by Karsten Bonsdorf, USTA web newsroom correspondent
Ron Pierce is going to drive three times this Saturday afternoon (Jan. 14) at Aby in Sweden — once in a V75-race behind Voodoo Hornline and twice in the undercard behind Baltic Winner and Aston Martin.

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Ron Pierce will be driving in Sweden this weekend.
Voodoo Hornline, sired by Victory Abroad and trained by Ake Svanstedt, was second in his last race and was a winner back in November.
Baltic Winner, who’s a Norwegian bred son of Credit Winner, is trained by Björn Goop and won a race a month ago.
Aston Martin, a German bred trotter sired by Divinator, didn’t win a race last year in seven starts.
The day before Pierce will be at the Swedish Galla evening, where he will present some of the honors.
The Dubois legacy continues
Jean Philippe Dubois, the eldest son to famed French horseman Jean Pierre Dubois, was the leading owner and the leading breeder in France last year.

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Royal Dream was a winner in the Prix de Lille.
On Sunday (Jan. 8), Jean Philippe Dubois won the main event at Vincennes, the Prix de Lille, driving the chestnut trotter Royal Dream.
Royal Dream, a 7-year-old trotter sired by Love You, came from behind to win the 1-5/16th mile event easily in in 1:55.4 (mile rate). This was his 18th win from just 28 starts.
The purse for the winner was $80,000 and Royal Dream now has lifetime earnings of $460,000.