One of the most famous Swedish driver will try to put his name in the Grand Prix d’Amérique history by winning with Readly Express one of the few races he has not won so far. For the French racegoers, he will eternally remain as Timoko’s driver with whom he collected 2 Elitloppet.
Just like Jean-Michel Bazire, the 19 “Sulky d’Or” man in France, Björn Goop is one of the finest driver in the Scandinavian Trotting. Three times a winner of the Elitlopp (similar to the French Grand Prix d’Amerique in Sweden), Björn Goop owes his passion to his father, the legendary Olle Goop, who also once was a Top trainer and driver. 12 times “Casque d’or” winner (similar to French Sulky d’Or) Björn Goop, who is a trainer too, is very famous in his country and everywhere around (almost 19.000 followers on his Twitter account). In France, he is becoming more and more famous since his wins with Timoko and his ability to express himself in very decent French.
Born in Göteborg on October 13th 1976, Björn Goop (so called in tribute to the famous tennisplayer Björn Borg) wins his first races driving a poney named Hazard. « We used to live nearby the Åby racetrack, and my father was the best of my teachers ». Eventually, Björn also drives full-scale trotter along with his dad in Åby. “I won my first race as an amateur on January 10th 1994 at Axevalla with Scotch Ville. Thanks to Jori Turja, Varenne‘s trainer, who told my father he thought I was ready. » Then Björn gave up his economy studies at the age of 18 with the consent of his father. Olle Goop will never regret this decision. At the age of 21, his son has already won 3 Group I with « Stall Goop » trotters. 3 years later, Björn becomes offcially a professional and continues to harvest success reaching 3000 victories in 2008. Crowned « Casque d’Or » (similar to French Sulky d’Or) between 2004 to 2015 continuously, Björn won his 6000th victory at Axevalla on December 15th 2015, at the age of 39. He exports his competence throughout Europe, winning at the highest level in Norway, Italy, Danemark, Finland and France. However a major trophy remains out of his reach : the Grand Prix d’Amérique. « It is my biggest goal », he admits. His rivals are warned.
The steps of Glory
January 10th 1994 : 1st victory with Scotch Ville at Axevalla
February 11th 2006 : 2 00th victory with Rapkin at Åby
March 19th 2008 : 3 000th victory with Finest Kemp at Solvalla
September 28th 2010 : 4 000th victory with Charm Hammering at Eskilstuna
June 3rd 2013 : 5 000th victory with Caterina Murino at Årjäng
February 9th 2014 : 1st Group I in France with Noras Bean at Vincennes Hippodrome de Paris
May 25th 2014 : 2nd Elitloppet with Timoko at Solvalla
December 31st 2014 : 11th Casque d’Or in a row
February 8th 2015 : 2nd Grand Prix de France in a row with Timoko at Vincennes Hippodrome de Paris
December 15th 2015 : 6 000th victory with Celebreightr at Axevalla
March 12th 2017 : 3rd Grand Critérium de Vitesse de la Côte d’Azur in a row with Timoko at Cagnes-sur-Mer
May 28th 2017 : 3rd Elitloppet with Timoko at Solvalla
