Alessandro Gocciadoro’s trainee Charmant de Zack (6m Vivid Wise As-Martina Grif-Varenne) rallied down the middle to capture the STL Gold at Amal, Sweden (purse to winner 12,900€, 1680 meters autostart) with Erik Adielsson driving.
He was off at 4.7/1 odds and defeated 2.7/1 Sorbet (13g Super Photo Kosmos-Altar Bound-Supergill) with Orjan Kihlstrom driving this Daniel Reden trainee that was a length back. Rackham (8m Love You-Red Orchid-Dream Vacation) was third at 22.7/1 with trainer Christoffer Eriksson driving. Milliondollarrhyme (10g Ready Cash-Nursery Phyme-Credit Winner) was fourth at 9/1 odds with Bjorn Goop piloting this F.B. Larsson trainee.
The weekend ahead will showcase two UET circuit events. Saturday at Ostersund will be the Gr. II International Jamtlands Stora Pris (purse to winner 600,000SEK, 2140 meters autostart, 10 starters). The field for this one is listed below:
- Weekend Fun 10g Jaded, Bjorn Goop
- Axel Ruda 7g Formula One, Ulf Eriksson
- Mister Hercules 7m Trixton, Daniel Reden
- Mellby Jinx 6g Ready Cash, Daniel Wajersten
- Hail Mary 8m Googoo Gaagaa, Orjan Kihlstrom
- Harry Knows 7g Armstrong Jet, Patrick Kane Jr.
- Hustle Rain 5m Raja Mirchi, Magnus A. Djuse
- Clarissa 6f Exploit Caf, Alessandro Gocciadoro
- Thereisnolimit 5m Nuncio, Ulf Ohlsson
- Night Brodde 9m Up And Quick, Conrad Lugaurer
On Sunday at Bjerke is the Oslo Grand Prix (1,200,000Nok to the winner, 2100 meters autostart, 10 starters) with Joviality, Extreme and Stoletheshow likely favored by the wagering public. The full field is shown below:
- Hades de Vandel 7m Ganymede, Micha Brouwer
- Devislish Hill 4g Muscle Hill, Geir Vegard Gundersen
- Extreme 8m Chocolattier, Bjorn Goop
- Joviality 5f Chapter Seven, Erik Adielsson
- Banderas Bi 7m Ganymede, Alessandro Gocciadoro
- Barack Face 5m Ready Cash, Adrian Kolgjini
- Beartime 9g Pastor Stephen, Carl Johan Jepson
- Boko 8g Zola Boko, Kristian Malmin
- Kentucky River 6m Father Patrick, Orjan Kihlstrom
- Stoletheshow 9m Dream Vacation, Magnus A. Djuse
Both of the above programs also offer many exciting races on their undercards well worth watching.
ATG, Amal, Bjerke, Ostersund, Veikkaus files/photos
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink