Today’s Solvalla Sweden Cup Final (600,000SEK to winner, 1640 meters autostart, nine finalists) was a dandy.
Double Deceiver (7g Cantab Hall-Sarcy-Donato Hanover) led from start to finish as the 1.45/1 odds favorite timed in 1.08.8kr for driver Orjan Kihlstrom and Daniel Reden/Stall Zet.
This was his 24th career win in 47 starts for 12,477,748SEK earned. He won the first Sweden Cup elim earlier.
Home second was 41.7/1 odds Crown (6m Chapter Seven-Amour Heiress-Cantab Hall) with Dexter Dunn up for Frode Hamre and SRF Stable. He deftly dropped back at the start and then hugged the pegs advancing to within a short length of the winner.
Third was the game Working Class Hero (7m Village Mystic-Magnesia-Magnetic Power) with Antonio Di Nardo up for trainer Jorgen Westholm. He was off at 6.97/1 odds after finishing second in the first elim. Novato was fourth and Executiv EK finished fifth.
Replay https://www.atg.se/spel/2026-05-30/vinnare/solvalla/lopp/7/resultat
The three elimiations, profiled below, were also well contested races.
Sweden Cup Elim 1
Double Deceiver (7g Cantab Hall-Sarcy-Donato Hanover) scored in 1.09.9kr at 1.45/1 favorite odds with Orjan Kihlstrom engineering the gate to wire triumph for Daniel Reden/Stall Zet.
Double Deceiver
This was his 23rd career victory in 46 starts for 11,877,747SEK earned. Working Class Hero (7m Village Mystic) rallied for second for Antonio Di Nardo/Jorgen Westholm followed by Savastano (6g Ready Cash) with Adrian Kolgjini/Vallro AB and Danver Brodde (7m Bold Eagle) for Johan Untersteiner/Stens Trot AB.
Replay https://www.atg.se/video/archive/2587462725035/vinnare_2026-05-30_5_1
Sweden Cup Elim 2
Novato (6m Maharajah-Supergirl-Infinitif) captured this elim in 1.09.8kr at 17.53/1 odds with trainer Dion Tesselaar up for Stal Serra Mar of the Netherlands. This was his 21st career win in 34 starts for 3,066,560SEK.
Novato
Hades de Vandel (9m Ganymede) was next for Robin Bakker/Paul JP Hagoort followed by Executiv EK (6m Face Time Bourbon) at 1.78/1 favorite odds for Alessandro Gocciadoro/Az Agr Biasuzzi and Devilish Hill (6g Muscle Hill) for Magnus Telen Gundersen/Geir Vegard Gundersen that landed fourth.
Replay https://www.atg.se/video/archive/2587468357316/vinnare_2026-05-30_5_2
Sweden Cup Elim 3
(100,000SEK to winner,1640 meters autostart, seven aged starters)
Need’Em (7g Propulsion-Zizi Kronos-Raja Mirchi) was a coast to coast winner timed in 1.11.1kr driven by Iikka Nurmonen to his 18th career win in 48 starts now for 1,905,994SEK.
Need’Em
Miika Tenhunen trains this winner for Stall JB of Finland. Jennifer Sisu (7f Propulsion) was second for Magnus A Djuse/Timo Nurmos followed by Crown (6m Chapter Seven) for Dexter Dunn/Frode Hamre) and Combat Fighter (7g From Above) handled by Santtu Raitala/Antti Ojanpera.
Replay https://www.atg.se/video/archive/2587470917045/vinnare_2026-05-30_5_3
ATG, Solvalla files/photos
by Thomas H. Hicks, for Harnesslink