by Thomas Hedlund

Rick Ebbinge experienced one of his greatest moments as a Swedish trainer when he claimed the $305,000 Uppfödningslöpningen for 2-year-olds at Jägersro on Saturday (Nov. 25) afternoon.

Ebbinge’s L’AmourPourBlanca (Face Time Bourbon) impressed a lot when he left the opponents in the stretch after a tough trip, to say the least. L’AmourPourBlanca was involved in a furious opening where the inexperienced 2-year-olds hit the first quarter in :26.3 and Ebbinge opted a first over position on the back stretch, when leader Duncan Cowan began to relax in front.

L’AmourPourBlanca disarmed the leader in the last turn and held attacking challengers behind him at the finish. The 2-year-old Face Time Bourbon colt won in a Swedish record time of 1:56.2.

Romulus Tooma finished quickly as runner up ahead of Oriana Boko.

Jägersro also played host to two divisions of the $76,000 Breeders Course Super Bonus for 3-year-olds, where last year’s winner of the Uppfödningslöpningen, Fiftyfour (Fourth Dimension) played with his opponents in the colts and geldings division. Tomas Malmqvist trains the E3 winner from this year and Ken Ecce sat in the bike.

Adrian Kolgjini won with Countess Face (Muscle Hill) in the mare’s division after an impressive start from post 8 behind the gate. To the front directly from the problematic post was the winning formula.