Maria Williamson won two of Wednesday’s six races at Bro Park. Arctic Defence (Soldier Hollow) defied 70 kilos in the Klass 4 Handicap with Darren James Williamson in the saddle, and in the only named race on the card, Britta Strokirk Memorial, Dark Secret (Uppercut Action) scored under Moa Fägerhall.
Arctic Defence crossed the line just under two lengths clear of Caroline Malmborg’s Forty Love (Juniper Tree), with a head back to Beckham (Shalaa).
It was the four-year-old gelding’s third win in eleven starts and his first of the year, and the first prize of SEK 50,000 went to Visa Racing. He was bred by AB Ascot.
Dark Secret closed the day by three-quarters of a length from Madeleine Smith’s Bolzano (Gale Force Ten), with another length back to Moondancer (Dabirsim).
The filly is a Williamson family project from start to finish: bred by Williamson Racing and owned by Team Sassy, both with Darren Williamson behind them. After 30 starts and eight thirds, it was her second win.
The biggest cheque of the day went to neither of them.
In the two-year-old maiden Nocturne Belle (Appel Au Maitre) won by a neck from Noble Joker (Practical Joke), and with SEK 45,000 in first prize and a breeders’ bonus of SEK 68,000, her first win was worth SEK 113,000 to Nocturne Racing.
Alice Elmerskog Bäckström trains the filly, Engla Tunmar rode, and Stall Anna Forssell is the breeder.
The biggest first prize, SEK 57,000, was won by I Am Yankee (Freud) in the Klass 2 Handicap.
Julian McLaren’s six-year-old gelding won by half a length under the Danish rider Jacob Johansen, and behind him came Patrick Wahl’s Falkor (Barocci), who has passed SEK 1.7 million in his career, and Offer And Receive (Showcasing).
The Klass 3 Handicap opened the day, and there was never any doubt about the outcome. El Kerola (El Kabeir) won by six lengths for Roy Arne Kvisla, Sandra Brolin and Lisbeth Bolin with Per-Anders Gråberg in the saddle; the breeder is David McGuinness.
Two Danish-breds followed him home: Maria Jansson’s Iceman (Go Go Gadget), bred at Stutteri Thorskovgaard, was second, and Los Angeles (Juniper Tree) fourth.
In the purebred Arabian handicap Terese Compier got her revenge. Madja De Faust (Madjani) won by the smallest possible margin from Pistol Paddy (Paddys Day) — exactly the reverse of Jägersro in July, where Pistol Paddy beat Madja De Faust by a head.
Compier both trains and owns the four-year-old, and Thuva Hjalmarsson rode.
And then there is a pattern worth noting.
Annika Sjökvist and the owners behind Racehorses and Bubbles finished third in four of the day’s six races — with Campari Shakerato (Supremacy), Nereus Sacc (Jimmy Mack), Offer And Receive and Moondancer.
Bro Park · Midweek racing
The day in numbers
The story of the day
Williamson took two of the six
Maria Williamson won both the Klass 4 Handicap with Arctic Defence (Soldier Hollow), ridden by Darren James Williamson, and the day’s only named race, Britta Strokirk Memorial, with Dark Secret (Uppercut Action) under Moa Fägerhall. The biggest first prize of the day, SEK 57,000, went to I Am Yankee (Freud) in the Klass 2 Handicap, and the largest total payout was Nocturne Belle’s SEK 45,000 plus a breeders’ bonus of SEK 68,000 in the two-year-old maiden.
SEK 113,000Nocturne Belle’s win with the breeders’ bonus — the day’s biggest payout
14finishers in the Klass 4 Handicap, the day’s biggest field
A nosethe margin in the Arabian handicap
The card six prize races on the dirt track from 1200 to 2350 metres · Britta Strokirk Memorial was the day’s only named race and was ridden by amateur riders.
Trainerstop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Maria Williamson | 2 wins | SEK 81,500 | |
| 2 | Roy Arne Kvisla | 1 win | SEK 63,600 | |
| 3 | Julian McLaren | 1 win | SEK 57,000 | |
| 4 | Alice Elmerskog Bäckström | 1 win | SEK 45,000 | |
| 5 | Patrick Wahl | 0 wins | SEK 44,800 | |
| 6 | Annika Sjökvist | 0 wins | SEK 39,090 | |
| 7 | Caroline Malmborg | 0 wins | SEK 37,110 | |
| 8 | Terese Compier | 1 win | SEK 26,000 |
Jockeystop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Per-Anders Gråberg | 1 win | SEK 73,520 | |
| 2 | Engla Tunmar | 1 win | SEK 66,720 | |
| 3 | Jacob Johansen | 1 win | SEK 63,300 | |
| 4 | Alina Öhgren | 0 wins | SEK 56,160 | |
| 5 | Darren James Williamson | 1 win | SEK 50,000 | |
| 6 | Maikel Narvaez Bravo | 0 wins | SEK 40,600 | |
| 7 | Thuva Hjalmarsson | 1 win | SEK 36,000 | |
| 8 | Moa Fägerhall | 1 win | SEK 31,500 |
Ownerstop 8 by prize money won
| 1 |  Stall Forward | 1 win | SEK 57,000 | |
| 2 |  Visa Racing | 1 win | SEK 50,000 | |
| 3 |  Nocturne Racing | 1 win | SEK 45,000 | |
| 4 |  Sandra Brolin & Lisbeth Bolin | 1 win | SEK 44,000 | |
| 5 |  Racehorses & Bubbles | 0 wins | SEK 39,090 | |
| 6 |  Team Sassy (Darren Williamson) | 1 win | SEK 31,500 | |
| 7 |  Stall Klöver | 0 wins | SEK 28,500 | |
| 8 |  Stall Poulard HB | 0 wins | SEK 27,600 |
Sirestop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Freud | 1 win | SEK 57,000 | |
| 2 | Appel Au Maitre | 1 win | SEK 50,040 | |
| 3 | Soldier Hollow | 1 win | SEK 50,000 | |
| 4 | El Kabeir | 1 win | SEK 39,000 | |
| 5 | Uppercut Action | 1 win | SEK 31,500 | |
| 6 | Barocci | 0 wins | SEK 31,500 | |
| 7 | Juniper Tree | 0 wins | SEK 30,960 | |
| 8 | Madjani | 1 win | SEK 26,000 |
Breederstop 8 by prize money won
| 1 | Dennis & Deborah Petrisak | 1 win | SEK 57,000 | |
| 2 | AB Ascot | 1 win | SEK 50,000 | |
| 3 | Stall Anna Forssell AB | 1 win | SEK 45,000 | |
| 4 | David McGuinness | 1 win | SEK 39,000 | |
| 5 | Williamson Racing HB (Darren Williamson) | 1 win | SEK 31,500 | |
| 6 | Pernilla Nilsson | 0 wins | SEK 28,500 | |
| 7 | SARL Haras de Saint Faust m.fl. | 1 win | SEK 26,000 | |
| 8 | Jacqueline & Lennart Henriksson | 0 wins | SEK 24,000 |
Trained in
| 1 | Sweden56 horses | 6 wins | SEK 528,500 |
Born in
| 1 | Sweden24 horses | 3 wins | SEK 252,320 | |
| 2 | USA3 horses | 1 win | SEK 91,080 | |
| 3 | Ireland9 horses | 1 win | SEK 58,080 | |
| 4 | Great Britain10 horses | 0 wins | SEK 55,860 | |
| 5 | France5 horses | 1 win | SEK 42,480 | |
| 6 | Denmark3 horses | 0 wins | SEK 25,680 | |
| 7 | Italy1 horses | 0 wins | SEK 1,500 | |
| 8 | Poland1 horses | 0 wins | SEK 1,500 |
Every finisher counts (Swedish appearance money of SEK 1,500 included) — bonuses are not included.
Top 8 per category by prize money won. Country of birth from each horse’s own country code (no code = Sweden).
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