The Elitlopp field is now complete. The sixteenth and last horse to be invited was Rajesh Face.
- According to Lutfi Kolgjini he should be able to 1.08,5 and such a horse you want to see in Elitloppet, says Solvalla's sports manager Anders Malmrot.
He has all the capacity in the world, but has had bad luck when it counts. In Elitloppet, that's about to change.
Rajesh Face won a trial for the Sprinter Champion, but was unplaced in the final. In the Swedish Trotting Derby he also won his trial, but galloped in the final and had to settle for fifth place.
In total, he has won 11 races in 29 starts, but has also galloped on nine occasions. He is often the favorite in the races and on all six occasions he has been played to under twice he has won.
- Rajesh Face has always been an exceptional horse and the talk after the last race was how fast he could run over a short distance. Now he gets to show it, says Anders Malmrot.
Facts about Rajesh Face
Age: 5 years
Sex: Stallion
Starts/Results: 29 (11-2-2)
Earned: SEK 1 519 960
Record: 1.10,5 autostart (1 609m)
Owner: Tn Projekt AB & Falkbolagen AB
Coach: Lutfi Kolgjini
Caretaker: Joyce Duivenvoorden
Nationality: Swedish
Elitloppet is the highlight of the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla on May 25-27, 2018. Elitloppet is an invitational race where 16 horses compete in two different trials with eight horses in each. The top four in each trial meet in a final where the winner receives three million SEK. Last year, the Elitlopp weekend had over 60,000 visitors, around one million TV viewers on TV4 and TV12 and SEK 373 million in turnover on ATG's betting forms.
Horses invited to Elitloppet 2018: Uza Josselyn (Switzerland), Bold Eagle (France), Propulsion (Sweden), Maori Time (Australia), Ringostarr Treb (Italy), Pastore Bob (Sweden), Nadal Broline (Finland), Volstead (Sweden), Dreammoko (Holland), Takethem (Denmark), Orlando Jet (Austria), Amiral Sacha (France), Lionel N.O. (Norway), Up and Quick (France), Cokstile (Norway) and Rajesh Face (Sweden)
Press release from Solvalla
Photo: Lars Jakobsson, TR Bild.
