by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Newsroom Senior Correspondent

Jimmy Takter trained Maven, with Johnny Takter in the bike, will start from post position two in the Broline Copenhagen Cup at Charlottenlund on Sunday (May 10).

At last, Lady Luck smiled on the 6-year-old North American mare, who in her last four races had to start from post positions eight-eight-10 and 10, which is either at the far outside behind the gate or from the second tier.

The Copenhagen Cup is raced over the 1-1/4 mile distance and the purse for the winner is $75,000.

Back in 1998 Jimmy Takter won the race with Moni Maker, driven by Wally Hennesey.

A field of ten international trotters will compete on Sunday. BBS Sugarlight, who won the Olympic Trot a week ago in a very impressive manner, has drawn post position nine and will race from the second tier.

Here is the field:

1. Robert Bi (IT)–Robin Bakker-The Netherlands
2. Maven (US)–Johnny Takter-USA
3. Banks (DE)–Michael Larsen-Germany
4. Classic Grand Cru (DE)–Erik Adielsson-Germany
5. Repay Merci (DK)–Knud Mønster–Denmark
6. Backfire (SE)–Bjørn Goop-Sweden
7. O’Grady (DK)–Flemming Jensen, Denmark
8. Voltigeur de Myrt (FR)–Gabriele Gelormini, France
9. B S Sugarlight (SE)–Peter Untersteiner–Norway
10. Support Justice (NO)–Geir Vegard Gundersen–Norway