La Mer was a thoroughbred racehorse, who raced from 1976 to 1979. She raced and won 24 times from 1200m to 2400m, and won $223,604 in stake money.

La Mer was the 1979 Horse of the Year and 1977 Filly of the Year in New Zealand. She raced in Australia once, and was 2nd in the LKS MacKinnon Stakes

LKS MacKinnon Stakes

From 1869 to 1936 the LKS Mackinnon Stakes was known as the Melbourne Stakes.The LKS Mackinnon Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 1 2000 metre Thoroughbred horse race run under Weight for Age conditions. The race is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia on the Saturday before...

. She won numerous Weight for Age

Weight for Age

Weight for Age is a term in Thoroughbred horse racing which is one of the conditions for a race. It means that a horse will carry a set weight in accordance with the Weight for Age Scale. This weight varies depending on the horse’s age, its sex, the race distance and the month of the year...

 races in New Zealand, as well as the WRC Desert Gold Stakes

Desert Gold Stakes

The Desert Gold Stakes is a horse race held at Trentham Racecourse in Trentham near Wellington, New Zealand named in honor of the great filly, Desert Gold....

in 1978.