Eight-hole for Perfetto in Oslo Grand Prix

The field is set for the 2022 Oslo Grand Prix, which will be held during this year’s largest international trotting harness racing weekend in Norway on Sunday, June 12 at Bjerke Racetrack.

Trained and driven by Norwegian native Dagfin Henriksen and owned by Gerald Haggerty of East Camden, Ont., two-time O’Brien Award winner Perfetto (Majestic Son) will represent Canada in the 10-horse field and has drawn post position eight.

A career winner of 25 races and more than $730,000, the seven-year-old gelding continues his first European campaign following a fifth-place finish in the Elitloppet trials at Sweden’s Solvalla Race Course on May 29.

After two years of limited international participation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Group 1 stakes race features horses owned, trained and bred in five different countries vying for the winner’s prize of NOK 1.2 million (approximately $160,000 CAD).

Perfetto is the only horse representing North American connections, but the field includes Grand Circuit stakes-placed Seven Nation Army, a four-year-old son of Chapter Seven-Margarita Nights who started his career in the U.S. under the tutelage of Ray Schnittker before being sold to Danish interests.

The field also includes this year’s Elitloppet trial starters Admiral As and Cokstile, who won the 2020 edition of Sweden’s elite trotting event.

2022 Oslo Grand Prix (Race 12)
Post – Horse – Driver, Country
1. Upstate Face (Joke Face) – Adrian Kolgjini, Sweden
2. Cicero TG (Kadabra) – Geir Vegard Gundersen, Norway
3. Bengurion Jet (Maharajah) – Alessandro Gocciadoro, Italy
4. Seven Nation Army (Chapter Seven) – Bo Westergaard, Denmark
5. Stoletheshow (Dream Vacation) – Frode Hamre, Sweden
6. San Moteur (Panne De Moteur) – Bjørn Goop, Sweden
7. Best Ofdream Trio (Nad El Sheba) – Erik Killingmo, Norway
8. Perfetto (Majestic Son) – Dagfin Henriksen, Canada
9. Cokstile (Quite Easy) – Erik Bondo, Italy
10. Admiral As (Ready Cash) – Reijo Liljendahl, Sweden

For a race program, click here.

From Standardbred Canada