December 13, 2017 – Food Money (9g Andover Hall-Windylane Hanover-Lindy Lane) took Wednesday’s Solvalla Gosta Nordins (100,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) as this 5.9/1 Jezek Thomas trainee scored in 1.13.6kr with Ulf Ohlsson the pilot.
Thomas also owns the veteran campaigner that rallied in the lane to defeat 1.2/1 favorite Nuncio (6m Andover Hall-Nicole Isabelle-Lindy Lane) with owner/trainer Stefan Melander up.
8.2/1 Charrua Forlan (7g Up Front Larry-Friska Bar-Frisky Frazer) landed third for Hans Owe Sundberg.
Luckycharm Hanover and French Laundry were the next two on the line.
Nuncio was being prepped for a trip and France and an apparent Prix d’Amerique try.
His recent efforts have not been up to his best against relatively weak competition, raising some question about an effort at Vincennes versus retirement.
Thomas H. Hicks