Gallop in the final last year - now he is back to take revenge. Looking Superb will for the second time be in the Elitloppet on the last Sunday in May. "He has great charisma and is strong in the sprint," says Solvalla's sports manager Anders Malmrot.
The Norwegian-owned seven-year-old has made great strides in his development in recent years and was already in the Elitloppet last year. However, after finishing third in his attempt, he unfortunately galloped in the final. The participation in Elitloppet was one of several big races in 2019 for Looking Superb, who had a brilliant season with over five million kronor earned.
Looking Superb finished second in the Grand Prix d'Amerique at the beginning of last year and later won the Prix de l'Atlantique at the end of April - the biggest victory of his career so far. A performance that earned him a place in the Elitloppet and now it's time again.
Looking Superb had five starts on French soil in 2020 before he visited the north again on April 25 and even though it was only a fifth place in the Paralympic final at Åbytravet, it was with a taste for more. The seven-year-old topped the run down and now he is once again one of the sixteen participants in Elitloppet.
- He had finished far ahead without the gallop last year and recently showed that he has found his top form again and is ready for another Elitlopp, says Anders Malmrot.
Looking Superb
Age: 7 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: Orlando Vici
Mother: Classical Pine
Starts/Result: 74 (17-8-11)
Earned: SEK 6,614,823
Record: 1.10,4 autostart (1609m)
Owner: Kolbjörn & Ann Kristin Selmer
Coach: Frode Hamre
Attendant: Tina Storetvedt
Breeder: Ingar Hagen
Nationality: Norwegian
Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 29-31, 2020. 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 three million SEK.
Invited horses for Elitloppet 2020: Vivid Wise As (Italy), Elian Web (Finland), Chief Orlando (Finland), Attraversiamo (Sweden), Tae Kwon Deo (Sweden), Missle Hill (Sweden), Looking Superb (Norway),
This year, the Elitlopp weekend will be organized without spectators. The spread of the new coronavirus has led to laws, regulations and directives that have resulted in Solvalla and other Swedish trotting tracks completely closing down their spectator facilities since March 12. In addition to this, a number of restrictions have been introduced around the stables. The racecourses are today a strict workplace where only people who perform a job have access.
