Vivid Wise As, with trainer/driver Alessandro Gocciadoro, easily won the Group 1-race Prix de l’Atlantique at Enghien Saturday afternoon (April 24) and now the connections wait for an invitation to the prestigious Elitlopp in late May at Solvalla.

So far just one trotter has received an invitation to race in the Elitlopp, the Danish-bred, but Norwegian-trained and Swedish-owned Ecurie D.

Vivid Wise As took his second win in a French Group 1-race this year by winning the Prix de l’Atlantique. Gerard Forni photo.

But Solvalla must have the top Italian trotter Vivid Wise As on the short list.

Vivid Wise As took his second win in a French Group 1-race this year Saturday afternoon by winning the Prix de l’Atlantique over approximately 1-1/4 miles in 1:54.1 (mile rate) followed by Etonnant and Delia du Pommereux. The purse for the winner was $92,500.

Back in March Vivid Wise As won the biggest mile race in France, the Gran Criterium de Vitesse at Cagnes Sur Mer.

In Sweden, the third qualification for the Paralympic Trot was raced at Jägersro. After a marvelous effort, Team Snyder part-owned 5-year-old Aetos Kronos, with Magnus A. Djuse and trained by Jerry Riordan, was an impressive winner in 1:54.4f (mile rate). The purse for the winner was $18,000.

The Paralympic Trot will be raced on May 8 at Aby Travet in Gothenburg.