{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Lord Reims | image = | caption = | sire = Zamazaan (FR) | grandsire = Exbury (FR) | dam = Right On (NZ) | damsire = Ward Drill (IRE) | sex = Gelding | foaled = 1981 | country = New Zealand | colour = Chestnut | breeder = R A Durrant | owner = M I H Kitt & J C Brain | trainer = Cliff Fenwick, Takanini | record = | earnings = | race = Caulfield Cup (1987)<br>Adelaide Cup (1987, 1988, 1989) | awards = | honours = Lord Reims Stakes at Morphettville Racecourse | updated = }} '''Lord Reims''' was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who raced with success in Australia.
==Background== Lord Reims was a chestnut son of Zamazaan (FR) from the mare Right On (NZ).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://loveracing.nz/Breeding/23386/Lord-Reims-NZ-1981.aspx | title=Lord Reims (NZ) 1981 / Breeding / LOVERACING.NZ }}</ref> He was trained in New Zealand by Cliff Fenwick at Takanini.
==Racing career== He excelled at staying races with his major race victories including the 1987 MRC Caulfield Cup (defeating the champion Beau Zam)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.breednet.com.au/stakes-race-results/stakesResults.asp?mdate=17/10/1987&v=CAULFIELD&r=5 |title= 1987 Result – Caulfield Cup ''(held 17 October 1987)''|publisher=breednet.com|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref> and three successive SAJC Adelaide Cup’s from 1987 to 1989 at Morphettville Racecourse.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.breednet.com.au/stakes-race-results/stakesResults.asp?mdate=15/05/1989&v=MORPHETTVILLE&r=5|title=1989 Result – Adelaide Cup ''(held 15 May 1989)''|publisher=breednet.com|accessdate=3 March 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002601/http://www.breednet.com.au/stakes-race-results/stakesResults.asp?mdate=15/05/1989&v=MORPHETTVILLE&r=5|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The horse died of colic complications at Melbourne airport returning from overseas.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}
Lord Reims was buried near the winning post at Morphettville<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-03/remembering-the-time-a-horse-walked-into-a-bar/7991768|title=A horse walks into a bar, literally|date=3 November 2016|publisher=ABC}}</ref> and in 2010 the Lord Reims Stakes was named in his honor.
==See also== * Repeat winners of horse races * Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:1981 racehorse births Category:Thoroughbred family 20 Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand Category:Caulfield Cup winners
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