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Årjängstravet is a horse racing track, harness racing, located in Årjäng, Värmland County Sweden. Årjängstravet is mostly known as "the most beautiful harness racing course in Sweden"[1]. Årjängstravet arrange about 20 horse racing events in a year.
Famous drivers and trainers
[edit]The A-trainers from Årjäng are Per Ludvig Nilsen, Kristian Lindberg, Tom Horpestad, Peter Strömberg, Paw Mahoney and Mats Andersson. [1]
History
[edit]The harness racing course was built in 1936. Eight strong men was transformed a mire to a fully usable kilometers harness racing course. Without any modern aids just with shovels, wheelbarrows and 3-5 North Swedish horses they completed the building of the racing track in ten weeks. The men behind the work were: Ossian Jonasson, Gunnar Jonasson, Reidar Jonasson, Cato Kristiansson, Ragnar Alfredsson, Sven Alfredsson, Tyko Kylén and Georg Nilsson.[2] The premier use of the racetrack was on 30th of September, in the same year.
Major Events
[edit]Årjäng Big Sprinter Race.
References
[edit]- ^ "Årjängstravet | Sveriges vackraste travbana". www.arjangstravet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ Magnusson, Per O (1986). Från istrav till v65. Årjäng: A. Svanqvist & son, Årjäng. p. 20.