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Elitloppet
Elitloppet (literally: "The Elite Race") or Solvallas Internationella Elitlopp is an annual, invitational Group One harness event that has taken place at Solvalla Racetrack in Stockholm, Sweden, since 1952. The competition is regarded as one of the most prestigious international events in trotting. The winner is decided through two qualifying rounds and a subsequent final later the same day. Both the eliminations and the final are raced over the mile. The overall purse for the 2022 event was SEK11,350,000, equalling approximately US$1,073,000. In 2002 the Italian champion Varenne, (considered the strongest trotter of all time), took it in a world record time of 1:10.4 in the elimination and then bested that mark by winning the final in 1:10.2 – the fastest mile ever trotted around three turns. The fastest winning time in a final is 1:08.9, run by the Swedish Don Fanucci Zet in 2021.Jag de Bellouet won in 1:09.4 in 2006, but was later disqualified.Panne de Moteur won an elimina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Tilly
Victory Tilly (born May 3, 1995) is a Swedish former racing trotter by Quick Pay out of Icora Tilly by Fakir du Vivier. His most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Derby (Swedish: ''Svenskt Travderby''), Elitloppet, Nat Ray Trot and Gran Premio della Lotteria. At the end of his career, the gelding had earned US$5,168,902 (€4,085,814). He was awarded the Swedish Horse of the Year Award in 2000 and 2002. Early years Victory Tilly was born on May 3, 1995, in Almunge, Uppsala municipality, Sweden. He spent his years as a colt at his breeder's, Stall Tilly. Glen Norman was in charge of the training of the stable's race horses and was Victory Tilly's trainer in the horse's early years. During this period, as a two-year-old, Victory Tilly was castrated because of testicle problems. As a gelding, he was ineligible to enter major French events like Prix d'Amérique, that are open only for stallions and mares. Racing career 1998 - 3 years old On June 17, 1998, Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solvalla
Solvalla is a horse racing track located in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. It opened in 1927 and is the largest harness racing venue in the Nordic countries. The last Sunday in May, Solvalla annually hosts Elitloppet, one of the most prestigious international trotting events in the world. Major events Elitloppet * International Group I race. * Setup: Sixteen invited horses are divided into two elimination heats. Four horses from each heat progress to the final, raced later the same day. All races are of 1,609 meters, i.e. one mile. * Date: Is always raced on the last Sunday of May. * Purse (2009, the final and the elimination heats included): ≈US$803,000 (SEK 6,100,000). Elitloppet is always in the last Sunday in may. During the same weekend there are also the Group II races Sweden Cup and the stayer race Harper Hanovers Race, as well as Elitkampen for coldblood trotters. Swedish Trotting Criterium * National Group I stakes race for Swedish three-year-olds. * Setup (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copiad
Copiad (2 July 1989 — 19 October 2012) was a Swedish breeding stallion and former racing trotter by Texas out of Bibbi Girl by Big Lama. His most prestigious victories include Elitloppet (1994, 1995), Oslo Grand Prix (1994, 1995), Finlandia-Ajo (1994) and Olympiatravet (1995, 1996). At the end of his career, the stallion had earned US$2,416,093. The trainer and driver (in all but one race) during Copiad's racing career was Swedish Erik Berglöf. Background Copiad was sired by Texas (1974-2005), an American stallion by Triple Crown winner Super Bowl and out of Elitloppet champion Elma. As a colt, Texas competed with great results in USA. He won Kentucky Futurity and finished second in Hambletonian. Texas started his breeding career in USA, where he sired top racers Grades Singing (1982-2007, winner of Breeders Crown, Maple Leaf Trotting, Gran Premio della Lotteria, Gran Premio delle Nazioni and Olympiatravet), Southern Newton (b. 1985, winner of Yonkers Trot) and No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varenne
Varenne (foaled in Copparo, Italy, 19 May 1995) is a dark bay racing trotter by Waikiki Beach out of Ialmaz by Zebu. Varenne is considered to be the best trotter of all time. No other trotter has won so many of the most important races in the world and set as many records as Varenne. Overview According to several veterinarians, Varenne would never race due to a leg malformation. His first owner bought him for $6000, but because of his perceived handicap (chip) sold him after the first race, considering him to have no future as a race horse. Varenne won 62 races (53 GPs-major races) at 11 distances (from 0,99 mile to 1,708 miles), while finishing second six times and third twice from 73 career starts. He earned US$8,750,000 (€6,035,665), a harness-racing record. Varenne holds the record as the most widely traveled horse in the history of horse racing, winning in 7 countries and on two continents. He is the sole European trotter to win the Breeders Crown (2001) in the US,Var ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mack Lobell
Mack Lobell (1984–2016) was a brown racing trotter by Mystic Park out of Matina Hanover by Speedy Count. He won $3,917,594 during his career and was elected Harness Horse of the Year in 1987 and 1988. Among his many stakes victories were the Yonkers Trot, the Hambletonian, the Elitloppet (twice), the Breeders Crown events for three-year-old and for four-year-old trotters, and the International Trot. His best time of 1:52.1 for the mile was taken as a three-year-old in a race in Springfield, Illinois; this time set the world record for trotters. John Campbell described him as the best horse he has driven.The Great Mack Lobell dies at 32, The Horseman & Fair World, March 9, 2016 1986 season In 1986 Mack Lobell won the Breeders Crown, set world records at Delaware and Lexington and finished second in the Peter Haughton Memorial. He was voted 2-Year Old Trotter of the Year. 1987 season Before the 1987 Hambletonian Mack Lobell had run a world 2yo record for trotters in 1986, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Bulwark
Frances Bulwark (born 5 April 1945 ) was a Swedish Standardbred racing trotter and brood mare by Bulwark out of Frances Great by Kaffir Axworthy. Her most prestigious victories include six Swedish Championships (1950–51, 1953–56), five Scandinavian Championships (1950, 1952-1955), Åby Stora Pris (1950), Gran Premio delle Nazioni (1952) and Elitloppet (1953). At the end of her career, the mare A mare is an adult female horse or other equine. In most cases, a mare is a female horse over the age of three, and a filly is a female horse three and younger. In Thoroughbred horse racing, a mare is defined as a female horse more than fo ... had earned SEK591,420. Frances Bulwark was trained by successful Swedish trainer Sören Nordin, with whom the mare won 74 races, more than any other of Nordin's horses. Nordin considered Frances Bulwark to be the best among the horses he trained during his career. Pedigree References External links {{commonscat, Frances Bulwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Björn Goop
Björn Olov Goop (born 13 October 1976 in Mölndal), is a Swedish trotting trainer and driver. Together with his father, Olle Goop (until his death in 2022), he runs one of Sweden's most successful training camps for trotting horses, Goop Stable, in their hometown, Kil, Värmland County. Career Björn Goop won his first race in 1994 at Axevallatravet with the horse Scotch Ville. Goop currently holds the Swedish record for most wins as a driver in one season (501 races, 2006). Goop has won the biggest Swedish race, Elitloppet, three times. In 2006, Goop won with the self-trained horse Conny Nobell, and in 2014 and 2017 with Timoko (trained by Richard Westerink). With Timoko, he also finished second in Prix d'Amérique in 2016. He won Prix d'Amérique 2018 with Readly Express, trained by Timo Nurmos.Södermark, Erik (January 28, 2018)"Readly Express tog hem Prix d'Amérique" '' Expressen''. January 31, 2018. Major wins as a driver * Copenhagen Cup (2011, 2016) * Olympiatrave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johannes Frömming
Johannes Wilhelm Arthur "Hänschen" Frömming (28 June 1910 – 8 November 1996) was a German harness racing driver and trainer. He is one of the most legendary horsemen in European harness racing. Frömming started his career at the age of 16 in 1926 and drove his last race in 1988. He won a total of 5,592 races. Frömming's major racing wins include three Prix d'Amérique and four Elitloppet victories. He was the German driving champion 11 times in a row from 1934 to 1944 and again in 1947 and 1948. In 1950 and 1953 Frömming tied the title with Gerhard Krüger. Awards and honors During World War II Frömming employed three Jewish horsemen on his farm outside Berlin and hid them from the Nazi authorities. He was later honored for his action by B'nai B'rith International in New York City. In 1972 Frömming received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He was nominated to the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. The Johannes Frömming Memorial is raced ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moni Maker
Moni Maker (February 23, 1993 – May 2, 2014) was an American Standardbred racemare who was one of the most successful trotters in history. After her initial success in her native country she was campaigned internationally, winning major races in France, Sweden, Denmark and Italy. Her biggest wins included the Hambletonian Oaks, Elitloppet, Copenhagen Cup, Breeders Crown and Prix d'Amérique Prix d'Amérique is a harness race held at the Hippodrome de Vincennes in Paris, France. The race takes place on the last Sunday of January every year, and has been doing so since 1920, with the exception for the years 1940-1941 when it was cancel .... Moni Maker retired with 67 wins, 18 seconds and 10 thirds in 105 races earning $5,589,256. Background Moni Maker was a bay mare bred in the United States by David and Fredericka Caldwell. She was sired by Speedy Crown out of Nan's Catch by Bonefish. Racing career Moni Maker won six of 14 starts earning $72,610 at two. At three she won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gidde Palema
Gidde Palema (born 9 April 1995) is a Swedish Standardbred breeding stallion and former racing trotter by Alf Palema out of Rosie Palema by Ideal du Gazeau. His most prestigious victories include Oslo Grand Prix (2003, 2004), Copenhagen Cup (2003) and Elitloppet (2004). At the end of his career, the stallion A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded ( castrated). Stallions follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" nec ... had earned US$3,526,263 (€2,901,135). Pedigree References 1995 racehorse births Swedish standardbred racehorses Elitlopp winners {{Racehorse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harness Racing
Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, or spider, or chariot occupied by a driver. In Europe, and less frequently in Australia and New Zealand, races with jockeys riding directly on saddled trotters ( in French) are also conducted. Breeds In North America, harness races are restricted to Standardbred horses, although European racehorses may also be French Trotters or Russian Trotters, or have mixed ancestry with lineages from multiple breeds. Orlov Trotters race separately in Russia. The light cold-blooded Coldblood trotters and Finnhorses race separately in Finland, Norway and Sweden. Standardbreds are so named because in the early years of the Standardbred stud book, only horses who could trot or pace a mile in a ''standard'' time (or whose progeny could do so) of no more than 2 minutes, 30 seconds were admitted to the book. The horses have proporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Grand Circuit
European Grand Circuit (french: Grand Circuit européen) was a harness racing series arranged by European Trotting Union. It was held from 1956 to 2011. The competition was replaced by UET Masters Series in 2012. The circuit consisted of the major European harness racing events, such as Elitloppet, Prix de France, Gran Premio Lotteria and Oslo Grand Prix. In 2011 14 races from seven countries were included. Winners 1956–2011 {, class="wikitable" , --- align="center" ! align="left" style="background:#efefef;" , Year ! align="left" style="background:#efefef;" , Winner , - , 2011 , , Rapide Lebel , - , 2010 , , Lisa America , - , 2009 , , Torvald Palema , - , 2008 , , L'Amiral Mauzun , - , 2007 , , Oiseau de Feux , - , 2006 , , Jag de Bellouet , - , 2005 , , Steinlager , - , 2004 , , Gidde Palema , - , 2003 , , Gidde Palema , - , 2002 , , Legendary Lover K , - , 2001 , , Victory Tilly , - , 2000 , , Victory Tilly , - , 1999 , , Giesolo de Lou , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
