Only two runners lined up for Thursday’s opening race at Øvrevoll, and one of them was left with little to enjoy. Niels Petersen-trained Ice And Fire got off the mark at the first time of asking and now looks set to go on to Norsk Kriterium on Norwegian Derby day on 23 August.
Norway’s Frida Valle Skar rounded off Saturday’s Shergar Cup at Ascot by winning the last race on the card, the Shergar Cup Mile, on the outsider Crown Board. Now the 28-year-old jockey, who is based in France, returns to Øvrevoll for the first time in 10 years: on Norwegian Derby day on 23 August she has four rides in the book so far – all for Cathrine Erichsen.
It is a rare thing indeed for a race to attract a field of just two horses – but that is exactly what awaits on Thursday evening at Øvrevoll, where
Thursday evening offered no big races at Øvrevoll – but doubles aplenty instead. Cathrine Erichsen saddled winners in two consecutive races, headed by the Danish-bred A Million Dreams, while Knut
While Klampenborg prepares for Saturday’s Bucherer Danish Derby, Norway found its new potential Derby favourite on Thursday evening. The Niels Petersen-trained Phantom Bling wore down the otherwise dominant Super Smooth
An exciting two-year-old contest had been billed at Øvrevoll on Thursday evening, and Stall Perlen’s highly regarded Voix Du Maitre delivered the goods. The Appel Au Maitre son won his
Gina Mathisen’s outstanding talent Super Smooth lived up to his big favouritism in Skandinavisk Mesterskap for 3-year-olds at Øvrevoll on Thursday evening. Together with Willa Schou, the son of Quarterback
Oliver Wilson started with a bang at Øvrevoll on Thursday evening, when he was in the irons on the first three winners of the raceday. It began with a dominant
Elkær Stutteri’s two-year-old Romanov became the season’s first winner among the youngest generation at Øvrevoll on Thursday evening. The Starspangledbanner son left his three rivals behind with the greatest of
After his all-conquering three-year-old season in 2024, Jan-Erik Neuroth’s dual Derby winner Schamyl missed the whole of last season through injury. In just his second start after the long break,
There was a Swedish victory in the Tattersalls Norsk 1000 Guineas as well, and just as in the colts’ equivalent it was Per-Anders Gråberg in the saddle on the winner.
Sweden’s Tobias Olofsson reached a career high on Thursday evening, when the Sergei Prokofiev son Antonov, together with Per-Anders Gråberg, won the Tattersalls Ireland Norsk 2000 Guineas with no fewer
The 3-year-old Phantom Bling had been made a hot favourite at 15:10 on the second start of his life, and he did not let his supporters down. The son of
The Jan-Erik Neuroth-trained Schamyl proved on Thursday evening that despite a long injury break he is not far from the Scandinavian elite, when on his long-awaited comeback he finished second
Gina Mathisen’s son of Quarterback, Super Smooth, took his third win in a row at Øvrevoll on Thursday evening, when in the hands of Willa Schou he got the better
Stald Handshake’s six-year-old Slava Ukraini, who went unbeaten through his three-year-old season on the Scandinavian tracks with victory in, among others, the Danish Derby, has definitively ended his great career.
The Jan-Erik Neuroth-trained Schamyl, who in 2024 won the Svenskt Derby, the Norsk Derby, the Svenskt St. Leger, the Breeders’ Trophy Classic and the Voterlöpning, makes a long-awaited comeback at
The Niels Petersen-trained Sporty, who holds an engagement in the Bucherer Dansk Derby, came out an easy winner on Thursday evening in the well-endowed 3-year-old contest Forsommerløpet worth NOK 136,500.
Øvrevoll’s big National Day programme was unfortunately hit by a large number of withdrawals when the races were moved from the turf to the sand track. Fine sport was fortunately
Norway’s national day brought two more wins for the Danish-bred horses – and they were even two full brothers. In the Welcome to Ascot 3-års Løp over 1750 metres, Stall
Cathrine Erichsen recorded her 600th win as a trainer on Thursday evening. The win was one of three in all on the day, and it came with the 6-year-old Lucky
The racing season at Øvrevoll got under way on Thursday evening with seven contests on the sand track. 2026 began with a maiden win for the 3-year-old son of Moohaajim,
On Thursday Øvrevoll opens the Norwegian racing season with seven races on the card. At 5.50 pm there is a long-awaited and highly interesting debut for Cathrine Erichsen’s 3-year-old Svadilfare.
Norsk Galopp had the deadline for entries for the Norsk Derby 2027 on Monday. 68 candidates were entered, and 22 of those came into the world at Danish studs. 15