The first mare takes the very last place.
Bahia Quesnot is horse number sixteen to be ready for the last Sunday in May.
- She has been in all the biggest races and is really tough, says Solvalla's sports manager Anders Malmrot.
It will be the second time that Bahia Quesnot appears in Elitloppet at Solvalla. In 2019 she participated for the first time, but was then knocked out and missed the final and now makes a new attempt. Bahia Quesnot, who most recently comes from a third place behind the already Elitlopp-invited Cyber Lane in the Copenhagen Cup and who has once again had a successful winter in her home country of France.
In the Prix de Cornulier, the world's biggest monté race, she took the biggest victory of her career at the end of January, claiming the first prize of €315,000 and proving that she is a match for the world's best in recent years.
In addition to her victory in the Prix de Cornulier, her track record includes second places in the Oslo Grand Prix, the Paralympics, the European Championships for mares and the final of the Trotting Masters, and she has passed the amazing €1.5 million mark so far in her career.
Bahia Quesnot is horse number sixteen to receive a pink ticket, which means that this year's starting field is now nailed down and the trotting world is getting ready for Elitloppet 2021.
- Bahia Quesnot has been better than ever during the winter and spring and will add color to Elitloppet, says Solvalla's sports director Anders Malmrot.
Facts about Bahia Quesnot
Age: 10 years
Gender: Sto
Father: Scipion Du Goutier
Mother: Queen Ines
Starts/Result: 114 (11-19-8)
Earned: EUR 1 581 816
Record: 1.08,7 autostart (1609m)
Owner: Tahar Ait-Hamouda
Coach: Junior Guelpa
Attendant: Paola Guelpa
Breeder: Alain Léon Lefebvre
Nationality: French
About Elitloppet
Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 28-30, 2021. Elitloppet is an invitation 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 three million SEK.
Invited horses for Elitloppet 2021: Ecurie D. (Sweden), Don Fanucci Zet (Sweden), Vivid Wise As (Italy), Aetos Kronos (USA), Hickothepooh (Norway), Very Kronos (Sweden), Milliondollarrhyme (Sweden), Heavy Sound (Sweden), Moni Viking (Norway), Cokstile (Italy), Seismic Wave (Sweden), Cyber Lane (Sweden), Gelati Cut (France), Click Bait (Sweden), Gareth Boko (Holland), Bahia Quesnot (France)
