Gigant Neo

Gigant Neo
BreedStandardbred
SireSuper Arnie
GrandsireSuper Bowl
DamClorita Lobell
Maternal grandsireSpeedy Crown
SexStallion
Foaled17 May 1998
CountrySweden
ColourBay
BreederNils-Erik Ohlsson, C & M Olsson
OwnerStall T.Z. & Lövis
TrainerStefan Melander
Record
63: 32-8-3
Earnings
US$2,596,145
Major wins
Konung Gustaf V:s Pokal (2002)
Prix d'Amérique (2006)
Awards
Three-year-old of the Year Award (Sweden) (2001)
Last updated on: 2009-03-18.

Gigant Neo (17 May 1998 – 20 October 2021) was a Swedish breeding stallion and racing trotter by Super Arnie out of Clorita Lobell by Speedy Crown.[1]

His most prestigious victories included the Konung Gustaf V:s Pokal (2001), Grand Criterium de Vitesse (2003) and Prix d'Amérique (2006).[2] At the end of his career, the stallion had earned US$2,596,145.[3][4] Gigant Neo was trained by Swedish trotting trainer Stefan Melander, and driven by Jorma Kontio, Jean-Michel Bazire, Dominiek Locqueneux, Joseph Verbeeck and trainer Melander himself.[2][5] Gigant Neo won the 3-year-old of the Year Award in Sweden in 2001.[6]

  1. ^ "Travsport.se - Gigant Neo - Härstamning". travsport.se (in Swedish). STC. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  2. ^ a b "Gigant Neo". gigantneo.nu (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2009-02-13. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  3. ^ "The Blood Bank - Pedigree - Gigant Neo". Blodbanken.nu. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  4. ^ Gigant Neo won 20,254,374 Swedish Kronor (SEK). In the conversion to USD, the rates of 2006-02-12, the date of Gigant Neo's last race, have been used.
  5. ^ "Gigant Neo". qhurth.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 2009-03-18.
  6. ^ "Svenska Hästsportjournalisters Klubb - Tidigare vinnare - Årets treåring". shk.nu (in Swedish). Svenska Hästsportjournalisters Klubb. Retrieved 2009-03-18.