Patrick Wilson-trained Kohira got off the mark at the second time of asking on Saturday afternoon, and together with Veronika Jandová’s debutant Space Memory she gave Lulu Tøpholm a one-two. Later in the afternoon Reine d’Allure also won in the light blue colours.
Kohira (Kodi Bear) won by five lengths from Space Memory (Space Blues), who in turn was a length clear of Villy Nielsen’s La Mer (Go Go Gadget). Only a head separated La Mer from Stutteri Hjortebo’s Happytobealive (Appel Au Maitre).
Two of the four debutants in the race therefore filled the places behind the winner, while Happytobealive was on the wrong end of the most striking turnaround.
On 18 July Lea Olsen’s filly had come home second in the same juvenile company, with Kohira back in third. This time the form was turned on its head.
Patrick Wilson’s younger brother Oliver partnered Kohira for the first time; on her debut she was ridden by Maikel Narvaez Bravo. The bay filly is by Kodi Bear out of the Dark Angel mare Top Class Angel and was bred in Ireland.
She was bought for €16,000 through Paul Harley Bloodstock at last year’s Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, and she comes from the same family as the speedy Golden Shaheen Stakes (Gr.1) winner Muarrab and the dual Group 3 winner Bungle Inthejungle.
Behind the first four came Stepdance (Al Shemali), Half Angel (Moohaajim), Pete (Uppercut Action) and Hundo (Al Shemali).
For Patrick Wilson, who is in his first season as a professional trainer at Klampenborg, it was the only winner of the day — but he also had the consolation of third place in the closing contest with Giant Star (Giant Sandman).
Lulu Tøpholm was far from finished for the afternoon, however. In the day’s sixth race over 2400 metres the three-year-old Reine d’Allure (Shaman) took the second win of her career by half a length from Kajsa Lindsjö’s Shahansha (Olympic Glory) and Bettina Andersen’s Goddessoffortune (Appel Au Maitre).
Reine d’Allure is trained by Veronika Jandová and was ridden to victory by Carlos Lopez.
Saturday had opened with Kajsa Lindsjö’s Dimitria (Areion), who with Per-Anders Gråberg scored over 1100 metres by just over a length from Bent Olsen’s Miss Twenty (Appel Au Maitre).
Only a head further back came Marianne Halberg’s You Better Move On (Exceed And Excel), also trained by Lindsjö.
Three of the day’s races were qualifying heats for the handicap finals on 28 August, and the first of them went to Sweden’s Max W Friberg, who owns, trains and rode Codify (Lawman) to a comfortable three-and-a-half-length success.
It was Codify‘s first win of 2026 after no fewer than four second places in seven starts this year, and behind him came the long-time leader Flying Diamond (Tamayuz) and Royal Dane.
There was nothing to spare at the head of the day’s fourth race, in which fifteen horses came home over 1800 metres.
Martin Persson’s Isaynomore (Giant Sandman) won by the smallest possible margin from Newton (Wilshire Boulevard), and there was another short head back to Nevercantell (Appel Au Maitre) — owned and trained by the Swede Persson just like the winner.
Nicolaj Stott was in the saddle on Isaynomore.
The day’s biggest first prize of DKK 30,000 was won by Inge Mette Dejgaard’s Spinwell (Make Believe), who with Jacob Johansen took the seventh win of his career by two lengths from Lea Olsen-trained Sir Jeffrey (Hunter’s Light) and Jessica Long’s Mumbo Jumbo (Moohaajim).
Nicolaj Stott made it a double in the closing race, where Go Get Happy (Go Go Gadget), trained in Sweden by Jonna Larsson, defied a full 70 kilos and won by just under three lengths.
It was Go Get Happy‘s first win of the year. Second place went to Hockey Carlras (Moohaajim), and it is worth noting that both he and Sir Jeffrey are out of Stutteri Stork’s Edallora — two half-brothers who both filled second place the same afternoon.
