The post position draw for the eliminations of the 2013 Elitlopp, which will take place on May 26 at Solvalla Racecourse in Sweden, were conducted on Sunday with North American representatives Arch Madness and Take My Picture drawing inside posts.

Take My Picture drew post two in the first elimination heat. The six-year-old son of Classic Photo is trained by Nikolas and John Drennan for owners Joseph and Laurie Davino of Clarksburg, New Jersey. Jody Jamieson has been asked to drive the trotter for his European campaign.

Arch Madness, the richest Canadian-sired trotter in harness racing history, drew post one in the second elimination heat with defending Elitlopp champion Commander Crowe and this year's Oslo Grand Prix Sebastian K starting just to his outside in posts two and three, respectively. Arch Madness, a nine-year-old Balanced Image gelding, is trained by Trond Smedshammer for owners Marc Goldberg of Woodmere, New York and Willow Pond LLC of Hewlett, New York.

The top four finishers will advance to the second heat, which will determine the 2013 Elitlopp titleholder.

Here are the elimination fields for next week’s Elitlopp:

Elimination Heat #1
1. Nesta Effe
2. Take My Picture
3. Timoko
4. Formula One
5. Raja Mirchi
6. Shaq Is Back
7. Maharajah
8. Friction

Elimination Heat #2
1. Arch Madness
2. Commander Crowe
3. Sebastian K
4. Brad The Veluwe
5. Mack Grace SM
6. Nahar
7. Panne the Moteur
8. Amaru Boko