Tikkanen (horse)

Tikkanen
Racing silks of George Strawbridge
Sire	Cozzene
Grandsire	Caro
Dam	Reiko
Damsire	Targowice
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1991
Country	United States
Colour	Gray
Breeder	George W. Strawbridge, Jr.
Owner	Augustin Stable
Trainer	Jonathan Pease
Record	18: 4-2-3
Earnings	US$1,599,335
Major wins
Prix Greffulhe (1994) Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (1994) Breeders' Cup wins: Breeders' Cup Turf (1994)

Prix Greffulhe (1994)
Turf Classic Invitational Stakes (1994)

Tikkanen (foaled 1991 in Pennsylvania) is a French Thoroughbred racehorse who competed internationally.

He was owned and bred by American George W. Strawbridge, Jr., an avid ice hockey fan and a shareholder and Director of the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres who named the foal for the Finnish player, Esa Tikkanen. From a family involved in steeplechase and flat racing, George W. Strawbridge, Jr. maintained racing stables in France and the United States. Tikkanen was sent into training with Chantilly-based trainer Jonathan Pease.

Tikkanen raced twice at age two earning a win plus a third-place finish in the Critérium de Saint-Cloud. At age three, he won the Group 2 Prix Greffulhe, then run at Longchamp Racecourse in Paris where he also ran third in the Group 1 Prix Lupin and fourth in the Prix du Jockey Club. In 1994, Tikkanen also competed in Ireland, Italy, and in Germany where he earned his best result with a third-place finish in the Group 3 Fürstenberg-Rennen at Baden-Baden.