August 30, 2015 – The featured Dansk Trotting Derby 2015 (525,000DKK, US$79,267, to winner, 3000 meters autostart) went to the 1.12.8kr clocked winner Winston Sisa (4m ENS Snapshot-Keenness Sisa) driven by harness racing trainer Jan Dahlgaard. Wizard Simoni (4m Juliano Star-Kom Sa Simoni-Earthquake) was second driven by Peter Untersteiner ahead of United KK (4m Carmondy Lobell-Erycina-Speed Merchant) driven by Gordon Dahl.
The undercard today at Charlottenlund was a good one with performers of all ages. Winners of interest were Tycoon Conway Hall, Dark Xray and Stand And Deliver among others.
Two year-olds contested an Open event on the Charlottenlund card with 50,000DKK (US$7,550) to the winner on the 2000 meters autostart course. The 1.15.9kr winner was Big Mac PD (2m Reinsman Hanover-Hot Dice-Dancer’s Victory) driven by Steen Juul for trainer Gordon Dahl. Second was Bali (2m The Liquidator-Omega Sund-Sugarcane Hanover) driven by Pauli Andersen with third to Breaking Point (2g Tritun Sund-Jeans Frokjer-Little Devil) for driver Birger Jorgensen.
Tycoon Conway Hall (5m Conway Hall-Golden Sunday-Supergill) took a fast class event for five year-olds clocked in 1.11.6kr over 1600 meters autostart. Steen Juul reined the winner, also one that he trains. He earned 50,000DKK with this victory over Caprino BR (5g Rotation-Desdemona Dei-Muscles Yankee) with Kim Pedersen aboard. This winner has performed consistently well against those of his age throughout Europe.
The Subaru Summer Meeting Final (80,000DKK to winner, 2000 meters autostart) went to the Hakkan K. Persson reined Dark Xray (4m Crazed-Mascara-Spotlite Lobell) clocked in 1.13.1kr for owner/breeder Ann Kristen Johnsrud. US Dollars (4f Love You-Dallas Avenue-Neza Wenbo) was second for Birger Jorgensen ahead of Twin Peaks (5g Daguet Rapide-Liss Coktail-Coktail Jet) with Ken Ecce at the lines. US Dollars, undefeated in 2014, is now 8-2-1 in 13 career starts.
The Rex The Great (100,000DKK to winner, 2000 meters autostart) for older fast-class trotters went to Stand And Deliver (6m Kadabra-Ghana Roland-Speedy Herve) clocked in 1.12.2kr for teamster Birger Jorgensen. Magiccarpetride US (9m Angus Hall-Meadowbranch Magic-Valley Victory) was second for Johan Untersteiner with veteran O’Grady (9m SJ’s Photo-Dawn Garbo-Smasher) home third for driver Flemming Jensen.
Thomas H. Hicks