V86 at Jägersro and Solvalla

On Wednesday 4 November, the V86 race is being run at the Jägersro and Solvalla racecourses, with betting closing at 20.30 – and Trav365 is warning of a major upset that would leave betting completely empty-handed. At the same time, the V64 round at Halmstad has produced a huge surprise, and Swedish horses have secured podium finishes in France.

V86 at Jägersro and Solvalla on Wednesday

V86 is a race where you predict the winner in eight races, and this round takes place at the Jägersro and Solvalla racecourses on Wednesday 4 November. Betting closes at 20.30. Ahead of the round, Trav365 has published V86 interviews with trainers about the horses in the starting line-up, along with the expert’s ranking and tips – race by race. The interviews were conducted by Nils Larsson.

Among the interviews ahead of Wednesday is the headline “Watch out for a giant upset – completely unbet-on at V86”. Trav365

Result: a huge upset in Halmstad and podium finishes in France

V64 is a race game with 6 races. In V64-2 at Halmstad, 5 Altura won with driver Mikael Pilenberg – the driver is the one who sits behind the horse in the sulky, the lightweight cart that the horse pulls. The horse is trained by Pilenberg himself, and the victory is described as a huge upset. It was Jägersro driver’s first race in almost a year: regular driver Thomas Linder was suspended. “I mean, we weren’t just going out to win. We were going to do a test. Thomas Linder (regular driver) was suspended, and then I got the chance to step up and put myself on the line,” says Mikael Pilenberg.

In France, the Swedish duo Chitchat and Ninepoints Lasse took second and third place, respectively, in the Prix d’Arcachon (€75.000) at Vincennes, but they never got close to the leaders Iron du Gers and Jean-Michel Bazire. In Halmstad, three-year-old Håsjökometen comfortably won a long-distance race in his first start for Ola Karlsson – an earlier Håsjökometen received Svenska Dagbladet’s medal for achievement in 1941. Trav365 Sulkysport Sulkysport

Mats E Djuse has earned over 50 million

Mats E Djuse, 28, is the fourth driver in history to earn over 50 million kronor during a single season with a licence in Sweden. The milestone was passed on Sunday when he finished second in the Breeders’ Crown semifinal with Nanda Devi Cut.

Previously, Örjan Kihlström (six times), Magnus A Djuse and Carl Johan Jepson (once each) have achieved it, as has Åke Svanstedt in the USA. Örjan Kihlström holds the record for earnings in a single season with 57 327 618 kronor in 2022. With just over eight weeks left in the year, Mats E Djuse is on 50 118 288 kronor. “Clearly, the prize money is now in second place, but it is significant,” he says. Trav365

The accident at Gävletravet: two taken to hospital

An untethered accident occurred in V65-2 at Gävletravet on Saturday evening. About 1 000 meters into the race, the horse Mare Mareh, driven by Lukas L Svedlund, was taken onto the safety rail and overturned, colliding with One Bullet and Kingdome Come. Mare Mareh could not be saved.

Driver Karl-Arne Nordström, behind Kingdome Come, had to go to hospital together with a horse owner who came out onto the track after the accident and was struck by the starting car's wing on the shoulder. Both have suffered rib fractures, but their condition is considered stable. "They will stay in hospital for a few more days," says Gävletravet's sports manager Mathias Gustafsson. Trav365

In brief

• Readly Express has had the most first-time winners this year and counted four new names last week – 43 horses from the 2023 crop have now won their first race during 2026. Sulkysport
• Rambo Hanover won at Pocono Downs with Tyler Buter driving, trained by Åke Svanstedt, and it was also three wins for Swedish breeders. Sulkysport
• French driver Nicolas Ensch made his comeback in harness racing on Monday after the serious accident at the races in Hyeres in June. Sulkysport
• Solvalla’s former CEO Per Olav Andersen has been lured to the Norwegian Harness Racing Association, and the main city track’s former commercial director Fredrik Westberg is following the same path. Sulkysport
• Maryland will become available to the European market with frozen semen in 2027. Sulkysport
• Amateur trainer Alf ”Jesus” Johansson, 76, made his final start at Axevalla with the 14-year-old mare Charming Evy Sisu, who ran her 104th race of her career. Trav365
• Harness racing driver Filip Lindholm, 30, says that he was really unwell mentally, left harness racing and then made a comeback after eight months. Trav365
• Harness racing trainer Hanna Olofsson in Boden has around 40 racehorses – and the stable cat Moto Moto, who has become Sweden’s most viral cat and was recently featured in TV4’s ”Efter fem”. Trav365
• In November, several of the country’s harness racing tracks are taking part in the Mustache Campaign against prostate cancer, together with Prostatacancerförbundet and Svensk Travsport. Trav365