V86® Super Days V86 (Monday): Håkan K has an interesting trio
Håkan K Persson visits his old home track Axevalla on Monday night with an interesting trio of starters on V86.
"Mad Princess is our best chance, she was good when she won two starts ago and she was good when she finished third in her last start too" says the Halmstad licensed trainer.
Håkan K Persson has gotten several new, interesting horses in his barn the last month and as recently as Friday last week, Moses won in his first start for his new trainer.
Moses came from Daniel Redén's star-studded stable, just like Hilltop Hawk who makes his first start for Persson on Monday night. The four-year-old son of Muscle Hill has won three out of his five starts this year and four out of eleven career starts so far.
"It's very nice to get race horses like these two, it doesn't happen often. In my stable these two will be kings. They were bought by two different owners" says Håkan K Persson.
"12 Hilltop Hawk (V86-7) came to me in great shape, not that long ago. He has trained 1:15/1,600 meters outside of Four Guys Dream in a good way. He looks like a very nice horse who started the year with three consecutive wins. It's a shame he drew such a bad post position. I'd rather not see him get too tough of a trip in his first start for me. We have to hope for some racing luck from that post position. The plan is to race him barefoot behind" says Håkan K Persson.
Got kicked in the field
Besides Hilltop Hawk, Håkan has two more starters on V86 on Monday night.
"1 Mad Princess (V86-3) is in good form and I think she has a slightly better chance than Four Guys Dream in this race, she is our best chance on Monday. In her last she sat third at the pylons and closed well when she got the chance. I think she would have finished second, hadn't she taken a bad step mid-stretch. She can leave quickly and should get a good position. When she won three starts ago, she left well from the inside post and won after a pocket trip. She has the abilty to do well in a race like this and I'm optimistic. She will race barefoot upfront".
"6 Four Guys Dream (V86-3) has had some issues since his last start and he has just trained over the summer. He was race-ready a couple of weeks ago, but the he got kicked by another horse in the field and we had to wait. He feels good in training and he usually races well after a layoff".