Veandercross

Veandercross
SireCrossways (GB)
GrandsireHabitat (USA)
DamLavender
DamsireSuper Gray (USA)
SexGelding
Foaled(1988-10-14)14 October 1988
Died18 October 2014(2014-10-18) (aged 26)
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBrown
OwnerChris Turner
TrainerChris Turner
co-trained by John Wheeler
JockeyJim Walker
Shane Dye
Mick Dittman
Record40: 15-9-4
EarningsA$2,602,524
Major wins
New Zealand 2000 Guineas (1991)
Levin Classic (1991)
Canterbury Guineas (1992)
LKS Mackinnon Stakes (1992)
Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1993)
Ranvet Stakes (1993)
Australian Cup (1993)
Lion Brown Sprint (1993)
Awards
1992/3 Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year
Honours
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
Last updated on 17 August 2011

Veandercross (14 October 1988 – 18 October 2014) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred gelding who won 14 stakes races, (including eight Group one), and was chosen Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year for the 1992–93 season.

Veandercross was a brown, rangy gelding bred by Bill Luey at Lower Hutt not far from the Trentham Racecourse. Foaled on 14 October 1988, he was by Crossways (GB), out of the unraced mare Lavender, who was in turn a daughter of the sire Super Gray (USA), meaning he was closely inbred (3m x 3f) to champion racehorse and sire Nijinsky. Crossways only produced two other stakes winners in his career, Awesome Ways and Prince of Praise. Lavender had nine foals race for three winners.