Horsename: | Kaiser |
Sire: | Ruling |
Grandsire: | Bold Ruler |
Dam: | Sovereign Lass |
Damsire: | Sovereign Edition |
Sex: | Colt |
Foaled: | 1975 |
Country: | New Zealand |
Colour: | Brown |
Owner: | T J & Mrs Doole |
Trainer: | Neville Atkins |
Race: | New Zealand Derby (1979) |
Updated: | February 26, 2008 |
Kaiser is a Thoroughbred racehorse who won the New Zealand Derby in 1979. He was trained by Neville Atkins and ridden in the 1979 Derby by Alwin Tweedie.
Like Ruling Lad, who won the race the following year, Kaiser was a son of Ruling, who himself was a son of Bold Ruler.
His Derby winning time, 2:29.42, was at the time the second-fastest in the history of the race.