by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Newsroom Senior Correspondent

For once Maven had some luck at the draw for the Elitlopp next Sunday (May 31) at Solvalla.

Jimmy Takter’s tough mare drew post position four in the second elimination, while the other North American entry, Wind Of The North, trained by Daryl Bier, got the outside post number eight in the first elimination.

Dave Palone will drive Wind Of The North at Solvalla.

The Elitlopp is raced with two eliminations from which the first four finishers in each advance to the final.

Here are the fields:

1st elimination:
1. Univers de Pan
2. Support Justice
3. Vincennes
4. Mosaique Face
5. Ustinof du Vivier
6. Royal Fighter
7. Nuncio
8. Wind Of The North

2nd elimination:
1. B B S Sugarlight
2. Nahar
3. Brett Boko
4. Maven
5. Magic Tonight
6. On Track Piraten
7. Timoko
8. Voltigeur de Myrt