Some fun facts about our big race day.
Elitloppet is one of Sweden's largest events in all categories, and the most publicized sporting event after Vasaloppet.
The winner of Elitloppet 1952 received SEK 30,000.
The audience record dates back to 1995, when 36,640 people watched the Elitlopp final on site.
Stig H Johansson is the driver who has driven the most Elitlopps - 28 starts, resulting in 24 final places, six victories and a total of SEK 10,759,000 in prize money.
Behind Stig H in the number of victories follows:
Johannes Frömming, 4
Leopold Verroken, 3
Örjan Kihlström, 3
Björn Goop, 3
Björn Goop is the most successful driver in the history of Elitloppet - 12,075,250 SEK.
Sweden and France are the countries that have delivered by far the most winning horses to Elitloppet, with 24 and 23 victories each.
Other countries that won are:
Italy, 7 times
Germany, 5
USA, 4
Norway, 2
Canada, 1
The horse that has earned the most money in the Elitloppet is last year's winner Timoko with 7 075 000 SEK. He also won last year and is one of eight horses to have won Elitloppet twice.
The others are:
Roquepine (1966, 1967)
Eileen Eden (1968, 1970)
Timothy T. (1974, 1975)
Ideal du Gazeau (1980, 1982)
Mack Lobell (1988, 1990)
Copiad (1994, 1995)
Varenne (2001, 2002)
Xanthe is the horse that has started the most times - seven.
The fastest in Elitloppet is French Bold Eagle and Franck Nivard, who won one of the trials in 2017 in 1.08,4.
The number of women who have run Elitloppet over the years is three: Maria Burdova, Helen Ann Johansson and Jennifer Tillman.
The number of countries broadcasting live last year's Elitlopp was 20.
21 seats are available for those who want to follow this year's Elitloppet from inside the starting car (divided into 7 x 3).
30,89 is the highest odds of winning ever. This is from last year when Timoko won the final.
10,000 - at least. That's how many servings of food Solvalla restaurants are expected to serve to seated guests during the Elitlopp weekend.
SEK 373 million was the total turnover for the betting company ATG during the Elitlopp weekend 2017.
