By MICHAEL GUERIN
BRISBANE - Lyell Creek's Scandanavian campaign looks certain to start with a win.
New Zealand's champion trotter will be opposed by only six rivals when he makes his Swedish debut at Solvalla on Wednesday.
He has drawn barrier four in the 1640m mobile event and meets none of the stars of world trotting who he will have to take on later next month.
Of his six rivals, only Starlet, with two wins and three seconds from six starts this season, has shown any form lately.
The winner of 23 of his 53 starts, Starlet has drawn the ace.
Only three of Lyell Creek's rivals have won a race this calendar year.
Lyell Creek will start a dominant favourite and stable foreman Phil Anderson could not be happier with him.
"He has settled in perfectly and will have his first really serious workout at Solvalla on Saturday [today]," said Anderson.
Lyell Creek will be driven in today's workout by Torbjorn Janssan, who will also drive him in the race on Wednesday night.
He will trial in the wider speed sulky which he will tow for the first time under racenight conditions on Wednesday.
The race is Lyell Creek's next step towards the $800,000 Elitlopp at Solvalla on May 27, for which he is at 15-1, odds which will drop should he win, as expected, on Wednesday.
Lyell Creek arrived in Sweden about a week ago after a 36-hour flight from Australia.
Racing: Lyell Creek looks certain to score
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