The 2024 edition of the million showdown Breeders’ Trophy Classic ended with a double for Stutteri Hjortebo, but not after the otherwise expected home-straight duel between the Derby winners Schamyl and Brigadier. Instead it was Larch winner Triple Treat who took the Swedish and Norwegian Derby hero all the way to the line.
Breeders’ Trophy Classic, Breeders’ Prize Classic, Dansk Breeders’ Cup and now also Breeders’ Trophy Mile. Stald Handshake’s 4-year-old Slava Ukraini underlined his position on Sunday as the undisputed Breeders’ king of the season, when he and Carlos Lopez beat Lucien and Gravity over 1600 metres at Bro Park.
The Breeders’ Trophy Juvenile for 2-year-olds, which also goes under the name Tommy Gustafsson Memorial, produced a popular home win for Maria Andersson’s bay Swipe daughter Karla With A K, who under Ulrika Holmquist beat Ylva Brandt’s Dawnish.
Ylva Brandt-trained Anno came into Sunday’s best paid contest at Bro Park with the lowest handicap mark in the field, but the Juniper Tree son was second to none and took the first prize of 250,000 Swedish kronor by a neck ahead of Amason and Duke Of Hastings.
Jan-Erik Neuroth and Sandro De Paiva recorded Sunday’s second feature race win together, when Stall EOS’ home-bred Seneschal took SM Classic over 2100 metres on turf at Bro Park for the first time. The Appel Au Maitre son won the race by seven lengths ahead of Chantal and Disraeli.
The ITM Amacitalöpning for 2-year-old fillies at Bro Park found a convincing winner in Jan-Erik Neuroth-trained Crystal Love, who with Sandro De Paiva in the saddle relegated the Bling trio Capitana Bling, Domdiggida Bling and Supernova Bling to the next places in the prize list.
Trainer Patrick Wahl and the breeders Helena and Tor Harry Sigfridsson together took a double in the 2024 edition of SM för 2-åriga Hästar at Bro Park, when Oliver Wilson rode New England to victory half a length in front of his childhood companion News Ahead with Alina Öhgren.
Henrik Engblom-trained Nimitz took his second win in a row within just one week, when on Sunday he won the Ascot Brass 7 Furlong Challenge for 3-year-olds over 1400 metres at Bro Park.
Vanja Sandrup-trained Röde Baronen did not make the trip from Jägersro to Stockholm in vain, and with apprentice Lorenzo Putzulu in the irons the Casamento son won the 1400 metre SM Sprinters by a neck ahead of Julian McLaren-trained Essential and Francisco Castro’s Civilon.
Patrick Wahl-trained Hilo lived up to his status as red-hot favourite when he won Breeders’ Trophy Classic Trial over 1750 metres at Bro Park on Wednesday afternoon. The Mustajeeb son was rated between nine and 15 kilos better than his five rivals.
GalopSport spoke on Wednesday morning with Per-Anders Gråberg, who has been admitted to Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset after yesterday’s accident during training at Bro Park.
Per-Anders Gråberg, who at the weekend won Hurricanelöpning and Altamiralöpning, and was second in Dansk Derby with Zidane, was involved in a riding accident on Tuesday morning. This is reported by his wife, Cecilia Gråberg, via Instagram.
Annike Bye Hansen’s Admiral De Vega confirmed his status as Scandinavia’s best horse over 1600 metres on turf, and Niels Petersen-trained Mozart confirmed that he belongs to the mile elite of the future in the 2024 edition of Lelles Open Mile (L) at Bro Park.
For the second year in a row Sweden’s champion trainer Lennart J:r Reuterskiöld came, saw and won a one-two in the Derby series’ Bro Park Trial over 2100 metres on dirt track in Stockholm. Last year it was Canadian Kylie and American Zodiac who pulled off the feat, and in the 2024 edition it was Zidane ahead of Masters Call.
Annike Bye Hansen’s 5-year-old Aphelios can still call himself unbeaten since his arrival in Scandinavia after Tuesday’s Challenge Stakes (L) at Bro Park. The Kodiac son won easily by two lengths ahead of last year’s winner Hotline Bling and banked 135,000 Swedish kronor for Väsby Häst AB.
Swedish-trained horses accounted for earnings of a little over 800,000 Swedish kronor on Stockholms Stora Pris day. On the other hand a good 3.2 million left the country to the neighbours in Norway and Denmark. See here how the prize money was distributed in each individual race at Bro Park on 9 June.
Jockeyklubbens 2000 Guineas was a race that until 9 June 2024 had eluded Lone Kaj-Nielsen and Bent Olsen. But then the excellent Brigadier came, saw and conquered. After leading from the start he said goodbye to his rivals and flew home three lengths clear of My Fortune and Essential, who dead-heated for second place.
Stutteri Outback-bred Good Fortune took the first Group 3 triumph of his career on Sunday afternoon, when with Kevin Stott in the irons he won Stockholms Stora Pris ahead of last year’s winner Admiral De Vega. A victory that was worth 540,000 Swedish kronor for the Havemanns and Stald Shaker.
The filly that Niels Petersen bought himself for 6,000 euro as a yearling, but that nobody wanted, took the first prize of 581,000 Swedish kronor in Svenskt 1000 Guineas on Sunday afternoon. Unbeaten Easywithme even beat her stable companion Chelsea Morning in the classic contest at Bro Park.
Half an hour after Good Fortune’s Group 3 triumph Søren Jensen and Kevin Stott were not far from adding a Listed win in the Bloomers’ Vase (L) for fillies and mares, but Lulu Tøpholm and Peter Holm Lassen’s Sunday Fudge had to give way in the end to Stall Perlen’s Mystery Night.
Scandinavia has a new sprinting ace who may be hard to match on turf in the time ahead. His name is Aphelios, and the 5-year-old Kodiac son toyed with his four rivals in Bro Park Vårsprint (L).
Henrik Engblom was forced to withdraw his pre-race favourite Nimitz from Wednesday’s Guineas Trial in Stockholm. On the other hand stablemate Who Knows What was ready to take over, and the Hurricane Red son won the race by the shortest of necks ahead of Duke Of Hastings and Frankie’s Girl.
Roy Arne Kvisla is still waiting for his first win in Svenskt Derby, but right now the hope seems greater than ever before. On Wednesday afternoon American-bred Mendel’s Rock made his seasonal debut with a 10-length win over 1600 metres at Bro Park. The Mendelssohn son has now won his first two starts by a combined 16 lengths.
Wido and Jan-Erik Neuroth also managed in their last Listed contest as a trainer/jockey team to go all the way to the top together, when Stall EOS’ 6-year-old home-bred Seneschal beat Hard One To Please and Espen Hill in Songline Classic (L) at Bro Park.