The sport
Harness racing is on of the biggest sports in Sweden, with significant amounts of money wagered annually. In Sweden there are 33 harness racing tracks, which hold over 850 meetings annually. There are approximately 3,000 drivers and 6,000 trainers with about 18,000 horses in training.
Betting on horse racing is common in Sweden, the Swedish Horse Racing Totalisator Board being the second-biggest betting company there.
There are 33 tracks pread all over country that organise almost 1,000 race meetings every season. The tracks are not owned by private companies but by non-profit organisations whose purpose is organise races and promor interest in harness racing and breeding in their regions.
Read more about the sport on the links down below.