Vice Regent
Vice Regent | |
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Sire | Chestnut |
Breeder | E. P. Taylor |
Owner | E. P. Taylor |
Trainer | Gordon J. McCann |
Record | 5: 2-1-0 |
Earnings | $6,215 |
Honours | |
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1989) Vice Regent Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack |
Vice Regent (April 29, 1967 – June 18, 1995)[1] was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse and Canada's leading sire for thirteen years. Owned and bred by E. P. Taylor, he was from Northern Dancer's second crop and out of the mare Victoria Regina, a daughter of the French multiple stakes winner Menetrier whom E. P. Taylor purchased as a sire from François Dupré and imported to Canada.
Vice Regent was a full brother to Viceregal who earned Canadian Horse of the Year honours as a two-year-old in 1968. As such, on his debut one year later in 1969, much was expected from Vice Regent. Conditioned by future Hall of Fame trainer Gordon J. McCann, as a result of injuries and an accident, Vice Regent raced only five times before being forced into retirement.
Stud record
Standing at
Vice Regent's notable offspring includes:
- Queen's Plate
- U.S. champion Two-Year-Old Colt (1981), Canadian Horse of the Year (1981), Leading sire in North America (1997, 1998), Leading broodmare sire in North America(2007)
- Canadian Champion Sprinter
- Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Filly
- Canadian Champion Male Turf Horse
- Ruling Angel – 1986 Canadian Horse of the Year
- Canadian Champion Older Female Horse
- Canadian Champion 2-Year-Old Colt
- Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Colt
- Sea Regent – 1995 Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broodmare
- Twice The Vice – multiple American Grade I winner of more than US$1.9 million
Vice Regent is the damsire of:
- Benburb – won 1992 Prince of Wales Stakes, Woodbine Mile, Canadian Horse of the Year
- American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt
- Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Male Horse
- American Champion Older Male Horse
- Captain Steve – won 2001 Dubai World Cup
- Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly
Vice Regent died on June 18, 1995, at the age of twenty-eight and was buried in the equine cemetery at Windfields Farm.
Pedigree
Sire Northern Dancer |
Nearctic | Nearco | Pharos |
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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) |