Cyber Lane wins Kjell Dahlstroms Minne at Mantorp

The 1.6/1 Cyber Lane (5g Raja Mirchi-Sybaris Hanover-Cantab Hall) won Wednesday’s featured Kjell Dahlstroms Minne at Mantorp in Sweden (200,000SEK to winner, 2140 meters autostart) timed in 1.12kr. 

Johan Untersteiner is trainer/driver of the winner that Pretera International AB owns. 9.8/1 Generaal Bianco (5g Ufo Kievitshof-Zrskia Fortua-Coktail Jet) was second handled by trainer/driver Peter Untersteiner and third was 5/1 Love Matters (5m Explosive Matter-Lotsa Love-Andover Hall) with Orjan Kihlstom up for trainer Daniel Reden. This one was bred in the USA by Egloff and Burroughs.

Aged performers were also on stage in the Mantorptravet (75,000SEK to winner, 2140 meters autostart) and the 1.12.2kr timed winner was 1.6/1 Sorbet (7m Super Photo Kosmos-Altar Bound-Supergill).

Orjan Kihlstom teamed this Daniel Reden trainee for Stall Zet. 22.7/1 Buzz Mearas (7g Dream Vacation-Dance of Joy-Malabar Man) took second for Erik Adielsson and trainer Vincent Lacroix. 5.1/1 Carabinieri (m Wellino Boko-Dew Princess-JR Broline) was third for reinsman Peter Untersteiner.

There were four Breeders Crown contests on the card, each with 110,000SEK to winners, each over 2140 meters autostart. The four year old winners were, first the male division, with 5.6/1 Output Pressure (4g Gigant Neo-Joda Lesdelles-Sebrazac) timed in 1.13.9kr for driver Orjan Kihlstrom and trainer Stefan Melander. 

The Ready Cash son Short In Cash was second. The four year old female division went to 9.7/1 Mily (4f Perhaps Love-Blixtra Tanga-Victory Party) with trainer Peter Untersteiner driving for owner Easy KB. 7/2 Candy la Marc (4f Scarlet Knight) was second ahead of 42/1 Wild Love (4f Love You-Twins Vilda-Dreamaster). Race time was 1.12.4kr.

The three year old Breeders Crown winner were, in the filly division, 8.9/1 Adorable Lady (3f Zola Boko-Malabara-Supergill) with trainer Pasi Aikio driving for Travkompaniets Stall AB timed in 1.13.5kr.

The 1.8/1 Comrads Rodluva (3f SJs Caviar) was second for the team of Kihlstrom/Reden/Stall Zet. The three year old male division went to 5/2 Lewis Ale (3m Andover Hall-Ripley-Ride The Night) timed in 1.13.2kr for Tuomas Korvenoja. 4.8/1 Alone (3m Maharajah) was second for driver Kihlstrom and trainer Pasi Aikio.

The weekend ahead offers superb top level trots on Friday at Cagnes sur Mer, Saturday at the New Meadowlands (Hambletonian Day with eight top trotting stakes), Mons Ghlin (Grand Prix de Wallonie) and Sunday at Berlin Mariendorf (Deutches Derby Day).

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink