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Viceregal (horse)

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Viceregal
SireNorthern Dancer
GrandsireNearctic
DamVictoria Regina
DamsireMenetrier
SexStallion
FoaledApril 4, 1966[1]
CountryCanada
ColourChestnut
BreederE. P. Taylor
OwnerWindfields Farm
TrainerGordon J. McCann
Record9: 8-0-1
Earnings$118,399
Major wins
Victoria Stakes (1968)
Vandal Stakes (1968)
Colin Stakes (1968)
Summer Stakes (1968)
Clarendon Stakes (1968)
Coronation Futurity Stakes (1968)
Cup and Saucer Stakes (1968)
Awards
Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old colt (1968)
Canadian Horse of the Year (1968)

Viceregal (April 4, 1966 – April 29, 1984) was a Canadian Champion Thoroughbred racehorse who was voted Canadian Horse of the Year as a two-year-old.

Background

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Bred and raced by E. P. Taylor and his Windfields Farm, he was a first-crop son of the great Northern Dancer and out of the Windfields-owned mare, Victoria Regina.[2] Viceregal was conditioned for racing by Gordon J. "Pete" McCann.

Racing career

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He was sent to race at age two in 1968, and although the colt suffered from soundness problems,[1] he nonetheless won all eight of his starts and won Canadian Horse of the Year honors. Popular with racing fans because of his come-from-behind style, of his eight wins, seven were stakes races including the two most important races for juveniles in Canada, the Coronation Futurity Stakes and the Cup and Saucer Stakes.

Targeted towards the 1969 Kentucky Derby, Viceregal was sent to race in the United States but on his first start in a minor race at Lexington he pulled up injured after finishing third.[3] It was discovered that he had broken a bone in a forefoot thereby ending his racing career.

Stud record

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Retired to stud, Viceregal stood at Windfields Farm in Ontario as well as at breeding operations in Germany, France and Japan. In all, he sired thirty-five stakes race winners and is the damsire of the 1987 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, Trempolino.

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Viceregal, chestnut stallion, April 4, 1966
Sire
Northern Dancer
Nearctic Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Lady Angela Hyperion
Sister Sarah
Natalma Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Almahmoud Mahmoud
Arbitrator
Dam
Victoria Regina
Menetrier Fair Copy Fairway
Composure
La Melodie Gold Bridge
La Souriciere
Victoriana Windfields Bunty Lawless
Nandi
Iribelle Osiris
Belmona (family: 10-c)

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Calgary Herald - Google News Archive Search".
  2. ^ http://www.pedigreequery.com/viceregal Viceregal's pedigree and partial racing stats
  3. ^ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mpxIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zwoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6578,939145&dq=viceregal+injured&hl=en [dead link]