{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{other uses|Good Lord (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Good Lord | image_name = | caption = | sire = Zamazaan | grandsire = Exbury | dam = Love In Bloom | damsire = Todman | sex = 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®istry=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 | breeder = | owner = Michael L. Hines | trainer = Charles E. Whittingham | jockey = 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®istry=T&rbt=TB#completeStats|website=equibase.com|access-date=March 7, 2025}}</ref> | race = Queen Elizabeth Cup (1977)<br>Wellington Cup (1977,1978)<br>Sydney Cup (1978)<br>Eddie Read Handicap (1979) | awards= | honours= | updated = }}
'''Good Lord''' was a 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 and his dam was Love in Bloom.
==Racing career== He was a good staying racehorse winning two Wellington Cups 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.
He raced under the name My Good Man in Australia and won the Sydney Cup in 1978.
In 1979, on U.S. soil, Good Lord won the Eddie Read Stakes under the champion American jockey Bill Shoemaker, while trained by the late 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 (FR)<br />1965 |m = Love in Bloom (AUS)<br />1964 |ff = Exbury (FR)<br />1959 |fm = Toyama (IRE)<br />1955 |mf = Todman (AUS)<br />1954 |mm = But Wonderful (AUS)<br />1957 |fff = Le Haar |ffm = Greensward |fmf = Tulyar |fmm = Rose Olynn |mff = Star Kingdom |mfm = Oceana |mmf = Helios |mmm = Lozari |ffff = Vieux Manoir |fffm = Mince Pie |ffmf = Mossborough |ffmm = Stargrass |fmff = Tehran |fmfm = Neocracy |fmmf = Pherozshah |fmmm = Rocklyn |mfff = Stardust |mffm = Impromptu |mfmf = Colombo |mfmm = Orama |mmff = Hyperion |mmfm = Foxy Gal |mmmf = Dhoti |mmmm = Filgaro }}
==See also== * Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand * Battle Heights * La Mer
==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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