Desert Gold
| Desert Gold | |
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| Sire | All Black (GB) |
| Grandsire | Gallinule |
| Dam | Aurarius (AUS) |
| Damsire | Maltster |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 1912 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Okawa Stud |
| Owner | T. H. Lowry |
| Trainer | Fred Davis |
| Record | 59: 36-13-4 |
| Earnings | £23,239 |
| Major wins | |
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Great Northern Foal Stakes (1914) Royal Stakes (1915, 1916) Islington Plate (1915, 1916, 1917) Hawke's Bay Guineas (1915) New Zealand 1000 Guineas (1915) Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes (1915) Great Northern St. Leger (1916) Awapuni Gold Cup (1916, 1917, 1918) CJC New Zealand Derby Stakes (1915) ARC Great Northern Derby (1916) New Zealand Oaks (1916) Wellington Stakes (1916) VATC St George Stakes (1918) AJC All-Aged Stakes (1918) Taranaki Stakes (1919) |
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| Honours | |
| Desert Gold Stakes at Trentham Racecourse | |
| Last updated on 29 March 2007 | |
Desert Gold was a famous and successful New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who raced at the time of World War I. She raced in Australia and New Zealand, winning 36 races, including 19 in succession..
She was owned by T. H. Lowry and trained by Fred Davis for whom she won many good races.
In 1914, she won the Great Northern Foal Stakes and Royal Stakes, the Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes (in race record time) and the North Island Challenge Stakes.
Desert Gold had 14 starts and won all of them, five of them in race record time. These races included the Hawke's Bay Guineas, New Zealand Derby (taking three seconds off the record), CJC New Zealand Oaks, CJC G.G. Stead Memorial Gold Cup, Islington Plate, ARC Great Northern Derby, Royal Stakes (for the second time and in race record time), Wellington Stakes (in race record time), WRC North Island Challenge Stakes, Awapuni Gold Cup, Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes, ARC Great Northern Oaks and ARC Great Northern St. Leger Stakes.
As four-year-old Desert Gold had seven starts and won five of them and was second and third in the other two races. Her wins included the WRC Champion Plate, Islington Plate (for the second time), Wellington Stakes, WRC North Island Challenge Stakes and Awapuni Gold Cup.
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