Ake Svanstedt

Stonebridge Helios winning At Mohawk

Stonebridge Helios Draws Svanstedt Praise

It is not often Ake Svanstedt can do something he’s never done before, but that might be the case on Saturday, June 3 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Svanstedt could have the race-time betting favourite in a...

Special Way winning the Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Special Way Has Got "It"

"I have trained horses for 40 years, and driven a lot of horses, but it’s just a few horses that have had this instinct. She has it."

Asteroid

Asteroid Headed To North America

January 08, 2023

Ake Svanstedt has campaigned some of harness racing's top trotters over the past decade, boasting a successful record with horses developed in Europe that can adapt to the North American racing style.

2022 Breeders Crown two-year-old winners

Connections Reflect On Crown Jewels

October 31, 2022

Joe Holloway got some help from several horseflies to get Ammo to the races this season, which resulted in one of the biggest upsets in Breeders Crown history this past Friday (Oct. 28) at Woodbine Mo...

Special Way winning the Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Special Way Sets Canadian Record In Breeders Crown

October 28, 2022

The $810,000 Breeders Crown for freshman trotting fillies was billed as a face off between Special Way and Righteous Resolve and it certainly lived up to expectations resulting in a track and Canadian...

Svanstedt Duo Seeks International Success

October 14, 2022

"I really haven’t found a bad quality about him...He’s a pleasure to drive. He does everything right."

2022 Hambletonian and Oaks logos

Five Trainers Seek Hambo-Oaks Double

August 03, 2022

Since the inception of the Hambletonian Oaks in 1971 as the filly companion event to the Hambletonian Stakes for three-year-old trotters, two trainers — Jan Johnson and Jimmy Takter — have won both ra...

Hambletonian trophy

2022 Hambletonian, Oaks Draws Complete

August 02, 2022

Rebuff, who won one of last week’s two Hambletonian Stakes eliminations and is unbeaten in three starts this season, drew post one for Saturday’s $1 million final and was made the 9-5 morning line fav...

Chris Giallorenze with family members Camilla, Jaquline and Justin

The Best Journey Takes You Home

It’s said that life takes you to unexpected places, but it’s love that brings you back home again.

Captain Cowboy

Svanstedt Seeks Rare Pace-Hambo Double

Eight trainers in history have won the Meadowlands Racetrack’s two premier harness racing events, the Meadowlands Pace and Hambletonian Stakes. Ake Svanstedt will try to add his name to the list on Sa...

Bella Bellini winning the Graduate Series final

Graduate Champs To Battle In Hambletonian Maturity

Recently crowned Graduate Series champions Bella Bellini and Rattle My Cage will put win streaks on the line when they lead a field of 11 horses into Saturday’s $432,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Ma...

Gulf Shores winning his Messenger Stakes elimination

Trainers Discuss Messenger Elim Winners

Gulf Shores and Pleaseletmeknow were both wire-to-wire winners in last week’s MGM Grand Messenger Stakes eliminations and something will have to give in the final as only one can get the front in the ...

Justice winning his Yonkers Trot elimination

Can Yonkers Trot Elim Winners Overcome Outside Posts?

If either of last week’s MGM Yonkers Trot elimination winners, the filly Joviality S or the colt Justice, is going to capture Friday’s $280,904 final at Yonkers Raceway, they will have to overcome not...