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Dulcify Sire Decies Grandsire Pardal Dam Sweet Candy Damsire Todman Sex Gelding Foaled 1975 Country New Zealand Colour Bay[1] Owner Colin Hayes Trainer Colin Hayes Record 21: 10-2-3 Earnings A$568,775[citation needed] Major wins Victoria Derby (1978)
Craiglee Stakes (1979)
Australian Derby (1979)
Rosehill Guineas (1979)
Australian Cup (1979)
Turnbull Stakes (1979)
LKS Mackinnon Stakes (1979)
Cox Plate (1979)Honours Dulcify Quality Handicap at Randwick Racecourse Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on 24 October 2009 Dulcify (1975–1979) was an New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies, a grandson of Pharis, the very important French sire whom Thoroughbred Heritage says is considered one of the greatest French-bred runners of the century. Dulcify's dam was the Australian mare, Sweet Candy, a daughter of the 1957 Golden Slipper Stakes winner and Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Todman.
Dulcify was owned and raced by Colin Hayes, who purchased him for $3,250. Hayes called him the best horse he ever raced. [1]
Dulcify was a patent come-from-behind runner who electrified racegoers with his dramatic charge down the home straight. His most important career win came in the 1979 Cox Plate which he won by a still standing record of seven lengths.[2] The betting favourite for the 1979 Melbourne Cup, he suffered a broken pelvis during the race and had to be euthanized.
References
- ^ ASB: Dulcify (NZ) Retrieved 2009-10-24
- ^ Dulcify's Cox Plate, 1979
External links
Categories:- 1975 racehorse births
- 1979 racehorse deaths
- Horses who died from racing injuries
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Racehorses bred in New Zealand
- Racehorses trained in Australia
- Australian racehorses
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