Three-year-olds on display at Solvalla

The promising Vegas Wania (3m Father Patrick-Random Destiny-Ken Warkentin), a half-brother to Walner, easily won the three-year-old colt Margaretas Tidiga (300,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) at Solvalla, Sweden on Saturday (Feb. 4), timed in 1.14.7kr.

The Riina Rekila bred, trained and driven colt now has a 3-1-1 slate in five career starts for 958,205SEK earned. Karin Mommert Walter co-owns the winner that was off as the 1.3/1 favorite. Global Etalon (3m Brillantissime) was second at 18/1 for Magnus A. Djuse with third to 12/1 Vasterbo Exciting (3m Jacose) for driver Ake Lindblom.

Trainer Rekila enjoyed a great career as trainer/driver in North America including with E.L. Titan.

On the Solvalla card was the Conrads Rodulavs STL Stoeliten (220,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) and 4.2/1 Racing Brodde (8f Prodigious-Ronda Brick-Super Arnie) scored in 1.13.2kr. This was her 16^th victory in 70 career starts for 7,594,750SEK earned. Magnus A, Djuse teamed the Mattias Djuse trainee. The 2.9/1 A Perfect Face (5f Classic Photo) was second for Adrian Kolgjini.

Chestnut Hill (6m Muscle Hill-Poof Shes Gone-Kadabra) then took the Menhammar Stuteri Bulwarks Lopp Gold (150,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters) timed in 1.12.1kr for reinsman Rikard N. Skoglund and trainer Stefan Melander.

This one was bred in North America by Hartman, Liverman, Mc Duffee and he record his seventh career victory in 67 starts for 5,953,199SEK earned. Off at 22.9/1 odds the winner defeated 2/1 Eddy West (7g Sahara Dynamite) and 12/1 Super Nice (10m Orlando Vici).

In another Margaretas Tidiga (three-year-old fillies, 300,000SEK to the winner, 2140 meters autostart) the 1.7/1 Frustration (3f Fourth Dimension-Overworked-Viking Kronos) scored in 1.17.1kr with Magnus A. Djuse up for trainer Mattias Djuse.

This filly now has a 3-3-1 slate in eight career starts for 1,710,000SEK earned. Elegance Kronos (3f Muscle Hill-Pampered Winner-Credit Winner-Pampered Princess) was second at 5.7/1 for trainer/driver Bjorn Goop. Kitty Hawk (3f Fourth Dimension-Nalda Nof-Supergill) was third at 3/1 for pilot Torbjorn Jansson.

Bikana Wine (4f Propulsion-Kimono Pearl-Super Arnie) took the Margaretas Tidiga for four-year-olds (purse to winner 300,000SEK, 2140 meters autostart) timed in 1.14.0kr. Off at 7/1 this Johan Untersteiner trained and driven performer now has five wins in six career starts.

She defeated 3.3/1 Jade Sisu handled by trainer Conrad Lugauer and 2/1 Merrill Boko with Magnus A. Djuse the pilot for Timo Nurmos. The sire Propulsion stood in the US in 2021-22 and bred 51 and 27 mares in those two years.

ATG, Solvalla files/photos

by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink