Vimy (horse)
| Vimy | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Wild Risk |
| Grandsire | Rialto |
| Dam | Mimi |
| Damsire | Black Devil |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1952 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Pierre Wertheimer |
| Owner | Pierre Wertheimer |
| Trainer | Alec Head |
| Record | 6: 4–1–0 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix Noailles (1955) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1955) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 132 | |
Vimy (1952 – 11 August 1980) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and sire best known for winning the 1955 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Racing in France, Vimy won three of his five races including the Prix Noailles as well as finishing second in the Prix du Jockey Club. In July he became the first French horse to win the King George on his first and only race in Britain. He was retired from racing after his win at Ascot and stood as a stallion in Ireland before being exported to Japan in 1964.
Vimy was a bay horse with a narrow white stripe bred in France by this owner, Pierre Wertheimer. His dam, Mimi, also produced Midget, a grey mare who won five races now classed as Group One including the Prix de la Forêt and the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes and was the grand-dam of the 1000 Guineas winner Ma Biche. His sire Wild Risk, a male-line descendant of St. Simon had his greatest success over hurdles, being a dual winner of the Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil. He became a successful stallion, siring Le Fabuleux (Prix du Jockey Club), Balto (Ascot Gold Cup, Grand Prix de Paris) and Worden (Washington, D.C. International Stakes). Wertheimer sent Vimy into training with Alec Head at Chantilly.
Vimy ran twice as a two-year-old in 1954. He won one race over 1300 metres and was reportedly unlucky in the other, having been left behind at the start. On his three-year-old debut in April 1955 he was sent to Maisons-Laffitte Racecourse for the Prix Lagrange over 2000m. He ran a dead-heat for first place with Nordic ahead of Zinosca in third. His next race was the Prix Noailles over 2200m at Longchamp Racecourse. Ridden by Jean Massard, Vimy won the race, a trial for the Prix du Jockey Club, beating Zinosca.
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