The Swedish Trotting Derby (Swedish: Svenskt Travderby) is an annual national Group One

Group One

Group One or Group 1 is the term used for the highest level of Thoroughbred and Standardbred stakes races in many countries. Group One races may be run under handicap conditions in Australia but in Europe weight-for-age conditions always apply. Races may be also restricted to age groups or a...

 harness event

Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...

 for trotters that is held at Jägersro Racetrack in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

, Sweden

Sweden

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. It is by many considered the most prestigious Swedish event for 4-year-old racing horses.
The purse in the 2010 final was ≈US$442,000 (SEK 3,200,000), of which the winner Joke Face won half.

Location

Through the years, the host of the Derby final has at times annually been Jägersro, but at times, the hostesship has altered between Jägersro, Solvalla

Solvalla

Solvalla is a horse racing track located in Bromma, Stockholm, Sweden. It was opened in 1927 and is the biggest harness racing venue in the Nordic countries. The last Sunday in May, Solvalla annually hosts Elitloppet, one of trotting's most prestigious international events.-Elitloppet:*...

 and Åby

Åby Racetrack

Åby Racetrack is a horse racing track located in Mölndal, 10 km south of Gothenburg, Sweden.Åby was opened in 1936 as a track for harness racing as well as thoroughbred racing. Since October 1976, the track has been dedicated to harness racing solely....

. Since 1966, the final event has been held at Jägersro Racetrack every year.

• 1928 - 1932 Jägersro
• 1933 - 1954 Jägersro or Solvalla
• 1954 - 1965 Jägersro, Åby or Solvalla
• 1966 - Jägersro

Entering the event

To enter the Swedish Trotting Derby, a horse owner is obliged to make four payments, the last approximately seven months before the final is held. In total, these payments consist of ≈US$523 (SEK4,375) as of 2009. In addition to these costs, a supplementary fee of ≈US$761 (SEK6,360) is paid to enter the elimination races 12 days before the final.

Distance

From the start in 1928 until 1982, the distance of the Derby was in the interval 3,000-3,200 meters. The distance was shortened to 2,640 meters (1.64 miles) in 1983, which has been the distance of the race ever since.

Starting method

The first 32 Derby finals, was started by using volt start. In 1960, auto start was introduced. Since then, a motorized starting gate has been used every year, with exceptions for 1962, 1969 and 1970.

Drivers with most wins

• 11 - Sören Nordin
  Sören Nordin
  Ernst Sören Nordin was a Swedish harness racing driver and trainer who later started a stable in America. Nordin won 3,221 races in 10 different countries as a driver, he won the Swedish Trotting Derby 11 times – still a record. In 1950, Nordin won the Prix d'Amérique, and in 1953 the Elitloppet...
  
  
• 9 - Gunnar Nordin
• 7 - Stig H. Johansson
  Stig H. Johansson
  Stig Henry Johansson is a Swedish trotting trainer and former driver. He started his career as a professional trainer in 1969, and has during a large part of the career been a dominating force in Swedish trotting. He is, arguably, the greatest in Swedish trotting history. Internationally, he is...
  
  
• 5 - Gösta Nordin
• 3 - Robert Bergh

Trainers with most wins

• 11 - Sören Nordin
• 9 - Gunnar Nordin
• 7 - Stig H. Johansson
• 5 - Gösta Nordin
• 3 - Robert Bergh

Sires with at least two winning offsprings

• 3 - Scotch Nibs (Pecka Trickson, Guy Nibs, Pom Chips)
• 3 - Locomotive (Codex, Smaragd, Locomite)
• 3 - Earl's Mr Will (Isa Will, Lola Will, Willburn)
• 3 - Bulwark (Hetty, Presidenten, Architector)
• 2 - Viking Kronos (Maharajah, Joke Face)
• 2 - Alf Palema (Gazza Degato, Colombian Necktie)
• 2 - Crowntron (Sans Rival, Queen L.
  Queen L.
  Queen L. is a chestnut standardbred trotter by Crowntron out of Attila L. by Tibur.Her most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Derby , Prix d'Amérique and Prix de France . At the end of her career, the mare had earned US$2,383,158....
  
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• 2 - Count's Pride (Jet Ribb, Gaston Pride)
• 2 - Tibur (Mustard, Big Spender)
• 2 - Sandy Flash (Sassa Hanover, Belle Day)
• 2 - Tulipan (Fakir, Lorry)
• 2 - Peter Pogue (Petersdotter, Peter Spjuver)
• 2 - Dreamer Boy (Ibrahim Pascha, Karina S.)

Winning stallions that have also sired winners

• Björn (1968), sire of May Björn (1979)
• Gay Noon (1953), sire of Gavin (1965)

All winners of the Swedish Trotting Derby

Year	Horse	Driver	Trainer	Odds of winner	Winning time (km rate)
2011	Beau Mec	Torbjörn Jansson	Timo Nurmos	11.12	1:13.6
2010	Joke Face	Erik Adielsson	Lutfi Kolgjini	4.77	1:13.6
2009	Maharajah	Örjan Kihlström	Stefan Hultman	2.08	1:12.8
2008	Sahara Dynamite	Jorma Kontio	Timo Nurmos	1.93	1:13.6
2007	Commander Crowe	Johnny Takter	Petri Puro	2.36	1:14.2
2006	Colombian Necktie	Thomas Uhrberg	Roger Walmann	21.98	1:14.7
2005	Conny Nobell	Björn Goop	Björn Goop	2.64	1:14.7
2004	Gazza Degato	Tom Horpestad	Tom Horpestad	14.55	1:14.1
2003	Tsar d'Inverne	Robert Bergh	Robert Bergh	4.55	1:14.4
2002	From Above	Örjan Kihlström	Stefan Hultman	2.67	1:14.9
2001	Hilda Zonett	Robert Bergh	Robert Bergh	3.14	1:15.2
2000	S:t Göran	Stig H. Johansson Stig H. Johansson Stig Henry Johansson is a Swedish trotting trainer and former driver. He started his career as a professional trainer in 1969, and has during a large part of the career been a dominating force in Swedish trotting. He is, arguably, the greatest in Swedish trotting history. Internationally, he is...	Stig H. Johansson	5.82	1:15.1
1999	Victory Tilly Victory Tilly Victory Tilly is a Swedish former racing trotter by Quick Pay out of Icora Tilly by Fakir du Vivier.His most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Derby , Elitloppet, Nat Ray Trot and Gran Premio della Lotteria. At the end of his career, the gelding had earned US$5,168,902...	Stig H. Johansson	Stig H. Johansson	1.64	1:14.7
1998	Jolly Rocket	Per Lennartsson	Per Lennartsson	2.33	1:14.2
1997	Remington Crown	Robert Bergh	Robert Bergh	6.14	1:15.9
1996	Drewgi	Åke Svanstedt	Åke Svanstedt	3.47	1:16.2
1995	Good As Gold	Mats Rånlund	Mats Rånlund	12.10	1:17.6
1994	Zenit F.	Tommy Zackrisson	Tommy Zackrisson	5.35	1:15.3
1993	Ina Scot Ina Scot Ina Scot is a Swedish former racing trotter by Allen Hanover out of Lovina Grefgård by Mad Scot.Her most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Criterium , the Swedish Trotting Derby , Grand Prix de l'U.E.T...	Kjell P. Dahlström	Kjell P. Dahlström	1.38	1:14.9
1992	Utini	Erik Berglöf	Erik Berglöf	23.09	1:16.2
1991	Sans Rival	Erik Berglöf	Erik Berglöf	22.23	1:16.7
1990	Queen L. Queen L. Queen L. is a chestnut standardbred trotter by Crowntron out of Attila L. by Tibur.Her most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Derby , Prix d'Amérique and Prix de France . At the end of her career, the mare had earned US$2,383,158....	Stig H. Johansson	Stig H. Johansson	3.57	1:16.7
1989	Frej Nalan	Jim Frick	Jim Frick	20.01	1:16.0
1988	Gaston Pride	Per-Olof Pettersson	Per-Olof Pettersson	6.41	1:16.4
1987	Atom Knight	Anders Lindqvist	Anders Lindqvist	15.95	1:15.6
1986	Jet Ribb	Per-Erik Eriksson	Hans G. Eriksson	3.59	1:16.8
1985	Big Spender	Berth Johansson	Berth Johansson	1.81	1:16.7
1984	Big Star	Stig H. Johansson	Stig H. Johansson	2.47	1:16.4
1983	Micko Fripé	Bo W. Takter	Bo W. Takter	2.56	1:18.0
1982	Rex Håleryd	Stig H. Johansson	Stig H. Johansson	3.72	1:19.5
1981	Nino Blazing	Stig H. Nilsson	Björn Lindblom Björn Lindblom Björn Lindblom is a Swedish linguist and phonetician known for his contributions to empiricist phonology and phonetics. He teaches at Stockholm University & University of Texas at Austin.-Sources:* * * * * *...	10.64	1:19.7
1980	Mustard	Sören Nordin Sören Nordin Ernst Sören Nordin was a Swedish harness racing driver and trainer who later started a stable in America. Nordin won 3,221 races in 10 different countries as a driver, he won the Swedish Trotting Derby 11 times – still a record. In 1950, Nordin won the Prix d'Amérique, and in 1953 the Elitloppet...	Sören Nordin	1.35	1:18.9
1979	May Björn	Sven-Gunnar Johansson	Alf Lindholm	28.19	1:20.3
1978	Spinoon	Olle Lindqvist	Olle Lindqvist	4.41	1:20.5
1977	Express Gaxe	Gunnar Axelryd	Gunnar Axelryd	1.87	1:19.7
1976	Cal Min	Olle Lindqvist	Olle Lindqvist	4.96	1:20.9
1975	Opal H.	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	1.79	1:20.2
1974	Grain	Stig H. Johansson	Stig H. Johansson	2.08	1:20.5
1973	Pom Chips	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	6.51	1:21.0
1972	Ocos	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.64	1:20.9
1971	Najo	Rune Johansson	Rune Johansson	5.06	1:22.2
1970	Segerstorp Comet	Stig H. Johansson	Stig H. Johansson	74.36	1:22.8
1969	Galint	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.98	1:22.2
1968	Björn	Birger Bengtsson	Birger Bengtsson	5.40	1:22.5
1967	Guy Nibs	Karl Gösta Fylking	Håkan Wallner	4.40	1:22.9
1966	Blixt	Bruno Svensson	Bruno Svensson	5.54	1:22.9
1965	Gavin	Gösta Nordin	Gösta Nordin	2.71	1:23.0
1964	Pecka Trickson	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	1.70	1:23.5
1963	Sailor	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	21.82	1:23.9
1962	Julienne	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.32	1:26.2
1961	Stepdaughter	Uno Swed	Uno Swed	4.18	1:21.5
1960	Clementz	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.89	1:24.3
1959	Locomite	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	1.35	1:22.4
1958	Ilotar	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	13.42	1:23.4
1957	Willburn	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	3.69	1:25.9
1956	Architector	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	13.45	1:23.1
1955	Smaragd	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.75	1:24.9
1954	Codex Codex (horse) Codex was an American thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1980 Preakness Stakes. He was foaled in Florida out of the Minnesota Mac mare, Roundup Rose, sired by the 1969 American Horse of the Year, Arts And Letters.-Triple Crown races:Trained by D...	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.24	1:24.3
1953	Gay Noon	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	1.45	1:23.0
1952	Lola Will	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	3.08	1:23.7
1951	Madame Song	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	1.50	1:25.5
1950	Isa Will	Olof Persson	Olof Persson	32.42	1:26.3
1949	Presidenten	Folke Bengtsson	Folke Bengtsson	2.24	1:24.1
1948	King Brodde	Ture Persson	Ture Persson	1.39	1:27.5
1947	Belle Day	Sören Nordin	Sören Nordin	7.55	1:24.5
1946	Miss Scovere	Gösta Nordin	Gösta Nordin	5.66	1:27.1
1945	Hetty	Gösta Nordin	Gösta Nordin	11.72	1:23.7
1944	Fänrik Scott	Carl A. Schoug	Carl A. Schoug	1.38	1:26.8
1943	Lime Abbey	Gunnar Nordin	Gunnar Nordin	1.77	1:24.9
1942	Etawah Asa	Hans Ringström	Hans Ringström	1.79	1:26.3
1941	Giant Killer	Gösta Nordin	Gösta Nordin	2.26	1:27.0
1940	Golden Wedding	Sixten Lundgren	Sixten Lundgren	1.84	1:26.1
1939	Queen Nedworthy	Ragnar Thorngren	Ragnar Thorngren	6.01	1:25.6
1938	Respekt	Hugo Andersson	Hugo Andersson	5.08	1:26.4
1937	Rosenella	Gösta Nordin	Gösta Nordin	2.83	1:30.2
1936	Sassa Hanover	Fritz Mahler	Fritz Mahler	1.60	1:28.6
1935	Princess Hollyrood	Oskar Persson	Oskar Persson	14.10	1:30.8
1934	Etta June	Gotthard Ericsson	Gotthard Ericsson	1.38	1:32.0
1933	Lorry	Theodor Bilcik	Sixten Lundgren	1.77	1:29.6
1932	Fakir	Sixten Lundgren	Sixten Lundgren	2.46	1:34.3
1931	Peter Spjuver	Anton Fyhr	Anton Fyhr	1.14	1:36.7
1930	Petersdotter	Anton Fyhr	Anton Fyhr	2.91	1:40.7
1929	Karina S.	Sophus Sörensen	Sophus Sörensen	1.34	1:41.6
1928	Ibrahim Pascha	Sophus Sörensen	Sophus Sörensen	1.59	1:30.9