TRACKS

There are 44 race tracks in Finland. The main track of the country, Vermo, is situated in Helsinki and hosts over 60 race events yearly. There are 19 provincial tracks spread across the country, which together with Vermo arrange most of the 560 race events. Every Wednesday Vermo stages V5-races, and every Saturday the V75-races take place on one of the provincial tracks.

The main events on Vermo are the Finlandia-race in the spring, which is part of the Grand Circuit, and the Great Finnish Derby for 4-year-olds in the autumn. Kymi Gp in Kouvola is also part of the Grand Circuit. Teivo, the second biggest track of the country, located in the city of Tampere, hosts the Kriterium for 3-year-old standardbreds and 4-year-old Finnhorses. Other major events are the Suur-Hollola-race in Lahti, St. Michel in Mikkeli, Killerin Eliitti in Jyväskylä.

The greatest event of the Finnish trotting year is Kuninkuusravit, The Finnhorse Trotting Championship, which takes place in the beginning of August, changing venue every year.

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