Wednesday's victory takes him again to Solvalla on the last Sunday in May.
Don Fanucci Zet is the tenth horse ready for this year's edition of Elitloppet.
- It's great that former Elitloppet winner Don Fanucci Zet is in such good shape and it will be great to see what he can do this year, says Anders Malmrot.
Don Fanucci Zet won the Elitloppet in 2021 as he sprinted past all competitors after a whirlwind finish, and Wednesday's victory means he will now compete in the world's biggest sprint race for the fifth time in his career.
He fulfilled the big favorite in the Elitloppet qualifier, Meadow Roads race, on Wednesday evening at Solvalla and easily took home the win and secured a direct place to Elitloppet.
From the lead, Don Fanucci Zet won in a time of 1.09,8 over 1640 meters with autostart.
- He feels fantastic, said driver Örjan Kihlström after the race, he can not feel better than he does now.
The nine-year-old stallion is closing in on seventeen million kronor earned so far in his career. In addition to the Elitloppet success in 2021, which is the biggest win of his career, he has taken three more Group I wins: SprinterMästaren 2020, Norrbottens Stora Pris 2022 and Hugo Åbergs Memorial 2022.
Don Fanucci Zet is trainer Daniel Redén's second horse in this year's Elitloppet, Francesco Zet has already been invited. There are now six places left for Elitloppet 2025.
Facts Don Fanucci Zet
Age: 9 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: Hard Livin
Mother: Kissed By The West
Starts/Results: 58 (29-7-7)
Earned: SEK 16 663 913
Record: 1.08,7 autostart (1609m)
Owner: Stall Zet (Daniel Redén)
Coach: Daniel Redén
Attendant: Ellinor Wennebring
Breeder: Brixton Medical AB (Daniel Redén)
Nationality: Swedish
Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 23-25, 2025. Elitloppet is an invitational race where 16 horses compete in two different trials with eight horses in each. The top four in each trial will meet in a final where the winner will receive five million SEK.
Invited horses for Elitloppet 2025: Go On Boy (France), Logan Park (Canada), Borups Victory (Sweden), The Locomotive (Australia), Francesco Zet (Sweden), Etonnant (France), A Fair Day (Sweden), Mellby Knekt (Sweden), Mellby Jinx (Sweden), Don Fanucci Zet (Sweden)
