E3 Finals – Sprinter Distance

Today, August 20, the $125,000 E3 final over 1640 meters for 3-year-old colts and geldings was contested on Romme raceway in Borlänge. Due to some trouble before the start, the start had to be recalled twice before Tomas Uhrberg and Tomas Malmquist trained Rusty Dust could get to the lead. As usually, Lutfi Kolgjini sent his horse to the front, this time Orion Kronos, and opened the first quarter below 1:50. Kolgjni’s second horse Obey Kronos came up on the outside and the pace was continuously high. After three quarters, Ulf Ohlsson attacked with Labero Broline and came immediately up outside Orion Kronos. Labero Broline left the rest of the contestants with several horse lengths and won at 1:55.4. The Pine Chip – Ambro Natural offspring has 6 wins in 16 lifetime starts and more than doubled his bank account after the victory. Prawns finished second and Vulcan Brick speeded to the third place.

An E3 Specialist

This was trainer Svante Båth’s 8th victory in the E3 finals. Båth has primarily dominated the open division and his reputation as being a great trainer of 2 and 3-year-olds has once again been validated.

Family Triumph

The filly division was raced yesterday, and father and son Untersteiner were the happy winners. Trainer Peter Untersteiner had qualified two horses to the final and choose Pomana Wibb whereas his son Johan Untersteiner sat in the bike behind Mermaid Ås. Pomana Wibb fell off stride they were about to overtake the lead from Loulou Bob and instead, Johan sent Mermaid Ås to the front. Electra Sund was the first horse on the outside but she was never head to head with Mermaid Ås. When Johan Untersteiner increased the pace in the last curve, no one could follow and they took an outstanding victory, winning the $125,000 race at 1:56.0. Brittania speeded well behind and Electra Sund finished third.

Born to be a Super Talent

Mermaid Ås (e. Broadway Hall – Superlou Ås) was breed by Blädinge Ås Stuteri. The man behind the stud farm, Jan-Erik Magnusson, is one of the men who bought Mack Lobell to Sweden. The dam, Superlou Ås (e. Super Bowl) was an excellent filly herself that finished second in the E3 final over 2140 meters and then followed up winning Guldstoet in 2000.

A New Dominant?

Altogether, Johan Untersteiner had a good work weekend since he also finished second with Prawns in the open E3 final. By the age of 27, he is already an experienced driver. One of his major victories came with Giant Diablo on The Red Mile in Lexington in October 2007 when he was setting a new world record at 1:50.1. Being trainer Roger Walmann’s first lad means he gets all opportunities to drive good horses – something he also manage in the best way possible.