36th horse-racing meeting on July 22

This will be the last meeting before the summer racing break and will comprise a number of finals of the Summer Championship.

The finalists were selected after the trotters participated in up to two races each over the last few weeks gaining points depending on their placings in these races.

A final for each class will be held. As usual, the most awaited race will be the Premier class final involving 7 Swedish and 3 French horses with ages ranging between six and twelve years. The full list is Mentor de l’Iton, Candy Fantasy, Isolated, Fire, Major Chaleonnais, Energy Launcher, Affe Fager, Le Coup de Foudre, Belafonte and Energy As.

These include horses which have recently shown excellent form, including Fire and Mentor de l’Iton which both come from two consecutive wins, Energy Launcher which won five times and placed six further times this year, Candy Fantasy which won once and took three second places in its last four races, Major Chaleonnais which was runner-up in each of its last three races and all the other horses.

The Gold class race involves 1 Finnish, 3 Swedish, and 6 French horses, with ages ranging between 7 and 12 years. Another set of in-form horses is involved, including Magnifique Sablais with seven wins and three places this year, Kingpin La Marc with two wins and four runner up positions in its last six races, Nacarat Campbell which comes from two wins and two places in its last four races and all the others.

The finals for the Silver, Bronze and Copper classes are equally interesting and include various popular horses. In addition, we also have Consolation finals for the Gold, Silver and Bronze classes, featuring valid horses which placed after the finalists in the Summer Championship points classification.

Extremely exciting and hard-fought races are anticipated as is always the case when finals are on the card at the Marsa race-track. This should provide a fitting end to a successful first part of this season, with the season now continuing in early September.

Last meetings
A total of twenty races were held over the last couple of meetings. All races were trotting events over 2,140m, leading to the selection of the finalists of the Summer Championship in all classes.

They included three Premier class races. The first saw Energy Launcher take its fifth seasonal win, thus winning in each of the Silver, Gold and Premier classes. Candy Fantasy led for long stretches until Energy Launcher launched a strong sprint in the last phase of the race and went in front. Candy Fantasy reacted well but Energy Launcher still managed to win by half a head in a time of 1’16’3 per kilometer. Ringside and Key Value finished behind in third and fourth place respectively.

Mentor de l’Iton then won its second consecutive race in a time of 1’16’9 per kilometre when it sprinted well in the final straight and managed to overtake previous leader Le Coup de Foudre in the last ten metres. Happiness Photo and Energy As finished behind them in that order.

The last Premier class race saw another splendid performance by relative newcomer Fire which also won its second consecutive race. Various horses occupied the lead in the first half of the race, but Major Chaleonnais went in front at the start of the last lap. After occupying one of the last positions, in the last half lap Fire attacked strongly on the outside lanes, going in front during the final straight and winning by half a length from Major Chaleonnais, Belafonte and Mon Daniel, in one of the season’s best times of 1’15’2 per kilometer.

The Gold class races saw Nacarat Campbell’s second consecutive win in a very good time of 1’15’5 per kilometre, Bete Saknussen’s third seasonal win, She’s Dreamlike’s dominating debut when it won by around 14 lengths in a good time of 1’16’0 per kilometer, and last but not least Magnifique Sablais’ impressive 7th seasonal win.