Colour Vision (horse)
French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Colour Vision (foaled 22 February 2008) is a Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his win in 2012 Ascot Gold Cup. He was bred in France, sired by an American stallion out of a German mare and was trained in Britain and the United Arab Emirates.
Colour Vision | |
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Sire | Rainbow Quest |
Grandsire | Blushing Groom |
Dam | Give Me Five |
Damsire | Monsun |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 22 February 2008[1] |
Country | France |
Colour | Grey |
Breeder | Capricorn Stud |
Owner | Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Godolphin |
Trainer | Mark Johnston Saeed bin Suroor |
Record | 27: 6-1-5 |
Earnings | £352,484 |
Major wins | |
Sagaro Stakes (2012) Ascot Gold Cup (2012) | |
Awards | |
Cartier Champion Stayer (2012) |
As a two-year-old he won once from four starts and was gelded at the end of the year. In 2011 he showed steady improvement when moved up to longer distances, winning three minor races and finishing third in both the Cesarewitch Handicap and the British Champions Long Distance Cup.
He reached his peak as a four-year-old in the first half of 2012 when he won the Sagaro Stakes in track record time before taking the Gold Cup. He went on to finish third in the Goodwood Cup and the Prix du Cadran and was voted the Cartier Champion Stayer of 2012. Colour Vision failed to reproduce his best form in 2013, but ran well to finish fourth behind Estimate in the Gold Cup. He was retired from racing at the end of the year.