Victory Gallop
| Victory Gallop | |
|---|---|
| Sire | |
| Grandsire | Fappiano |
| Dam | Victorious Lil |
| Damsire | Vice Regent |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1995 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Tall Oaks Farm |
| Owner | Prestonwood Farm |
| Trainer | W. Elliott Walden |
| Record | 17: 9-5-1 |
| Earnings | $3,505,895 |
| Major wins | |
|
Rebel Stakes (1998) Belmont Stakes (1998) |
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| Awards | |
| American Champion Older Male Horse (1999) | |
| Honours | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2010) | |
| Last updated on May 22, 2010 | |
Rebel Stakes (1998)
Arkansas Derby (1998)
Stephen Foster Handicap (1999)
Whitney Handicap (1999)
Victory Gallop (foaled May 30, 1995, in Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. As a three-year-old, he won the Belmont Stakes, denying Real Quiet the Triple Crown. At four, he won the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Older Male Horse.
Bred by Ivan Dalos' Tall Oaks Farm, Victory Gallop was foaled later in the year than is common for most Northern Hemisphere Thoroughbreds. Sired by 1987 Florida Derby winner , who won 12 of 44 starts and earned $3,376,327 lifetime, he was out of the mare Victorious Lil. He was purchased by Prestonwood Farm of Versailles, Kentucky, owned by Houston, Texas oilmen Jack, Art, and J. R. Preston, who also owned and raced two-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner Da Hoss.
Racing at age two, Victory Gallop won two ungraded stakes races and was second in the important Laurel Futurity. The following year, in the lead-up to the American Classic Races for three-year-olds, he won the Rebel Stakes, then beat Favorite Trick in the Arkansas Derby. In the Kentucky Derby, he was running dead last behind fourteen other horses at the half mile pole, then made a powerful drive near the end of the homestretch to pass betting favorite Indian Charlie but ran out of track and finished second to winner Real Quiet. In the Preakness Stakes, he finished second again to Real Quiet, then won the longer Belmont Stakes by a few inches. From there, Victory Gallop finished second behind Coronado's Quest in the Haskell Invitational Handicap and the Travers Stakes.
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