Vinnie Roe
| Vinnie Roe | |
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| Sire | Definite Article |
| Grandsire | Indian Ridge |
| Dam | Kayu |
| Damsire | Tap On Wood |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 6 April 1998 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay or Brown |
| Breeder | Virginia Moeran |
| Owner | Jim Sheridan |
| Trainer | Dermot Weld |
| Record | 29: 13-4-5 |
| Earnings | £1,263,316 |
| Major wins | |
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Eyrefield Stakes (2000) Challenge Stakes (2001) Ballycullen Stakes (2001) Irish St. Leger (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004) Prix Royal-Oak (2001) Saval Beg Stakes (2002, 2005) Ballyroan Stakes (2002, 2003) |
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| Awards | |
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European Champion Stayer (2002) |
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Vinnie Roe is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He won the Irish St. Leger for four years in succession (2001-2004) and was named European Champion Stayer in the Cartier Racing Awards for 2002. He also became known internationally for his three attempts to win the Melbourne Cup in which he finished fourth, second and eighth. He was officially rated the best stayer in the world on three occasions (2002, 2003, 2004). He was retired from racing in 2005 and is currently at stud in Templemore Co. Tipperary (Ireland)
Vinnie Roe was bred in County Tipperary, Ireland by Virginia Moeran. As a son of the National Stakes winner Definite Article, he is a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian. Aside from Vinnie Roe, Definite Article has sired the winners of more than four hundred races including the Geoffrey Freer Stakes winner Lochbuie and a large number winners under National Hunt rules. Through Definite Article, Vinnie Roe is inbred to the Champion Stakes winner Lorenzaccio (see below). Vinnie Roe's dam Kayu, an unraced twin, was a successful broodmare, producing at least five other winners.
As a foal, Vinnie Roe was sent to the Goffs November sale and bought for 48,000 gns. A year later, he was sent to the Goffs Orby sale, where he was sold for IR£50,0001 to Dermot Weld on behalf of the film director Jim Sheridan, who named the horse after his nephew. Sheridan owned the horse in partnership with Antonio Balzarini, and over the course of his career, Vinnie Roe was variously described as being owned by Sheridan, Balzarini or both.
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