One ticket to the Elitloppet remains

by Thomas Hedlund

The $80,000 Prins Daniel’s race over the mile on Saturday (May 21) ended the qualification races ahead of Elitloppet and an American-bred trotter, trained by Stefan Melander, earned his spot in the big battle at Solvalla next weekend.

Six-year-old Click Bait (Cantab Hall) took an impressive wire-to-wire triumph, paired with Per Lennartsson (who will drive Admiral As next week) and the duo landed a 1:53.2 mile meaning Click Bait is set for the Elitloppet.

During the same afternoon in Gävle, Solvalla invited Brother Bill (From Above) and Mister F. Daag (Conway Hall) to the race next Sunday. That leaves one spot left for Elitloppet and Solvalla will get help from the fans, finding the last horse.

Night Brodde, Calle Crown and Stoletheshow are the horses that can be voted for. From the beginning, another horse, Upstate Face, was one out of four options to vote for, but trainer Adrian Kolgjini chose to jump off this game.

The three candidates will chase votes until this morning (May 22) at 11 a.m. Stockholm time, and after that, the entire Elitloppet field will be set.

Hail Mary (Googoo Gaagaa) was set for Elitloppet earlier this week, meaning that trainer Daniel Redén has three horses in the race.

ELITLOPPET 2022

Horse Country

Don Fanucci Zet — Sweden

Vivid Wise As — Italy

Etonnant — France

Admiral As — Sweden

Click Bait — Sweden

Önas Prince — Sweden

Brother Bill — Sweden

Hail Mary — Sweden

Vernissage Grif — Italy

Mister F.Daag — The Netherlands

Snowstorm Hanover — Sweden

Perfetto — Canada

Who’s Who — Sweden

Extreme — Denmark

Cokstile — Italy

Night Brodde or Calle Crown or Stoletheshow