t is hard to imagine a speedier or more precocious example of the Australian thoroughbred than Vain. To this day, he remains to many the greatest example of the breed. He tasted defeat only twice in a fourteen start career, both times in Group 1 races where he ran second while a long odds-on favourite. Interestingly, Vain was to only start in black figures twice in his career. He was 6/1 at his first start in the Debutant Stakes and 9/2 in the Golden Slipper. It is also probably no coincidence that Vain was beaten in the
