# Lord Module > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lord_Module > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lord_Module.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Module > Source revision: 1320829572 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand Standardbred racehorse}} {{Infobox named horse |horsename= Lord Module |image= |caption= |breed= [Standardbred](/source/Standardbred) |sire= Lordship (USA) |grandsire= [Johnny Globe](/source/Johnny_Globe) (NZ) |dam= Module (NZ) |damsire= Bachelor Hanover (USA) |sex= [Stallion](/source/Stallion) |foaled= {{Birth date|1974|11|09|df=yes}} |death_date= {{Death date and age|1997|04|08|1974|11|09|df=y}} |country= [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) |colour= [Bay](/source/Bay_(colour)) |breeder= Mrs S.M. Porter & P.L. Porter, Timaru |owner= |trainer= [Cecil Devine](/source/Cecil_Devine) |racerecord= 93: 28-19-14 |raceearnings= NZ$261,750 |racewins= |awards= |honours= Best winning mile rate 1:54.9 }} '''Lord Module''' (9 November 1974 – 8 April 1997){{cite web |url=http://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gas/wa/r/infohorsewahr/wsd01x?Arg=hrnzg-Ptype&Arg=HorseDetails&Arg=hrnzg-DoSearch&Arg=TRUE&Arg=hrnzg-HorseId&Arg=47555 |title=Lord Module |publisher=Harness Racing New Zealand |accessdate=20 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20141220000716/http://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gas/wa/r/infohorsewahr/wsd01x?Arg=hrnzg-Ptype&Arg=HorseDetails&Arg=hrnzg-DoSearch&Arg=TRUE&Arg=hrnzg-HorseId&Arg=47555 |archivedate=20 December 2014 }} was a champion [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)-bred [Standardbred](/source/Standardbred) racehorse who raced during the 1970s. He is notable in that he won the [New Zealand Trotting Cup](/source/New_Zealand_Trotting_Cup), the richest harness race, and sometimes the richest horse race in New Zealand.[http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race1.htm Harness Racing - Complete Race History of the New Zealand Trotting Cup] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801130344/http://www.hrnz.co.nz/data/major_races/major_race1.htm |date=2009-08-01 }} A gifted Standardbred racehorse who certainly could have won many more races but for being troubled throughout his career by bad feet and unruly behaviour, which led to his subsequent retirement. He won the New Zealand cup in 1979 but was banned the following year because of his unruly barrier behaviour. However, in the final race of the carnival and against one of the best fields ever assembled he finished his career in the best possible way, coming from a hopeless position and storming to victory. This completed a treble of races that had only ever been won previously by [Cardigan Bay](/source/Cardigan_Bay_(horse)). The race call by Reon Murtha was remembered word for word by many harness fans such was the emotion generated by the performance. Straight after the race the crowd stormed out of the stands towards the horse. Reon Murtha recalled in an interview (January 2007) how he choked back the tears saying it was the most emotional moment in his 47 years of race calling. A poll of current reinsman highlighted their greatest ever horses, Lord Module was the only one who featured more than once of any horse mentioned from the 1950s through to the 1980s. Lord Module won the following major races:{{Cite web|title=Racing Stats Harness Racing NZ|url=https://www.hrnz.co.nz/|access-date=2021-08-31|website=www.hrnz.co.nz|language=en}} * 1977 NZ 2YO Championship * 1979 [New Zealand Trotting Cup](/source/New_Zealand_Trotting_Cup):{{Cite web|title=NZ Trotting Cup video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DC0wTLBGwGs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/DC0wTLBGwGs |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-31|website=Youtube| date=22 October 2020 |language=en}}{{cbignore}} beating Rocky Tryax and Trevira. * 1979 [New Zealand Free For All](/source/New_Zealand_Free_For_All), beating Trevira and Trusty Scot * 1979 Allan Matson Free for All * 1979 PanAm Mile (invitational), won in 1:56.2 which was the Southern Hemisphere record * 1980 Allan Matson FFA * 1980 New Brighton Cup In 1979 he time trialed over a mile in 1:54.9 (NZ Record). ==See also== * [Harness racing in New Zealand](/source/Harness_racing_in_New_Zealand) ==References== {{reflist|2}} Category:New Zealand Trotting Cup winners Category:New Zealand standardbred racehorses Category:1974 racehorse births Category:1997 racehorse deaths {{racehorse-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lord Module](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Module) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Module?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.