A small snippet of the champion front running sprinter Vo Rogue. A super hero of the turf in the late 80s early 90s. He left some champions in his wake.
The most underrated Australian racehorse of all time! The mighty Vo smashed the likes of Better Loosen Up, Super Impose and many other big names time and time again. He won over so many different distances and broke their hearts more often than not. One of the greatest stories in Australian turf history. I could watch him run everyday. Love that mighty horse and Vic Rail was such a character. Great buds now together. RIP
Met Vic once at Ascot Vale leisure centre, spoke to him for 20 minutes and he was like an old friend, his opening line was , i train that good horse , what a great man
All the speedy squibs of today would'nt have got near Vo Rogue if he was racing today. It's the 2nd time I have watched this video, truly a freak of the turf.
One of my all time favourites as he was mostly always there for some horse to chase him down. The horses he beat, Super Impose, Better loosen up and the times he ran pulling up in most of them were simply brilliant.
Bill Collins call of “you can’t beat him no matter what you do” in the 1988 St George Stakes refers to the Hayes stable’s tactics. They sent a handicapper called Dowie out to take him on in the lead to set it up for their chance, Cossack Warrior. Dowie was beaten 50 lengths, nearly held up the next race.
I'll never forget the 1988 Australian Cup race! The advertising that went into that race was incredible; BoneCrusher vs Vo Rogue. I remember turning to my mate Nick before the race and said neither 'horse is going to win, long shot Dandy Andy @ 40/1 is going to win. Nick stop watching the race at the last 200 metres, turned around to look at me and said "How the F... did i get that one right. That Race is still the Greatest Race of the Century!
what a great horse he was and what excitment he put into racing back then.....why some trainers dont try replicating these tactics with some of their young horses these days i will never know.
His last 16 starts were winless, but he had a 2nd in the 1991 Australian Cup, so he had 26 from 67 at that stage, before age and time wearied him a bit. Wasn't ever cosseted either, that's a lot of starts for a top-liner, and he had 23 placings too, and won $3.1M 30-odd years ago, so that's no mean feat. Ran 2nd and 3rd in the '88 and '89 McKinnon as well. And was robbed of a win when protested against in the 1990 St.George too. I mean, everyone knows Vo Rogue leads, you take an inside line on him when he usually hugs the rails, it's on you!
@@hswforme I don't know if you remember - really only suited to WFA eventually because he was being weighted out of handicap races, but unfortunately Vic Rail decided to keep starting him in a lot of handicap races in the second half of his career, and he carried huge weights and got beaten a lot. I don't think it did the horse much good because he was a front running horse, that's how he raced and he just couldn't complete carrying the likes of 60 plus kilos in races with most of the field carrying light weights. You have to take notice of who he beat in the top WFA races e.g. Super Impose and Better Loosen Up just to name a couple. That's the real measure of how good the horse was. We have haven't seen one like him since in terms of setting up big leads and defying other champion horses to catch him.
Most horses, especially geldings, were given anabolic steroids before they were outlawed in the 1990s. Vo Rogue's trainer said that the horse would never have made it to the track without steroids because he was so bulky and would never have stood up to training ... there you go
I interviewed Vic Rail for several Racetrack stories and used the information when I wrote the video you're watching. He was admant Vo Rogue had "no steroids, no vitamins, no nothing". You can't just make up stuff about a trainer who's not here to defend himself.
@@shanemcnally2069 usually when people denigrate a champion it means it cost them ....prob backed against him.....def one of my favourite racehorse's........cyril small and him had something special,no other jockey could ride him that well......pretty sure he was a cheap buy and as a stallion wouldnt race well
@@bushjustice6649 he cost $5000 and owner Jeff Perry and Vic thought he looked so bad when he arrived at the stable that he'd die. They nursed him back to health and Perry said No showed great intelligence and had something about him. Vic left the horse in my hands in the middle of the racetrack 20 minutes... I found the trust rather odd..... and he was just a lovely, gentle and smart horse. Not like a lot of champions.
Truly a magnificent racehorse so exciting to watch. Now that's what I call a champion so versatile. The racing industry needs another Vo Rogue.
We have one now!
The most underrated Australian racehorse of all time! The mighty Vo smashed the likes of Better Loosen Up, Super Impose and many other big names time and time again. He won over so many different distances and broke their hearts more often than not. One of the greatest stories in Australian turf history. I could watch him run everyday. Love that mighty horse and Vic Rail was such a character. Great buds now together. RIP
Met Vic once at Ascot Vale leisure centre, spoke to him for 20 minutes and he was like an old friend, his opening line was , i train that good horse , what a great man
All the speedy squibs of today would'nt have got near Vo Rogue if he was racing today. It's the 2nd time I have watched this video, truly a freak of the turf.
One of my all time favourites as he was mostly always there for some horse to chase him down. The horses he beat, Super Impose, Better loosen up and the times he ran pulling up in most of them were simply brilliant.
what a great horse he was and a queenslander to boot.
Amazing horse.. a champion in arguably one of Australia’s stellar racing eras!!!
Bill Collins call of “you can’t beat him no matter what you do” in the 1988 St George Stakes refers to the Hayes stable’s tactics. They sent a handicapper called Dowie out to take him on in the lead to set it up for their chance, Cossack Warrior. Dowie was beaten 50 lengths, nearly held up the next race.
My 3 favourite horse race of all time Vo Roque, Northley and Might and power. Unfortunately MIGHT AND power passed away on the weekend.
beat 2 out and out champions in that 1990 australian cup....hed be in the top 10 of the past 50 years w/o a doubt
He gets my vote just on the excitement factor. The most exciting races when he set those big leads up and defied everyone to catch him.
I'll never forget the 1988 Australian Cup race! The advertising that went into that race was incredible; BoneCrusher vs Vo Rogue. I remember turning to my mate Nick before the race and said neither 'horse is going to win, long shot Dandy Andy @ 40/1 is going to win. Nick stop watching the race at the last 200 metres, turned around to look at me and said "How the F... did i get that one right. That Race is still the Greatest Race of the Century!
sure.
He was the people's horse this guy, what a horse!
what a great horse he was and what excitment he put into racing back then.....why some trainers dont try replicating these tactics with some of their young horses these days i will never know.
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2:41 Tears were pouring down the commentators eyes even before Vo Rougue was overhauled.
Dandy andy is the only horse worthy to come close 🙌
If I owned a racehorse I would race him just like Vo Rogue.
Go the mighty Rouge !!!
100/1
That Dandy Andy must have been juiced up that day. Never did another thing after that outrageous fluke!
Obviously guilio you are retired and living a life of luxury lol.....
+Stephen Clack How did you know i'm retired, stalker lol. No life of luxury thou lol
Vision very poor. Much clearer in the Turf Heroes doco thisb is taken from.
How in the hell did Dandy Andy beat him back then ?
Dandy was on drugs ha ha
"front running sprinter" - He wasn't a sprinter.
Rodney Viney
dandy Andy full of juice that day
Far superior to the likes of Humidor, Happy Clapper, Hartnell etc.
And around three seconds faster than Frankel LOL
Great horse. but not a great record with a hell of a lot of starts 26 from 83.
His last 16 starts were winless, but he had a 2nd in the 1991 Australian Cup, so he had 26 from 67 at that stage, before age and time wearied him a bit. Wasn't ever cosseted either, that's a lot of starts for a top-liner, and he had 23 placings too, and won $3.1M 30-odd years ago, so that's no mean feat. Ran 2nd and 3rd in the '88 and '89 McKinnon as well. And was robbed of a win when protested against in the 1990 St.George too. I mean, everyone knows Vo Rogue leads, you take an inside line on him when he usually hugs the rails, it's on you!
@@hswforme Great horse.
Very poor strike rate for a "Great horse"
@@paradisehotel5005 Agree but three seconds faster than Frankel ever ran over 1 mile so says a lot about Frankel
@@hswforme I don't know if you remember - really only suited to WFA eventually because he was being weighted out of handicap races, but unfortunately Vic Rail decided to keep starting him in a lot of handicap races in the second half of his career, and he carried huge weights and got beaten a lot. I don't think it did the horse much good because he was a front running horse, that's how he raced and he just couldn't complete carrying the likes of 60 plus kilos in races with most of the field carrying light weights. You have to take notice of who he beat in the top WFA races e.g. Super Impose and Better Loosen Up just to name a couple. That's the real measure of how good the horse was. We have haven't seen one like him since in terms of setting up big leads and defying other champion horses to catch him.
A very good horse but it was the era of steroid use and Rouge was roided to the eyeballs
Nonsense. Where do you get this stuff? On steroids for 3 full seasons? I saw the horse close up at the stables several times, he wasn't on anything.
Most horses, especially geldings, were given anabolic steroids before they were outlawed in the 1990s. Vo Rogue's trainer said that the horse would never have made it to the track without steroids because he was so bulky and would never have stood up to training ... there you go
I interviewed Vic Rail for several Racetrack stories and used the information when I wrote the video you're watching. He was admant Vo Rogue had "no steroids, no vitamins, no nothing". You can't just make up stuff about a trainer who's not here to defend himself.
@@shanemcnally2069 usually when people denigrate a champion it means it cost them ....prob backed against him.....def one of my favourite racehorse's........cyril small and him had something special,no other jockey could ride him that well......pretty sure he was a cheap buy and as a stallion wouldnt race well
@@bushjustice6649 he cost $5000 and owner Jeff Perry and Vic thought he looked so bad when he arrived at the stable that he'd die. They nursed him back to health and Perry said No showed great intelligence and had something about him. Vic left the horse in my hands in the middle of the racetrack 20 minutes... I found the trust rather odd..... and he was just a lovely, gentle and smart horse. Not like a lot of champions.