{"id":5985,"date":"2026-04-02T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:01:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T14:01:59","slug":"don-fanucci-zet-gor-arsdebut-i-e-lopp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/2026\/04\/02\/don-fanucci-zet-gor-arsdebut-i-e-lopp\/","title":{"rendered":"Don Fanucci Zet makes annual debut in E-race"},"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>Solvalla's E-race got off to a flying start last weekend.<br>On Wednesday it's time again. And in The Onions Lopp at Solvalla, Elitlopp winner Don Fanucci Zet will start!<\/strong><br><br>Don Fanucci Zet, winner of Elitloppet 2021 and second last year behind Go On Boy, makes this year's first start in the E-race at Solvalla. Don Fanucci Zet was honored as Older Horse of the Year at the Horse Gala after a magical season as a nine-year-old with victory in the Hugo \u00c5bergs Memorial and second places in the Elitloppet and UET Elite Circuit Final at Solvalla.<br>- He's been a little round about, but got a tougher job last week. \"I'm really looking forward to the annual debut and the opportunity to be in Elitloppet for the sixth time with Don Fanucci Zet. It's actually quite incredible,\" says Daniel Red\u00e9n.<br>Don Fanucci Zet will face just six horses over the sprint distance on Wednesday where the winner, in addition to 15 points in the E-race series, will receive SEK 100,000.<br>- The number is a miscalculation, even though there have been many races for the highest class all Easter. \"It's a small field, but a very good one,\" says Solvalla's sports director Ola Lern\u00e5.<br>Diva Ek tops the E-race table after the start of the C Th Ericsson Memorial. The top two at the end of the E-race series on May 23 have secured a place in Elitloppet.<br><br><strong>Remaining E races<br><\/strong>April 8 The Onions Lopp - Solvalla<br>April 22 Nuncios Lopp - Solvalla<br>May 9 Paralympic race - \u00c5by<br>May 13 Meadow Roads Lopp - Solvalla<br>May 16 Milem\u00e4staren - Tingsryd<br>May 23 Prince Daniels Lopp - G\u00e4vle<br><br><strong>Leaderboard<br><\/strong>1 Diva Ek Alessandro Gocciadoro 15<br>2 Mellby Jinx Daniel W\u00e4jersten 8<br>3 High On Pepper Katja Melkko 6<br>4 A Fair Day Elisabeth Almheden 3<br>5 Stens Rubin Johan Untersteiner 2<br>6 Macahan Maria T\u00f6rnqvist 1<br><br>Elitloppet is the main attraction during the Elitlopp weekend, which will be held at Solvalla in Stockholm on May 29-31, 2026. Elitloppet is an invitational race where 16 horses compete in two different heats with eight horses in each. The top four in each trial meet in a final where the winner receives five million SEK.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solvallas E-lopp fick en rivstart f\u00f6rra helgen.P\u00e5 onsdag \u00e4r det dags p\u00e5 nytt. Och i The Onions Lopp p\u00e5 Solvalla kommer Elitloppsvinnaren Don Fanucci Zet till start! Don Fanucci Zet, vinnare av Elitloppet 2021 och tv\u00e5a i fjol bakom Go On Boy, g\u00f6r \u00e5rets f\u00f6rsta start i E-loppet p\u00e5 Solvalla. Don Fanucci Zet hyllades som [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5987,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5985\/revisions\/5987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elitloppet.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}