Spanish trotter Trebol continues to run roughshod over his competition, and has extended his win streak into unprecedented territory.
The 12-year-old trotter picked up his 47th straight win on June 25 at Hipòdrom Torre del Ram in Spain.
He last tasted defeat in a Group 3 trotting event in France almost two years ago. His owners, based in Spain, brought him back to race at Spanish racetracks midway through 2017 and he hasn't lost since. His 2018 season was a perfect 28 wins from 28 outings, but the earnings were extremely modest as the son of Hot Blues - Sally Can Wait made just 3,516 Euros (roughly $5,300) over that 2018 campaign.
The most recent win for Trebol was his 11th of the year and 79th lifetime from 141 starts. Over his career, Trebol has earned 686,666€ (around $1.026 million) with the bulk of his earnings coming from his seasons of racing on the European Grand Circuit. He knocked off some of the best trotters in the 2015 Kymi Grand Prix in Finland, becoming the first Spanish-bred trotter to win a Group 1 race in Europe while defeating the likes of Timoko, Maven and Oasis Bi. He showed it was no fluke a year later, again defeating Timoko and Oasis Bi in the 2016 Kymi Grand Prix.
Trebol has now eclipsed both the longstanding Standardbred record of 41 straight wins established by Carty Nagle over 1937 and 1938 and the 42-race win streak of Swedish coldblooded trotting legend Järvsöfaks.