Horse died during race at Gävletravet - two people to hospital

The accident occurred about 500 meters into the race. The coachman has told sports director Mathias Gustafsson that he did not really make contact with the horse when he was driving and therefore took it aside to the safety track.

- It is when he does that that the horse falls over, and then the teams behind do not have time to get away, says Mathias Gustafsson.

Mare Mareh's driver did relatively well, continued to compete and even won the last race of the evening.

Two drivers were injured

It got worse for two of the coachmen behind who in connection with the accident fell to the ground and their horses came loose. One of them had to go by ambulance to hospital with back problems but was awake and talking when he left the track.

- The other coachman did not go to hospital but we were in contact with him during the evening and he was bruised and had a swollen knee, says Mathias Gustafsson.

The horse owner came out onto the track

A horse owner was also injured in connection with the accident and had to be taken to hospital by ambulance.

- He came out on the track because the coachman who drove his horse was on the track. One of the loose horses ran back to the scene of the accident where the starting car had spread its wings to block the road. Then the horse comes and runs into the wing, so the horse owner gets the wing in the shoulder and goes down the hill, says Mathias Gustafsson.

Mathias Gustafsson says that the incident must now be followed up with officials and officials from Swedish Travsport to review what happened and whether they followed their routines.