# Gold Rod > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gold_Rod > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gold_Rod.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Rod > Source revision: 1335269248 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{About|the race horse|other uses|Goldenrod (disambiguation)}} {{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Gold Rod | image = 260px | caption = Gold Rod & Jack Pratt | sire = Chief Ruler (GB) | grandsire = [The Tetrarch](/source/The_Tetrarch) (IRE) | dam = Oreum (NZ) | damsire = King John (IRE) | sex = [Stallion](/source/Stallion) | foaled = 1933 | country = [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) | colour = [Chestnut](/source/Chestnut_(coat)) | breeder = [Thomas Lowry](/source/Thomas_Lowry_(racehorse_breeder)) | owner = E.J.Watt | trainer = George Price | record = 46:16,5,7 | earnings = £18,920 | race =[AJC Breeders Plate](/source/Breeders'_Plate) (1935)
[VRC Sires' Produce Stakes](/source/VRC_Sires'_Produce_Stakes) (1936)
[AJC Sires Produce Stakes](/source/AJC_Sires_Produce_Stakes) (1936)
[Hobartville Stakes](/source/Hobartville_Stakes) (1936)
[Chelmsford Stakes](/source/Chelmsford_Stakes) (1936)
[Futurity Stakes](/source/Futurity_Stakes_(MRC)) (1937)
[AJC St Leger](/source/AJC_St_Leger) (1937)
[Epsom Handicap](/source/Epsom_Handicap) (1937)
VRC Essendon Stakes (1937)
[Canterbury Stakes](/source/Canterbury_Stakes) (1938)
[Hill Stakes](/source/Hill_Stakes) (1938, 1939)
[Doncaster Handicap](/source/Doncaster_Handicap) (1939)
[Frederick Clissold Stakes](/source/Southern_Cross_Stakes) (1940) | awards = | honours = }} '''Gold Rod''' was a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) bred chestnut [thoroughbred](/source/thoroughbred) [stallion](/source/stallion) who raced in [Australia](/source/Australia) from a two-year-old to a six-year-old recording 16 wins from 5 furlongs to 1¾ miles with [Australian Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Australian_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) inductee Maurice McCarten being his regular jockey.{{cite web |title=Australian Racing Hall of Fame |url=https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/the-sport/racing/australian-racing-museum/hall-of-fame/trainers/maurice-mccarten |website=www.racingvictoria.com.au |access-date=9 March 2019 |archive-date=19 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190319112830/https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/the-sport/racing/australian-racing-museum/hall-of-fame/trainers/maurice-mccarten |url-status=dead }} ==Breeding== Gold Rod (NZ) by Chief Ruler (GB) the leading sire in New Zealand 1929-30 & 1931–32 seasons and was bred by [Thomas Lowry](/source/Thomas_Lowry_(racehorse_breeder)) in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) was a grandson of the champion mare [Desert Gold](/source/Desert_Gold_(horse)) and sold for 350 guineas to owner E.J.Watt.{{cite web |title=Leading Sires of New Zealand |url=http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricSires/LeadingSires/NZLeadSires.html |website=www.tbheritage.com |access-date=11 March 2019}} Dam Oreum (NZ) produced Gold Rod and Pure Gold who produced Gold Trail winner of the 1933 Clifford Plate and 1934 [Auckland Cup](/source/Auckland_Cup) {{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Gold Rod's Breeder |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190323844?searchTerm=gold%20rod%20breeder&searchLimits= |access-date=10 March 2019 |issue=P 3 |publisher=Sporting Globe Melbourne |date=15 April 1936}}{{cite web |title=Gold Rod Breeding |url=http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=535819 |website=www.studbook.org.au |publisher=Australian Stud Book |access-date=10 March 2019}}{{cite web |title=Gold Rod Tabulated Pedigree |url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/gold+rod2 |website=www.pedigreequery.com |access-date=10 March 2019}} Owner E.J.Watt (1873 - 1942) was a member of the Australian Jockey Club committee and raced extensively in New Zealand before transferring his interests to [Australia](/source/Australia) and owned the Darr River Downs property near [Longreach, Queensland](/source/Longreach%2C_Queensland) and the Boombee property at [Molong](/source/Molong) [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales) he was also a director of Union Theatres Investments Ltd. Notable horses owned were Mountain Knight 1914 [AJC Derby](/source/AJC_Derby), 1915 [AJC St Leger](/source/AJC_St_Leger) & [VRC St Leger](/source/VRC_St_Leger), Waikare 1934 [Metropolitan Handicap](/source/The_Metropolitan_(ATC)) and Mildura 1940 and 1941 [Doncaster Handicap](/source/Doncaster_Handicap).{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=E.J.Watt Breeder |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/231784944?searchTerm=e%20j%20watt%20death&searchLimits= |access-date=9 March 2019 |issue=P 2 |publisher=The Sun Sydney |date=2 May 1942}} Gold Rod was purchased later in his career by W.H.Russell from [Hāwera](/source/H%C4%81wera) for stud duties but died at sea in transit to New Zealand in 1946.{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Gold Rod's Death |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248522190?searchTerm=gold%20rod%20oreum&searchLimits= |access-date=12 March 2019 |issue=14 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph Sydney |date=7 July 1946}} ==Racing career== Gold Rod raced between 1935 -1940 in an era of champions [Ajax](/source/Ajax_II), [High Caste](/source/High_Caste) and [Beau Vite](/source/Beau_Vite) winning major W.F.A and Handicap races in [Sydney](/source/Sydney) and [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) with classic mile wins in the 1937 AJC [Epsom Handicap](/source/Epsom_Handicap) and 1939 AJC [Doncaster Handicap](/source/Doncaster_Handicap) at [Randwick Racecourse](/source/Randwick_Racecourse) and defeated dual [W. S. Cox Plate](/source/W._S._Cox_Plate) winner [Young Idea](/source/Young_Idea) in the 1938 [Hill Stakes](/source/Hill_Stakes).{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Gold Rod 1937 Epsom Handicap |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/160498719?searchTerm=gold%20rod%20epsom%20handicap&searchLimits=l-decade=193 |access-date=10 March 2019 |issue=27 |publisher=Sydney Mail NSW |date=6 October 1937}}{{cite news |last1=National Library of Australia |title=Gold Rod 1939 Doncaster Handicap |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17585733?searchTerm=gold%20rod%20doncaster%20handicap&searchLimits=l-decade=193 |access-date=10 March 2019 |issue=13 |publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=10 April 1939}}{{cite web |title=1939 Doncaster Handicap Video |url=http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=1939%20Doncaster%20handicap;rec=0;resCount=10 |website=www.nfsa.gov.au |publisher=National Film Sound Archive |access-date=12 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} Trainer George Price was a former leading jockey in New Zealand his stables were located at Prince Street, [Randwick](/source/Randwick), and had a reputation for integrity and the preparation and management of his horses with major success with [Windbag](/source/Windbag_(horse)) 1925 [Melbourne Cup](/source/Melbourne_Cup), Beaulivre 1940 [Caulfield Cup](/source/Caulfield_Cup), Mildura 1940 [Newmarket Handicap](/source/Newmarket_Handicap) also 1940 & 1941 [Doncaster Handicap](/source/Doncaster_Handicap) and Ballymena 1923 [AJC Derby](/source/AJC_Derby) who defeated the champion [Gloaming](/source/Gloaming_(horse)) in the 1924 [Hill Stakes](/source/Hill_Stakes) and the historic win by Spear Chief defeating the champion [Ajax](/source/Ajax_II) at 40 to 1 on in the 1939 [Rawson Stakes](/source/Rawson_Stakes), stopping Ajax from equalling a record of nineteen consecutive wins.{{cite book |title=George Price Biography |chapter=George Richard Price (1878–1950) |chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/price-george-richard-8108 |website=adb.anu.edu.au |publisher=Australian Dictionary of Biography |access-date=11 March 2019}} Gold Rod's racing record: 46 starts for 16 wins, 5 seconds, 7 thirds{{cite web |title=Gold Rod Career Starts |url=http://www.racehorsetalk.com.au/racing-talk/race-records-of-champion-racehorses/ |website=www.racehorsetalk.com.au |access-date=10 March 2019 |archive-date=9 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190309164327/http://www.racehorsetalk.com.au/racing-talk/race-records-of-champion-racehorses/ |url-status=dead }} ==Image Gallery== File:E. J. Watt and jockey Maurice McCarten at Randwick races, 29 March 1937.jpg|Maurice McCarten & E.J. Watt. File:George Price and Jockey E. McMenamin, 3 November 1937.jpg|George Price & jockey Ted McMenamin. File:Gold Rod 1935 AJC Breeders Plate Jockey Maurice McCarten.jpg|Gold Rod and Maurice McCarten. File:1939_AJC_CRAVEN_PLATE_RACEBOOK_P1.jpg|1939 AJC Craven Plate racebook front cover. File:1939_AJC_CRAVEN_PLATE_RACEBOOK_P2.jpg|1939 AJC Craven Plate showing Gold Rod placed 3rd. == References == {{Reflist}} Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:1933 racehorse births Category:Thoroughbred family 2-g Category:1946 racehorse deaths --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gold Rod](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Rod) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Rod?action=history)). 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