Belvain 22/06/09

Belvain Makes Two Wins in a Day
Twenty four hours after Ballatheball was relegated to second place after a protest at Bendigo and two hours after Spirited Hero won at Sale, Belvain saluted at Narrandra in the Rozanne Gilbert Typing Maiden over 1000m.
Perfected ridden by Robyn Freeman, this Bel Esprit won by two and a half lengths easing up.
Belvain has a double cross to Vain
The article on 16/6/09, The Vain Strain, says
Considered one of the truly great speed influences in Australian breeding, Vain was a prolific sire, winning the 1983/84 sires’ premiership and producing 46 stakeswinners including Golden Slipper winners Sir Dapper and Inspired.But it’s as a broodmare sire that Vain has a lingering legacy. His daughters have produced 97 stakeswinners, chief among them the likes of multiple Group One winner and Champion Victorian Sire, Bel Esprit. And even though Vain slipped off this mortal coil some 17 years ago, the influence is stronger than ever.Eliza Park principal, Lee Fleming, has always been a great fan of the Vain influence, a fact borne out of a decision to stand three stallions at stud this season in which Vain figures prominently - namely Bel Esprit, Magnus and Written Tycoon.
BEL ESPRIT - YOU'RE SO VAIN
Anyone who remembers the early 70s (and yes, we’re a dwindling breed) would surely recall the Carly Simon tune, You’re So Vain.
“Well, I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won …” was one of the lines from the song and while it’s debatable Bel Esprit will ever have a runner at Saratoga, you’d want to get on if said starter had Vain in the bottom half of his/her pedigree.
This is proving to be an incredible nick with four of Bel Esprit’s six stakeswinners having Vain in the damline, while Bel Esprit himself is out of the Vain mare Bespoken.
Well, the trend continued at Narrandera yesterday (22 June) when the appropriately named Belvain scored easily over the 1000m: her third cheque from four starts.
Out of the Acecay mare Aces in Vain, Belvain was bred by Mick Stacey, who also races the filly out of the Brett Cavanough stable.
A half sister to city winners The Take and Carry on Mate, Belvain is out of a half sister to Parramatta Cup-LR winner Kenquest, while her granddam is the Group Two winning Vain mare, Better Vain.

Belvain (AUS) [2005]Brett CavanoughBel Esprit (AUS) - Aces In Vain (AUS)
Siblings
CARRY ON VAIN (AUS) [1998] - CARRY THE CROWN (CAN)10w-15p-64s $53,400Race: 800-1200m Won: 800-1100m Wet: 0w-0p-3s
CARRY ON MATE (AUS) [1999] - CARRY THE CROWN (CAN)4w-7p-20s $48,000Race: 900-1100m Won: 900-1100m Wet: 0w-0p-1s
CARRY ON ACE (AUS) [2000] - CARRY THE CROWN (CAN)7w-23p-84s $75,500Race: 960-1900m Won: 1200-1500m Wet: 0w-5p-12s
THE TAKE (AUS) [2003] - CLANG (AUS)3w-3p-11s $84,300Race: 900-1400m Won: 1000-1250m Wet: 1w-2p-3s