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VINJETT VINJETT INTERVIEW BY RICHARD JEPPSSON Thr
ee questions for MARGARETA our way menhammar WALLENIUS-KLEBERG ABOUT MENHAMMAR STUD FARM How do you see the future for Menhammar Stud Farm? It looks very positive. In part, because there is a shortage of horses in Sweden and also because there is an increased demand for shared ownership of trotters due to the steeply rising cost of keeping a horse in training over recent years. In the years here at Menhammar we have gathered a large number of offspring. We have mares that have won over a million and we have also secured the services of a number of fine, domestic stallions at stud, meaning that I am confidently looking forward to the four major horse auctions of 2019 – the Elite Sale in May, Kolgini Sale in July, the Jubilee Trophy (Wenngarn) in August and the Kriterie Sale in October. In addition, we privately sell and lease competition rights to a number of mares to satisfied recurrent customers every year. We also sell some foals and young horses privately. We will continue these investments in the future. Are there any new, big goals you would like to achieve? Of course, there are always new major races to be won each year. With Who’s Who’s fantastic victory in the 2018 Derby still fresh in mind, it would be great to see a Menhammar-bred horse win one of the Swedish Classics – the Breeders Crown for 2-year-olds, the Criterium & Oaks for 3-year-olds and the Derby, Derbystoet and Stochampionatet for 4-year-olds. To be Sweden’s most successful trottinghorse breeder for the thirteenth year in a row would naturally also be ‘a consummation devoutly to be wished’. What are the most important values for which Menhammar Stud Farm stands? That all animals and people that live and work at Menhammar thrive and feel secure. That, as far as possible, our horses will be allowed to be horses and that everyone who works here should know and feel that their specific contribution to the business is of enormous importance to the success of the whole. MARGARETA WALLENIUS-KLEBERG ABOUT SOYA GROUP Soya Group is the collective name for a group of companies active within three main business areas: shipping, real estate and trotting. The group was founded in 1934 and the common denominator for all companies is that all business shall be carried out with a strong sustainable focus. Today, some 1,200 people work in Soya Group companies in Europe, the US and Asia. For information about how we handle your personal information, see https://www.menhammar.com/KONTAKT/ Dataskyddspolicy/. If you wish to be removed from the Our Way distribution list, please send an email to ourway@soyagroup.com. Published by Soya Group Editor-in-Chief & Publisher responsible under Swedish press law Richard Jeppsson Editorial production OTW Editors Sofia Lundgren, Pia Adolfsson Jansson Art Director & Layout Karin Löwencrantz Cover photo Samuel Unéus On the cover Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg together with Who’s Who Printer Trydells, Laholm ~ If you have any comments or questions related to Our Way, please email: ourway@soyagroup.com ~ Copyright texts and images in Our Way may not be republished without permission from the editor or publisher responsible. Trycksak 3041 0091 A GREEN MAGAZINE This magazine is produced in accordance with the Nordic eco-labelling system, the Swan. 2 OUR WAY MENHAMMAR PHOTO: MARIA MIKKO T S V K A R N Ä E M N E