Norsk Galopp Sprintløp: Ides Of March won with 13 kilos more than the runner-up

Ides Of March won Norsk Galopp Sprintløp over 1,170 metres at Øvrevoll on Sunday by a neck, and the weights made the performance bigger than the margin suggests: he carried 63 kilos while Corazon De Leon in second got in with 50. That is a difference of 13 kilos.

Got there just in time

Carlos Lopez brought Elkær Stutteri’s four-year-old colt over the line first in 1.11,7 on heavy ground. Behind him it was a neck to Stall MYM’s Corazon De Leon (Slade Power) and another neck to Väsby Häst AB’s Youonlyliveonce (Sidestep), who carried the race’s top weight of 64 kilos – one more than the winner.

Before that Lopez and Ides Of March had several obstacles to overcome – the biggest being that the gap for the final run came only very late. Ides Of March got there just in time on the line.

From there it was just under five lengths to Stall Birgitta’s French Chunky (French Fifteen) and a further four and a quarter to Max Racing’s Hunters Lullaby (Footstepsinthesand), whom Niels Petersen also trains.

The last three runnings

The race gathered its own recent history in one line-up. Corazon De Leon won it in 2025, and Youonlyliveonce won it in both 2023 and 2024 – and on Sunday they were second and third behind a horse imported to Scandinavia ahead of this season.

Ides Of March had 1,422,459 kroner in the bank before he went to post, but only three wins from seventeen starts. The year began with a win in the Stewards Cup at Bro Park on 20 May, his Scandinavian debut, and since then it has been a string of good placings in the big sprints: third in the German Listed race Hamburger Flieger-Preis on 4 July, third in the Zawawi Sprint Cup (L) at Klampenborg on 1 August, second behind Aphelios in the Polar Cup (L) at Øvrevoll on 25 August and second behind Lamborghini BF in the Bro Park Sprint Championship (L) on 20 September.

On Sunday it became his fourth win in the eighteenth start of his career. The Wootton Bassett colt was bred by Phoenix Thoroughbreds Limited and runs for Elkær Stutteri, who have found here a worthy successor to their former champion sprinter Could Be King (Bated Breath).

Two wins for Lopez

The win was Carlos Lopez’ first of two on the day. One race later he won the Norwegian Oaks on Lady Irene, and he ended the day with two wins and two seconds from four rides. Niels Petersen had seven runners and won both the Norwegian Oaks and the Sprintløp.

Øvrevoll · Norwegian Oaks

The day in numbers

Eight races on Sunday 11 October 2026 · every prize-money placing in each race counts

51 runners · 38 of them in the money · NOK 1,146,300 shared out

The star of the day

Niels Petersen

Two winners on the day, and one of them made history: Lady Irene became the first horse to win all three Scandinavian Oaks. One race earlier Ides Of March took the Norsk Galopp Sprintløp carrying 13 kilos more than the runner-up. Add fourth in the Oaks with Jazz and three more in the money from seven runners.

2 of 8of the day’s races

30.3%of the day’s prize money

347,210NOK on the day

Carlos Lopez two wins from four rides, all four in the money — NOK 306,925 on the day

Trainerstop 8 by prize money won

1	Niels Petersen	2 wins		NOK 347,210
2	Jan-Erik Neuroth	2 wins		NOK 241,500
3	Cathrine Erichsen	2 wins		NOK 147,370
4	Silja Støren	0 wins		NOK 114,205
5	Gina Mathisen	0 wins		NOK 96,100
6	Annike Bye Hansen	0 wins		NOK 74,165
7	Annette Stjernstrand	1 win		NOK 31,850
8	Hanne Rådstoga	1 win		NOK 31,668

Jockeystop 8 by prize money won

1	Carlos Lopez	2 wins		NOK 306,925
2	Oliver Wilson	2 wins		NOK 242,969
3	Per-Anders Gråberg	1 win		NOK 117,340
4	Lorenzo Putzulu	1 win		NOK 105,987
5	Elin Hedman	0 wins		NOK 79,625
6	Willa Synøve M. Schou	0 wins		NOK 71,100
7	Evelina Rönnlund	1 win		NOK 43,316
8	Jacob Kvisla	0 wins		NOK 42,588

Ownerstop 8 by prize money won

1	Stall United	1 win		NOK 175,000
2	Stall Perlen	1 win		NOK 142,500
3	Elkær Stutteri	1 win		NOK 119,000
4	Harry Nilsen	1 win		NOK 91,000
5	Stall GM	0 wins		NOK 88,100
6	Team Finn Kristiansen	1 win		NOK 68,250
7	Stall Birgitta	1 win		NOK 64,560
8	Stall Lillemax	0 wins		NOK 45,500

Sirestop 8 by prize money won

1	Study Of Man (IRE)	1 win		NOK 262,500
2	Mutajally (GB)	2 wins		NOK 167,560
3	Appel Au Maitre (FR)	1 win		NOK 108,500
4	Quarterback (GER)	0 wins		NOK 96,100
5	Wootton Bassett (GB)	1 win		NOK 91,000
6	Paco Boy (IRE)	1 win		NOK 68,250
7	Deceptor (USA)	1 win		NOK 49,140
8	Slade Power (IRE)	0 wins		NOK 45,500

Breederstop 8 by prize money won

1	Ballylinch Stud	1 win		NOK 175,000
2	Stall Perlen	1 win		NOK 142,500
3	Stall GM	0 wins		NOK 96,100
4	K. O. Arnesen & Black Moon Breeding	1 win		NOK 95,500
5	Phoenix Thoroughbreds Limited	1 win		NOK 91,000
6	Stall Elvis	1 win		NOK 91,000
7	Kenny Kok	1 win		NOK 68,250
8	Buck Racing	0 wins		NOK 45,500

Trained in

1	Norway47 runners	7 wins		NOK 1,114,450
2	Sweden4 runners	1 win		NOK 31,850

Foaled in

1	Norway21 runners	3 wins		NOK 389,058
2	Ireland8 runners	2 wins		NOK 306,925
3	France6 runners	1 win		NOK 195,280
4	Sweden6 runners	1 win		NOK 87,625
5	Denmark7 runners	0 wins		NOK 83,237
6	Great Britain2 runners	1 win		NOK 68,250
7	USA1 runners	0 wins		NOK 15,925

Every prize-money placing in each of the eight races counts — not just the winners. The turf was heavy, the dirt track fast. Three horses were withdrawn (Silwan and Bahia Mar because of the going, Angelo barred from the start), so 51 of 54 declared came to post. The Norwegian Oaks and the closing two-year-old race had only four finishers, so NOK 1,146,300 of the 1,168,800 pool was paid out.
Top 8 per category by prize money won. Country of foaling by the country code in the result list (no code = Norway).

GalopSport.dkSource: Norsk Galopp’s result list and Øvrevoll’s racecard