Gold Rod

Gold Rod
Gold Rod & Jack Pratt
Sire	Chief Ruler (GB)
Grandsire	The Tetrarch (IRE)
Dam	Oreum (NZ)
Damsire	King John (IRE)
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1933
Country	New Zealand
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Thomas Lowry
Owner	E.J.Watt
Trainer	George Price
Record	46:16,5,7
Earnings	£18,920
Major wins
AJC Breeders Plate (1935) VRC Sires' Produce Stakes (1936) AJC Sires Produce Stakes (1936) Hobartville Stakes (1936) Chelmsford Stakes (1936) Futurity Stakes (1937) AJC St Leger (1937) Epsom Handicap (1937) VRC Essendon Stakes (1937) Canterbury Stakes (1938) Hill Stakes (1938, 1939) Doncaster Handicap (1939) Frederick Clissold Stakes (1940)

Gold Rod was a New Zealand bred chestnut thoroughbred stallion who raced in Australia from a two-year-old to a six-year-old recording 16 wins from 5 furlongs to 1¾ miles with Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Maurice McCarten being his regular jockey.^[1]