Jason Bartlett went right to work by winning the first of four races on Saturday.

He sped to a 1-1/4 length victory in the first division behind Inspector Barnaby, a 6-year-old by Jobie Tempest trained by Frode Hamre. It marked the second win by Bartlett in his last four starts in the series; this one came at the expense of the reigning European Champion, Germany’s Roland Hulskath, and Sweden’s Bjorn Goop, who finished second and third, respectively.

Bartlett’s second start on Saturday almost brought him another win, but he and Hulskath reversed positions in division one; the German won by 1-1/4 lengths and the pair continued to climb the points ladder. Bartlett had advanced from eighth to seventh to fourth, and Hulskath had moved from seventh to third to second.

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The top three at Jarlsberg Race Track - Birger Jørgensen, Roland Hülskath and Bjørn Goop - on day three.

Bartlett’s luck soured in the final two races, in which he finished seventh and ninth, and he resides in fifth position, 24 points off the lead and a two-place improvement over where he had finished the second round.

The drivers will bus back from Jarlsberg to Oslo to join the delegates to the World Trotting Conference at gala banquet tonight. The fourth round will be raced at Sorlandets Travpark, on Monday. Here is the table of points after the second of five rounds of the Championship, with the winners of both rounds shown in boldface type: