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2009 Kentucky Derby

He took the lead so fast after the final turn that NBC Sports race announcer Tom Durkin didn't notice that the gelding took the lead until it had a three-length opening ahead of the pack.

2012 Global Champions Tour

Ouaddar was with the nine year old gelding Porche du Fruitier (owned by Mohammed VI of Morocco) the second competition in the jump-off.

Andreas Schütz

After taking over the conditioning of Good Ba Ba, he guided the gelding to four consecutive Group One race wins and 2007/2008 Hong Kong Horse of the Year honors.

Ellen Whitaker

Equimax Ocolado (* 1996), Dutch Warmblood, Gelding, Father: Habsburg, Mother's Father: Calvados, Owners: Dawn Makin & Steven Whitaker

Kanselier (* 1992), Dutch Warmblood, Gelding, Father: Notaris, Mother's Father: Nimmerdor

Fraise

Eventually gelded, he was used as a lesson horse at the Olympic Riding Club in Chiba, Japan.

Harness racing in Australia

Sir William Don an inbred Thoroughbred gelding bred by Mr. Mackenzie in 1856 near the Murrumbidgee River became the 13th fastest pacer in the harness racing world.

Marco Kutscher

Cash (* 1996), Holsteiner horse, brown, Gelding, Father: Carthago, Mother's Father: Lavall II, Owner: Madeleine Winter-Schulze

Mr. What

An eight year-old gelding owned by David Coughlan, trained by Tom Taaffe Mr What was ridden by the The Queen Mother's jockey Arthur Freeman who put up six lbs overweight.

Nicolaus Silver

After racing in Ireland, the gelding was put up for auction at the Ballsbridge sales in November 1960 and was bought for £2,600 by Charles Vaughan.

Pius Schwizer

Loving Dancer (* 1999), Holsteiner horse, Gelding, Father: La Zarras, Mother's Father: Calypso

Koby du Vartellier (* 1998), Selle Français, Gelding, Father: Espoir Breceen, Mother's Father: Hidalgo de Riou

Placid Ark

Out of racing for a time due to an injury, Placid Ark came back in 1988 to win the Bobby Lewis Quality before a shattered sesamoid resulted in the gelding having to be euthanized.

Raymond York

On January 13, 2000, the 66-year-old became the first jockey to ride in seven different decades when he rode a 4-year-old gelding named Culebra to a tenth-place finish in a seven-furlong claiming race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

Stan Mellor

Finally, at Nottingham on 18 December 1971, he piloted grey gelding Ouzo to victory in the otherwise unremarkable Christmas Spirit Novices' Chase, thus becoming the first jump jockey to ride 1,000 winners.

Veandercross

Veandercross was a brown, rangy gelding bred by Dr Bill Luey at Lower Hutt not far from the Trentham Racecourse.


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