On Track Piraten wins V75 Gold at Romme

December 5, 2015 – At Romme (SWE) today’s Super Lights Gold Vision, a V75 test over 1609 meters autostart, for 150,000SEK to the winner, went to 1.9/1 favorite On Track Piraten (7g Kool du Caux-Monrovia-Rite On Line) for Johnny Takter. Hans R. Stromberg trains the winner, now with a 19-17-10 slate in 75 starts for earnings in excess of 9SEK million. Second at 19/1 was the Torbjorn Jansson driven Highspeed Call (7g From Above-Love Call-Alf Palema) with 40/1 Prince Tagg (9m Prince RS-Cinderella Lej-Tamin Speedy) third teamed by trainer Ralf Karlstedt. Beer Summit finished sixth.

At Kincsem Park the featured Baka Handicap (4200 meters distance handicap, purse 1.1Huf million) was won by the Pal Vicen driven, Csaba Lakatos trained veteran Vernon Boko (12g Castleton Bass-JJ’s Miracle-Speedy Crown) that was handicapped an extra 20 meters. Off three consecutive disqualifications this day driver Vicen put Vernon Boko in front early and he led throughout, drawing clear approaching the line. Stablemate Celebrity Classic (6m Classic Response-Musli Star-Somolli Star) was second driven by Lakatos and handicapped 60 meters, while Miki (9m Baltic Bet-Viki-Witsend’s Speedy) overcame an 80 meter penalty and was third for driver Tamas Kelemen.

The winner was timed in 1.24.5kr over the 2-5/8 mile marathon distance. The winner’s dam JJ’s Miracle (Speedy Crown-Miralga-Super Bowl) brings back great memories and she was dam of 15 foals including Sand Cassin, but more importantly she is a daughter of Cassin Hanover, dam of Elma, Anson, Augusta and Sug and second dam of Texas, Buck Newton and Japa. Cassin was a Hoot Mon-Goddess Hanover with Goddess the dam of Torrence Hanover and Elby Hanover, while second dam of Ayres, winner of the Hambletonian, Kentucky Futurity, Review Futurity and the Yonkers Trot. Wow!!!

The secondary Kincsem Park top event was the Oroshaza Varos DIJ over the 1960 meter distance handicap course for 600,000Huf that drew a solid field and was won by Orifiamma Jet (7f Supergill-Ticket To Ride-Nevele Pride), TIMED IN 1.18.3KR, driven and trained by Tibor Hajnal in a front-stepping journey. The 20 meter handicapped Orangyal (7f Wall Street Banker-Derengo-Endless Sands) was second for trainer/driver Csaba Lakatos clocked in 1.17.9kr and another 20 meter penalized performer Offenbach Bigi (7m Andover Hall-Pinebank-Pine Chip) was third for trainer/driver Emil Csordas.

Two other Kincsem Park winners this day were Stone Cape’s Judy (8f SJ’s Caviar-Kallassy) for Csaba Lakatos and Temass (3f Naglo-Delfine Dei) for Imre Fazekas.

Thomas H. Hicks