Trotting legend Pekka Korve’s team left the others on the sidelines in the traditional Suur-Hollola race.
Trotting legend Pekka Korpi celebrated the Suur-Hollola race in the pouring rain. Maisa Hyttinen, Finnish Hippos
The Suur-Hollola run in Jokimaa, Lahti was the same as last year Pekka Korven stable party. Korvi’s coaches took a double win in the competition again. Like last year, the winner was a stallion Run For Royalty, who cashed out the winnings of 90,000 euros this time. It was in control Antti Teivainenwhen Pekka Korpi himself directed American Hero second place in the race.
Pekka Korpi, 73, is an unsurpassed figure in Finnish trotting. Suur-Hollola’s victory was Korvelle’s eighth in his career as a coach. Korpi has been at the top of the sport for over 50 years, and there is no end in sight to his dominance.
– There is no other explanation than good horses, a lot of work and a good team doing it. No shortcut has really been invented, Pekka Korpi stated in the winner’s interview.
Last season, Run For Royalty won both Suur-Hollola race and St Michelin. The sights were on the Suur-Hollola race again, and everything went according to plan.
– The conditions were a bit difficult in the winter, but we still managed to ride. A few starts have passed, and at the beginning I felt that I might not succeed quite as well as last year, but it has come back. Today was pretty good, Korpi described.
In the Suur-Hollola race of Suomenhevosten, he won a prize worth 38,000 euros Antti Ojanperän coached by Evart. The stallion got to the front from the start, from where it dominated the race with certainty. A tough competitor Parvelan Retu was far behind Evart in the beginning, and despite his good grip, he was not able to seriously challenge Evart.