Ake Svanstedt

Carter Duer

Duer Elected To U.S. Hall Of Fame

The Hall Of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), after meeting with a select group of Harness Racing Museum trustees over the Fourth Of July weekend, has ...

Pocono Downs

Svanstedt Sends Outs Six Baby Race Winners At Pocono

The Åke Svanstedt Stable, winner of five two-year-old qualifying races during the first baby session at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania a week ago, topped themselves on Wednesday, June 10 with si...

Svanstedt Trotting Trio Sharp In Philly Qualifiers

Trainer/driver Åke Svanstedt brought a trio of talented trotters to the Tuesday, May 12 morning qualifiers at Harrah’s Philadelphia and won with all three – by a combined margin of 25-1/2 lengths.

Magic Punk

Hambletonian Hopefuls Set For Dexter Cup Saturday

The road to the 101st edition of America’s Trotting Classic, August’s $1 million Hambletonian Stakes for three-year-olds, begins this Saturday (May 2) when The Meadowlands hosts a field of eight sopho...

Horses behind the starting gate at Harrah's Philadelphia

Liberty Bell Series Gets Underway At Philly

October 30, 2025

The annual late-season run of the Liberty Bell Stakes series began at Harrah’s Philadelphia over a sloppy track on Thursday, Oct. 30, with two-year-old colts and geldings featured.

Warrawee Michelle

Warrawee Michelle Makes Breeders Crown History

October 25, 2025

Warrawee Michelle, with trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt at the controls, put on a record-setting performance in the $548,000 Breeders Crown Open Mares Trot on Saturday, Oct. 25 at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Darlins Angel winning at The Meadowlands

Darlins Angel, Svanstedt Trainees Star In Kindergarten

October 25, 2025

Darlins Angel resumed her winning ways in one of seven $35,211 divisions of the fifth and final leg of the Kindergarten Series for two-year-olds of each sex and gait on Friday night, Oct. 24 at The Me...

Khaosan Road Leads Svanstedt Triple At Philly

August 28, 2025

Khaosan Road overcame a two-move mile in which he was uncovered from late backstretch on, gamely out-trotting Resolve To Win and stablemate Southwind Tyrion to take the $22,222 Winners Over Trot at Ha...

French Wine winning at Hoosier Park

Another Vintage Performance From French Wine

August 21, 2025

French Wine paid a high price for keeping early control of the engine, but he never looked back while winning the $22,222 Winners Over Handicap Trot on Thursday, Aug. 21 at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:...

Rambo Hanover

Svanstedt Doubles In Garden State At The Big M

August 16, 2025

Just 13 days removed from his third victory in the Hambletonian, Ake Svanstedt wasn’t resting on his laurels, taking two of three divisions of the Garden State for two-year-old trotters on Friday, Aug...

Nordic Catcher S winning at The Meadowlands

Nordic Catcher S Sidelined For Rest Of 2025

August 13, 2025

Nordic Catcher S, the 2025 Hambletonian winner whose 1:50 mile time is the fastest in the 100-year history of the race, will not race for the rest of this year after an injury was discovered that will...

Nordic Catcher S winning at The Meadowlands

Nordic Catcher S Sets Stakes Record In 100th Hambletonian

August 02, 2025

Ake Svanstedt won his third Hambletonian Stakes on Saturday, Aug. 2, capturing the 100th edition of America’s Trotting Classic for three-year-olds with Nordic Catcher S in a stakes-record 1:50 at The ...

Be Perfect BG winning at Meadowlands Racetrack

Undefeated Be Perfect BG Wins New Jersey Sire Stakes Final

August 02, 2025

Canadian campaigned Be Perfect BG kept her undefeated record intact with a devastating 1:50.1 score over six rivals in the $246,575 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for two-year-old pacing fillies on Frid...