Was it Bedazzled Sox with Claes Sjöström or Double Deceiver with Orjan Kihlström who was first past the post in the prestigious Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg Trophy Wednesday night at Solvalla?
Bedazzled Fox, owned by the SRF Stable and trained by Roger Walmann, had been in command from the start, but down the stretch Double Deceiver, owned by Stall Zet and trained by Daniel Redén, finished strong.
The judges had to call for a photo, before it was announced that Bedazzled Sox was the winner.
The Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg Trophy is a Group 1-race — formerly known as the Jubilee Trophy — a race for 5-year-old trotters and carrying a purse for the winner of 1.5 million SEK — or $144,000.
The winner, Bedazzled Sox, is sired by the French stallion Brillantissime and out of a North American mare, Out Of The Kitchen, sired By Here Comes Herbie. Bedazzled Sox now has lifetime earnings of $825,000 and has a mark of 1:52.4.
On the same card the European Championship for mares was raced and Clarissa with trainer/driver Alessandro Gocciadoro was an easy winner of the race, which carried a purse for the winner of 1 million SEK — or $96,000.
Clarissa was bred in Italy and sired by Exploit Caf out of a mare sired by Lemon Dra.