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Vatican City (IRE)

8yo ch c 6th Feb 2017

Track Horse HorseTracker

Vatican City (IRE) ch c 6th Feb 2017

Sire

Galileo (IRE)

Dam

You'resothrilling (USA)

Dam's Sire

Storm Cat (USA)

Owner

Mrs John Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith

Trainer

A P O'Brien

Breeder

Coolmore

Last Win

Dundalk Wed, 30th Oct, 19 1/2Fav, D O'Brien (1965 days)

Last Run

Dundalk Fri, 25th Sep, 20 7th, 5/4Fav, P B Beggy (1634 days)

Lifetime

Runs

Wins

Places

Win %

Earnings

Level Stk

Flat IRE

25%

€74,000

-2.50

Flat GB

-3.00

Under Rules Total

14%

-5.50

Form Figures

51-28737

Form Timeline

Form Figures - 51-28737

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Symbols Explained

ts² Tongue Strap vs² Visor hd² Hood es² Eye Shield ec² Eye Cover cp² Cheekpiece bl² Blinkers tt² Tongue Tie bf Beaten Favourite on Last Run srMentioned in Stewards Report in Results bbvBroke Blood Vessel

The superscript number on headgear bl² indicates number of times worn. A plus bl⁺ indicates more than 10 times where as red background bl¹indicates first time.

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Reports in which Vatican City (IRE) was mentioned

Keane has Safe Voyage to a double

Safe Voyage completed a successful raid on the Group 2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang Mile in Leopardstown. Sat 12th Sep

Siskin delivers 2,000 Guineas win for Lyons

Trainer Ger Lyons finally arrived at the promised land with Classic success at a behind-closed-doors Curragh today as his Siskin, under Colin Keane, landed a dramatic renewal of the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 Guineas. Fri 12th Jun

Tracing completes treble for O'Brien

Tracing completed a Dundalk treble for Aidan O'Brien as she just prevailed in the concluding Crowne Plaza Hotel Dundalk Handicap. Wed 30th Oct

Donnacha extends advantage as Vatican impresses

Vatican City completed a double for Aidan and Donnacha O'Brien, as he ran out a comfortable winner of the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden. Wed 30th Oct

After race at Dundalk Wed, 30th Oct, 2019 (1st)

I sat on him for the first time last week, I didn't know a lot about him, and he gave me a beautiful feel there today, I really liked him,. We were going slow and I didn't think there was any point tucking in behind one just for the sake of one horse and a bit of cover. He travelled really smooth the whole way but he's still raw. He changed his legs behind before he does in front, which is not ideal, but I'm sure once he learns he'll be a lot better. You can never tell (how good they will be). Anyone that tells you that they know straight away is a complete liar. He gave me a really nice feel today, he's by Galileo so you'd imagine he should progress next year. I think he's a smart horse but I can't tell you how good he's going to be. Some of the horses that handle nice quick ground you get to this time of year and there's nowhere to go except Dundalk so it's a good facility for that and Dad doesn't mind running a good one.

A P O'Brien