Kjell Håkonsen (23 December 1935 – 18 April 2011) was a Norwegian

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 Australi ...

coach and coachman. During his career, he had 5531 starts and won 1094 races. He is best known for having trained and coached

Spikeld Spikeld (1993-2017) was a Norwegian trotting horse, from Elding and Spikdona. He was trained by Kjell Håkonsen. The horse's height was 158 cm. It set a best time for a 7-year old horse with a kilometre time of 1:18.6. Spikeld retired in ...

and

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who have achieved many ranks as Norway's best racing horses of all time. He also trained one of Spikeld's sons, Spiker, who is seen as having great potential and is seen as having good breeding stock.

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1935 births 2011 deaths Norwegian harness racers Norwegian horse trainers People in harness racing Norwegian sportspeople Harness racing in Norway {{norway-sport-bio-stub