Stud Record
He was retired to stud at the end of his three-year-old season, in 1970, when he was injured in a track gallop. He was placed at Widden Stud in the Hunter Valley where he sired 370 winners, between them winning almost 1,800 races. Vain sired two Golden Slipper winners and was a leading sire in Australia.
Vain sired 44 stakes-winners which had 96 stakes-wins and these included:
- Inspired (won Golden Slipper Stakes etc.)
- Kenmark (won Caulfield Guineas etc.)
- Mistress Anne (G1 VATC Oakleigh Plate and AJC The Galaxy)
- Rainbeam (STC Silver Slipper Stakes)
- Sir Dapper (Golden Slipper Stakes)
Vain died on 25 December 1991.
Vain was Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year in 1969–70, and was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
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