Two-year-old Breeders Crown featured at Solvalla

A good quality card this day at Solvalla included the Breeders Crown (purse to winner 15,050€, 2140 meters autostart, eight two year old starters) and it went to 1.15.5kr timed Pure Athena (2f Bar Hopping-Queen Cash-Ready Cash) with Carl Johan Jepson driving for trainer Fredrik Wallin.

This was her third career victory in 10 starts. She was the 1.74/1 odds favorite. You Bow To No One (2g Nuncio-Volontary Simplcty-Cantab Hall) was second at 8.4/1 with Claes Sjostrom the trainer/driver. Home third was 12.6/1 Global Got It All (2f Walner-Differenceadaymade-Muscle Hill) landed third with Bjorn Goop teaming the Fredrik Wallin trainee.

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On this Solvalla card was also the STL Silver – Hans Owe Sundbergs (purse to winner 21,500€, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) with victory to 1.12.3kr timed Mellby Knekt (5g Mellby Viking-Don’t Wear PJS-Kadabra) with Magnus A Djuse driving the Timo Nurmos trainee.

The Mellby Gard AB bred and owner performer now has 10 career wins in 16 starts. He was off as the 1.68/1 odds favorite and defeated 36.4/1 Midnight Special (7g Readly Express-Midnight Glory-Cantab Hall) handled by Orjan Kihlstrom for conditioner Adrian Kolgjini. Winner Brodde (5m Raja Mirchi) was third at 32.6/1 odds with trainer Johan Untersteiner driving.

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The day’s STL Gold (purse to winner 25,800€, 2140 meters autostart, 10 starters) saw 2.6/1 odds Decision Maker (5f Nuncio-Full Authority-Scarlet Knight) score for driver Bjorn Goop timed in 1.12.0kr. Stefan Melander trains the 16 time career winner in 48 starts, a mare he bred and owns.

Dancer Brodde (5m Bold Eagle-Dancing in thehall-Cantab Hall) was second at 18.1/1 odds with trainer Johan Untersteiner at the lines. Charmant de Zack (6m Vivid Wise As-Martina Grif-Varenne) was third at 4.3/1 with Magnus A. Djuse driving the Alessandro Gocciadoro trainee.

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Gocciadoro was back as trainer to win the STL Diamantstoet (purse to winner 25,800€, 2140 meters autostart, 14 starters) with 1.78/1 odds Esperia Font (4f Face Time Bourbon-Elenor Boko-Chocolatier). She won for the 10th time in 27 career starts timed in 1.12.9kr. Magnus A. Djuse again teamed this AG performer for Leonardo Cecchi as she won her third straight.

Toscana Southwind (6f Bold Eagle-Coco Chip-Chip Chip Hooray) was second at 5.1/1 with trainer Troels Andersen driving. The 11.5/1 odds Chanel Trio (6f Nad Al Sheba-Lory Trio-Scarlet Knight) was third with Carl Johan Jepson aboard.

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Gocciadoro won again as trainer with 2.54/1 odds Diva EK (5f Trixton-Nike EK-Varenne) in the STL Bronze (18,920€ purse to winner, 2140 meters autostart, 12 starters) timed in  1.11.8kr with Orjan Kihlstrom driving for AG and Antonio Nucera and Effebi Srl.

This mare now has 18 career wins in 36 starts. Finishing second was Competivo (4g Bird parker-Sherry-Credit Winner) with trainer Daniel Wajersten driving. Windmill Jam (5g Ready Cash-Swiss Account-Muscle Hill) landed third for trainer/driver Johan Untersteiner.

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by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink