Nassir Dust wins – drama at Bergsåker

Nassir Dust and Robin Bakker won the Danish Breeding Race at Charlottenlund on Sunday – the same horse was Trav365’s pick for the GS75 round. At Bergsåker, V85 offered drama with a runaway leader and a driver who slid sideways on the sulky. Here is an overview of the latest days of harness racing and thoroughbred racing.

Tips for GS75 and V85

On Sunday 8 November, GS75 (Grand Slam 75, a betting format with seven races, that is, individual competitions) was run at Charlottenlund, with a jackpot. Trav365 picked (selected as the sole winner) two-year-old Nassir Dust, trained by Paul Hagoort and driven by the driver (the person who drives the horse) Robin Bakker, and said that the horse had a great chance of claiming a fifth consecutive victory. In GS75-1, the newspaper pointed to number 6 Coquaholy, who was making his debut under new trainer Magnus Ladegård and had 60 metres of handicap. Trav365

The previous day, Saturday 7 November, V85 (a betting format in which you pick the winner in eight races) was run at Bergsåker with a jackpot of 42 million kronor and betting closed at 15.00. Trav365

Results: victories and drama

Nassir Dust and Robin Bakker won the Danish Trotting Derby at Charlottenlund as strong favourites – according to Sulkysport, a comfortable victory. In V85-1 at Bergsåker, Magnus A Djuse and Global Dependable looked set to win, but with 150 meters remaining the horse broke stride (broke gait) while clearly in the lead and was disqualified; the victory instead went to Jaguar Godiva and Rikard N Skoglund. Sulkysport Trav365

In V85-3, a cold-blood race (a race for cold-blooded horses) over 2,640 meters with 125,000 kronor to the winner, Örjan Kihlström and Briskeby Pilen were completely overwhelming and won with half a length to spare; trainer Guri Gjermundshaug missed the entire race and tearfully told TV12 that she had not seen a meter. In V85-5, Brimsguttens Minne, Henrik Kihle got his sulky (the small cart the driver sits in) tangled up while turning his horse Kruson around in the bend – after a restart, Jörn Ivar Eilertsen and Edens Odin won with 200,000 kronor in first prize, while Kruson and Kihle finished tenth. Trav365 Trav365

Drivers, horses and racecourses

Star driver Björn Goop, 50, drove during October in a pink sulky where 50 percent of the driving fee went to Cancerfonden and the other half to Olle Goops Minnesfond. He estimates that it amounts to around 200,000 kronor. This year he has won 168 races and earned more than 39 million kronor. Trav365

At Bergsåker, Dutch-born Nickel Occagnes ran rings around his competitors in Gösta Bergengrens Minne and gave them not the slightest chance. Sulkysport

In brief

• The pedigree three-year-old Global Himalaya won his third race for trainer Markus B Svedberg. Sulkysport
• Blixt Lane was sold at online auction for 600 000 kronor to an anonymous buyer. Sulkysport
• The ski jumper William Poromaa, 25, followed V85 at the Bergsåker racecourse (a facility for harness racing). Trav365
• Criticism of the new rule for starting Quinté+ races in France continues, most recently from Matthieu Abrivard. Sulkysport
• Nancy Takter recorded a double victory in the New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund at Meadowlands last night. Sulkysport