guy (3m Face Time Bourbon-All Wise As-Varenne) driven by […]
Top harness racing trotting action was this day (Aug. 14) at Solvalla headlined by Bedazzled Sox (5m Brillantissime-Out Of The Kitchen-Here Comes Herbie) holding on gamely to secure victory in the Gr. I International Margareta Wallaenius Klebergs (purse to winner 129,000€, 2140 meters autostart) timed in 1.10.1kr for reinsman Claes Sjostrom. The winner was off […]
Horsy Dream (7m Scipion du Goutier-Bonanza du Closet-Prince Gede) left from post three, sat patiently and then fired past leader Francesco Zet, drawing off to a four plus lengths victory in the Elitloppet 2024 Finale (purse to winner 430,000€, 1609 meters autostart, eight starters, Gr. I International named the Stig H. Johansson Pokal). Eric Raffin […]
Harness racing driver Romain Derieux drove and trains the first Elitloppet elim winner Go On Boy (8m Password-Balginette-Hasting) timed in 1.08.7kr (mile rate 1:50.53) over the one mile distance. The winner’s share of the purse is 21,500€ and Go On Boy was off at 7.2/1 from post three. Ecurie Nixonn owns the now 15-time winner […]
Harness racing trots action is underway at Solvalla on this Elitloppet Sunday. The Breeders Course for three-year-old fillies (purse to winner 86,000€, 2140 meters autostart, 11 starters) saw 10.7/1 odds Oriana Boko (3f Father Patrick-Ever Seen Boko-Donato Hanover) rally late for the 1.12.1lr timed victory with Eric Raffin at the lines for trainer Danny Brouwer […]
Missle Hill (9m Muscle Hill-India Hall-Garland Lobell) rallied late for the 1.09.5kr (mile rate 1:51,83) timed score in the Gr. II International Sweden Cup Finale (51,600€ to the winner, 1640 meters autostart, nine starters). Harness racing driver Orjan Kihlstrom teamed this Daniel Reden/Stall Zet trainee to his 21st career victory in 84 starts. He was […]
Three elims of the Sweden Cup (elims purses to winner 8,600€, distance 1640 meters autostart) are in the books and these upper-level harness racing horses showed great speed at Solvalla in Sweden. In elim one the Italian owned and bred Diamond Truppo (5m Varenne-Nives Manco-Indro Park) was in control to score in 1.09.8kr (mile rate […]
Don Fanucci Zet (8m Hard Livin-Kissed By The West-Western Terror) took today’s (April 17) The Onions Lopp at Solvalla in Sweden (purse to winner 8,600€, 1640 meters autostart) timed in 1.09.9kr with Orjan Kihlstrom driving. The Daniel Reden/Stall Zet trainee was off the 1.1/1 odds favorite as he won for the 24th time in his […]
Mellby Jinx (5g Ready Cash-Heavens Door-Muscle Hill) easily captured this day’s (April 3) Nuncios Trot (purse to winner 100,000SEK or 8,600€, 2140 meters autostart, 10 starters) at Solvalla Racecourse in Sweden. Timed in 1.11.8kr the Bjorn Goop driven trotter is trained by Daniel Wajersten for Mellby Gard AB, also the breeder. This is his first […]
Alessandro Gocciadoro teamed his harness racing trainee Unica SLM (3f Googoo Gaagaa-Una Blessed-Varenne) to a 1.15.2kr timed and 1.6/1 odds victory in the Margareta’s Early Young Filly (purse 25,800€ to the winner, 2140 meters autostart, three-year old fillies) at Solvalla, Sweden. Caselle Girolamo owns the unbeaten two race career winner. Dahlia Brodde (3f Maharajah) was […]
At Vincennes today’s headliner was the monte Gr. III Prix de Dozule (purse 80,000€, 2700 meters with 13 European four-year olds at the start). Kid Bellay (4m Goetmals Wood-Augusta-Ready Cash) rallied to score in 1.14.1kr with jockey Romain Marty aboard for trainer J.M. Baudouin and Ecurie de Haras d’Erable. The winner was off at 9/1 […]
Solvalla hosted 12 Breeders Crown Sweden semi-finals leading to qualification for the November 18 finals. Each of the semis carried a first prize purse of 200,000SEK over 2140 meters autostart. The results summary follows. Trainer Timo Nurmos sent out two winners while drivers Bjorn Goop and Orjan Kihlstrom each piloted two winners. Sires Maharajah (three […]
In a highly competitive UET Grand Prix (Gr. I International for four-year-olds, purse 4,906,000SEK (426,000€ euros) to the winner 2,400,000SEK, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) at Solvalla, Sweden, the 5.15/1 odds Barack Face (4m Ready Cash-Lisa America-Varenne) held safe by a neck for trainer/driver Adrian Kolgjini. The winner now has a 7-2-0 slate in 10 […]
Hohneck (6m Royal Dream-Caranca-Ready Cash) took today’s (Oct. 14) UET Elite Circuit Finale at Solvalla Racecourse in Sweden (purse 5,730,000SEK, (500,000€), Gr. I International Konung Carl XVI Gustafs Silverhast, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) reined by Gabriele Gelormini for owner/trainer Philippe Allaire. The 2023 Elitloppet winner now has a slate of 3-2-4 in 12 starts […]
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 […]
Jagersro Racecourse in Sweden hosted the Breeders Course Final for two-year olds this day (Oct. 4), racing 1640 meters autostart for 60,410€ first money. Robbin Bakker teamed the 1.14.1kr timed O’Hara Boko (2f Robert Bi-Zilan Boko-Muscles Yankee) for Stable Why Not and trainer Paul Hagoort. This was O’Hara Boko’s second win in three career starts […]
Today’s trotting action at Solvalla included the Breeders Course for three-year-olds (purse to winner 125,000SEK or 10,475€, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) with that victory earned by fast closing 6.17/1 odds Kuiper (3m Face Time Bourbon-Eddiction-Cantab Hall) reined by trainer Daniel Wajersten. Race time was 1.13.2kr. A trio of trotters were together nearing the line […]
An exceptional trotting card was on stage this day at Solvalla Racecourse. Race summaries of the top flight harness racing events are shown below. In the program’s co-featured Prix Diana Zet (34,520€ to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) the 1.4/1 Joviality (4f Chapter Seven-Pasithea Face-Muscle Hill) scored easily in 1.11.0kr to bring her career slate […]
Hohneck (Royal Dream) and harness racing driver Gabriele Gelormini were able to lead from start to finish in capturing the 2023 Elitloppet at Solvalla Racecourse in Sweden Sunday (May 28), tying the stakes record for the fastest final heat in a sharp 1.08.9kr (mile rate 1:50.86) over the 1000-meter track. The winner’s share of the […]
Etonnant (9m Timoko-Migraine) and harness racing driver Anthony Barrier were parked the distance and rallied mid-lane to win Elitloppet elim 1 (250,000SEK to winner, 1609 meters autostart) in 1.09.6kr at 9.35/1 odds. The Richard Westerink owned and trained former Elitloppet winner two years ago bested Go On Boy (7m Password-Balginette) reined and trained by Romain […]
Eric The Eel (7m Muscle Hill-Laurel America-Varenne) overcame a 40-meter harness racing handicap and a three wide journey behind Aetos Kronos to surge late to win the Gr. I International Harper Hanovers (1,000,000SEK to winner, 3140 meters voltstart, 15 starters) timed in 1.12.1kr. Off at 15.55/1 odds Eric was reined by Magnus A. Djuse for […]
Bengurion Jet (6m Maharajah-Love Me Tender-Supergill) rallied from last and four wide at top of lane to win the Sweden Cup Final (600,000SEK to winner, 1640 meters autostart) for harness racing trainer/driver Alessandro Gocciadoro and Le Siepi Horse Racing Srl. Off at 2.7/1 he scored in a sizzling 1.09.3kr (mile rate 1:51.5) to secure his […]
Three eliminations of the Sweden Cup (each elim for 100,000SEK to winner, 1640 meters autostart) are in the books and each was a ding dong harness racing battle. The first elim went to 1.11.2kr timed Invictus Madiba (5m Booster Winner-Batignolles-Baccarat du Pont) with Bjorn Goop the pilot for Ecurie Hunter Valley and trainer Tomas Malmqvist. […]
