Vintage Crop (foaled 1987 in Ireland) was a popular Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in flat racing in Ireland, England, and Australia from 1992 to 1995. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world The Thoroughbred is a horse breed This article is about the sport For other uses see Horserace (drinking game or Horse race (politics. Flat racing is a term commonly used to denote a form of Horse racing which is run over a level track at a predetermined distance The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. He won 16 races in Ireland and England, and one of his greatest achievements was winning over two miles and two furlongs in the 1992 Cesarewitch Handicap (3yrs+) at Newmarket, ridden by Walter Swinburn. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Cesarewitch is a famous flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above Thoroughbreds It is run over a distance of 2 Walter R Swinburn (born August 7, 1961) is a retired Flat racing Jockey who competed in Great Britain and Ireland as For his performance in the 1993 racing season he earned the Cartier Award for Top Stayer. __NOEDITSECTION__The Cartier Racing Awards are the most prestigious awards in European Horse racing.

In retirement Vintage Crop and Danoli at the Irish National Stud

Vintage Crop also won international fame in 1993 by becoming the first overseas-trained horse to win Australasia's greatest race, the Melbourne Cup. The Melbourne Cup is Australia 's major annual Thoroughbred horse race. He became a media star and attracted enormous attention every time he ran. In human terms, he was a modern day rock star, and he is commemorated by a statue in the Curragh Racecourse. History The name "Curragh" comes from the Irish (Gaeilge word Cuirreach, meaning "racecourse" He returned to Australia for the 1994 and 1995 Melbourne Cups, where he was assigned high weights and finished seventh and third, respectively.

Vintage Crop was trained by Dermot Weld, who returned to Australia in 2002 and again won the Melbourne Cup with the Irish horse Media Puzzle. Dermot K Weld (born July 29, 1948) is one of Ireland 's most successful racehorse trainers He holds the record for the most winners trained in Media Puzzle (May 7 1997 - June 22 2006 was an Irish Horse bred by Walter Haefner's Moyglare Stud Farm and owned by Dr

Vintage Crop is currently retired at the Irish National Stud in Kildare and can be visited by the public. The Irish National Stud (official name Colucht Groighe Naisiunta na hÉireann Teo (The Irish National Stud Co Kildare ( Cill Dara in modern Irish, originally derived from Cell Dara in Old Irish meaning "Church of the Oak" is a town in County

See also

• Millionaire Racehorses in Australia

References

• Vintage Crop's pedigree and racing stats

External links

• Video at YouTube of Vintage Crop's win in the 1993 Melbourne Cup