Good Lord was a

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thoroughbred racehorse owned by Las Vegas lawyer Michael L. Hines (1920–1985).

Background

Foaled in 1971, and purchased for just $6,250 as a yearling, Good Lord was by Zamazaan out of Love in Bloom.

Racing career

He was a good staying racehorse winning two

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s and the Queen Elizabeth Cup in 1977 where the Queen herself presented the Cup. The first Wellington Cup in 1977 was a thrilling encounter when he beat the great race mare

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. He raced under the name My Good Man in

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and won the

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in 1978. In 1979, on U.S. soil, Good Lord won the

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under the champion American jockey

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, while trained by the late

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References

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Background

Racing career

See also

References