# Good Lord

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{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{other uses|Good Lord (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Good Lord
| image_name = 
| caption = 
| sire = [Zamazaan](/source/Zamazaan_(horse))
| grandsire = [Exbury](/source/Exbury_(horse))
| dam = Love In Bloom
| damsire = [Todman](/source/Todman)
| sex = [Gelding](/source/Gelding)
| foaled = 12 September 1971<ref name="pedigree">{{cite web|url=https://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=687268&registry=T&horse_name=Good%20Lord%20%28NZ%29&dam_name==Love%20In%20Bloom%20%28AUS%29&foaling_year=1971&nicking_stats_indicator=Y|title=Good Lord pedigree |publisher=equineline.com |date=2012-05-08 |accessdate=2013-05-05}}</ref>
| country = New Zealand
| colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = 
| owner = Michael L. Hines
| trainer = [Charles E. Whittingham](/source/Charles_E._Whittingham)
| jockey = [Bill Shoemaker](/source/Bill_Shoemaker)
| record = 
| earnings = $329,176<ref name="earnings">{{cite web|title=Good Lord|url=https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse&refno=687268&registry=T&rbt=TB#completeStats|website=equibase.com|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
| race = Queen Elizabeth Cup (1977)<br>[Wellington Cup](/source/Wellington_Cup) (1977,1978)<br>[Sydney Cup](/source/Sydney_Cup) (1978)<br>[Eddie Read Handicap](/source/Eddie_Read_Handicap) (1979)
| awards= 
| honours= 
| updated =
}}

'''Good Lord''' was a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) thoroughbred racehorse owned by Las Vegas lawyer Michael L. Hines (1920–1985).

==Background==
Foaled on September 12, 1971, and purchased for just $6,250 as a yearling. Good Lord was sired by [Zamazaan](/source/Zamazaan_(horse)) and his dam was Love in Bloom.

==Racing career==
He was a good staying racehorse winning two [Wellington Cup](/source/Wellington_Cup)s and the Queen Elizabeth Cup in 1977, where the Queen herself presented the Cup. The first Wellington Cup in 1977 was a thrilling encounter when he beat the great race mare [Show Gate](/source/Show_Gate). 

He raced under the name [My Good Man](/source/My_Good_Man) in [Australia](/source/Australia) and won the [Sydney Cup](/source/Sydney_Cup) in 1978.

In 1979, on U.S. soil, Good Lord won the [Eddie Read Stakes](/source/Eddie_Read_Stakes) under the champion American jockey [Bill Shoemaker](/source/Bill_Shoemaker), while trained by the late [Charles E. Whittingham](/source/Charles_E._Whittingham).

==Pedigree==
{{Pedigree
|name = Good Lord, bay gelding, 1971<ref name=Equibase>{{cite web|title=Good Lord|url=https://www.pedigreequery.com/good+lord11|website=pedigreequery.com|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
|f = [Zamazaan](/source/Zamazaan_(horse)) (FR)<br />1965
|m = Love in Bloom (AUS)<br />1964
|ff = [Exbury](/source/Exbury_(horse)) (FR)<br />1959
|fm = Toyama (IRE)<br />1955
|mf = [Todman](/source/Todman) (AUS)<br />1954
|mm = But Wonderful (AUS)<br />1957
|fff = Le Haar
|ffm = [Greensward](/source/Greensward)
|fmf = [Tulyar](/source/Tulyar)
|fmm = Rose Olynn
|mff = Star Kingdom
|mfm = Oceana
|mmf = Helios
|mmm = Lozari
|ffff = [Vieux Manoir](/source/Vieux_Manoir)
|fffm = Mince Pie
|ffmf = Mossborough
|ffmm = Stargrass
|fmff = [Tehran](/source/Tehran_(horse))
|fmfm = Neocracy
|fmmf = Pherozshah
|fmmm = Rocklyn
|mfff = Stardust
|mffm = Impromptu
|mfmf = [Colombo](/source/Colombo_(horse))
|mfmm = Orama
|mmff = [Hyperion](/source/Hyperion_(horse))
|mmfm = Foxy Gal
|mmmf = Dhoti
|mmmm = Filgaro
}}

==See also==
* [Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand](/source/Thoroughbred_racing_in_New_Zealand)
* [Battle Heights](/source/Battle_Heights)
* [La Mer](/source/La_Mer_(horse))

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:1971 racehorse births
Category:Thoroughbred family 4-n
Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand
Category:Racehorses trained in New Zealand
Category:Racehorses trained in the United States
Category:Sydney Cup winners
Category:Wellington Cup winners

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