Desert Gold

Desert Gold was a famous and successful New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who raced at the time of World War I. She raced in Australia and New Zealand, winning 36 races, including a still-standing record of 19 in succession (which she holds with Gloaming and Black Caviar).

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Famous quotes containing the words desert and/or gold:

    “The change of Philomel, by the barbarous king
    So rudely forced; yet there the nightingale
    Filled all the desert with inviolable voice
    And still she cried, and still the world pursues,
    “Jug Jug” to dirty ears.”
    —T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

    “Whatever is gold does not glitter. A gentle radiance belongs to the noblest metal.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)