The windy Swedish mare, the Norwegian victory machine and one of the Finnish dominators are the first trio to be ready for the Elitkampen in 2023.
Stjärnblomster, Tangen Bork and Evartti are coming to Solvalla.
Starflowers
After her great season last year with victories in nine out of fifteen starts and over one million SEK earned, Stjärnblomster was voted Sweden's cold-blooded horse of the year 2022 and now she is out for revenge against the boys as it was a gallop last year when she was in the Elitkampen for the first time. Stjärnblomster has won the Swedish Championship for mares the last two years and the biggest victory of her career was in the Derbystoet 2018.
Facts Starflowers
Age: 9 years
Gender: Sto
Father: B.W.Modde
Mother: Järvsö Blomster
Starter/Result: 50 (30-7-3)
Earned: SEK 3 332 923
Record: 1.20,2 autostart (1640m)
Owner: Stall Rabatt
Coach: Jan-Olov Persson
Attendant: Jenny Pettersson
Breeder: Manapå HB, and others
Nationality: Swedish
Tangen Bork
Tangen Bork is used to winning trotting races and has made the step from being a young horse star straight up to the top elite. He has won 19 races in his twenty-five career starts so far - winning the Norwegian Criterium as a three-year-old and winning both the Swedish and Norwegian Derby Finals as a four-year-old. This year he has had three victories and now Öystein Tjomsland is bringing his horse to Elitkampen for the first time.
Facts about Tangen Bork
Age: 6 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: Bork Odin
Mother: Tangen Stöva
Starts/Result: 25 (19-1-3)
Earned: NOK 3 608 363
Record: 1.21,2 autostart (1640m)
Owner: Nils Munkhaugen Holding AS
Coach: Öystein Tjomsland
Attendant: Sandra Gjeruldsen
Breeder: Jörn Gunnar Nilsen
Nationality: Norwegian
Evartti
Evartti is one of the two big dominators among the Finnish coldbloods. 43 victories have been achieved so far for Evartti who comes from a recent win when he won the coldblood race at Vermos trotting track in connection with their big race day and Finlandia Ajo on Sunday. The biggest victory of his career is from Nordic King 2022 when he defeated parts of the Nordic elite and now Evartti comes to Sweden for the first time.
Facts about Evartti
Age: 12 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: K.M.Nopsa
Mother: Emme
Start/Result: 100 (43-25-11)
Earned: EUR 743 945
Record: 1.19,4 autostart (1609m)
Owner: Talli Pajatso
Coach: Antti Ojanperä
Attendant: Jutta Ihalainen
Breeder: Olli Sippola
Nationality: Finnish
Ten Nordic cold-blooded horses will compete in the Elitkampen, six of which are invited by Solvalla. Elitkampen will be decided on the Sunday of the Elitlopp weekend May 26-28, 2023 at Solvalla and the winner will receive one million SEK.
