Carlos Lopez and Niels Petersen took the Højgård Hestehospital Vinterfavoritternes Ærespræmie on Saturday afternoon, as Huntington led from start to finish ahead of Lea Olsen’s Azisol and Chacaya. The DKK 125,000 first prize was the biggest of the day — but it was a broodmare at Stutteri Stork who really left her mark on Klampenborg.
Huntington (Hunter’s Light) won the contest for Scandinavian-bred two-year-olds by two lengths from Azisol (Appel Au Maitre), with a further seven lengths back to Chacaya (Appel Au Maitre) in third.
Bettina Andersen’s Produce Stakes winner La Belle Appelée (Appel Au Maitre) was fourth, a head in front of Søren Jensen’s Mallee Sand (Footstepsinthesand), runner-up in both the Danish Criterium and the Svealandlöpning, who lost lengths at the start.
Huntington is owned by JWC Bloodstock Ltd, and alongside Højgård Hestehospital’s honorary prize to the owner, Dansk Galop put up an honorary prize for the winner’s breeder. That one went to Stutteri Stork.
Appel Au Maitre had to “settle” for the places. The sire had the second, third and fourth home in Vinterfavoritterne, and he ended the day having earned more than any other stallion — DKK 133,350 from six placed runners and not a single win.
And that is where the day’s second story begins.
Huntington is out of Edallora (Refuse To Bend), the foundation mare at Stutteri Stork, and she had three of her offspring running at Klampenborg on Saturday. Two of them won.
Half an hour after Huntington’s victory, the five-year-old Hockey Carlras (Moohaajim) took Handicap Class 5 in a display of sheer power. Maria Olsson’s gelding carried all of 65 kilos and still drew 11 lengths clear of Tina Mortensen’s Mercur (Sir Wilberfourse), with Jacob Kvisla in the saddle. It was his first win in twelve starts this year.
The hat-trick was there for the taking in the seventh race, but there the three-year-old Étoile Noire (Footstepsinthesand) was beaten a neck by Inge Mette Dejgaard’s Mrs Jenney (Shalaa).
Edallora is out of Ebaziya (Darshaan) and therefore a half-sister to four Group 1 winners, among them the Gold Cup winners Enzeli and Estimate.
Stutteri Stork had four horses in the money altogether, because in the opening race Golden Exposure (Hunter’s Light) finished third, ridden by his trainer Melissa Vesterholm. That gave the stud DKK 156,510 and made it the day’s leading breeder ahead of Stutteri Hjortebo, which had five horses in the money and two winners.
A single afternoon also moved Stutteri Stork from third to second in the breeders’ championship. The stud stood on DKK 286,890 before Saturday and is now on DKK 443,400 — past Berner Olsen’s DKK 367,410. Stutteri Hjortebo leads comfortably on just under 2.2 million.
The championship tightened
Huntington’s win sent Niels Petersen further clear in Klampenborg’s trainers’ championship, which is decided on prize money won. But Lea Olsen had both the second and the third in the race itself, and in the closing contest of the day she won as well, with Don Torkdahl (Lucky Vega) under Per-Anders Gråberg.
The day’s tally was DKK 139,650 to Lea Olsen against DKK 133,640 to Niels Petersen. He still leads with DKK 1,605,840 to her DKK 1,558,270 — but in the course of a single afternoon his advantage has shrunk from DKK 53,580 to DKK 47,570. Two Klampenborg days remain this season.
Further down the table two trainers changed places. Søren Jensen’s two winners lifted him past Bettina Andersen into third, and only DKK 4,010 now separates them.
A granddaughter of a former Vinterfavorit
The day had opened with a neat link back in time. The Two-Year-Old Maiden Series went to Søren Jensen’s Honolulu (Moohaajim), who won by half a length in her second start, ahead of Rikke Rohbach Bonde’s Ann’ Carlras (Gleneagles).
Honolulu is out of Beaufort Twelve (Academy Award) and thus a granddaughter of Lady Clementine (Richard Of York), who won Vinterfavoritternes Ærespræmie in 2003.
Honolulu is also a half-sister to the Mawj Stakes and Larch winner Taifuu (Japan), who is likewise trained at Enghavelyst by Søren Jensen.
Moohaajim, for his part, accounted for no fewer than three of the day’s eight winners. The last of them was Bianca, who took Handicap Class 4 by a head for Evelina Rönnlund. She is a full sister to the Derby runner-up King To Be and to the dual Oaks runner-up A Million Dreams — all three are out of Baltic Exchange and bred at Stutteri Hjortebo.
Sun Soldier delivered at the first attempt
Handicap Class 2 went to Sun Soldier (Soldier’s Call), who beat Zarina (Appel Au Maitre) by three lengths on his first start in Scandinavia.
Stald Kabo bought the four-year-old gelding for 55,000 guineas at the Tattersalls July Sale in Newmarket through Martin Buick, and he joined Rikke Rohbach Bonde from Andy Oliver’s yard in County Tyrone with a Danish handicap mark of 83.
Sun Soldier should have made his debut as early as 5 September in the Racing Club Klampenborg Racing Bowl, but was withdrawn that day because of the going.
Nicolaj Stott rode both Sun Soldier and both of Rikke Rohbach Bonde’s runners-up, Ann’ Carlras and Étoile Noire.
Søren Jensen recorded a training double, as Vincenzo (Juniper Tree) won the Novis Løb by a head from Tintarella Di Luna (Camelot) under Mikkel Mortensen. Inge Mette Dejgaard also had two winners, with Bianca and Mrs Jenney.
Klampenborg returns on Saturday 17 October with the second-to-last race day of the year — the finale is run on 31 October.
Klampenborg Racecourse
The day in numbers
The figure of the day
Edallora
Stutteri Stork’s foundation mare had three of her offspring in action. Huntington won Vinterfavoritternes Ærespræmie, Hockey Carlras won his race by eleven lengths, and Étoile Noire was beaten a neck in the seventh.
3offspring running
2wins
DKK 150,750earned
Edallora is by Refuse To Bend and out of Ebaziya, a half-sister to four Group 1 winners. She foaled at Stutteri Hjortebo in the spring and is now in foal to Stork’s own stallion King David.
Trainerstop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Lea Olsen | 1 win | DKK 139,650 | |
| 2 | Niels Petersen | 1 win | DKK 133,640 | |
| 3 | Søren Jensen | 2 wins | DKK 53,500 | |
| 4 | Rikke Rohbach Bonde | 1 win | DKK 53,250 | |
| 5 | Inge Mette Dejgaard | 2 wins | DKK 42,750 | |
| 6 | Bent Olsen | 0 wins | DKK 25,300 | |
| 7 | Bettina Andersen | 0 wins | DKK 21,000 | |
| 8 | Maria Olsson | 1 win | DKK 14,500 |
Jockeystop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Carlos Lopez | 1 win | DKK 133,640 | |
| 2 | Jacob Johansen | 1 win | DKK 101,380 | |
| 3 | Nicolaj Stott | 1 win | DKK 62,250 | |
| 3 | Oliver Wilson | 1 win | DKK 62,250 | |
| 5 | Per-Anders Gråberg | 1 win | DKK 57,730 | |
| 6 | Evelina Rönnlund | 1 win | DKK 28,850 | |
| 7 | Mikkel Mortensen | 1 win | DKK 24,700 | |
| 8 | Josefin Landgren | 0 wins | DKK 24,000 |
Ownerstop 8 by prize money won
| 1 |  JWC Bloodstock Ltd | 1 win | DKK 125,000 | |
| 2 |  Chris L. Petersen & Lars Jakobsen | 0 wins | DKK 65,000 | |
| 3 |  Stald Kabo | 1 win | DKK 41,250 | |
| 4 |  Lone & Kaj Nielsens Fond | 1 win | DKK 32,050 | |
| 5 |  Meyn Holding A/S | 0 wins | DKK 30,000 | |
| 6 |  Lea Olsen m.fl. | 1 win | DKK 27,900 | |
| 7 |  Beatrice Marsing | 1 win | DKK 24,000 | |
| 8 |  Stald Søholm, Steen Ulsø m.fl. | 1 win | DKK 22,500 |
Sirestop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Appel Au Maitre (FR) | 0 wins | DKK 133,350 | |
| 2 | Hunter’s Light (IRE) | 1 win | DKK 130,760 | |
| 3 | Moohaajim (IRE) | 3 wins | DKK 58,750 | |
| 4 | Soldier’s Call (GB) | 1 win | DKK 30,000 | |
| 5 | Footstepsinthesand (GB) | 0 wins | DKK 23,250 | |
| 6 | Lucky Vega (IRE) | 1 win | DKK 22,500 | |
| 6 | Shalaa (IRE) | 1 win | DKK 22,500 | |
| 8 | Juniper Tree (IRE) | 1 win | DKK 19,750 |
Breederstop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Stutteri Stork | 2 wins | DKK 156,510 | |
| 2 | Stutteri Hjortebo | 2 wins | DKK 125,840 | |
| 3 | Cottage Bloodstock | 1 win | DKK 30,000 | |
| 3 | Pernilla Nilsson | 0 wins | DKK 30,000 | |
| 5 | Stutteri Langkær ApS | 0 wins | DKK 18,000 | |
| 6 | Breeding and Racing I/S | 1 win | DKK 17,500 | |
| 7 | Joca Stable | 0 wins | DKK 12,000 | |
| 7 | Waleed Zawawi | 0 wins | DKK 12,000 |
All eight races pay five places, so every one of the 40 placings counts. Bernini was withdrawn from the seventh race.
Top 8 per category by prize money won. Fourteen of the sixteen breeders left with a country name in the Danish system were resolved in Svensk Galopp’s horse register and validated on year of birth. Mrs Jenney and Don Torkdahl could not be resolved and are left out – a country is not a breeder.
GalopSport.dkSource: Dansk Galop’s sports system and Svensk Galopp’s horse register
