Swedish racing today

Good call happysandwich ... two winners in the first three races ... could this be the goldmine I've been looking for lol

You can back at no. 7 Liquice @ 11/10 Jägersro Galopp 12.25.

Watch the race live and full screen – what uk racecourse does that kind of service?

Fav jockey well beat and looking down at the horse same the world over...

The fav had poor form in England

Decent pictures just wish I could understand Swedish for the interviews....

Hapopysandwich,

I guess you will be laying Ventura Destiny, it used to race in UK under Middleham Park racing

Hi Laurie,

Good to hear from you. Yes busy, work-wise at least.

I can try to find out, but maybe the forum gurus GED, Blackbarn et all have a better chance. All my form books are home in Sweden and i'm in Germany at the moment (I think you know).

Being the Swedish 2000 Guineas, of course they had to rename it ...... 

Jockeyklubbens Jubileumslopning

Laurie,

Clovenford won the Stockholm Cup in 1970 and again in 1971, but it was a DH in the latter.

International was added to the race name in 1979. It's a G3 today, but it wasn't back then. The race is for 3 year olds over 12f.

Another ex-Archie Watson 3 year old in the 14.11, My Motivate Girl.

Better form that his previous runner earlier on the card and has won on Tapeta at Wolverhampton.

11kv

Swedes are very charitable

I have just seen it Andrew. Thank you. What a star. Cloveford was the only horse my Dad, who was really ill, went to the races to watch. He loved it. He was a sprinter I thought being by Ennis. All these years and I never knew. Thank you forum.

Andrew, I am just pleased he won something of note. It was a long time ago and he was a sweet, good-tempered little horse.

I saw that Andrew. I'm afraid in the 70's contact wasn't so easy and any information was very hard to get. I can't remember who told me now. It must have been the boss. He wasn't sure what distance he needed and I thought he was sprinter.
Hearing that has really made my day. The one sad note is that my best mate who worked with me and we have been best friends ever since has dementia and doesn't remember him or his own horses. Really sad.

Just had a look at this and without being insulting...is there only a few triers?

Jockeys/drivers in positions they simply couldnt win from.

Yes clearly a novice, but Ive just watched a race , 2 laps, where even by half way round the 2nd lap they are still sat like lemons, with one looping round the outside to go and win, you think everyone would want to pull out to deliver a challenge, even if it cant be sustained, rather than just sat with an a huge chance of being denied a run close to the inside?

Is it something to do with the trotting motion that stops them from quickening up when they fancy?

Its interesting to see different things but just makes me grateful for the system we have minus the prize money side.

Good afternoon Guys,

I'm not a big follower of the trotting game these days although i used to play years ago and have seen a few 'Eliteloppets' (championship festivals once a year on last Friday-Sunday in May at Solvalla) albeit many years ago. This festival has runners from many countries in Europe.

Note that trotting and pacing (common in Australia) are not the same.

There are no seasons for trotting in Sweden, it's an every day sport.

You will have noticed there are two types of starts, volt and auto, the latter behind a car with gates as wings as opposed to volt that resemnbles a NH start in osme respects. There are also handicaps where some of the field start 20 or 40 metres off the front pack.

The draw is very important, inside having an obvious advantage, although only if the horse gets away (aka Chester). Like all horse racing, there are those that can win from way back off the pace, so don't be too put off by a draw in 12-15, but it takes a decent horse/ride to do it.

Here is text from Wikipedia (italics)

The start of the races and the starting position (which equals a certain number as explained previously) are indeed important, independent of the start method. A very good horse in a race with weak opponents but with a bad start number (like 12 or higher) may not become the prime favorite due to the bad starting position, especially at short distance.

After the start the drivers fight to get a good running position. How well this succeeds depends on the horse, the starting position and how the opponents drive their horses. Due to the sulky width and the oval race track overtaking is a far more difficult manoeuver to achieve, in comparison with gallop racing. The "running position fight" during start and the beginning of the race usually ends in the first turn.

After the initial fight for good running position, the horses usually form two rows or tracks. Good running positions are the leading position of the inner track or the second (or third) place in the outer track. This is explained with the fact that the outer track is close to 15 meter longer per lap, front running is always heavier compared with just follow behind (just like in cycling).

Positions in the inner track behind the leader may appear the best. But as described before, overtaking is not an easy manoeuver. And horses in the inner track may very well be trapped all the way to the finish, due to the horses and sulkies in the outer track. On the other hand, if an opening in the outer track appears close to the finish line, such a horse have had "an easy ride" with much strength left to give.

The leading position of the outer track, also known as the position of "death", is a very hard position to run and only very strong horses can win from this position. If a horse completes the race from the "death" position, commentators often point that out when announcing the KM pace of the horse.

On short distance (1640 meter), the horse that gets the leading position of the inner track has a very good chance to be the winner. At longer races (with rather even competitors) running positions like second or third in the outer track have good chances, especially if the inner track horses get trapped behind a weakening front horse.  

The important thing for the jockey is to get the horse into a trotting rhythmn, you will have seen many 'gallop' for varying reasons, even on the run-in. A horse isn't immediately disqualified if it breaks into a gallop, it has to be pulled back and returned to trotting and some have won after galloping.

There are several reasons that can render a DQ. 

From a betting perspective, most would be guessing unless you follow the sport/runners in Sweden, but don't be afraid to lay shorties, enough get beat. I also think that fancied runners on the inside are often over-bet.

I would rather be a layer than a backer, although horses like Mack Lobell and Queen L were money spinners back in time.

If you want to follow jockeys, look out for Erik Adielsson and Örjan Kihlström who would be akin to Jamie Spencer and late finishes, but much better at it.

If you want a couple of horses to follow, try Attraversiamo and Shocking Superman who may pay their way over the forthcoming months and could even be running at Åby this Saturday. Also look out for Propulsion who could be running at the same meeting.

Good luck all.

Tar

I'm off to Denmark this afternoon......