16 1924 - 2024 Zealand owned and bred. Just ten of her races, and four wins, were in Australia. Gloaming’s story is more complicated, and more illustrious. He was bred in Victoria at Melton by Ernest E.D. Clarke, younger brother of Sir Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke (the 2nd Baronet). At the Victorian yearling sales in 1917, Clarke sold the colt for 230 guineas to Sydney bloodstock agent Harry Chisholm, acting for a prosperous New Zealand owner, George Dean Greenwood. Gloaming was trained thereafter in New Zealand by Richard Mason, but his first two—sensational—starts were in Sydney. He set a race record for both the 9 furlong (1810m) Chelmsford Stakes and the 12 furlong (2414m) AJC Derby. Returning to New Zealand he strung together nine wins and three seconds that season before falling in a race at Wellington. He recovered unhurt. This was the sole time in his long career of 67 starts that Gloaming finished unplaced. His unbroken sequence of 19 wins began with Craven Plate at Randwick in 1919. The next 18 were in New Zealand. ABOVE: Sporting Life - Gallery of Stars illustration of Gloaming. (All images courtesy of Australian Racing Museum)
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