Top racehorse Vengeance of Rain retired

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Top racehorse Vengeance of Rain retired

<br/></p><span lang="EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman"><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Hong Kong champion Vengeance of Rain has run his last race and will be returned to his birthplace at Cambridge Stud in the Waikato for a well deserved retirement. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">The six-time group one winner suffered a heart defibrillation during Saturday's Centenary Vase at Sha Tin and was pulled out of the race. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">It was the second time the complaint had surfaced and under Hong Kong rules, Vengeance of Rain (Zabeel x Danelagh by Danehill) would not have been permitted to start for six months. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Trainer David Ferraris and the Chow family which owns the gelding decided immediately he should be retired. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">"It's heartbreaking, but I guess in racing you have to roll with the punches," said Ferraris. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">"He has been training like a bomb, there was never any indication ... so it's such a shock for this to happen." <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">"Without a doubt he is the best horse I've ever trained." <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Vengeance of Rain's first heart irregularity happened two years ago but after a spell at Cambridge he returned to his best form and became the first Hong Kong-trained horse to win at the World Cup meeting in Dubai where he claimed the group one Sheema Classic. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">Vengeance of Rain was last season crowned Hong Kong's Horse of the Year as well as champion stayer and most popular horse. With earnings of $NZ12 million, he is the highest stakes earner in Hong Kong history. <p></p></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><font size="3">He was bought at Karaka in 2002 by Graeme Rogerson for $300,000, and raced under the name Subscribe for Lloyd Williams in Australia.</font></span></p><p style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"></p></font></span>

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