Goffs UK has made all 152 2-year-olds catalogued for its Doncaster Breeze-Up Sale on Apr. 11 and 12 eligible for the Swedish Derby and Oaks series in an initiative with the Swedish Racing Authority.
The 10-race series has been created by the Swedish Racing Authority for 3-year-olds to be run in 2018 and is worth SEK9.4 million (£864,000/€992,000). The series runs from mid-June to mid-August and the value of the Swedish Derby will be doubled in 2018, with a prize fund of SEK3 million (£275,000/€316,000).
Alongside the Derby, eligibility for this series includes entry in to the SEK1.2 million Voter and the SEK1 million Hurricane, whilst the Sofiero and the Derby Day Sprint are worth SEK500,000 each. In addition, the Derby Consolation and the Derby Trial are worth SEK300,000 each whilst the SEK1.4million Swedish Oaks and the SEK400,000 Altamira are restricted to fillies only. There is a Triple Crown bonus of SEK1.5 million, which will be awarded if the same horse wins the Swedish Derby, the Voter and the Hurricane.
This initiative was born of the fact that Goffs UK Breeze-Up graduates have excelled in Scandinavia in recent seasons, with Victor Kalejs (Spring At Last) named Sweden's 2-year-old champion last year. Multiple stakes winners Easy Road (GB) (Compton Place {GB}) and Hoku (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) were bought from the same sale.
“We are delighted to have made the entire Breeze-Up catalogue eligible for the lucrative Swedish Derby and Oaks Series as it offers all owners, both domestic and international, the opportunity to run for substantial sums of money in these prestigious races,” said Goffs UK Managing Director Tony Williams. “The Goffs UK Breeze Up Sale has outperformed all others in Scandinavia in recent years and we are extremely excited to be growing this relationship in 2017 and beyond.”
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