Sire All Black (GB) Dam Aurarius (AUS) Foaled 1912 Species Equus caballus Sex Mare | Grandsire Gallinule Damsire Maltster Country New Zealand Owner Thomas Lowry Earnings 23,239 GBP | |
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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..
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- Racing record
- At two years 1914 1915
- At three years 1915 1916
- At four years 1916 1917
- At five years 1917 1918
- At six years 1918 1919
- At seven years 1919 1920
- Stud record
- Honours
- Popular Culture
- References
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Racing record
She was owned by T. H. Lowry and trained by Fred Davis for whom she won many good races.
At two years: 1914-1915
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.
At three years: 1915-1916
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.
At four years: 1916-1917
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.
At five years: 1917-1918
Desert Gold had 13 starts as five-year-old and won nine of them, and was second in two and third in the other two races. Her wins included the WRC Champion Plate, CJC G.G. Stead Memorial Stakes, 1917 Islington Plate (for the third time), VATC St George Stakes, VRC Governor's Plate, AJC Autumn Stakes, AJC All-Aged Stakes and Awapuni Gold Cup (for the second time).
At six years: 1918-1919
As six-year-old Desert Gold had 10 race starts for 2 wins and 5 seconds. She was allotted a handicap weight of 9 stone 6 pounds in the Melbourne Cup but was unplaced to the winner, Night Watch, who carried 6 stone 9 pounds. Her only principal win was when she defeated the three-year-old colt, Gloaming in the 1919 Taranaki Stakes. She also finished second in the Awapuni Gold Cup.
At seven years: 1919-1920
In her final season of racing, Desert Gold three starts for a third in the G.G. Stead Memorial Stakes which was won by Gloaming.
Desert Gold retired with a record of 59 Starts: 36-13-4 and earnings of £23,239.
Stud record
Desert Gold was successful broodmare that produced a total of nine foals, of which six raced and three were winners. Her named produce are:
Her family has continued to produce many winners.
Honours
Several races have been named after her in New Zealand, including the time-honoured $100,000 Group III Desert Gold Stakes (1,600 m).
Popular Culture
Desert Gold appeared in a feature film from Beaumont Smith called Desert Gold (1919).