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Harness Racing Update reports that Olle Goop, one of the most merited harness racing trainers and drivers in Europe, died on Wednesday (April 20). He was 78.
Goop, the father of Björn Goop, won 7,696 races as trainer and claimed 66 track champion titles in Sweden as driver. Olle won 6,745 races as driver and he won several of the most prestigious races in the world.
Grades Singing was his most merited trotter throughout his career and with Conny Nobell, Olle won the Kriteriet, The Derby and Elitloppet as trainer in 2004-2006.
A good-hearted man has left this sport and it’s with tears in my eyes that I have to face the facts that Olle will no longer smile at us at the tracks in Sweden.
Olle will be missed by his wife Annika, his son Björn and the entire world of harness racing.
From Harness Racing Update
