2025 was the first season at Klampenborg for the young Swedish trainer Kajsa Lindsjö. It went OK. But Kajsa is ambitious. She wants to be among the biggest and the best. And she has everything it takes to reach her goals. She has many well-bred and interesting horses in the stable – and she believes she can win the Danish Derby in 2026.
HANS ADIELSSON WAS KAJSA’S MENTOR.
Kajsa Lindsjö grew up in a family that has always had horses, and her mother worked for a period – long before Kajsa was born – for the Swedish racing figure Margaretha Wettermark.
”I got my own ponies when I was young. And I trained and drove trotting ponies with quite some success. Pony trotting is still big in Sweden”, Kajsa explained, when RaceTime interviewed her in her stable by Højen at Klampenborg Racecourse.
”But the legendary Swedish trainer Hans Adielsson converted me, and since then my heart has belonged to racing”.
Hans Adielsson was incidentally both a trotting and a flat trainer during his life.
In the early 1980s Hans Adielsson and his wife Mai trained the two super mares Humbug and Rossard. Their 3-year-old careers are almost unbelievable.
Humbug won the Mowerinaløb, the Svenskt Derby, the Svenskt and Danish Oaks and the Svenskt St. Leger in 1982.
Rossard won the Mowerinaløb, the Danish and Svenskt Derby, the Svenskt and Danish Oaks and the Danish St. Leger the following year and thus became a Danish Triple Crown winner.
She was later sold to the USA, where she won The Flower Bowl Invitational Handicap (Gr.1) and went to stud.
”Hans Adielsson was important to me, and I learned a lot from him”, Kajsa noted.
”He is a likeable person, and I still contact him now and then for good advice”.
SWEDISH CHAMPION APPRENTICE IN 2018.
Kajsa got her apprentice licence in 2016, and in her career as an apprentice she rode 51 winners.
In 2018 it became 21 wins in Sweden and prize money of more than two million Swedish kronor, and Kajsa became Swedish champion apprentice.
”When Hans Adielsson retired, he asked me whether I was interested in taking over the horses he had in training. But I said no thank you, which I have never regretted.”
”I felt that I needed to develop further abroad, and that led to a three-year stay with trainer Ed Walker in Lambourn in England. And that was extremely useful”.
”I learned a lot from Ed Walker. And often I was ”pacemaker” for some of the best horses, and in that connection I met many well-known jockeys, among them Frankie Dettori, Hollie Doyle, Tom Marquand and Oisin Murphy.
There were also stays in both Saudi Arabia and Dubai while Kajsa worked for Ed Walker.
TRAINER IN SWEDEN.
In 2022 Kajsa Lindsjö returned to Sweden, and she got a licence as a professional trainer.
She decided to start her training operation at the leading trotting figure Lutfi Kolgjini’s training facility at Vomb in Skåne, where she settled in well.
”But it went ‘bloody badly’. The results did not live up to my expectations and ambitions at all”, Kajsa explained.
”I had a deep conversation with myself. I had to change something, do something. Should I stop or try once more?”.
”At the same time the uncertain situation around Jägersro and the new track at Bara contributed to my feeling that something new had to happen, and that is why I took the chance when Niels Petersen’s stable at Klampenborg Racecourse became available”.
So when the 2024 season was over, Kajsa moved the 12 horses she had in training in Skåne across the Øresund to a permanent base at Klampenborg.
And Kajsa is extremely satisfied with the conditions she has at Klampenborg Racecourse.
”The stables are airy and healthy, and I have my own walker and two paddocks at the facility”.
”And Klampenborg is simply the place in Scandinavian racing”.
THE FIRST SEASON AS A KLAMPENBORG TRAINER WAS OK.
Kajsa Lindsjö’s prize money in her first year as a trainer at Klampenborg in 2025 came to 566,342 kroner. She had 71 runners, which won 14 times, giving a strike rate of 20 per cent. That is high. And the placed percentage reached 42.
I asked Kajsa whether that was a satisfactory result.
”Both yes and no”, she answered. ”I won many races, and it was important for me to show that I can do that. But I did not win any feature races.”
The big earners were Persian Magic and Royal Time.
East Wind Racing’s Persian Magic (Moohaajim), who is a half-brother to Sandtastic (Footstepsinthesand), won on his last three starts at Klampenborg last year.
”Yes, that was impressive”, Kajsa emphasised. ”He is now up to a handicap of 76, and I am curious to see whether he can continue his winning run”.
“Sandtastic has got better with age, and I of course hope that Persian Magic takes another step as well. He has developed more fighting spirit“.
Kajsa owns Royal Time (Time Test) herself together with her mother Karin.
Royal Time had a fantastic season last year with five wins and two second places in her seven starts, and she rose 13 kilos in the handicap during the season to 84.
What are the expectations of her this year, now that she has turned five? I asked.
”She looks strong at a distance, but unfortunately there are only few staying races for older mares in Scandinavia. Perhaps I will try to find a race for her in Germany”.
Among the older horses in Kajsa Lindsjö’s stable we also find the former winner of the Breeders’ Trophy Classic and Marit Sveaas Minnelöp (Gr.3), Miga Horses’ now 7-year-old Chianti (Zarak), who was previously in training with Niels Petersen at Øvrevoll.
Chianti disappointed last year. I asked Kajsa whether we will see him in top form again this year?
”I hope so with all my heart”, she answered. ”He has developed a better attitude, and he has come down in the handicap, which gives him the chance to regain his confidence”.
At that point in the interview Laura came into the jockeys’ room, where the interview was taking place, and I asked her what she thinks of Chianti.
”He is the love of my life”.
In 2025 Laura became Champion Amateur Rider of the Year at Klampenborg and in Denmark.
New in the stable this year is also the 5-year-old Streetfightin’ Man (Vino Rosso), who is one of three horses owned by the Dane Marianne Halberg.
“Streetfightin’ Man is a very handsome horse with a good action, and we have worked a lot with him over the winter. I think he will have an exciting season this year”, says Kajsa of the American-bred gelding, who won twice last year and begins the new season with a handicap of 75.
21 HORSES IN TRAINING.
Kajsa looks set to start the 2026 season with 21 horses in the stable, which makes her one of the bigger trainers in Denmark. And perhaps more will arrive before the season starts.
”There is always room for new clients”, as Kajsa put it with a smile.
”I have a good composition / balance of horses”, Kajsa believes, ”and I am an optimist when it comes to the coming season”.
“Nine of the 21 are 2-year-olds, but with them you of course never really know how they will develop”.
”But there is a good mixture of absolute top horses and handicappers in the stable”.
Laura Vestergaard is the only permanent employee in the stable, but besides her there are 4-5 people who ride out in the morning.
For Kajsa it is important that she has staff in the stable who are happy.
”I usually say that with me we have no problems – but solutions”.
And Kajsa places decisive weight on having satisfied owners who are kept well informed on an ongoing basis, and she is very pleased with her group of owners.
”I am grateful to have such fine horses in the stable, but it is also a great responsibility”.
In that connection Kajsa mentions the initiative that Klampenborg Racecourse has taken with the syndicate stable Stald Klampenborg.
”That is how we get more owners into the sport”.
KAJSA BELIEVES IN A DANISH DERBY WIN IN 2026.
There are five 3-year-olds in Kajsa’s stable, and she believes that two of them can win the Danish Derby 2026, well aware that many others also believe they will win the Derby this year.
The two are Donald and Wonder Life.
”They are both unraced as 2-year-olds”, Kajsa noted and added ”- just as Grab The Moment was”.
”They are two big, heavy horses that have grown a lot. So they have been given time, and they must have it if they need it”.
Donald is by Appel Au Maitre and out of Melissa Jordan and thus a half-brother to Royal Time (Time Ten). He is owned by East Wing Racing.
Wonder Life (Lope Y Fernandez) is out of Jive (Sabiango), who in her racing career won the Svenskt Oaks, the Breeders’ Trophy Classic and Jockeyklubbens Avelslöpning (L).
As a broodmare she is the dam of, among others, Ready Teddy (Maxios), who won the Danish Derby and the Danish St. Leger in 2020.
”Wonder Life was bred by JP Long HB”, Kajsa reported, ”and she was bought at the Scandinavian Open Yearling Sale in 2024 for 500,000 kroner”.
”She is owned by Klampenborg Forever, behind which name are Wibecke Nagell-Erichsen, Kolbjørn Selmer and Niels Peter Gill as well as several others – among them the former footballer Nicklas Bendtner”.
Among other classic prospects for next year – in the first instance the Danish 1000 Guineas (the Mowerinaløb), Kajsa mentioned Bon Voyage and Melania.
”Bon Voyage (Moohaajim) was third on her only start as a 2-year-old”, Kajsa noted, ” in a well-filled 2-year-old race, beaten by the later Swedish Criterium winner Albarella (Toronado).
Bon Voyage is owned by Stall Bright Side Of Life.
”East Wind Racing’s Melania (Moohaajim) is a half-sister to Garlic (Outstrip). She disappointed on her two starts as a 2-year-old, but she is training well”, Kajsa emphasised.
PROMISING 2-YEAR-OLDS.
Almost half of the horses Kajsa has in training are 2-year-olds.
The greatest interest at first glance attaches to a still unnamed full brother to the dual Derby winner Schamyl and the promising 3-year-old Darlington, who are both by Appel au Maitre.
The dam Whistler (Academy Award) won both the Svenskt Oaks and the Dansk Breeders’ Cup in her career.
”He does everything right”, Kajsa noted. ”He behaves calmly. He believes in himself. He does not have the fierce temperament we have seen in Darlington”.
Another 2-year-old that Kajsa believes will do well, and that she is looking forward to seeing in a race, is a full brother to Bon Voyage. Like Bon Voyage, the Moohaajim colt is owned by Stall Bright Side Of Life.
”Eko Elegance (Appel au Maitre) is a Hjortebo-bred”, Kajsa noted and added ”I am always happy to have Hjortebo-breds in the stable”.
Kickan is also by Appel au Maitre, and she is a very handsome horse, but she is also very temperamental”.
”But”, Kajsa repeated, ”you never quite know with the 2-year-olds. ”Some develop faster than others”.
THE FAVOURITE JOCKEYS.
”IT IS A ‘FULL-TIME JOB’, BUT I LOVE IT”.
Kajsa turns 30 next month. She lives alone in Kgs. Lyngby. ”There is no time for anything else”.
”I have staked everything on this working out”, she pointed out. There is no free time. I work a lot. But I love it. This is what I want”.
”And I am ambitious. That is why I moved to Klampenborg. To have my ambitions and dreams fulfilled”.
”Horses are different, and they must all have my full attention. I want to win every race, but wins in feature races naturally count most”.
”There are many of us who I think make a great effort to make racing interesting and spectator-friendly”, Kajsa noted.
That is why it is important to focus on the many positive things there are in racing. Unfortunately there are some who want the opposite”.
”So we must stand together in showing the fine sides of the sport”.
Kajsa has everything it takes to become a top trainer in Scandinavia.
She grew up with horses. She has experience with horses – not only racehorses, but trotters as well.
She was trained by one of the best trainers in Scandinavia. She was a big talent as a jockey.
She has spent a longer period outside Scandinavia with a leading English trainer and gained international experience.
Kajsa is ambitious – that is necessary in order to succeed. But at the same time she is extremely friendly, welcoming and likeable.
I predict that, together with a number of other newer female trainers, she will leave her mark on racing in Denmark and Scandinavia in the years to come.
