- Vintage Crop
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Vintage Crop
caption =
sire = Rousillon
grandsire =Riverman
dam = Overplay
damsire =Bustino
sex =Gelding
foaled = 1987
country =Ireland
colour = Chestnut
breeder = B R & Mrs Firestone
owner = Dr. Michael Smurfit
trainer =Dermot Weld
record = 28: 16-3-3
earnings = £1,150,542
race =Cesarewitch Handicap (1992)Curragh Cup (1993, 1995)Irish St. Leger (1993, 1994)Melbourne Cup (1993)Saval Beg Stakes (1994)Ballycullen Stakes (1995)
awards= Cartier Award for Top Stayer (1993)
honours = Life-size statue atCurragh Racecourse
updated= June 23, 2007Vintage Crop (foaled 1987 in
Ireland ) was a popularThoroughbred racehorse who competed inflat racing in Ireland, England, andAustralia from 1992 to 1995. He won 16 races in Ireland and England, and one of his greatest achievements was winning over two miles and two furlongs in the1992 Cesarewitch Handicap (3yrs+) at Newmarket, ridden byWalter Swinburn . For his performance in the 1993 racing season he earned the Cartier Award for Top Stayer.Vintage Crop also won international fame in 1993 by becoming the first overseas-trained horse to win Australasia's greatest race, the
Melbourne Cup . He became a media star and attracted enormous attention every time he ran. In human terms, he was a modern day rock star, and he is commemorated by a statue in theCurragh Racecourse . He returned to Australia for the 1994 and 1995 Melbourne Cups, where he was assigned high weights and finished seventh and third, respectively.Vintage Crop was trained by
Dermot Weld , who returned to Australia in 2002 and again won the Melbourne Cup with the Irish horseMedia Puzzle .Vintage Crop is currently retired at the
Irish National Stud inKildare and can be visited by the public.ee also
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Millionaire Racehorses in Australia References
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/vintage+crop Vintage Crop's pedigree and racing stats]
External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5x89DYEK6M Video at YouTube of Vintage Crop's win in the 1993 Melbourne Cup]
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