Lemhi Gold

Lemhi Gold
Sire	Vaguely Noble
Grandsire	Vienna
Dam	Belle Marie
Damsire	Candy Spots
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1978
Country	United States
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Aaron & Marie Jones
Owner	Aaron & Marie Jones
Trainer	Laz Barrera
Record	22: 8-3-1
Earnings	US$1,116,445
Major wins
Westwood Stakes (1981) San Marino Handicap (1982) San Juan Capistrano Handicap (1982) Sword Dancer Handicap (1982) Marlboro Cup (1982) Jockey Club Gold Cup (1982)
Awards
American Champion Older Male Horse (1982)
Honours
Lemhi Gold Overnight at Hollywood Park

Lemhi Gold (foaled 1978 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. In 1982, he was voted American Champion Older Male Horse at the Eclipse Awards after a season in which he won the Marlboro Cup and the Jockey Club Gold Cup.

Bred and raced by Eugene, Oregon, lumberman Aaron U. Jones and his wife, Marie, Lemhi Goldwas sired by Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Vaguely Noble, who also sired the superstar filly Dahlia. His dam, Belle Marie, was a daughter of 1963 Preakness Stakes winner Candy Spots.

The colt was named by Aaron Jones for an old gold mining site at Lemhi Creek in Idaho where he owned a cabin retreat. Trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Laz Barrera, Lemhi Gold did not race at age two in 1980.

In 1981, the three-year-old suffered a shin injury on March 26 in his second start. That injury eliminated any chance he may have had to compete in U.S. Triple Crown series. Lemhi Gold made a return to racing on July 9 with a fourteen-length win on turf in a division of the Westwood Stakes at Hollywood Park Racetrack in California. On August 2, he finished second by a neck in the Jim Dandy Stakes on dirt at Saratoga Race Course in New York and then a few weeks later finished ninth in the Jerome Handicap at Belmont Park after injuring his back in the starting gate. This second injury of 1981 meant that Lemhi Gold did not race again until 1982.

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