23 VAIN HIS GLORIOUS SPRING OF 1969 VAIN CHESTNUT STALLION Wilkes (FR) - Elated (Orgoglio (GB)) Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year (1969–70) Stood at Widden Stud (Hunter Valley, NSW) Sired 370 individual winners totalling almost 1800 wins Leading sire in Australia (1983–84) Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2003) TWO-YEAR-OLD SEASON \ WON 12-Oct-68 MRC Debutante Stakes (C&G) (900m) 2nd Shako 2L x 6L Caulfield 6/1 Pat Hyland (53kg) 3rd Big Scope 52.6 WON 02-Nov-68 VRC Maribyrnong Plate (1000m) 2nd Big Scope 8L x sh 1½ hd Flemington 4/9f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Power Fair 59.9 WON 22-Feb-69 MRC Merson Cooper Stakes (1200m) 2nd Kilcolman 4L x 1½L Caulfield 8/11f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Shako 1:12.0 WON 08-Mar-69 VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) 2nd Ballylachlan 4L x ½ nk Flemington 2/9f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Lone Wolf 1:23.6 WON 22-Mar-69 STC Golden Slipper (1200m) 2nd Peter’s Empire 4L x 1½L Rosehill 9/2 Pat Hyland (54kg) 3rd Gaelic Spirit (NZ) 1:12.1 2nd 05-Apr-69 AJC Sires’ Produce Stakes (1400m) 1st Beau Babylon ¾L x ¾L Randwick 1/6f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Grammar Lass 1:25.0 WON 12-Apr-69 AJC Champagne Stakes (1200m) 2nd Gaelic Spirit (NZ) 10L x lg hd Randwick 8/15f Pat Hyland (58.5kg) 3rd Beau Babylon 1:09.2 THREE-YEAR-OLD SEASON \ WON 30-Aug-69 MVRC Freeway Stakes (1200m) 2nd Bowl King 5L x 6L Moonee Valley 1/3f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Midas Touch 1:13.9 WON 13-Sep-69 VRC Ascot Vale Stakes (1200m) 2nd Wood Court Inn (NZ) 1¼L x 4L Flemington 2/9f Pat Hyland (59.5kg) 3rd Daryl’s Joy (NZ) 1:12.6 2nd 27-Sep-69 MVRC Moonee Valley Stakes (1600m) 1st Daryl’s Joy (NZ) ¾L x 5L Moonee Valley 4/9f Roy Higgins (55.5kg) 3rd Wood Court Inn (NZ) 1:40.5 WON 11-Oct-69 MRC Caulfield Guineas (1600m) 2nd Daryl’s Joy (NZ) 3L x 6L Caulfield 9/10f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Wood Court Inn (NZ) 1:36.2 WON 01-Nov-69 VRC Craven A Stakes (1200m) 2nd Dollar’s Double 12L x 1L Flemington 2/5f Pat Hyland (54kg) 3rd Our Faith 1:09.8 WON 06-Nov-69 VRC Linlithgow Stakes (1400m) 2nd Black Onyx 6L x ¾L Flemington 1/8f Pat Hyland (51kg) 3rd Our Faith 1:23.0 WON 08-Nov-69 VRC George Adams Handicap (1600m) 2nd Our Faith 1¼L x 2L Flemington 1/3f Pat Hyland (55.5kg) 3rd Cyron (NZ) 1:35.7 VAIN'S CAREER RECORD 14 Starts - 12 wins, 2 seconds
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