The 1SEK million first money Gr. I International E3 Finals at Orebro, each contested over 1609 meters autostart, produced exceptional harness racing victories by Unique Juni and Donatello Sisi.
8.8/1 odds Unique Juni (3f Uptown Yankee-Staro Unique-Supergill) took the filly division timed in 1.12kr for Orjan Kihlstrom and trainer H.R. Stromberg. Jan Spals Invest AM owns the winner, now with a 2-3-1 slate in nine 2016 starts for earnings of 1,160,000SEK. Her sire is a son of Muscles Yankee-Yankee Blondie. Zahara Goj (3f Sahara Dynamite-Melinda Sigel-Self Confident) took second for Torbjorn Jansson with third to Greece Boko (3f Zola Boko-Ouzo Boko-Victory Dream) and driver Jorma Kontio and trainer Robert Bergh.
The colt division went to 1.11.7kr timed Donatello Sisu (3m Conway Hall-Dear Abs-Muscles Yankee) handled by Stefan Soderkvist for Denco HB and trainer Admir Ziukanovic. This winner, unraced last year, is now 5-0-0 in nine starts in 2016 for 1,254,100SEK earned. Makethe mark (3m Moharajah-Global Naughty-Conway Hall) was second for Ulf Ohlsson, only his fourth loss in 17 starts (13-1-1 slate). Third was Norway’s Fernandinho B.R. (3m Raja Mirchi-Metior Missy-Tagliabue) with trainer Peter Untersteiner at the lines.
Other prominent winners on the card included 6.9/1 odds Coldtown (7g Cantab Hall-Brylin Starlet-Balanced Image) in the Express Gaxe Gold for 150,000SEK to the winner. Jorma Kontio teamed the 1.11.1kr timed winner, over 2100 meters autostart, for trainer Timo Nurmos. Coldtown has a 17-4-5 slate in 34 career starts.
Knows Nothing and Radieux trailed the winning Coldtown.
The Silver Division, 125,000SEK to the winner in the 2100 meter autostart contest, went to 2.9/1 Tripolini V.P. (6g Archduke Kemp-Lady Magic-Shane Scottseth) of Denmark with trainer Jeppe Juel aboard. The 1.13kr clocked winner sired by a son of Express Ride-Emilie Cas El, owned by Team Juel, defeated Clara R.C. and Ruby Trap (5f Explosive Matter-Ruby Crown-Incredible Nevele), the latter a half-sister to Scarlet Knight.
The Orebro Bronze Division for 110,000SEK to the winner over 2650 meters voltstart, went to 3.5/1 Springover (5m Going Kronos-Malabara-Supergill) timed in 1.14.2kr for trainer/driver Joakim Lovgren. Eder Bob (5m Crazed-Keystone Blaze-Angus Hall) was second for trainer/driver Veijo Heiskanen, a week after this one took an Ahlsell Legends for Per Henriksen.
Thomas H. Hicks