The eliminations for Sweden’s E3, the first major stakes of the season for 3-year-olds, were held at the Romme track Monday night and among the winners were offspring of Muscles Yankee, Scarlet Knight, Credit Winner and SJ’s Photo. There were five eliminations for the fillies and the top 2 finishers in each elim, plus the 2 best-ranked thirds, advanced. There were six eliminations for the colts, with the top two from each moving on to the final. The fastest winner among the fillies was Staro Deep Purple, a daughter from the second crop of Gigant Neo (Super Arnie). She won in a mile rate of 1:59 over 2,140 meters, equaling a Swedish record. The finals will take place at the Gevle track June 26-27 with the fillies having the chance to earn about $78,000 to the winner while the colt’s will be chasing a first prize of about $104,000. Below are the results of the eliminations. Filly elim winners: Horse (Sire)--Driver Sweet Desire (Super Arnie)--Hans-Owe Sundberg Jill Tilly (Super Arnie)--Örjan Kihlström Staro Deep Purple (Gigant Neo)--Örjan Kihlström Dileva Käll (Muscles Yankee)--Peter Norman My Love di Quattro (Love You)--Ulf Ohlsson Second-place finishers: Pebbly (Muscles Yankee)--Björn Goop Rollout (Scarlet Knight)--Stefan Melander Moonlight Kronos (Viking Kronos)--Lutfi Kolgjini Spot Over (Spotlite Lobell)--Erik Adielsson Digital Chit Chat (Super Photo Kosmos)--Örjan Kihlström The extra tickets to the filly final went to Amanda Duo and Pea Life. Open Class Turbo Viking (Turbo Sund)--Leif Witasp Global Lawbreaker (Coktail Jet)--Roger Malmqvist Sinou Madrik (Infant du Bossis)--Robert Bergh Lisa's Big Boy (Cantab Hall)--Tuomas Korvenoja Zola Boko (Goetmals Wood)--Michael Schmid Victor LH (Victor Victor)--Erik Adielsson Second-place finishers: Leonas Kaviar (SJ's Photo)--Christel Berntsson Leonas Yannic (Credit Winner)--Björn Goop Hot Southwind (Rite On Line)--Joakim Lövgren GH Nemo (Scarlet Knight)--Jörgen Westholm Red Hot Dynamite (Enjoy Lavec)--Per Lennartsson Hell Of A Kemp (Conway Hall)--Peter Untersteiner The fastest winners among the colts were the French-bred Sinou Madrik and the German-owned Zola Boko, who both were timed in a mile rate of 2:00.1.
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