The victory in Sunday's Copenhagen Cup earned a pink ticket.
Mister F Daag is horse number fourteen going into the Elitloppet in 2022.
- He has been on my list of possible participants for several years and after Sunday's victory, Mister F Daag will of course be in Elitloppet, says Solvalla's sports manager Anders Malmrot.
We will see the seven-year-old stallion for the first time on Swedish soil when he comes to Solvalla, but trainer Paul Hagoort is used to Sweden and has had successes at the Elitlopps weekend before. In 2021, his Love You Too won the final of the Breeders Course with a million kronor in first prize and in 2020 it was also a visit to the winner's circle when Hambo Transs R. won the Montéeliten.
Elitloppinvited Mister F Daag took the biggest win of his career in 2018 when he won the German Trotting Derby at Berlin-Mariendorf with €102,816 first prize and he was also second in the Orsi Mangelli Grand Prix that year.
In 2019, as a four-year-old, he finished third in the European Derby and last year he had a good season with victory in the Breeders' Crown at Berlin-Mariendorf, where he later in mid-November also won Prijs der Giganten 2021.
In his three starts he had not had a successful start in 2022, but in the Danish big race Copenhagen Cup on Sunday, the turnaround came when Mister F Daag impressively sprinted to victory. An effort that means that we will now for the first time see him in the Elitloppet on the last Sunday in May - Solvalla's sporting director Anders Malmrot announced in V75 Direkt on TV12 that Mister F Daag is horse number thirteen to be ready for this year's edition.
- He started his career extremely promising and now he is back at the level where he should be," says Anders Malmrot.
Facts about Mister F Daag
Age: 7 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: Conway Hall
Mother: Miss Love
Starts/Results: 34 (16-2-5)
Earned: 568 924 euros
Record: 1.10,4 autostart (1609m)
Owner: Jozef Vanduffel
Coach: Paul Hagoort
Attendant: Kim Hagoort
Breeder: Jean L.P. Huls
Nationality: Belgian
Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 27-29, 2022. 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 five million SEK.
Invited horses for Elitloppet 2022: Don Fanucci Zet (Sweden), Etonnant (France), Vivid Wise As (Italy), Extreme (Denmark), Perfetto (Canada), Vernissage Grif (Italy), Önas Prince (Sweden), Cokstile (Italy), Admiral As (Sweden), Snowstorm Hanover (Sweden), Who's Who (Sweden), Hail Mary (Sweden), Brother Bill (Sweden), Mister F Daag (Belgium).
