- Great Command
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Great Command
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sire =Marscay
grandsire = Biscay
dam = Tisolde
damsire = Tights
sex = Gelding
foaled = 1993
country = New Zealand flagicon|NZL
colour = Chestnut
breeder = Waikato Stud
owner = H J & J Chan, R R McAnulty & D Tsang
trainer = Michael Moroney
record = 10:7-0-2
earnings = $388,508
race =New Zealand Derby (1996)Whakanui Stud International (1997)
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honours =
updated= July 3, 2007Great Command is a
Thoroughbred racehorse who never finished further back than fifth in his career and won theNew Zealand Derby in 2000, giving trainer Mike Moroney the first of his three New Zealand Derby victories to date and owner Rob McAnulty the first of his two.After being fifth on debut on a heavy track, Great Command won four races on end including the
Waikato Guineas and Derby Trial. After finishing third to Bubble in the Avondale Guineas he returned to his winning way in the Derby, recording his fifth win from seven career starts. The Derby win hadDarren Beadman in the saddle. The third placegetter, Captain Moonlight, won a Group 1 against older horses the following week.Five wins from seven starts became seven from nine as he returned a month later with a Group 3 win at Ellerslie and then the Group 1
Whakanui Stud International at Te Rapa against the older horses.What turned out to be his last career start came next, with Great Command finishing third behind
Intergaze andMight And Power in the Canterbury Guineas.In all he won seven of his ten starts and was only unplaced once, in his debut on a wet track.
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