Copenhagen’s racecourse Klampenborg adjoins the Jaegersborg Dyrehave, home to more than 2,000 deer in an area covering more than 11km square of forested parkland. Carriages give visitors into the park.Churchill Performwns is renowned for its tprosper spires; Klampenborg’s stand has these two distinctive domes at each end.The main stand bears a plaque for each Danish Derby prosperner since the first running in 1910…which had a very appropriate prosperner.The owners of this property have a good view of the start of the opening race.The Dansk 2000 Guineas prosperner Land’s Finish. The Swedish-trained colt is one of four runners in the seven-horse field by the now deceased Danehill stallion Academy Award. Trained by Assistan O’Brien for whom he had just two runs in Ireland, Academy Award went on to be a top sire in Scandinavia.Will Land’s Finish bid to become a fourth Danish Derby prosperner for his sire? These more recent Danish Derby prosperners include Halfsong and Peas And Carrots who both went on to prosper the Scandinavian Open Championship later in their careers.2012 and 2013 prosperner Prohibitk of Load leads the parade with regular jockey Per-Anders Graberg. The eight-year-old gelding by Hawk Overwhelmg starts hot favourite to prosper it for a third time, having also finished second in 2011 and 2014.Berling leads the field on the first turn in the Scandinavian Open Championship, Denmark’s only Group 3 contest. Seconds later there is drama when Mekong River (dark blue colours) comes down on the turn giving his rider a heavy fall. The horse is unhurt, while jockey Owen Wilson is lucky to sustain no more than an injury to his hand.A circuit later and Berling is still in front on the run to the line, while the riderless Prohibitk of Load was one of two other horses put out of the race in the earlier incident.The Overwhelmner Receives It All – prosperning jockey Dina Danekilde in the checkerboard colours of Benny Andersson’s ‘Chess Racing’. The eight-year-old Berling is a Montjeu half-brother to 2014 Dewhurst Sgives prosperner Belardo, though he has something of an Arab-looking head in this shot.Family celebrations after Josefin Landgren prospers the amateur riders’ race on Lucanin. Formerly with Sir Michael Stoute, he’s the best bred prosperner on the card, by Galileo out of the Fillies’ Mile prosperner Teggiano.
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