Lady Irene won the BOLOU Fine Jewellery Danish Oaks on Saturday by three and a half lengths from her stablemate Jazz. The Niels Petersen-trained filly already has the Svenskt Oaks on her CV and can become the first in history to win all three Scandinavian Oaks. Next stop is the Norsk Oaks at home at Øvrevoll.
Bent Olsen’s Stepdance was left to his own devices in the betting, but won the Herman Sallings Mindeløb Danish Criterium on Saturday by a head from Søren Jensen’s Mallee Sand. The DKK 150,000 went to Stald Spitco in the day’s biggest surprise — the winner’s first success at the third attempt.
Niels Petersen won the Racing Club Klampenborg Racing Bowl with Grey Tycoon and the Danish Oaks with Lady Irene on Saturday, and the DKK 310,000 was enough to overhaul Lea Olsen in the trainers’ championship. After Ladies’ Day only DKK 4,670 separates the two.
One of England’s most popular horses, the former hurdler Constitution Hill, lined up in a Group race on the Flat for the first time on Saturday – and finished, for many, a disappointing fourth.