Victory Tilly

Victory Tilly

Victory Tilly in 2001
Breed	Standardbred
Sire	Quick Pay
Grandsire	Star's Pride
Dam	Icora Tilly
Maternal grandsire	Fakir du Vivier
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	May 3, 1995
Country	Sweden
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Stall Tilly Mg AB
Owner	Stall Tilly, Stall Kalas
Trainer	Glen Norman, Stig H. Johansson
Record
101: 70-12-4
Earnings
US$5,168,902
Major wins
Swedish Trotting Derby (1999) Breeders Crown (1999) Oslo Grand Prix (2000) Elitloppet (2000) Hugo Åbergs Memorial (2000) Jubileumspokalen (2000, 2001) Sundsvall Open Trot (2000, 2001, 2002) Åby Stora Pris (2000, 2002) Copenhagen Cup (2001) Gran Premio Gaetano Turilli (2001) Gran Premio delle Nazioni (2001, 2002) Nat Ray Trot (2002) Gran Premio della Lotteria (2003) Forus Open (2006)
Awards
Horse of the Year (Sweden) (2000, 2002)
Last updated on: 2009-02-02.

Victory Tilly (born on May 3, 1995) is a Swedish former racing trotter by Quick Pay out of Icora Tilly by Fakir du Vivier.

His most prestigious victories include the Swedish Trotting Derby (Swedish: Svenskt Travderby), Elitloppet, Nat Ray Trot and Gran Premio della Lotteria. At the end of his career, the gelding had earned US$5,168,902 (€4,085,814). He was awarded the Swedish Horse of the Year Award in 2000 and 2002.

Victory Tilly was born on May 3, 1995, in Almunge, Uppsala municipality, Sweden. He spent his years as a colt at his breeder's, Stall Tilly. Glen Norman was in charge of the training of the stable's race horses and was Victory Tilly's trainer in the horse's early years. During this period, as a two-year-old, Victory Tilly was castrated because of testicle problems. As a gelding, he was ineligible to enter major French events like Prix d'Amérique, that are open only for stallions and mares.

On June 17, 1998, Victory Tilly made his racing debut at Solvalla, . As the favourite of a race for trotters 3 or 4 years old, he won by 4 and ½ length. In his debut, as well as in all but one of his other races during his 3-year-old season, he was driven by Torbjörn Jansson. On October 4, Victory Tilly took part in the biggest event for Swedish 3-year-olds, the Swedish Trotting Criterium (Svenskt Travkriterium), at Solvalla. The gelding broke stride and finished 6th behind, among others, future star Gidde Palema. During November and December, the horse won three fairly big races, his total earnings to US$173,278. Out of 13 races, Victory Tilly won 8.

Victory Tilly continued to win in early 1999. In connection to the third win of the year, at Solvalla on February 24, a routine doping test was made. After the analyze of the sample, it was revealed that it showed traces of the prohibited substances caffeine and theophylline. Victory Tilly's owner and breeder Hans-Gunnar Tillander of Stall Tilly got hugely disappointed by this affair and, as a consequence, opted to sell all his racing horses. Before the sale, in the last race for trainer Norman, Victory Tilly and Torbjörn Jansson, as heavy favourites, failed to win the major 4-year-old race Konung Gustaf V:s Pokal after being disturbed into galloping.