V75 (Monday): "Surprising if the stable does not win two or three races"
On rikstoto.no, Henrik Glimo Hansen has named Norway's leading trainer Frode Hamre both the key trainer and the key driver when Bjerke hosts V75 during Winter Burst.
Frode Hamre comes in hot to Bjerke on Monday and Henrik Glimo Hansen means that it would be surprising if the stable does not return home with two or three wins.
The Frode Hamre stable comes with eleven starters to Bjerke and Hansen gives us the information below.
1 Stoletheshow (V4-2) and 2 Nikita Boko (V75-1) have great chances to win. Especially the latter will be exciting to follow next year after the 4-year-old mare won impressively in 1:11.3/1,609 meters at Bjerke, in her most recent start. She should be a mare for the bigger races in 2025. She is challenged by stablemate 8 Athletic Sun (V75-1) who has done everything right this year. Five wins and NOK 219,852 in earnings in his first racing season is impressive for a 4-year-old who was never staked to any of the bigger races.
5 Nelson Helen (V75-2) looks unimpressive in her past performances but has enough talent to be a contender here.
8 Hafa Go (V75-3) was incredibly impressive in her first start for Hamre on November 28 but made a break as the huge betting favorite in her last start. Shoes come off again, just like when she won. The post position makes it interesting to bet her, the mare is one of the best in the race.
7 Nelson Dorris (V75-4) wins when she stays flat and from a good post position with champion driver Tom Erik Solberg in the sulky, she should have a great chance to win this ordinary mare race. Should be hard to stop if she stays flat.
3 Thai Terminator (V75-5) does not look very exciting in the program, but his efforts have been better. He came to the Hamre stable this past fall and made it to the final of the Kriterium, but made a break there. The horse has improved gradually after that and last time out, he was locked in behind the winner in V75 at Forus. Faces older horses now but should not be ignored due to his development curve.
7 Fat Bob (V75-5) is not to be trusted and has had problems staying sound, but he is a very talented horse who belongs in this class.
6 Princess Olivia (V75-6) has struggled after winning five in a row at the end of last year and early this year. She won a similar race back in September but after that, she has faced the best mares in Stodivisionen, and in her most recent start, she raced in the final of the Bronze division, where Extreme Point won before Lexus B.R. This is a much easier field for her.
Her stable mate 9 Thai Ohio (V75-6) is in splendid form now late in the year and should be a contender again.
10 High Performance (V75-7) closes out the year for Hamre. A nice 5-year-old who has won 10 out of 28 starts, but starting in the second tier in a short-distance race is not optimal.