April 14, 2017 – 4.8/1 Poet Broline (5m Quite Easy-Candelia-Armbro Goal), on the pegs, held off oncoming 2/1 Twister Bi (5m Varenne-Lorraine Bi-Lemon Dra) for harness racing driver/trainer Peter Untersteiner to win the Farjestad featured Prins Carl Philips (purse 250,000SEK to the winner, 1640 meters autostart).
The winner scored, timed in 1.11.4kr (1.10,3kr at the first 500 and 1.12.kr at the first 1000), over a water drenched raceway in his first 2017 appearance and he now shows 10 career wins in 30 starts for 3,693,778SEK earned.
Bjorn Goop teamed second finishing Twister Bi for trainer Jerry Riordan and owner Pasquale Ciccarelli. 7.7/1 Target Kronos (5g Raja Mirchi-Ebony Kronos-Pine Chip) rallied for third reined by Adrian Kolgjini and trainer Lutfi Kolgjini.
The solid card also included the Folke Halmarssons (100,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) and that event went to 2.1/1 Pasithea Face (5f Muscle Hill-Jovelinotte-Passionnant) for the Adrian (driver) and Lutfi (trainer) Kolgjini team. Timed in 1.13.5kr the Courant AB owned mare is now three for four in 2017 and has 10 wins in 30 career appearances for 2,424,575SEK earned. 11.7/1 Trecciadoro Rex (5f Cantab Hall-Freedream Rex-CR Track Master) took second for Veijo Heiskanen and third was 17/1 Diva Deo(5f Muscles Yankee-Doris Deo-Andover Hall) for Mikael J. Andersson. Well-regarded Treasure Kronos was scratched.
The marathon distance Langfredagsstayern (100,000SEK first prize, 3140 meters voltstart and distance handicapped) went to 1.15kr timed and 3.8/1 Alfas da Vinci (9g Orlando Vici-Hillary Clinton-And Arifant) for trainer/driver Joakim Lovgren. 3.1/1 Candor Hall (9g Adams Hall-Ava Crown-Super Arnie) was second for driver/trainer Bjorn Goop. The top two on the line overcame 60 meter handicaps. 71.6/1 Yankee Frecel (6g Magnetic Power-She’s A Model-Lindys Crown) was third for reinsman Ole Johan Ostre.
Thomas H. Hicks