Lord (horse)

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Lord was a top class Australian thoroughbred racehorse. He was a bay son of Targui from the Actor mare Broadway.

He is probably best remembered for his run in the 1960 VRC Queens Plate where he almost defeated the champion Tulloch, who was returning to the track following a long illness that had forced him off the scene for almost two years.

Lord usually competed in weight for age contests and all but one of his 28 successes were in Melbourne. In another quirk 21 of these were at his home track of Caulfield.

A hardy performer Lord raced until he was a nine-year old and often competed against quality opposition such as Tulloch, Todman, Sky High and Aquanita.

Amongst his major wins was the VATC Caulfield Stakes (3 times), VATC Memsie Stakes (4 times) and the AJC All Aged Stakes.

He died in 1986 at the age of 32.

[edit] Race Record

80 starts - 28 wins, 13 seconds, 11 thirds

[edit] Prizemoney

A£59,364

[edit] Major Wins

Lord won the following major races:

• 1957 VATC Trenton Stakes – (6f)
• 1958 VATC J J Liston Stakes – (7f)
• 1958 VATC Memsie Stakes – (9f)
• 1958 MRC Underwood Stakes – (10f)
• 1958 VATC Caulfield Stakes – (9f)
• 1959 MRC Orr Stakes – (7f)
• 1959 VATC St George Stakes – (9f)
• 1959 VATC Futurity Stakes – (7f)
• 1959 AJC All Aged Stakes – (1m)
• 1959 VATC Memsie Stakes – (9f)
• 1959 VATC Caulfield Stakes – (9f)
• 1960 MRC Orr Stakes – (7f)
• 1960 VATC St George Stakes – (9f)
• 1960 VATC Memsie Stakes – (9f)
• 1960 MRC Underwood Stakes – (10f)
• 1960 VATC Caulfield Stakes – (9f)
• 1961 VRC Queen’s Plate – (10f)
• 1961 VATC Memsie Stakes – (9f)
• 1961 VRC Craiglee Stakes – (10f)
• 1962 VRC Queen’s Plate – (10f)
• 1962 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes – (12f)
• 1963 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes – (12f)