Uhlan (horse)

Uhlan
SireCuirassier (NZ)
GrandsireMusket (GB)
DamAida (NZ)
DamsireLeolinus (GB)
Foaled1893
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBrown
OwnerJ J Russell
Major wins
Auckland Cup (1898)
ARC Handicap (1898)
Last updated on 30 October 2020

Uhlan was a New Zealand thoroughbred horse that won the Boxing Day 1898 Auckland Cup.[1]

W H Bartlett filmed Uhlan winning the Auckland Cup at Ellerslie Racecourse for the entrepreneur Alfred Henry Whitehouse.[2] This was the first time a horse-race had been filmed in New Zealand.[2][3]

  1. ^ "AUCKLAND RACING CLUB". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 18, 966. New South Wales, Australia. 27 December 1898. p. 6. Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b Sowry, Clive (1993). "Whitehouse, Alfred Henry". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  3. ^ "First movie shot in New Zealand". New Zealand History. New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 1 December 1898.