The annual debut is over and now the biggest task yet awaits the 2019 Derby winner. Attraversiamo is horse number four for Elitloppet 2020, the last Sunday in May.
- He is ready to face the very best," says Solvalla's sports director Anders Malmrot.
Thirteen wins in nineteen starts so far and already when he started as a two-year-old, Attraversiamo was a horse that was talked about. Gallop in his racing debut, but after two wins in the first three starts, he finished second in the Swedish Breeders' Cup and then came back as a three-year-old where he showed that he had continued to develop in a wonderful way. The three-year-old season started with three straight wins before he took the biggest victory of his career at the time when he won the long E3 final at Färjestad.
Last year, as a four-year-old, he had his very best season to date with five wins in seven attempts where he won the Swedish Trotting Derby at Jägersro in early September as the given highlight. A victory that brought four million kronor and a place in the history books. Before that, he had won Prix Readly Express in an impressive 1.10,5 over medium distance at Solvalla, which was also a new Swedish record for four-year-old stallions and geldings.
After winning the annual debut in the Berth Johansson Memorial at Umåker, now as a five-year-old, Attraversiamo comes back to Solvalla to take the next step in his career - starting in Elitloppet.
- The impression he made when he won the Prix Readly Express last year was brilliant and he then crowned the season by winning the Derby. Attraversiamo, who has always been an exceptional horse, will be exciting to see against the very best, says Anders Malmrot.
Attraversiamo is the fourth horse to be ready for Elitloppet in 2020.
Facts about Attraversiamo
Age: 5 years
Sex: Stallion
Father: Kiss Francais
Mother: Rhythm Kronos
Starts/Results: 19 (13-3-0)
Earned: SEK 8 413 500
Record: 1.10,5 autostart (2140m)
Owner: Caracolas AB (Båth Svante), and others
Coach: Svante Båth
Nurse: Linda Weman
Breeder: Martina Christensson Lindahl
Nationality: Swedish
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),
