Shogun Lodge

Shogun Lodge
Sire Grand Lodge (USA)
Dam Pride of Tahnee
Damsire Best Western
Sex Gelding
Foaled 1996
Country Australia
Colour Chestnut
Breeder Mr I. Millard, Mrs A. Millard
Trainer Bob Thomsen
Record 58: 13-12-8
Earnings A$4,640,314
Major wins
George Main Stakes (1999)
Epsom Handicap (2000)
Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001)
Last updated on 5 June 2009

Shogun Lodge (25 September 1996 – 8 November 2003) was an Australian Thoroughbred racehorse who won three Group One races, and had each of his 58 starts in Group races. He was a chestnut gelding by Grand Lodge (USA) out of the unraced mare Pride of Tahnee (Best Western-Tahnee's Pride), who also produced the Group One winners Singing The Blues (by Blues Traveller (IRE)) and Referral (by Dr Grace).[1]

Racing career

Shogun Lodge made a winning debut in the Listed Canonbury Stakes at Randwick on 3 October 1998, and won three of his four starts prior to the Golden Slipper, in which he started favourite and finished a close third.[2] At three and four, Shogun Lodge won his Group One races, the Epsom Handicap, the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and the George Main Stakes, in which he defeated the champion mare Sunline. Shogun Lodge won stakes races at two, three, four, five, and seven, and prize money of $4,640,315. In addition, Shogun Lodge was runner-up in 12 Group One races, including the Doncaster Handicap (twice) and the Victoria and AJC Derbies, and, since the introduction of the Group system in the late-1970s, few if any horses have been runner-up in more. These 12 races included defeats by the champions Northerly, Sunline, and Lonhro, and he lost three races by a short-half-head. In one of his greatest performances, Shogun Lodge was beaten by Sunline in head-bobbing finish to the 2002 Doncaster Handicap, in which both horses carried topweight of 58 kilos, and gave 6.5 kilos to Defier, who went on to win three Group One races at weight-for-age. At his next start, in the Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Shogun Lodge ran one of his worst races, finishing second-last, and, in an 'ominous' sign, was found to have had an 'irregular heart reading'.[3]

After his first and only winless season at six, Shogun Lodge won the City Tatt's Lightning Handicap first-up as a seven-year-old (coincidentally, over the same course as his debut win, five years earlier), and was sent to Flemington for two further races. In the early stages of the second of these races, the Emirates Stakes, Shogun Lodge suffered a fatal heart attack.[4] His upset trainer, Bob Thomsen, said 'Oh God... I've probably handled the best horse this country's ever had. The best horse ever to put his head through a bridle was Tulloch and I handled him... his heart weighed 14-and-a-half (pounds)... I'll tell you what, Shogun wasn't far behind him...'[5]

Race record

1998-99 Season as a Two Year Old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
Won03 Oct 1998Canonbury StakesRandwickLR1000 m53J. Marshall2nd - Passmore
4th13 Feb 1999Silver Slipper StakesRosehillG21100 m55.5J. Marshall1st - Passmore
Won06 Mar 1999Skyline StakesRosehillG31200 m55.5S. Dye2nd - High Rolling
Won20 Mar 1999Pago Pago StakesRosehillG21200 m55.5J. Marshall2nd - High Rolling
3rd27 Mar 1999Golden SlipperRosehillG11200 m55.5J. Marshall1st - Catbird
5th05 Apr 1999Sires Produce StakesRandwickG11400 m55.5S. Dye1st - Align
3rd17 Apr 1999Champagne StakesRandwickG11600 m55.5S. Dye1st - Quick Star
1999-00 Season as a Three Year Old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
4th07 Aug 1999San Domenico StakesRandwickG21000 m55S. Dye1st - Testa Rossa
4th21 Aug 1999Up and Coming StakesWarwick FarmG21200 m54S. Dye1st - Testa Rossa
3rd04 Sep 1999Ming Dynasty QualityRandwickLR1400 m58.5S. Dye1st - Hire
Won16 Sep 1999Spring StakesNewcastleG31600 m54S. Dye2nd - Perfect Paradise
Won25 Sep 1999George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m49.5S. Dye2nd - Sunline
2nd02 Oct 1999Spring Champion StakesRandwickG12000 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway
4th16 Oct 1999Norman Robinson StakesCaulfieldG32000 m57.5S. Dye1st - Blackfriars
2nd30 Oct 1999Victoria DerbyFlemingtonG12500 m55.5S. Dye1st - Blackfriars
5th26 Feb 2000Royal Sovereign StakesRandwickG21200 m57.5S. Dye1st - Hire
4th11 Mar 2000Hobartville StakesWarwick FarmG21400 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway
6th25 Mar 2000Canterbury GuineasCanterburyG11900 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway
Won15 Apr 2000Tulloch StakesRosehillG22000 m55.5S. Dye2nd - Now Voyager
2nd22 Apr 2000Australian DerbyRandwickG12400 m55.5S. Dye1st - Fairway
5th6 May 2000Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickG12000 m55.5S. Dye1st - Georgie Boy
Won17 May 2000A D Hollindale StakesGold CoastG21800 m55.5S. Dye2nd - Integrate
2000-01 Season as a Four Year Old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
3rd09 Sep 2000Theo Marks StakesRosehillG21300 m55.5D. Beasley1st - Hire
5th23 Sep 2000George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m57.5D. Oliver1st - Adam
Won02 Oct 2000Epsom HandicapRandwickG11600 m56G. Boss2nd - Landsighting
2nd14 Oct 2000Yalumba StakesCaulfieldG12000 m57D. Oliver1st - Sky Heights
11th28 Oct 2000Cox PlateMoonee ValleyG12040 m56.5D. Oliver1st - Sunline
5th02 Dec 2000Festival StakesRosehillLR1300 m59G. Boss1st - Adam
8th17 Dec 2000Hong Kong CupSha TinG12000 m57S. Dye1st - Fantastic Light
Won17 Mar 2001Canterbury StakesCanterburyG21200 m57.5G. Boss2nd - Assertive Lad
2nd31 Mar 2001George Ryder StakesRosehillWon1500 m58G. Boss1st - Landsighting
2nd14 Apr 2001Doncaster HandicapRandwickWon1600 m58G. Boss1st - Assertive Lad
Won28 Apr 2001Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickWon2000 m58G. Boss2nd - Go Flash Go
Won16 May 2001A D Hollindale StakesGold CoastG21800 m58G. Boss2nd - Camarena
2nd26 May 2001Doomben CupDoombenWon2020 m58G. Boss1st - King Keitel
2001-02 Season as a Five Year Old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
3rd18 Aug 2001Warwick StakesWarwick FarmG21300 m58G. Boss1st - Lonhro
Won08 Sep 2001Theo Marks StakesRosehillG21300 m60G. Boss2nd - Fouardee
2nd22 Sep 2001George Main StakesWarwick FarmG11600 m58G. Boss1st - Viscount
2nd13 Oct 2001Yalumba StakesCaulfieldG12000 m58G. Boss1st - Northerly
7th01 Dec 2001Festival StakesRosehillLR1400 m60D. Beadman1st - Nanny Maroon
5th16 Dec 2001Hong Kong MileSha TinG11600 m57S. Dye1st - Eishin Preston
3rd02 Mar 2002Canterbury StakesCanterburyG21200 m57.5G. Boss1st - Empire
2nd16 Mar 2002George Ryder StakesRosehillG11500 m58G. Boss1st - Lord Essex
2nd30 Mar 2002Doncaster HandicapRandwickG11600 m58G. Boss1st - Sunline
12th13 Apr 2002Queen Elizabeth StakesRandwickG12000 m58G. Boss1st - Defier
2002-03 Season as a Six Year Old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
3rd17 Aug 2002Premiere StakesRosehillG21200 m57.5P. Payne1st - Century Kid
4th07 Sep 2002Chelmsford StakesRandwickG21600 m58C. Brown1st - Lonhro
5th28 Sep 2002George Main StakesRandwickG11600 m58C. Brown1st - Defier
9th05 Oct 2002Epsom HandicapRandwickG11600 m58G. Boss1st - Excellerator
4th01 Mar 2003Frederick Clissold StakesRosehillG31200 m60H. Bowman1st - Gordo
2nd15 Mar 2003Chipping Norton StakesWarwick FarmG11600 m58H. Bowman1st - Lonhro
6th05 Apr 2003George Ryder StakesRosehillG11500 m58H. Bowman1st - Lonhro
7th26 Apr 2003All Aged StakesRandwickG11600 m58P. Payne1st - Arlington Road
6th10 May 2003A D Hollindale StakesGold CoastG21800 m58S. Seamer1st - Bush Padre
7th24 May 2003Doomben CupDoombenG12200 m58S. Seamer1st - Bush Padre
2003-04 Season as a Seven Year Old
ResultDateRaceVenueGroupDistanceWeight (kg)JockeyWinner/2nd
Won18 Oct 2003City Tattersalls Lightning HcpRandwickLR1000 m61R. Quinn2nd - Marchioness
3rd01 Nov 2003Yallambee Stud StakesFlemingtonG31400 m58.5G. Boss1st - Scenic Peak
Died08 Nov 2003Emirates StakesFlemingtonG11600 m56.5G. Boss1st - Titanic Jack

Pedigree

Pedigree of Shogun Lodge (Aus)
Sire
Grand Lodge (USA)
1991
Chief's Crown (USA)
1982
Danzig (USA)
1977
Northern Dancer (Can)
Pas de Nom (USA)
Six Crowns (USA)
1976
Secretariat (USA)
Chris Evert (USA)
La Papagena (GB)
1983
Habitat (USA)
1966
Sir Gaylord (USA)
Little Hut (USA)
Magic Flute (GB)
1968
Tudor Melody (GB)
Filigrana (GB)
Dam
Pride Of Tahnee (Aus)
1984
Best Western (Aus)
1978
Bletchingly (Aus)
1970
Biscay (Aus)
Coogee (GB)
Grease Paint (Aus)
1970
Raimondo (Fr)
Better Half (Aus)
Tahnee's Pride (Aus)
1979
Boucher (USA)
1969
Ribot (GB)
Glamour (USA)
Swiftly Ann (Aus)
1972
Swiftly Morgan (USA)
Dulcieann (Aus)

See also

References

  1. http://www.racingandsports.com.au/breeding/rsNewsArt.asp?NID=127174
  2. ASB - Shogun Lodge Retrieved on 6 June 2009
  3. (includes photographs)
  4. One big heart fails, others break
  5. The Age - Shogun shock mars big race Retrieved on 6 June 2009
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