Lordship (horse)

Lordship
BreedStandardbred
SireJohnny Globe (NZ)
GrandsireLogan Derby
DamLadyship (NZ)
Maternal grandsireU Scott (USA)
SexStallion
Foaled1 September 1958
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBlack
BreederD G Nyhan & M A Haslett (NZ)
OwnerD G Nyhan
TrainerD G Nyhan
Earnings
$113,790
Major wins
New Zealand Derby (1961)
New Zealand Trotting Cup (1962 & 1966)
New Zealand Free For All (1962, 1964 & 1967)
Auckland Pacing Cup (1964)
Easter Cup (1964 & 1966)
Honours
Leading Standardbred Sire in New Zealand (1980)
New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame
Last updated on: 14 March 2016.

Lordship was a New Zealand–bred Standardbred pacer. He won two New Zealand Trotting Cup races. He won 45 races and as a leading sire, he sustained the Globe Derby sireline through his successful sons.

Lordship was bred by Doris Nyhan and trained by her husband Don Nyhan and driven by their son Denis Nyhan in most of his major victories.[1]

In 1962, as a four-year-old, he beat the great champion racehorse Cardigan Bay in the New Zealand Trotting Cup on a rain-affected track. He was a bit of a mudlark and won the 1966 version of the Cup, again on a wet track.

  1. ^ "One of harness racing's all-time greats: Exceptional horseman Denis Nyhan remembered". Otago Daily Times Online News. 10 September 2021.