Does not feel competent enough. Lets French coachman driving Norwegian horse in battle about 4.5 … – Dagbladet.no

In January, the Norwegian horse Support Justice win the world’s toughest harness racing. Coachman Geir Vegard Gundersen hires a French colleague in giant settlement.

He has run into NOK 7.5 million with the horse already in his career, sitting in the sulky in all 39 races.

Nevertheless; Gundersen did not feel competent enough to run at Vincennes track in the Prix d’Amerique.

Driver hierarchy there are bones tough and start the process quite chaotic.

– I can not use big races to learn and run there. It is much better to use one of the French top the drivers, says Gundersen to trotting and race-News.

– When the horse will have a better chance to do well. It is the most important.

Prix d’Amerique has a first prize of about 4.5 million. It is the world’s hardest trotting races and runs over 2700 meters with a tough uphill well midway through the race.

Thus shows Gundersen as coach Support Justice for Daily, a rare mindset among Norwegian trotting drivers. He puts himself aside for the horse to get optimal opportunities.

Support Justice should start in several races in France this winter. It is possible Gundersen controls the horse in one of them, but for the most part, a French star coachman get the job.

It may be Pierre Vercruysse who had the same task behind Norwegian owned Yarrah Boko few years ago.
(NTB)