{"id":4938,"date":"2025-05-16T14:38:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/2025\/05\/16\/cobra-killer-gar\/"},"modified":"2025-05-16T14:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:39:27","slug":"cobra-killer-gar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/2025\/05\/16\/cobra-killer-gar\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobra Killer Gar debuts in Elitloppet 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Italy will have another competitor behind the starting grid on the last Sunday in May.<br><\/strong><strong>Cobra Killer Gar is the thirteenth horse to be invited to Solvalla and Elitloppet.<br><\/strong><strong>- \"He's a winner who has constantly developed his speed and is now ready for Elitloppet. An unsighted card that I think can be a real exclamation point,\" says Solvalla's Elitlopp manager Anders Malmrot.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">21 wins in 36 career starts for the Italian seven-year-old who arrives in top form for his Elitlopp debut. Cobra Killer Gar won in a new record time of 1.09,4 over 2100 meters with autostart in the last start in Prix du Rouergue - which together with the victory in Prix de la Lorraine in the start before is the biggest victories so far in his career.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After four straight victories at Vincennes in Paris, it is now time for Cobra Killer Gar to take the step over to Swedish soil to meet the top elite in Elitloppet!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, trainer Erik Bondo is no newcomer in this context. The last time he participated was in 2022 with Cokstile and now he returns to Solvalla with a new cannon. This time he will be joined by none other than Eric Raffin - the French top rider who won the Elitloppet in 2024 with Horsy Dream.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">- \"I am very pleased with the invitation to Elitloppet. I think Cobra Killer Gar is a complete horse and it will be very exciting to see how far he goes,\" says trainer Erik Bondo.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three places now remain for Elitloppet 2025: Two invitations and one direct place, which will be taken by the winner of Saturday's H.R.H. Prince Daniel's race - V\u00e4gen till Elitloppet - STL Gulddivisionen Final at G\u00e4vletravet.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Facts about Cobra Killer Gar<br><\/strong>Age: 7 years<br>Sex: Gelding<br>Father: Readly Express<br>Mother: Lady Killer Gar<br>Starts\/Result: 36 (21-3-2)<br>Earned: 393 541 euros<br>Record: 1.09,4 autostart (2100 meters)<br>Owner: Incolinx di Diego Romeo<br>Coach: Erik Bondo<br>Nurse: Anu Intonen<br>Breeder: Allev. Garigliano S.R.L.<br>Nationality: Italian<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 23-25, 2025. Elitloppet is an invitational race where 16 horses compete in two different trials with eight horses in each. The top four in each trial will meet in a final where the winner will receive five million SEK.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--paragraph\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Invited horses for Elitloppet 2025: Go On Boy (France), Logan Park (Canada), Borups Victory (Sweden), The Locomotive (Australia), Francesco Zet (Sweden), Etonnant (France), A Fair Day (Sweden), Mellby Knekt (Sweden), Mellby Jinx (Sweden), Don Fanucci Zet (Sweden), Always Ek (Italy), Hohneck (France), Cobra Killer Gar (Italy)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-fsb-flexible-spacer fsb-flexible-spacer\"><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--lg\" style=\"height:15px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--md\" style=\"height:15px\"><\/div><div class=\"fsb-flexible-spacer__device fsb-flexible-spacer__device--sm\" style=\"height:15px\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--core content-block--embed\"><div class=\"container-fluid\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to Elitloppet 2025 - Cobra Killer Gar!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3VceciHkbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italien f\u00e5r ytterligare en deltagare bakom startbilen sista s\u00f6ndagen i maj.\ufeff\ufeffCobra Killer Gar \u00e4r den trettonde h\u00e4sten att bjudas in till Solvalla och Elitloppet.\ufeff\ufeff\u2013 Han \u00e4r en segerstaplare som hela tiden utvecklat snabbheten och nu \u00e4r redo f\u00f6r Elitloppet. Ett osynat kort som jag tror kan bli ett verkligt utropstecken, s\u00e4ger Solvallas Elitloppschef Anders Malmrot. 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