Gold Digger (horse)

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Gold Digger
Sire	Nashua
Grandsire	Nasrullah
Dam	Sequence
Damsire	Count Fleet
Sex	Mare
Foaled	1962^[1]
Country	USA
Breeder	Leslie Combs II & Brownell Combs
Owner	Dorothy L. Combs
Trainer	E. Jouett Reed
Record	35: 10-2-4
Earnings	$127,255^[1]
Major wins
Columbiana Handicap (1965) Marigold Stakes (1965) Yo Tambien Handicap (1965) Gallorette Handicap (1965, 1966)

Gold Digger (May 28, 1962 - February 21, 1990) was an American Thoroughbred racemare who won back-to-back runnings of the Gallorette Handicap^[1] but is most famous for being the Dam of Mr. Prospector.

Background

Gold Digger's name came from the highly publicized 1955 murder of William Woodward Jr. who owned Gold Digger's sire, Nashua. The word "gold digger" refers to a person who engages in a relationship for money instead of love.

Career

Owned by Combs wife Dorothy (née Enslow), Gold Digger was trained by Jouett Reed. Gold Digger's first race was on January 1, 1964 in which she finished 3rd in the Matron Stakes. 1964 proved to be a winless year for Gold Digger. She won the 1965 Columbiana Handicap in February 1965.^[1]

Gold Digger captured the September 1965 Marigold Stakes at Latonia Race Track in Kentucky, then in October won the Yo Tambien Handicap at Chicago's Hawthorne Race Course.^[2] She then won the November 1965 Gallorette Handicap at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.^[1] She got her last victory on May 7, 1966, capturing the Gallorette Handicap for the second time.^[1]

Gold Digger was retired from breeding in 1984 and was euthanized on February 21, 1990.

Stud career

Gold Digger's descendants include: c = colt, f = filly

Foaled	Name	Sex	Major Wins
1970	Mr. Prospector	c	Gravesend Handicap (1974) Whirlaway Handicap (1974)
1971	Gold Standard	c	Los Feliz Stakes (1974) Cortez Handicap (1976)
1977	Lillian Russell	f	Mint Julep Handicap (1981) Cleopatra Handicap (1981)

Pedigree

Pedigree of Gold Digger (USA), bay mare, 1962^[3]
Sire Nashua (USA) b. 1952	Nasrullah (GB) b. 1940	Nearco	Pharos
		Nearco	Nogara
		Mumtaz Begum	Blenheim
		Mumtaz Begum	Mumtaz Mahal
	Segula (USA) b. 1942	Johnstown	Jamestown
		Johnstown	La France
		Sekhmet	Sardanapale
		Sekhmet	Prosopopee
Dam Sequence (USA) b. 1946	Count Fleet (USA) b. 1940	Reigh Count	Sunreigh
		Reigh Count	Contessina
		Quickly	Haster
		Quickly	Stephanie
	Miss Dogwood (USA) b. 1939	Bull Dog	Teddy
		Bull Dog	Plucky Liege
		Myrtlewood	Blue Larkspur
		Myrtlewood	Frizeur

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Gold Digger". Equibase. March 28, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Gold Digger". American Classic Pedigrees. March 28, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
^ "Gold Digger". Retrieved March 30, 2019.

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