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Åby Racetrack

{{Short description|Horse racing track in Mölndal, near Gothenburg, Sweden}}

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class="infobox" style="font-size:90%;width:30em;"
style="font-size:110%;text-align:center;;background:#DACAA5;" colspan="2" | Horse Race Track
colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:center;"| Åby Racetrack
colspan="2" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;padding-bottom:.5em;" | Image:Åbytravet 03.jpg
Location

| Mölndal, Sweden

Year opened

| 1936

Race type

| Standardbred – Harness racing

Record attendance

| 17,401
(at Olympiatravet, April 18, 2009){{cite web|url=http://www.presskontakt.se/?option=com_compropressrelease&id=104208&uuid=D899ED16-CDD6-D752-6AB4-CFEA1C2CD0E2|title=Triton Sund vann Olympiatravet – och den olympiska rörelsen fick 10,4 miljoner kronor |date=April 18, 2009|work=newsdesk.se|publisher=ATG|language=Swedish|accessdate=April 21, 2009}}

Driver champion

| Åke Svanstedt (93 wins at Åby in 2008){{cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=128&a=469670|title=Svanstedt: "Jag är oskyldigt utpekad"|last=Berglund|first=Cege|date=January 13, 2009|work=gp.se|publisher=Göteborgs-Posten|language=Swedish|accessdate=April 22, 2009}}

Trainer champion

| Åke Svanstedt
(SEK9,731,566 won at Åby in 2008)

Website

| [http://www.abytravet.se/ www.abytravet.se]

style="background:#DACAA5;" colspan="2" | Principal Races
colspan="2" style="text-align:center;width:25em; padding:0px; border:none;" | Olympiatravet
colspan="2" style="text-align:center;width:25em; padding:0px; border:none;" | Åby Stora Pris
colspan="2" style="text-align:center;width:25em; padding:0px; border:none;" | Konung Gustaf V:s Pokal
colspan="2" style="text-align:center;width:25em; padding:0px; border:none;" | Drottning Silvias Pokal

Åby Racetrack ({{langx|sv|Åbytravet}}) is a horse racing track located in Mölndal, 10 km south of Gothenburg, Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://www.abytravet.com/in_english.php|title=Åbytravet – In English|work=abytravet.com|accessdate=February 20, 2009}}

Åby was opened in 1936 as a track for harness racing as well as thoroughbred racing. Since October 1976, the track has been dedicated to harness racing solely.{{cite web|url=http://www.goteborggalopp.se/GGS/historia.html|title=Göteborgs Galoppsällskaps historia|work=goteborggalopp.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=February 20, 2009}}

Åby is the second biggest track for harness racing in Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://www.abytravet.se/om_aby.php|title=Åbytravet – Om Åby|work=abytravet.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=February 20, 2009}} The length of the track is 1,000 meters.

Major events

=Olympiatravet=

  • International Group I race.
  • Setup (2009): Final race of 2,140 meters. Finalists had either qualified in one of four specific elimination races in the month before the final or been rewarded a wild card. The title holder was guaranteed a place in the final as well.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsdesk.se/pressroom/atg/pressrelease/view/dags-foer-olympiatravet-foersta-delfinalen-paa-loerdag-279992|title=Dags för Olympiatravet – första delfinalen på lördag|date=March 16, 2009|work=newsdesk.se|publisher=ATG|language=Swedish|accessdate=April 21, 2009}}
  • Date (2009): April 18 (the final).
  • Purse (2009, the final only): US$462,772 (SEK 2,750,000), which made it the second biggest race in Sweden.{{cite web|url=http://www.travsport.se/sresultat?kommando=tevlingsdagVisa&tevdagId=498567&loppId=674845|title=Travsport.se – Resultat – Olympiatravet 2009 |work=travsport.se|publisher=STC| accessdate=April 19, 2009}}
  • Titleholder: Triton Sund (driven by Örjan Kihlström), winner in 2009.

=Åby Stora Pris=

  • International Group I race.{{cite web|url=http://www.travsport.se/sresultat?kommando=tevlingsdagVisa&tevdagId=493108&loppId=660588|title=Travsport.se – Resultat – Åby Stora Pris|work=travsport.se|publisher=STC|language=Swedish|accessdate=February 20, 2009}}
  • Setup (2008): Eight horses race two heats of 1,640 meters. These heats are followed by a race-off, also of 1,640 meters, if necessary, i.e. if the two heats are won by different horses.{{cite web|url=http://www.travsidan.nu/trav/senaste/nyheter_08-2/svanstedt_080915.pdf|format=PDF|title=Svanstedt mot ny seger i Åby Stora|last=Johansson|first=Ola|date=September 15, 2008|work=travsidan.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=February 20, 2009}}
  • Date (2008): September 20.
  • Purse (2008): US$359,451 (SEK 2,400,000).
  • Titleholder: Garland Kronos (driven by Lutfi Kolgjini), winner in 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.abytravet.se/aby_stora_pris.php|title=Åby Stora Pris 2009|work=abytravet.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=February 20, 2009}}

=Konung Gustaf V:s Pokal=

  • International Group I stakes race for four-year-old stallions and geldings.{{cite web|url=http://www.travsport.se/sresultat?kommando=tevlingsdagVisa&tevdagId=498569&loppId=676921|title=Resultat – Konung Gustaf V:s Pokal|work=travsport.se|publisher=STC|language=Swedish|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}
  • Setup (2009): Three elimination races from which the first four horses progressed to the final 14 days later. Final race of 2,140 meters.{{cite web|url=http://www.travnet.se/TravnetCore/?coreUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.travnet.se%2Fwww%2Fpublic%2Fwebb%2Fdefault.asp%3FmenuID_equals__and_infoID_equals_42765_and_infoTyp_equals_nyhet |title=Kungapokalen: Så gick det i loppen|last=Ersson|first=Erik|author2=Olsson| date=April 30, 2009|work=travnet.se|publisher=Travnet| language=Swedish|accessdate=May 17, 2009}}{{cite web|url=http://www.travronden.se/edrum.jsp?article=30582|title=Pokalloppen lottade|last=Källberg| first=Martin|date=April 30, 2009|work=travronden.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=June 10, 2009}}
  • Date (2009): May 14 (the final).
  • Purse (2009, the final only): ≈US$273,000 (€200,000).
  • Titleholder: Knockout Rose (driven by Erik Adielsson), winner in 2009.

=Drottning Silvias Pokal=

  • International Group I stakes race for four-year-old mares.{{cite web|url=http://www.travsport.se/sresultat?kommando=tevlingsdagVisa&tevdagId=498569&loppId=676919| title=Resultat – Drottning Silvias Pokal|work=travsport.se|publisher=STC|language=Swedish|accessdate=May 19, 2009}}
  • Setup (2009): Four elimination races and final 14 days later. Final race of 2,140 meters.{{cite web| url=http://www.travnet.se/TravnetCore/?coreUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.travnet.se%2Fwww%2Fpublic%2Fwebb%2Fdefault.asp%3FinfoID_equals_42763_and_infoTyp_equals_nyhet| title=Drottningpokalen: Så gick det i loppen|last=Ersson|first=Erik|author2=Olsson|date=April 30, 2009| work=travnet.se|language=Swedish|accessdate=May 19, 2009}}
  • Date (2009): May 14 (the final).
  • Purse (2009, the final only): ≈US$273,000 (€200,000).
  • Titleholder: Mystic Lady U.S. (driven by Robert Bergh), winner in 2009.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/sweden.shtml Venue information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416130411/http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/sweden.shtml |date=April 16, 2018 }}

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Category:Harness racing venues in Sweden

Category:Sports venues in Västra Götaland County

Category:Mölndal Municipality