Årjängstravet
Årjängstravet is a horse racing track for harness racing, located in Årjäng, Värmland County, Sweden. Årjängstravet is known as "the most beautiful harness racing course in Sweden".[1] Årjängstravet arranges about 20 horse racing events in a year.
History
The course was built in 1936. Eight men transformed a mire to a fully usable kilometer harness racing course, using shovels, wheelbarrows and 3-5 North Swedish horses they completed the building of the track in ten weeks. The men behind the work were: Ossian Jonasson, Gunnar Jonasson, Reidar Jonasson, Cato Kristiansson, Ragnar Alfredsson, Sven Alfredsson, Tyko Kylén and Georg Nilsson.[2] The premier use of the racetrack was on 30 September, in the same year.
Major events
Årjäng Big Sprinter Race.
References
- ^ "Årjängstravet | Sveriges vackraste travbana". www.arjangstravet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-10-23.
- ^ Magnusson, Per O (1986). Från istrav till v65. Årjäng: A. Svanqvist & son, Årjäng. p. 20.