The Saturday featured Bjerke (May 15) Gunnar Eggens Minneslopp STL Gold (purse to winner 200,000NOK, 2100 meters autostart) saw front trotting 2.35/1 odds Dolce Viky (6m Adrian Chip-Mihara-Buvetier d’Aunou) score timed in 1.12.9kr.
Trainer Alessandro Gocciadoro teamed the Italian bred and owned harness racing winner that defeated Betting Pacer (8f Maharajah-Peignoir-Fast Photo) with trainer Bjorn Goop driving at 7.39/1 odds.
Home third was 6.1/1 Beartime (8g Muscle Wiking BR) with Carl Johan Jepson driving for trainer Helena Edlund. Veteran Stoletheshow (10m Dream Vacation) was fourth at 3.3/1 driven by trainer Frode Hamre.
This winner will receive an Elite Race ticket. Last week’s STL Gold was at Axevella and 1.8/1 odds Mellby Jink (7g Ready Cash-Heaven’s Door-Muscle Hill) scored in 1.11.9kr with trainer Daniel Wajersten driving.
Also at Bjerke (March 15) STL Stodivision (purse to winner 150,000NOK, 2600 meters autostart) we saw 6.6/1 odds Maharasha (5f Maharajah-Sheismydream SS-Cantab Hall) score timed in 1.14.2kr with Per Oleg Midtfjeld driving for trainer Thor Borg, this her first win and first start this year.
She now has eight career wins in 23 starts. Home second was 6.5/1 odds Global Eyecatcher (5f SJs Caviar-Highest Peak-Andover Hall) with Carl Johan Jepson driving the David Persson trainee. Third was 17.8/1 odds Annabelle (5f Explosive Matter-Peaceful Way-Angus Hall) that Ole John Ostre reined for trainer Anders Lundstrom Wolden.
Gocciadoro also won with Fly Express (4m Readly Express-Sinead Prad-Love You) at Bjerke timed in 1.14.4kr in the STL Klass III (purse to winner 125,000NOK, 2100 meters autostart, 12 starters).
Fly Express won his second straight in two ’25 starts defeating Tix (4m El Diablo BR) with Vidar Hop driving for Frode Hamre and third finishing Grand Design (4g Muscle Mass-Mystical News-Super News) also trained by Hamre and this one driven by Tom Erik Solberg.
Gaet, ATG, Bjerke files/photos
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink