Group one wins: 1979 Vic Tatlow Memorial 1980 SA Derby 1981 Qld Pacing Championship 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 SA Cup 1982 A G Hunter Cup 1982 NZ Auckland Trotting Cup 1983 WA Pacing Cup 1983, 1984 Inter Dominion Pacing Championship 1983 NSW Harold Park Cup 1983 Vic Cranbourne Cup 1984 WA Fremantle Cup
Awards
1982, 1983 & 1984 Australasian Pacers Grand Circuit Champion 1984 Stake Earner of the Year (Pacers) (Aust.) 1982 & 1984 Australian 4YO+ Pacer of the Year
Honors
1982, 1984 Australian Harness Horse of the Year 1st Australian Standardbred to win $1m. Gammalite Cup at Terang racecourse
Last updated on: 20 August 2011.
Gammalite (1976 – 21 December 2006) was an Australian bred Standardbred racehorse who was the first Standardbred to win A$1 million in Australia.[1] He was regarded as one of Australia's most successful pacers with 16 Group one wins.[2] He won the Inter Dominion Championship twice and was inducted into the Inter Dominion Hall of Fame.[3]
He was bred, owned and trained by Leo and Maureen O'Connor of Terang. Gammalite was foaled in 1976 and was sired by Thor Hanover (USA) and his dam was High Valley by Intangible (USA). High Valley produced 13 foals, the best of which were Alphalite, (winner of twenty three races, including the Victoria Derby), Amative (13 races), Betalite (15 races), The Rogue (22 races), and Omega Valley (12 races).
^Powerful Cranbourne Cup winning pacer Gammalite an all-time great, Herald-Sun 27 November 2013, Retrieved 27 January 2016
^Inter Dominion Hall of Fame Archived 2011-08-22 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 20 January 2010
^"Gammalite". Inter Dominion Hall of Fame. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
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