Go On Boy, driven by Romain Derieux, won Belgium’s major race, the Grand Prix du Wallonie, for the third time on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 19).
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Trainer retires after 11th Norwegian Trotting Derby win
On Sunday afternoon (Sept. 13), the 2026 Norwegian Trotting Derby was won by Kaprizov, driven by Magnus Teien Gundersen and trained by his father, Geir Vegard Gundersen.
Face Time Bourbon, Chapter Seven in demand in Italy
The yearling auctions are in full swing in Italy these days. On Monday (Sept. 7), two auctions were held in the town of Busto Arsizio, outside Milan: one auction exclusively for offspring of Face Time Bourbon and the annual ITS Selected Sale.
Mellby Narrow wins Swedish Trotting Derby
There was plenty of drama before the winner of the Swedish Trotting Derby — the biggest race for Sweden’s 4-year-old trotters — could be crowned Sunday afternoon (Sept. 6) at Jägersro Racetrack near Malmö.
Volume Eight filly tops Danish Derby Sale
At the Danish Derby Sale, held at Charlottenlund Racetrack outside Copenhagen in connection with the Copenhagen Cup, a filly yearling by Volume Eight became the sale’s most expensive horse.
‘Il Capitano’ Varenne dies at age 31
The world’s highest-earning trotting horse, the legendary Italian champion trotter Varenne, died Tuesday (Aug. 18) at the age of 31 at Allevamento LJ near Eboli, Italy.
Dutchman Paul Hagoort wins the German Derby for the ninth time
The 131st Deutsches Traber-Derby at the Mariendorf track (three-quarter-mile track) in Berlin was a major triumph for Dutch harness racing trainer Paul Hagoort, who had two horses in the race — with them finishing first and second.
Pure Athena wins another major race for mares
Four-year-old Pure Athena, trained by Fredrik Wallin and driven by Carl Johan Jepson, scored a convincing victory in Sweden’s Stochampionat, earning a purse for the winner of $180,000.
Don Fanucci Zet keeps rolling along
Ever young Don Fanucci Zet — the 10-year-old Swedish trotter — was able to race on the outside of the pacesetting Executiv Ek and still score a convincing victory in the Ulf Thoresen Grand International at Jarlsberg in Norway.
A Fair Day wins in Sweden
The 7-year-old gelding A Fair Day, one of Sweden’s most popular horses, scored a convincing win Sunday (June 21) in the Kalmarsundpokalen on his home track in Kalmar.