Luckily for Gothic, his success was aided by racing just prior to Phar Lap's dominant era

Gothic was a black Australian thoroughbred stallion who raced for four seasons from a three-year-old to a six-year-old, recording major wins from 6 furlongs to 1½ miles, (1200m - 2400m) with champion Sydney jockey Jim Pike, the Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Gothic was bred by Saturnino Unzue in Argentina and foaled in England. Sire, Tracery (USA) winner of the 1912 St Leger Stakes & St James's Palace Stakes, 1913 Champion Stakes & Eclipse Stakes and Damsire Sundridge (GB), were leading Sires' of Great Britain in 1911. Gothic was purchased for 1500 guineas at the Newmarket sales by Andrew Robertson, brother of Gothic's trainer for owner Sol Green. Dam Sundrilla (FR) was exported from Argentina in foal to the Newmarket sales England 1921 then bought privately by breeder Major James E. Pratt. Notable offspring were Kingcardine (GB), 1927 St James's Palace Stakes,  Jersey Stakes and Doctor Dolittle (GB), 1931 Ribbledale Stakes.

Gothic was an exceptional galloper and raced between 1926 and 1929. The winner of 8 Group one races in the modern era, he defeated the champion Amounis on four occasions and won the 1927 and 1928 Newmarket Handicap, 1928 VATC Futurity Stakes (with a course record carrying 63.5 kg), 1928 Memsie Stakes carrying 62 kg and third in the 1928 Caulfield Cup behind Maple carrying 60.5 kg.

Lou Robertson, originally from New Zealand, was a masterful and patient trainer who first trained trotters and then transitioned to thoroughbreds to win the greatest races on the Australian turf. His stables were located at Mordialloc, Victoria. As the leading trainer in the 1928/1929 season and a dominant force in Melbourne racing, he won the Trainer's premiership in 1943/1944 and again in 1945/1946. Major winners included Marabou 1935 Melbourne Cup, Lavendo 1915 Caulfield Cup, Lincoln 1949 Caulfield Cup, Garrio 1935 W. S. Cox Plate, Leonard 1946 W. S. Cox Plate and VRC Derby winners 1928 Strephon,1935 Feldspar and 1944 San Martin. Other stable notables from the period were Iron Duke, Lawrence and Cimbrian.

Owner Sol Green 1868–1948 was a leviathan bookmaker, owner-breeder and philanthropist born in London and imported and bred racehorses at his Shipley stud at Warrnambool, Victoria. Major notables imported and owned by Sol Green were Comedy King, 1910 Melbourne Cup &  Futurity Stakes and leading sire in Australia in 1919/20, and the champion 3 year-old front running stayer Strephon 1928 VRC Derby, 1929  AJC St Leger & VRC St Leger and second in the 1928 Melbourne Cup to Statesman. Gothic, a promising stud stallion, unfortunately passed away in October 1930 due to an internal abscess shortly after commencing stud duties at Green's Underbank stud near Bacchus Marsh.

RACE RECORD - 30: 13½-5-8
EARNINGS - £22,870

Newmarket Handicap (1927, 1928)
Futurity Stakes (1928)
C.M .Lloyd Stakes (1928, 1929)
Memsie Stakes (1928)
Caulfield Stakes (1928)
Melbourne Stakes (1928)
Linlithgow Stakes (1928)
C.B. Fisher Plate (1928)
William Reid Stakes (1929)
C.F. Orr Stakes (1929)