Neil Gow (horse)

Neil Gow
Sire	Marco
Grandsire	Barcaldine
Dam	Chelandry
Damsire	Goldfinch
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1907
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Owner	Lord Rosebery
Trainer	Percy Peck
Record	10: 7-0-1
Earnings	£21,941
Major wins
National Breeders' Produce Stakes (1909) Imperial Produce Stakes (1909) Champagne Stakes (1909) Craven Stakes (1910) 2000 Guineas (1910) Eclipse Stakes (1910)
Awards
Top-rated British two-year-old (1909)

Neil Gow (1907–1919) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won the classic 2000 Guineas in 1910. In a racing career that lasted from spring 1909 until July 1910 the colt ran ten times and won seven races, attracting attention both for his racing ability and for his difficult and unpredictable temperament. He raced four times against the 1910 Epsom Derby winner Lemberg, winning twice outright and dead-heating on a third occasion. Neil Gow was one of the best British two-year-olds of 1909, when he won the National Stakes at Sandown Park, the Imperial Produce Stakes at Kempton Park and the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. After winning the Craven Stakes on his first appearance of 1910 he overcame a strong field to win the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. He finished fourth in the Derby and then dead-heated in the Eclipse Stakes. He was injured in training later that year and was retired from racing at the end of the season. He had limited success as a breeding stallion before his death in 1919.

Neil Gow was a chestnut horse with a white blaze and four white socks bred by his owner Lord Rosebery, the former British Prime Minister. His sire, Marco, a male-line descendant of the Godolphin Arabian, was a versatile breeding stallion whose progeny included winners of the Grand National (Sprig) and Kentucky Derby (Omar Khayyam). Neil Gow's dam Chelandry won the 1000 Guineas in 1897 and became an outstanding broodmare, whose descendants included Gallant Fox, Never Say Die and High Chaparral.

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