La Mer was a thoroughbred racehorse, who raced from 1976 to 1979.
La Mer was sired by Copenhagen II from La Balsa (New Zealand). She was bred by Jack Alexander at Cranleigh Stud in Wanganui and born on Melbourne Cup day in 1973. Later she was sold to Mr L (Allen) Alexander of Wynthorpe Stud, Lepperton.
She was trained by Malcolm Smith at Bell Block, New Plymouth.
She raced and won 24 times out of 43 starts, as well as second 5 times and third 6 times in 1200m to 2400m, winning NZ$225,925 and AUS$19,500 in stake money.
La Mer was the 1979 Horse of the Year and 1977 Filly of the Year in New Zealand.
Racing career
La Mer won numerous
Weight for Age
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Weight for Age (WFA) is a term in thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race.
History
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races in New Zealand. She also won the
Coongy Handicap
The Coongy Cup, registered as the Coongy Handicap, is a Melbourne Racing Club Group 3 Thoroughbred horse race held under open handicap conditions, for horses aged three years old and upwards, over a distance of 2000 metres, held at Caulfield R ...
and placed second in the
Mackinnon Stakes
The VRC Champions Stakes, registered as the ''LKS Mackinnon Stakes'', is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions over a distance of 2000 metres at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on ...
in Australia.
The following are some of the major races she raced in.
Progeny
After finishing her racing, La Mer was purchased by Irish owner Captain Tim Rogers and exported to Ireland for her breeding career.
La Mer's first foal, Loughmore (Ire), by Artaius, winner of the Sandown Eclipse Stakes, was brought to New Zealand where she won once from ten starts and produced the Group One
Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes
The Manawatu Sires Produce Stakes is a Group One horse race held for Thoroughbred two-year-olds at Awapuni Racecourse in Palmerston North, New Zealand.
Run over 1400 metres in late March or early April, for a stake of $225,000 (2021) it, and t ...
winner Little Jamie.
La Mer left seven winners, although none had the quality of herself.
See also
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Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand
The racing of Thoroughbred horses (or gallopers, as they are also known) is a popular gaming and spectator sport and industry in New Zealand.
History
Thoroughbred horse racing commenced soon after European settlement. The first totalisator machi ...
References
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* ''New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Annual 1979 (8th edition)''.Costello, John, Editor. Moa Publications, Auckland, New Zealand.
* ''New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing Annual 1978 (7th edition)''.Costello, John, Editor. Moa Publications, Auckland, New Zealand.
* ''The Great Decade of New Zealand racing 1970-1980''. Glengarry, Jack. William Collins Publishers Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand.
1973 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in New Zealand
Racehorses trained in New Zealand
Thoroughbred family 6-d