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Hugo Åbergs Memorial
Hugo Åbergs Memorial is an annual Group One harness event for trotters that is held at Jägersro Racetrack in Malmö, Sweden. Hugo Åbergs Memorial has taken place since 1970. In 2008, the purse of the event was approximately US$291,000 (SEK1,750,000). Hugo Åbergs Memorial is part of the European Grand Circuit. Origin Hugo Åbergs Memorial was inaugurated in 1970 to commemorate Hugo Åberg, who had died in a car accident the previous year. Åberg was a significant building contractor, responsible for many building projects in Malmö, as well as a horse racing devotee. Racing conditions Since the start in 1970, Hugo Åbergs Memorial has been almost exclusively over 1,609 meters, one mile. The two exceptions are the editions of 1971 and 1972, when the race was nine meters shorter, i.e. 1,600 meters. Auto start has been used all years but 1971 and 1977, when volt start was used instead. The event is invitational, meaning only invited horses can participate. Past winners H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jägersro
Jägersro is a neighbourhood of Malmö, situated in the Borough of Husie, Malmö Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden. Jägersro trav & galopp is a horse racing facility located in the neighbourhood. It was opened in 1907 and is the oldest one of its kind in the country. It is also southern Sweden's biggest facility for harness racing and thoroughbred horse racing. Hugo Åbergs Memorial and Swedish Trotting Derby is held there annually. References Neighbourhoods of Malmö {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Bazire
Jean-Michel Bazire (born April 16, 1971) is a French harness racing driver. In 1999, he won the Prix d'Amérique driving 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 race .... In 2004, he was the driver for Kesaco Phedo who also won the Prix. In 2015 he again won it with Up and Quick and with Bélina Josselyn in 2019. References 1971 births Living people French harness racers Harness racing in France People in harness racing {{France-horseracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sören Nordin
Ernst Sören Nordin (5 September 1917, in Forsa, Hälsingland – 6 September 2008) was a Swedish harness racing driver and trainer who later started a stable in America. Nordin won 3,221 races in 10 different countries as a driver, he won the Swedish Trotting Derby 11 times – still a record. In 1950, Nordin won the ''Prix d'Amérique'', and in 1953 the ''Elitloppet''. 21 times, Nordin was the champion driver at Solvalla racetrack in Stockholm, Sweden's premier track. In 1981, he moved to the United States to set up the Team Nordin stable together with his son, Jan, training their trotters during the winter at Pompano Park's training center. They campaigned several top trotters and world champions including ''Baltic Speed'', ''Brandy Hanover'', ''Mr Drew'', ''Sandy Bowl'', ''Tarport Frenzy'', ''Ron B Hanover'' and ''Nealy Lobell''; the horses they trained in the US set 41 world records. [...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] |
Zoogin
Zoogin (3 June 1990 – 10 June 2020) was a Swedish racing trotter by Zoot Suit out of Ginjette by Lornjett. His most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Criterium (Swedish: ''Svenskt Travkriterium'') (1993), Oslo Grand Prix (1997), Finlandia-Ajo (1997) and Copenhagen Cup KBUs Pokalturnering (unofficial English translation: ''KBU Cup'', ''Copenhagen Cup'') was a Danish regional knockout association football competition contested annually from 1910 to 1953 by clubs that were members of the regional football associa ... (1997). At the end of his career, the stallion had earned US$2,989,271 (€2,914,376). He won the Horse of the Year Award in Sweden for 1996. Pedigree References 1990 racehorse births 2020 racehorse deaths Swedish standardbred racehorses {{Horse-stub ... [...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] |
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] |
Nevele Pride
Nevele Pride (1965 - February 19, 1993) was an American standardbred harness racehorse who set world records as fastest trotter on multiple occasions. Owned by Stanley Dancer, Nevele Pride won 57 races and was honored as Harness Horse of the Year in three consecutive years. The horse earned more than $870,000 during his racing career. Background Nevele Pride was the son of Star's Pride and Thankful. Effrat, Louis"Nevele Pride Sets World Trot Mark In $88,670 Stake; NEVELE PRIDE SETS WORLD TROT MARK" ''The New York Times'', August 3, 1969. Accessed February 19, 2009. Dancer first saw Nevele Pride in 1966 on a farm in Pennsylvania when he was as a yearling. He bought the horse for $20,000.Staff"Dancer's Choice" ''Time (magazine)'', July 5, 1968. Accessed February 19, 2009. The horse was co-owned by Nevele Acres and Louis Resnick of Ellenville, New York. Nevele Pride enjoyed hot dogs, beer and cigarettes, which he would eat and not smoke. Racing career Having already won that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Goop
Per Olov "Olle" Goop (13 August 1943 – 20 April 2022) was a Swedish trotting driver and trainer who specialised in 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 Austral .... Goop died on 20 April 2022, at the age of 78. References External links Stall Goop 1943 births 2022 deaths Swedish harness racers People from Mora Municipality Sportspeople from Dalarna County {{Sweden-equestrian-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stig H
Stig or STIG may refer to: People * Stig (given name) * Nickname of Robert Stigwood (1934–2016), musical act manager Arts and entertainment * The Stig, a masked racing driver on the UK television show ''Top Gear'' * Stig (singer), Finnish performer Pasi Siitonen * Stig, the title character of ''Stig of the Dump'', a children's book and two TV series * Stig, the title character of ''Stig's Inferno'', a comic by Ty Templeton * Stig, a "member" of the fictional (later real) band the Rutles, a parody of the Beatles Technology * Security Technical Implementation Guide, a computing security methodology * Steam-injected gas turbine, an energy production technology; See Cheng cycle Other uses * Stig (Serbia), a region in eastern Serbia See also * Stian, a related Scandinavian name * Stigg of the Dump Stigg of the Dump is an underground hip hop producer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. History Stigg of the Dump released the debut EP, '' Still Alive at the Veglia Lounge'', on Endemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal population of 350,647 in 2021. The Malmö Metropolitan Region is home to over 700,000 people, and the Øresund Region, which includes Malmö and Copenhagen, is home to 4 million people. Malmö was one of the earliest and most industrialised towns in Scandinavia, but it struggled to adapt to post-industrialism. Since the 2000 completion of the Öresund Bridge, Malmö has undergone a major transformation, producing new architectural developments, supporting new biotech and IT companies, and attracting students through Malmö University and other higher education facilities. Over time, Malmö's demographics have changed and by the turn of the 2020s almost half the municipal population had a foreign background. The city contains many ... [...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] |
