Power dominates in STL Gold at Aby

Power (7m Googoo Gaagaa-La Vici-Orlando Vici) dominated a good harness racing field to win the STL Gold (purse 42,100€ to the winner, 2640 meters autostart, 12 starters) timed in 1.11.6 on the front end using well rated fractions at Aby in Sweden.

Trainer Robert Bergh was the driver for In The Zone AB. Off at 5.1/1 odds Power won for the second time this year and has 16 career wins in 49 starts for 11,895,783SEK earned.

Beartime (8g Pastor Stephen-Global Ninni-Love Youi) was second at 59.2/1 with Carl Johan Jepson aboard for trainer Helena Edlund. Third home was 92.3/1 Barbro Kronos (6f Trixton-Fama Currit-Viking Kronos) with Markus B. Svedberg at the lines. Brother Bill (7g From Above) was fourth ahead of Diamanten (10m Adrian Chip). The 2.2/1 favorite Hail Mary finished 11^th, 5.4/1 odds Borups Victory was ninth and 9.7/1 Aetos Kronos was eighth.

In the companion SRL Mares Elite (purse to winner 42,100€, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) the 1.11.1kr timed impressive winner was Great Skills (5f Ready Cash-Prowess Kronos-Andover Hall) at 2.5/1 odds and reined by trainer Daniel Wajersten for Bro Byggnads AB.

This mare now has four wins in five 2023 starts and a 13-3-1 slate in 22 career starts. Felicia Zet (5f Ready Cash-Pampered Princess-Andover Hall) was second at 3.2/1 with Orjan Kihlstrom up for Daniel Reden/Stall Zet. Third home was 17.3/1 odds Filippa BJ (5f Muscle Mass-Gloire d’Inverne-Sugar Trader) with Jorma Kontio driving for trainer Sybille Tinter. Dear Friebd and Iceland Falls captured fourth and fifth money.

In the UET Grand Prix 2023 (first money 16,840€, 2140 meters autostart, 11 starters) it was 2.6/1 odds Bedazzled Sox (4m Brillantissime-Out Of The Kitchen-Here Comes Herbie) victorious in 1.11.8kr. Veteran reinsman Torbjorn Janssen engineered the front end score for trainer Roger Walmann and the SRF Stable. She recorded her fourth 2023 victory in nine starts and her career slate is 14-3-4 in 24 appearances.

Joviality (4f Chapter Seven – Oasithea Face-Muscle Hill) made a late run to be second at 1.97/1 odds with Erik Adielsson up for trainer Sabine Kagebrant. Xanthis Harvey (4m Propulsion-B Glorious-Smok’n Lantern) was third for the Orjan Kihlstrom/Daniel Reden/Stall Zet team.

The UET Grand Prix 2023 division (16,840€ to the winner, 2140 meters autostart, 11 starters) saw 4.8/1 odds Barack Face (4m Ready Cash-Lisa America-Varenne) scored in 1.11.5kr with trainer Adrian Kolgjini aboard for E;;erstgromgruppen AB and Stall Benall AB. Second to the line was Staro Mack Crowe (4m Bold Eagle-Giant Crowe-Gigant Neo) reined by Rikard N. Skoglund for trainer Katja Meikko) with third earned by Never Mind’Em (4m Propulsion-Face’Em-Offshore Dream) with Mats E, Djuse aboard for Daniel Reden/Stall Zet.

ATG, Veikkaus, Aby files/photos – harness trots

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink