Wednesday's victory in the Meadow Roads race earned an invitation to the last Sunday in May.
Snowstorm Hanover is horse number eleven to be ready for Elitloppet in 2022.
- He came with merits from the United States, but it is only now that he has really blossomed, says Solvalla's sports manager Anders Malmrot.
Eight horses were behind the starting gate in the Meadow Roads race at Solvalla on Wednesday evening and just like the last two years, a pink ticket to Elitloppet was waiting for the winner at the finish line. After an exciting race it was clear that Snowstorm Hanover together with Magnus A Djuse had won this year's edition.
Snowstorm Hanover's biggest victory is from 2017 when he as a three-year-old won the Kentucky Futurity with 1.9 million SEK in first prize over in the United States where he competed at the beginning of his career before he was later sold to Sweden. On Swedish soil, in addition to Wednesday's victory, we have seen him take home The Onions Lopp and the Big Noon trophy at Solvalla.
After the win in the Meadow Roads race and a yes from the circle around the horse, it will now be the debut in Elitloppet for Snowstorm Hanover. This also means that trainer Daniel Redén has two horses in this year's Elitlopp - as he already has the invited title defender Don Fanucci Zet.
- Snowstorm Hanover has taken two very nice victories in a row at Solvalla and with the victory tonight secured his elite race ticket and becomes the eleventh horse in the Elitloppet, says Anders Malmrot.
On Wednesday, Solvalla Hästägarföreningen's Montépokal was also ridden where a direct place to the Montéeliten was at stake. The winner was Morotai Degato together with Emilia Leo who is trained by Oskar Kylin Blom and now Morotai Degato has one of the ten places for the Montéeliten which is ridden on Sunday, May 29 during the Elitlopp weekend, where SEK 300,000 awaits in first prize.
Facts about Snowstorm Hanover
Age: 8 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: Muscle Massive
Mother: Snow Angel Hanover
Start/Result: 111 (13-16-7)
Earned: SEK 7 256 220
Record: 1.09,8 autostart (1640m)
Owner: Stall T.Z. (Melander Stefan)
Trainer: Daniel Redén
Nurse: Lina Pergenius
Breeder: Hanover Shoe Farms Inc
Nationality: Swedish
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), Back Of The Neck (USA), Extreme (Denmark), Perfetto (Canada), Vernissage Grif (Italy), Önas Prince (Sweden), Cokstile (Italy), Admiral As (Sweden), Snowstorm Hanover (Sweden).
