It will be Italian in place number ten.
Lotteria winner Capital Mail is ready for the last Sunday in May - He has already shown that he handles trials and finals in an excellent way. Capital Mail will fit perfectly in Elitloppet, says Solvalla's sports manager Anders Malmrot.
Gennaro Casillo trains the six-year-old stallion coming off a big race win at the Agnano track in Naples. Gran Premio Lotteria was held on Wednesday, May 1st and just like Elitloppet, the sprint race is run in Italy with trials and finals. Capital Mail was just the best as he drove himself to the lead after just over half a lap and won the final after a sharp performance. The first prize was around 2.6 million SEK, which is the biggest victory of his career.
On French soil, he won the Critérium de Vitesse de Basse-Normandie and the Grand Prix du Departement des Alpes-Maritimes in 2023, and there has been a total of over 900,000 euros earned so far for Capital Mail - which the Elitlopp audience can now welcome to Solvalla for the first time.
Sports Director Anders Malmrot told Saturday's V75 Direkt in TV4 that the circle around Capital Mail has accepted the tenth pink Elitlopp ticket for May 26.
- I am happy to be competing in Elitloppet and I know that Capital Mail will be a strong competitor in the toughest Elitloppet in over ten years," said coach Gennaro Casillo.
Facts Capital Mail
Age: 6 years
Gender: Stallion
Father: Nad Al Sheba
Mother: Unicona Golden
Starter/Result: 46 (16-8-3)
Earned: 933 627 Euro
Record: 1.09,5 autostart (1609m)
Owner: Saverio Cortese
Trainer: Gennaro Casillo
Attendant: Claudiu Sescu
Breeder: Alfredo Morozzi
Nationality: Italian
Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 24-26, 2024. 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 2024: Idao de Tillard (France), Francesco Zet (Sweden), Joviality (Sweden), Hohneck (France), A Fair Day (Sweden), Go On Boy (France), Horsy Dream (France), Don Fanucci Zet (Sweden), Önas Prince (Sweden), Capital Mail (Italy).
