Alcide (horse)

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Alcide


caption =
sire = Alycidon
grandsire = Donatello
dam = Chenille
damsire = King Salmon
sex = Stallion
foaled = 1955
country = Great Britain
colour = Bay
breeder =
owner = Sir Humphrey de Trafford
trainer = Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
record = 12: 8 - ? - ?
earnings = £56,042
race = Horris Hill Stakes (1957)
Chester Vase (1958)
Lingfield Derby Trial (1958)
Great Voltigeur Stakes (1958)
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1959)

British Classic Race wins:
St. Leger Stakes (1958)
awards =
honours =
updated= January 9, 2008

Alcide (1955-1973) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. It is widely believed that Alcide would have won Epsom's 1958 Derby had not foul play prevented him from running. A form line through Nagami, who was third in the Derby and when racing against Alcide, gives credence to that theory. At the time there was an alarming amount of villainy in racing and there seems no doubt that he had been hit when in his stable and sustained a broken rib.

As a two-year-old Alcide had won the Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury Racecourse and his first success in his second season was in the Chester Vase. He then romped home in the Lingfield Derby Trial and after he had recovered from his injury he won the Great Voltigeur Stakes by 12 lengths and the St. Leger by eight. He was held up in his preparation for the Ascot Gold Cup the following season, but even so was only just beaten by Wallaby II. Six weeks later he won the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes and retired to stud as the winner of eight races worth £56,042. His stud career was not as successful as had been expected, though he sired good winners in Oncidium, Approval, Atilla and Remand.

References

* "The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing" - written by Bill Mooney and George Ennor
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/alcide Alcide's pedigree and racing stats]