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TEN GREAT CHAMPIONS 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝟼𝟶'𝚜 & 𝟽𝟶'𝚜 _ VAIN
Vain (1966-1991) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse that dominated Australian sprint racing in the period 1968-70, when he won 12 of the 14 races he contested and ran second in the other two. He went on to become a leading sire in Australia.
The chestnut colt was sired by the leading sire Wilkes (FR), and his dam, Elated, was by the good sire Orgoglio (GB), who sired 21 stakes winners that had 37 stakes wins. Elated was a good racemare that won 10 races, including eight in Melbourne. Although she produced several foals, Vain was her only stakes winner. _ wikki
Rarely in Australian turf history has there been a sprinter as powerful as Vain and so capable of utterly demolishing his opponents.
From the outset of his career it was evident that he had an extraordinary turn of foot. Winner of his first four starts in Melbourne, Vain was then taken to Sydney in the autumn of 1969 to challenge the best of the local talent. At that time no Victorian had yet won the Golden Slipper, and the contest was billed as a match race between the local champion, Special Girl, and the southern interloper. Vain left the record crowd in no doubt as to who was the superior. Jumping to an early lead Vain ran the field ragged, and won by four lengths easing down.
As a three-year-old at the Melbourne Spring Carnival of 1969, Vain embarked on his greatest triumph, winning the Craven A Stakes on Derby Day by 12 lengths, followed by the Linlithgow Stakes on Oaks Day and the George Adams Handicap on the final day.
Retired early in 1970 because of a leg injury, Vain enjoyed a long and successful career as a sire at Widden Stud. He was Australian champion sire in 1983-84, and two of his progeny, Sir Dapper and Inspired, won the Golden Slipper Stakes.
Vain was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2003 - racing victoria
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