Trotting | Ravi royals renew their wreaths after dramatic stages

The Queen’s Tournament the victory was decided for Suven Samet by only a tenth of a second, and the victory of the king’s shield for Evart after a tremendous battle in the final leg.

There were no significant differences in the first two legs of the Queen’s race, and the first six horses were within a second of them. Hulluduunari, the surprise winner of the mile, started the three-kilometer final distance in the lead.

In the end, Suven Sametti proved to be the strongest with a strong kilometer run. Lakan Leija, who launched at the start, made up for his mistake wonderfully and came third, so far from the winner that the total times had to be looked at for a long time before the queen was declared. Suven Sametti turned the tenth of a second in favor.

After a somewhat flat early season, the reigning queen entered this year’s race in the role of a challenger, and the sixth places in the opening races did not raise the stocks.

“It was not small, and it had a lot of bad starting points. In these starts, there is not such a superior horse that you can ride however you like”, Tapio Perttunen summed up the opening trips of the early season and Forssa.

Co-owner and breeder Nea Vikström encouraged everyone to breed Finnish horses.

“It requires a lot of effort and failures, but a gold nugget like this can happen,” he reasoned.

Perttusen the super weekend was completed by Vixeli and Uljas Suomalainen, who placed third and fifth in the king’s shield. On Vixel, Perttunen bravely set out to challenge Parvelan Retu on the final leg, but the bangs weren’t quite enough for that. However, the ranking was a respectable fourth.

Parvelan Retu, who led, and Evartti, who followed him, broke away to the battle for victory. Parvelan’s Retu responded to the victory in the 3,100 meters with a Finnish record time of 23.0, but Evartti refused to drop off. That’s how the 0.7-second lead it gained in the opening stages lasted and narrowed by only a tenth.

“Evartti is an incredibly fine and fighting horse, and especially this last start was something very special. Parvelan’s Retu was incredibly good, and in the final bends it felt like either the laws of physics were coming. It already made a difference of a meter, but luckily it didn’t stretch any further.” Santtu Raitala sighed.

Apart from physics, the three-time trotting king also makes sense.

“It’s a really smart horse: it knows how to behave and doesn’t do anything unnecessary or sudden movements at home”, trainer Antti Ojanperä described.

Sunday the program included the 5-year-olds Pikkukunkku and Pikkuprinsessa. Ari Moilanen guided by and Seppo Suuronen coached by VG Voitto, Pro and Fransson were certainly behind him in Pikkukunku.

On the other hand, you could see the surprise in the little princess, when she went for the win Jarmo Saarelan after driving in the sun Tero Mäenpään coached by Laurila Ilona.

“It was a bit of a surprise for me too, although the horse has developed nicely. Of course, the gallops of the favorites made the task easier,” Jarmo Saarela admitted.

After two years tested by the corona virus, Kunikuustratti was a public success. A total of 45,625 people visited Forssa over three days.