RIP Vo Rogue

The Mighty Vo Rogue has passed away  The Winner of races from 1200m to 2000m will be sadly missed by not only the punter but also the spectator.

Edited by Moderator - 09 May 2012 at 10:41am

At least get his name right....Vo Rogue!

He won a 1010m race 1st up at Doomben as a 6YO. He was a very special horse and always added extra excitement factor in any race he contested. Also added the "battler" factor to this races with Vic Rail and Cyril Small involved. RIP Vo!

I was strapping a horse one day at Mooney Valley so I got to see him win there once and had the pleasure of patting him in the tie up stalls at Rosehill when seeing him there one time, also when strapping a horse...both times I was more happy about seeing Vo there than my horse...lol

He was a small scrubby horse I tell you, long hairded goat with no shoes on ever...I loved him though, he was very quiet and just walked around like a baby backstage.

Vo Rogue is an out and out great of Australian racing. Great that he was so well looked after on retirement.

http://www.racingandsports.tv/v/?2H

Above is a link to a video of his G1 wins.

One of the toughest, most courageous, and best horses I've ever seen.

My all time favourite horse.  When I was a young fella of 17 they released a bottle of port to commemorate him winning his first million, I got dad to buy it for me, then he won his 2nd million and I got dad to buy that one for me as well, they had all of his race records on the bottle and it would have been a grate collectors item, but as it happens I left home at 18 at went to live in Geelong and study at Marcus Oldham, got a little home sick and asked a college mate to come in for a drink, we knocked off both bottles that night and it is with fond memories that I can say Vo did to us what he did to other good horses and left us feeling sick and sorry. I did get to see him race in the Australian cup that Better Lossen Up won, brilliant in defeat

Really fond memories of this bloke. Lucky enough to see him on the first big race meeting I attended, the day of Zeditave's Blue Diamond. He won the St George (I think he beat Cossack Warrior from memory) that day by panels but what I remember most is the reaction of the crowd.

A great horse, could make Better Loosen Up and Super Impose look second rate on his day. Just when you thought he'd done way too much and had to fold and the others were making their runs, he'd find another gear, skip away again and the race was over.

VOYAGER wrote: Now here is a horse who had it all.   He had high cruising speed, acceleration and a will to win. As Bill Collins once famously said during a call "he might not be a champion but he is not far short of it."   His second Australian cup is the best race I have ever called. If you fancy yourself a caller and want a race to practice on this is it. Vo holding off Better Loosen Up and Super with Sydeston, The Phantom and Stylish century fading is a great site. Oh the great racing back then.   The famous race where Colin Hayes sent Dowie out with Vo to pester him in front while his stablemate sat smoking his pipe is a classic race   Not a champ because of his fear of wet conditions and his poor record in Sydney, but his talent was not far short of champion status.    I hope he finds a dry racing surface in the great track i the sky. He will give his opponents something to chase.

Was the stablemate Cossack Warrior????

So much fight

Gai would never be able to control the tempo of any race Vo was in...no sit n sprint for MJ with Vo skating along setting a " proper " pace and providing a true test of stamina...

Finally voted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame

I remember an interview with Vic after I think an Australian Cup win and it went something like this. Before saddling Vo up I checked on his price and couldn’t believe the odds so I put a "big one on", after saddling the horse i Recheck the odds and he drifted and I put on another "big one”, and just before going into the grandstand I checked his odds again and he had drifted again so I put on another "big one". Vic was very excited about Vo winning but was gobsmacked at the price. If anybody could find the clip it is a great watch.