Top effort in the Meadow Roads race and now it will be the start in Elitloppet for the second time.
Brother Bill is horse number twelve to receive a pink ticket.
- He was incredibly good in his season debut and we are very excited for this, says coach Timo Nurmos.
Brother Bill participated for the first time in Elitloppet 2022, but did not have his best day and was knocked out in the trial. Instead, he ended last year in a very nice way with, among other things, the wins in STL Open, Swedish Championship and King Carl XVI Gustaf's Silver Horse, where a total of over SEK 2.2 million was earned.
The biggest victory of his career so far took Brother Bill as a three-year-old when he won the final of the Breeders' Crown 2019 with 1.6 million SEK to the winner and he also finished second in the Swedish Trotting Criterium the same year.
In Wednesday's annual debut at Solvalla he ran a new record 1.09,1 over 1640 meters and was only beaten by a head against Hail Mary in the Meadows Roads race. Now he gets another chance in the Elitloppet and count on a revenge-hungry Brother Bill.
Solvalla's sports director Anders Malmrot told the news in V75 Direkt in TV4 on Saturday and only four places now remain for this year's edition.
- "Brother Bill had a brilliant year last year and made a very tasty debut this year. His speed is well known and with the right race no one is safe, says Anders Malmrot.
Facts Brother Bill
Age: 7 years
Sex: Gelding
Father: From Above
Mother: Clear As A Bell
Starts/Results: 41 (13-10-5)
Earned: SEK 8 311 000
Record: 1.09,1 autostart (1640m)
Owner: Stallskriket Gävle - Easy
Coach: Timo Nurmos
Attendant: Fredrica Sandberg
Breeder: Menhammar Stuteri AB
Nationality: Swedish
Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 26-28, 2023. 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 2023: San Moteur (Sweden), Horsy Dream (France), Etonnant (France), Vivid Wise As (Italy), Just Believe (Australia), Önas Prince (Sweden), Go On Boy (France), Don Fanucci Zet (Sweden), Hohneck (France), Stoletheshow (Sweden), Hail Mary (Sweden), Brother Bill (Sweden),
