Elitloppet came too early.
Instead, another start in the Gold Division awaits Barack Face.
And despite a second tier draw, a regular sulky, and shoes on his hooves, his trainer believes in a top chance.
"If he can’t beat these horses with shoes on his hooves, then he is not at all where I want him to be," says Lutfi Kolgjini ahead of V85® at Mantorp.
Kjetil Helgestad’s horses are in form and chasing victories on the V86® card at Åmål.
"I think I have three pretty good chances," says the trainer ahead of the STL Summer Tour stop in Dalsland, in western Sweden.