V75®: Chasing his third Swedish Championship gold medal
Victor Rosleff has good chances on paper on V75® this Saturday.
The talented Danish driver is chasing his third gold medal in the Swedish Championships.
"I have three drives and I don't feel chanceless with either of them" says Rosleff.
Victor Rosleff decided early that he would work with trotters. Not so strange, since he was born into the sport.
"It's in my veins and I have been around horses my entire life. My maternal grandfather Walter Kaiser Hansen is one of the biggest Danish trainers ever. He trained My Nevele who finished second in Elitloppet behind Ideal du Gazeau in 1980 and he is one of Denmark's best horses of all time" says Victor Rosleff.
He decided to move to Sweden four years ago. After having worked for Peter Untersteiner over the summer, he was off to Halmstadtravet the day after school was out.
"Peter asked if I wanted to come work for him after I was done with school and I couldn't turn down that offer. I really liked it there and I have learned a lot and have driven many good horses".
As of a couple of years now, Victor has chosen to put more effort into his driving career, and he gets more and more drives.
"Now, I work for the Untersteiner stable three days a week and two days for different trainers. I try to drive as much as possible and taking care of horses just doesn't fit in with that. This works out well for everyone involved".
Races frequently on V75® and V86®
The success came pretty fast for Rosleff and he races frequently on both V75® and V86®.
"I am very grateful to all the trainers and owners I get to drive for. Having their trust means a lot and the more I drive, the better I get. In this sport, you have to constantly progress and I feel that I am doing that and I hope to be able to keep driving at the same pace going forward and to get to drive nice horses".
On Saturday V75 includes the Swedish Championships. Victor already has two gold medals, one for apprentice drivers and one for youth drivers and he wouldn't mind getting another gold medal hung around his neck.
"I have three drives and I think they are all nice horses, neither of them is chanceless. My best chance should be 7 Crown Wise As (V75-3) who is a very classy horse. I saw him train last week and he looked very good and despite a post to the outside, it looks good on paper. He is good for his class and will race in an American sulky for the second time, which is a plus".
"It will be fun to drive 10 Velten Swarovski (V75-5). He has won two V75 races in Norway and has been very good. We start from the second tier and need racing luck and I wouldn’t mind a high pace. It’s an open race on paper and Velten Swarovski is worth paying for on the ticket".
"I won with 1 Global Certificate (V75-6) last time out and the tactic worked out perfectly. She accelerated nicely when she got loose and she wasn’t tired. The post position is perfect and I would I like a similar trip here. I don’t feel chanceless with her either and I really want to warn the bettors for her, I feel that she keeps getting better and better".