Dulcify

Dulcify
SireDecies (GB)
GrandsirePardal (FR)
DamSweet Candy (AUS)
DamsireTodman (AUS)
SexGelding
Foaled(1975-10-14)14 October 1975
Died6 November 1979(1979-11-06) (aged 4)
CountryNew Zealand
ColourBay[1]
OwnerColin Hayes
TrainerColin Hayes
Record21: 10–2-3
EarningsA$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)
W S Cox Plate (1979)
Honours
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Dulcify Quality Handicap at Randwick Racecourse
Last updated on 10 March 2014

Dulcify (14 October 1975– 6 November 1979) was a New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies (GB), a grandson of Pharis (FR), 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 (AUS), a daughter of 1957 Golden Slipper Stakes winner and Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Todman (AUS).

He was owned and raced by Colin Hayes, who purchased him for $3,250. Hayes called him the best horse he ever raced. [1]

A patient, come-from-behind runner, 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.

In 2014, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.[3]

  1. ^ ASB: Dulcify (NZ) Retrieved 2009-10-24
  2. ^ Dulcify's Cox Plate, 1979
  3. ^ "Dulcify | Racing Victoria". racing.com.