Norway’s Tekno Odin (8m Moe Odin-Lyana-Spring Best) took the featured Unionskampan (purse to winner 300,000SEK, 2140 meters autostart) for coldbloods timed in 1.19.1kr, his fourth straight victory and now with a 11-2-2 slate in 19 starts this year. The brave campaigner now sports 63 wins in 102 career starts for earnings of 9,630,801SEK. Oystein Tjomsland is driver/trainer of the winner that defeated Tekno Jerken and third finishing Solor Stegg.
The top standardbred affair this day was the V75 Gold (150,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) and the length winner was 1.12.3kr timed Vasterbo Highflyer (8g Look de Star-Vasterbo Highclass-Pine Chip) for trainer Daniel Reden, Stall Zet and driver Johan Untersteiner. The winner is now 3-3-2 in 13 starts this season. Thai Broadway (7m Broadway Hall-Isabella Knick-Tap In) was second for trainer/driver Bjorn Goop and third went to Food Money (8g Andover Hall-Windylane Hanover-Lindy Lane) with Jennifer Tillman up.
The V75 Silver for 125,000SEK to the winner over 2140 meters autostart, went to 1.12.3kr timed Slide So Easy (7g Quite Easy-Elegante Frokjar-Smokin Yankee) with trainer Flemming Jensen driving. The victory was his fifth straight and seventh this year in 13 outings. Pepe di Jesolo (7g Ganymede-Zanna di Jesolo-Baltic Speed) took second for Thomas Uhrberg and trainer Edvin Ceka, with third to King City (5m Muscle Hill-Creamy Mimi-Conway Hall) handled by Orjan Kihlstrom for trainer Roger Walmann.
The V75 Bronze with 110,000SEK to the winner was raced over 2140 meters autostart. Global Republic (5m Muscle Hill-Serene Yankee-Conway Hall) was the winner timed in 1.12.3kr for Thor Borg and trainer Trond Thorseth. Mellby Collector (5g Going Kronos-Merit Lane-Lindy Lane) was second for the Kihlstrom/Walmann team with third was Sylvester D.K. (7g Hovding Lavec-Happy CN-Ride the Wave) for Peter H. Sjoberg.
Other winners on the program were Hades Haleryd (5g Olimede-All American Chill-Giant Chill) timed in 1.11.2kr over 1640 meters autostart in a Klass I event worth 100,000SEK to the winner that Erik Adielsson teamed. Heartbreaker V.S. took a 3140 meter distance handicapped stayer contest timed in 1.14.1kr to earn 100,000SEK. Bjorn Goop trains and drove this one. Monte players battled over 2140 meters autostart for a 50,000SEK first prize and Brasil Boko (6m Love You-Harpune-Speedy Soma) prevailed for Beata Persson. This 1.13.6kr winner is a Veijo Heiskanen trainee.
Thomas H. Hicks