Gloaming
racehorse AJC Derby winner
Gloaming
was foaled in 1915 and was by The Welkin out of the mare Light (by
Eager)
He was an amazing horse
that won 57 races from his 67 starts in Australian and New Zealand,
at one stage winning 19 in a row. From his 10 non winning starts he
ran second 9 times and amassed £43100 in prize money.
Trained by Dick Mason, his
main wins included the Challenge
Stakes, Craven
Plate, Spring Stakes, Hill Stakes, AJC
Derby, New Zealand Derby and Chelmsford
Stakes.
The annual Group III Gloaming
Stakes over 1,800m contested at Rosehill is named in his honour.
He won from 800 metres to
2400 metres, setting time records at any distance. At one point his
winning streak reached nineteen in a row. From age 3 to 9 he started
in 67 races, and won 57 of those. He was 2nd on nine other occasions
and the only race in which he failed to run either first or second
was in a race in which he fell after becoming tangled in the starting
tape. Gloaming would ultimately win 38 classic races some of which
were: AJC Derby, New Zealand Derby, Great Northern Derby, AJC Spring
Stakes, AJC Craven Plate twice, Wellington Stakes and the Auckland
Plate.
Gloaming's dam Light (1907) was very
well bred carrying blood that would enable her progeny to excel over
a wide variety of distances up to 2400m. Gloaming's sire The Welkin
by the very well bred 1896 Orme stallion Flying Fox himself a winner
of the 1899 Derby Stakes, 1899 Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, 1899 St.
Leger Stakes, 1899 Eclipse Stakes had a very strong genetic affinity
with Gloaming's dam, which attributed to Gloaming's ability.
Breeder : E.E.D.Clarke, Melton Stud,
Victoria
Owner : George D. Greenwood
Trainer : Richard 'Dick' Mason
Jockeys : B. Deeley (29), G.Young (25) R Hatch (2) O'Connor (1)
| The Welkin
|
Flying Fox
|
Orme |
| Vampire |
| Woodbury |
Crowberry |
| The Widgeon |
| Light |
Eager |
Enthusiast |
| Greeba |
| No Trumps
|
Orvieto |
| Electric Light |
Gloaming's wins:
Won
14-Sep-18 Randwick Chelmsford Stakes 9 f.
Won 5-Oct-18 Randwick AJC
Derby 12 f
Won 28-Oct-18 Trentham Champion
Plate 10 f
Won 4-Nov-18 Canterbury New
Zealand Derby 12 f
Won 26-Dec-18 Ellerslie Islington
Plate 8 f
Won 1-Jan-19 Ellerslie
Great Nth. Derby 12 f
Won 22-Jan-19 Trentham Wellington Stakes
5 f
Won 25-Jan-19 Trentham Kelburn Plate
4 f
Won 12-Feb-19 Egmont Egmont
Stakes 6 f
Won 14-Feb-19 Egmont Hawera
Stakes 8 f
Won 20-Feb-19 Wanganui Jackson Stakes
6 f
Won 22-Feb-19 Wanganui Wanganui Guineas
8 f
Won 21-Apr-19 Canterbury Challenge Stakes
7 f
Won 20-Sep-19 Rosehill Spring
Stakes 8 f
Won 8-Oct-19 Randwick Craven
Plate 10 f
Won 27-Oct-19 Trentham Champion
Plate 10 f
Won 15-Nov-19 Canterbury Stead Memorial
10 f
Won 29-Dec-19 Ellerslie Islington Plate
8 f
Won 3-Jan-20 Ellerslie Royal
Stakes 6 f
Won 13-Nov-20 Ellerslie Electric
Plate 4 f
Won 30-Nov-20 Fielding Fielding
Stakes 5 f
Won 2-Dec-20 Fielding Oroua
Stakes 5-1/2 f
Won 29-Dec-20 Ellerslie Islington Plate
8 f
Won 3-Jan-21 Ellerslie
Auckland Plate 12 f
Won 22-Jan-21 Trentham Kelburn Plate
4 f
Won 24-Jan-21 Trentham Waterloo Stakes
6 f
Won 3-Feb-21 Taranaki Taranaki
Stakes 6 f
Won 9-Feb-21 Egmont Egmont
Stakes 6 f
Won 10-Feb-21 Egmont Hawera Stakes
8 f
Won 26-Feb-21 Wanganui Jackson Stakes
6 f
Won 29-Mar-21 Canterbury Challenge Stakes
7 f
Won 30-Oct-21 Fielding Fielding
Stakes 5 f
Won 1-Dec-21 Fielding Oroua
Stakes 5 f
Won 3-Jan-22 Ellerslie
Auckland Plate 12 f
Won 1-Feb-22 Egmont Egmont Stakes
6 f
Won 2-Feb-22 Egmont Hawera
Stakes 8 f
Won 11-Feb-22 Taranaki Taranaki Stakes
6 f
Won 25-Feb-22 Wanganui Jackson Stakes
6 f
Won 30-Mar-22 Trentham Nth Island
Challenge 7 f
Won 18-Apr-22 Canterbury Challenge
Stakes 7 f
Won 26-Apr-22 Hawkes Bay Hawkes
Bay Stakes 6-1/2 f
Won -Apr-22 Hawkes Bay
Ormond Mem. Gold Cup 8 f
Won 16-Sep-22 Rosehill
Hill Stakes 8 f
Won 4-Oct-22 Randwick
Craven Plate 10 f
Won 23-Oct-22 Trentham
Champion Plate 10 f
Won 26-Jan-24 Trentham
Waterloo Stakes 6 f
Won 16-Feb-24 Canterbury Middle
Park Plate 6 f
Won 23-Feb-24 Wanganui Jackson
Stakes 6 f
Won 27-Mar-24 Trentham
Nth Island Challenge 7 f
Won 4-Oct-24 Randwick
Spring Stakes 12 f
Won 8-Oct-24 Randwick
Craven Plate 10 f
Won 1-Nov-24 Flemington
Melbourne Stakes 10 f
Won 28-Feb-25 Canterbury Middle
Park Plate 6 f
Won 26-Mar-25 Trentham
Nth Island Challenge 7 f
Won 14-Apr-25 Canterbury
Challenge Stakes 7 f
Won 8-May-25 Hawkes Bay
Hawkes Bay Stakes 6-1/2 f
Won 9-May-25 Hawkes Bay
Ormond Mem. Gold Cup 8 f
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