Today’s €299,407 purse Gr. I International Olympiatravet over 2140 meters at Goteborg (Aby) SWE went to hot trotting mare Your Highness (7f Chocolatier-La Belle Lady-Conway Hall-Lady Stormont) with harness racing driver Bjorn Goop up for trainer Fabrice Souloy and PV Racing HB, the owner.
This 1.4/1 odds winner has five 2016 wins in as many starts for seasonal earnings of 3,127,737SEK.
Her career slate is now 23-7-5 in 47 starts for 6,602,022SEK earned.
Your Highness was timed in 1.10.9kr and raced without shoes.
10/1 Sauveur (6g Echo-Operah Bob-Easy Lover) was second for driver/trainer Ake Lindblom and 8/1 Anna Mix (6f Ludo de Castelle-Irco-Tenor de Baune) rallied strongly for third for Pierre Vercruysse and trainer Franck Leblanc after getting a slow start away from the car and trailing the field in early going.
BBS Sugarlight finished fourth at 2.2/1 and On Track Piraten was fifth at 2/1 after leading much of the way.
Nahar made an early miscue and was disqualified.
Thomas H. Hicks