S:t Leger at Åby and V86 tips

The Steen Juul-trained Lanson was competing in the Svenskt Trav S:t Leger at Åby with Jörgen Sjunnesson in the sulky, and at the same track Julian Cordeau claimed his third consecutive Rising Star Cup for apprentices. Ahead of the V86 round at Solvalla and Åby, Sulkysport brought together some of Sweden’s sharpest betting experts, and several major races are awaiting Örjan Kihlström in Treviso on Sunday.

Race predictions and tips

Örjan Kihlström travels to Treviso on Sunday, where he will drive in three Group I races and one Group II race. Group I is the highest level of international harness racing, with Group II the level below it, and a race is an individual competition. Sulkysport

Wednesday, 11 November, featured express racing with V86 at Solvalla and Åby – V86 is a betting game in which you predict eight races. The round included an apprentice final (races for young drivers in training), a three-kilometre classic for four-year-olds and a returning Prix d'Amérique runner-up. Sulkysport has asked some of Sweden's leading betting experts for their tips on Wednesday's V86 round, including Fredrik Persson, Simsalabim, and Rasmus Hjortling Olofsson. Sulkysport

Result: Lanson and Cordeau won at Åby

In Svenskt Trav S:t Leger at the Åby racecourse (a racecourse is the facility where harness races are run), Steen Juul-trained Lanson put on a show, with Jörgen Sjunnesson in the sulky – the sulky is the cart the horse pulls and the driver is the one who drives. The horse had previously galloped in the Danish Derby trial and finished in the top four in the Jydsk 4-årings Grand Prix. Sulkysport

Julian Cordeau won the Rising Star Cup for apprentices at Åby for the third year in a row, and this year's winning horse was Hans Crebas-trained Simon Palema. Sulkysport

At his home track Jägersro (the track where the horse and trainer belong), Markus Waldmüller's Without Question did not need to tire himself out on Tuesday: an early lead from the start – first in the field – and then an effortless victory in his fifth attempt, earning the second win of his career. Sulkysport

Horses, drivers and tracks

In the Prix Jean Frere (€17.000) at La Capelle, Markus B Svedberg’s Malcko de Marsac was ultimately the winner, after some good fortune at the start of the final stretch and being passed by Master King. Sulkysport

In the Group I race Dominion Trot ($400.000) at Addington Raceway, Gus earned his second victory and won in undisputed style by a little over a length. Sulkysport

Anette Lorentzon claimed a trainer’s victory with Lennart Ågren’s homebred Who I Am Ås at Pocono Downs. Sulkysport

Petter Engblom had the best luck among the blue-and-yellow trainers when the finals of the Kentucky Sire Stakes ($100.000) for two- and three-year-olds were decided at Cumberland Run, where Go Dog Go recorded a time of 1.08 – the kilometre time indicates how fast the horse ran per kilometre. Sulkysport

Also: a unique list of expensive purchases

Sulkysport presents a unique list of how many one-year-olds have cost 100,000 dollars or more, and who their fathers are. Sulkysport

In brief

• The Åby youth final features in Sulkysport's morning roundup. Sulkysport
• Three Swedish-trained horses are mentioned in La Capelle in the same roundup. Sulkysport
• The French Harness Racing Association is concerned about prize money, according to Sulkysport's morning roundup. Sulkysport
• The major race S:t Leger was decided at Åby and was also highlighted in Sulkysport's morning roundup. Sulkysport