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In 2009 the association organized 556 race days, with 4,652 races taking place in 2008. It organizes 5,500 active racehorses, 200 professional trainers, 60 assistant trainers and 3,000 amateur trainers. [1] Horse racing in Norway has traditionally taken place on frozen lakes and home from church on Sundays. DNT was established in 1875.
It was established in 2005, and was initially held on May 17, the Norwegian public holiday of Constitution Day. It replaced the Oslo Cup, originally staged later in the season. The Walter Nilsens Minneløp was originally restricted to horses aged four or older. The first running was won by the previous year's Oslo Cup winner, Alpino Chileno.
The Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter is the result of cross-breeding of native coldblooded farm horses – in Norway the Dølehest, in Sweden the North Swedish Horse – with lighter and faster horses. [ 4 ] : 492 Stud-books were started in 1939 in Norway and in 1964 in Sweden.
Bjerke Travbane (English: Bjerke Race Track) [1] [2] [3] is a harness racing track located in the Bjerkebanen neighborhood of the Bjerke borough in Oslo, Norway. The course is 1,000 meters (3,300 ft). Owned by Norwegian Trotting Association, its tote betting is handled by Norsk Rikstoto. The venue opened in 1928 and is the busiest harness ...
The event was founded by Christen Sveaas, a Norwegian financier, in 1991. It is named after his mother, Marit, who died that year. [1] The first running had a winner's prize of 89,500 kroner. The race was given Listed status in 1992, and from this point it offered 200,000 kroner to the winner. Its prize was increased several times thereafter.
Norwegian horse trainers (3 P) Pages in category "Horse racing in Norway" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Exceller (May 12, 1973 – April 7, 1997) is widely considered one of the best horses to race in the United States not to win a year-end championship. Despite his exemplary achievements as a racehorse, and his unique accomplishment in being the only horse to ever defeat two U.S. Triple Crown winners in the same race (and only the second ever to do so in his career), Exceller is now remembered ...
Øvrevoll Galoppbane in 1939. Øvrevoll Galoppbane is the only gallop racecourse in Norway. It is located at Øvrevoll between Østerås (west), Jar (south) and Eiksmarka (north) in Bærum.