Tromos and was described in their annual Racehorses of 1978 as "just the type to develop into a high-class three-year-old". Troy was given an end of season rating of 137 by Timeform in 1979, the fourth highest awarded to a Derby winner up to that time, and was named their Horse of the Year. In the Gilbey Racing Awards, based on points accrued in major races Troy was named Champion Racehorse of the Year and Middle Distance Champion. The compilers of the International Classification was less impressed: he was named the best three-year-colt in Europe but was rated a pound behind Three Troikas. He was named British Horse of the Year for 1979 by the Racecourse Association, taking twenty-seven of the thirty-two votes. In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated Troy a "great" Derby winner and the sixteenth best British racehorse of the 20th Century. Troy's third-place prize money from the Arc took his total earnings to £450,428, a record for a horse trained in Britain or Ireland, which stood for three years until it was surpassed by Glint of Gold. Stud career Troy was syndicated by the Queen's manager of racing, Lord Porchester, for a then-record price of £7.2 million and retired to stallion duty at the Highclere Stud, Burghclere Newbury, Berkshire.in 1980. In a very short career, Troy proved particularly successful as a sire of fillies and broodmares. He sired Helen Street, winner of the 1985 Irish Oaks and France's Prix du Calvados: Helen Street produced Street Cry, the sire of 2007 Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense. By another daughter, Sheer Audacity, Troy was also the damsire of the 1999 Epsom Derby winner, Oath. Troy also sired Walensee, who raced in France and won the 1985 Prix Vermeille and was voted that country's Champion 3-Year-Old Filly. She was the dam of Westerner, the 2004 and 2005 European Champion Stayer. Through another daughter, Cocotte, Troy was the damsire of Pilsudski, the 1997 European Champion Older Horse. Troy's son Tropular sired the Prix du Jockey Club winner Ragmar. After only four seasons as a stallion, the seven-year-old Troy died at stud of an acute peritonitis on 12 May 1983 found by stablehand Carl Skelton. He is buried at Highclere Stud. Pedigree References External links Troy fan site Richard Stone Reeves – Painting of the 1979 Epsom Derby titled Troy Leaves the Field Standing 1976