Show Gate
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Show Gate was a champion New Zealand
thoroughbred
racehorse sired by Gatekeeper out of Minglow. Foaled in 1969, she was horse of the year in 1975 and 1977 and won races from 1200 metres up to 2400 metres in record time. She started in 51 races, winning 30, was second 7 times, third twice and unplaced in 12 races.
Show Gate suffered a fractured sesamoid bone in the spring of 1974 after winning her first five races as a five year-old. She returned to racing as a seven year-old, winning 7 of her 13 starts and ran a gallant second to Good Lord
in the 1977 Wellington Cup
, despite carrying 57 kg and being severely injured during the race.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse sired by Gatekeeper out of Minglow. Foaled in 1969, she was horse of the year in 1975 and 1977 and won races from 1200 metres up to 2400 metres in record time. She started in 51 races, winning 30, was second 7 times, third twice and unplaced in 12 races.
Show Gate suffered a fractured sesamoid bone in the spring of 1974 after winning her first five races as a five year-old. She returned to racing as a seven year-old, winning 7 of her 13 starts and ran a gallant second to Good Lord
Good Lord
Good Lord was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse owned by Las Vegas lawyer Michael L. Hines . Foaled in 1971, and purchased for just $6,250 as a yearling, Good Lord was by Zamazaan out of Love in Bloom. He was a good staying racehorse winning two Wellington Cups, the Queen Elizabeth Cup in 1977...
in the 1977 Wellington Cup
Wellington Cup
The Wellington Cup is a Group 2 Thoroughbred horse race in New Zealand held annually in late January at Trentham Racecourse in Trentham by the Wellington Racing Club....
, despite carrying 57 kg and being severely injured during the race.