Gold River (horse)

Gold River
Gold River
Sire	Riverman
Grandsire	Never Bend
Dam	Glaneuse
Damsire	Snob
Sex	Mare
Foaled	11 January 1977
Country	France
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	Jacques Wertheimer
Owner	Jacques Wertheimer
Trainer	Alec Head
Record	14: 7-2-3
Earnings	$678,467
Major wins
	Prix Royal-Oak (1980); Prix de Pomone (1980); Prix Jean Prat (1981); Prix du Cadran (1981); Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1981)
	Last updated on February 11, 2007

Gold River (1977–1986) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning France's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Background

Gold River was owned and bred by Jacques Wertheimer, the president of the French perfumery, Chanel. Gold River was sired by Riverman.^[2]

Racing career

Gold River's first Group One win came in the 1980 Prix Royal-Oak. The following year she finished third in the Royal-Oak but won the Prix Jean Prat and the Prix du Cadran. In the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Gold River was ridden to victory by jockey Gary W. Moore. In her Arc win, Gold River defeated Bikala and the American-bred filly, April Run.

Breeding record

Following her retirement from racing, Gold River served as a broodmare at Hagyard Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Her offspring included the stakes winners Riviere d'Or (Prix Saint-Alary) and Goldneyev (Prix Yacowlef). Riviere d'Or in turn produced Gold Splash and was the grand-dam of Goldikova.

Gold River died in 1986 and is buried in Hagyard Farm's equine cemetery.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Gold River (FR), chestnut mare, 1977^[1]
Sire Riverman (USA) 1969	Never Bend (USA) 1960	Nasrullah (GB)	Nearco (ITY)
		Nasrullah (GB)	Mumtaz Begum (FR)
		Lalun	Djeddah (FR)
		Lalun	Be Faithful
	River Lady (USA) 1963	Prince John	Princequillo (IRE)
		Prince John	Not Afraid
		Nile Lily	Roman
		Nile Lily	Azalea
Dam Glaneuse (FR) 1966	Snob (FR) 1959	Mourne	Vieux Manoir
		Mourne	Ballynash (GB)
		Senones	Prince Bio
		Senones	Sif
	Glamour (GB) 1960	Djebe (FR)	Djebel
		Djebe (FR)	Catherine
		Tudor Gleam	Owen Tudor
		Tudor Gleam	Riding Rays (Family 22-d)^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Gold River pedigree". Equineline.
^ ^a ^b "Grand Duchess - Family 22-d". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-08-26.

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[pedigree-1] "Gold River pedigree". Equineline.

[tbl-2] "Grand Duchess - Family 22-d". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 2013-08-26.

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