Glencoe II
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Glencoe was a notable Australia
n bred Thoroughbred
racehorse who won the 1868 Melbourne Cup
and eight other principal races.
In 1868 Glencoe won the AJC St Leger Stakes, VRC All-Aged Stakes and VRC Queens Plate.
John Tait nominated three of his horses for the 1868 Melbourne Cup
, the raging favourite The Barb
, Bylong and Glencoe. He later scratched The Barb and backed Glencoe with Bylong drifting right out of the betting market. Glencoe defeated twenty-five other horses to win the Melbourne Cup comfortably and win a fortune for Tait.
Glencoe later became a temperamental racehorse and turned in some bad performances which led to Tait selling him to the Victorian, Mr J. Bailey.
Glencoe raced as a six-year-old, retiring as a winner of many of his country's most important races. At stud
, he proved not to be successful.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n bred Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
racehorse who won the 1868 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
and eight other principal races.
Pedigree
Glencoe was chestnut stallion by the imported Lord of the Hills (by Touchstone), his dam Queen of Clubs was by the colonial stallion, Cossack out of Queen of Hearts by Dover (GB). He descended from a now extinct colonial family, C33, which did not produce any other winners of note.Racing record
Under the colours of his breeder/owner, Richard Dines, Glencoe won the 1867 AJC Sires' Produce Stakes and was then was sold to prominent horseman, "Honest" John Tait.In 1868 Glencoe won the AJC St Leger Stakes, VRC All-Aged Stakes and VRC Queens Plate.
John Tait nominated three of his horses for the 1868 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
, the raging favourite The Barb
The Barb
The Barb was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse, famed for winning the 1866 Melbourne Cup, the Sydney Cup twice, and other quality races. He was bred by George Lee and foaled in 1863 at Leeholme, near Bathurst, New South Wales.-Pedigree:...
, Bylong and Glencoe. He later scratched The Barb and backed Glencoe with Bylong drifting right out of the betting market. Glencoe defeated twenty-five other horses to win the Melbourne Cup comfortably and win a fortune for Tait.
Glencoe later became a temperamental racehorse and turned in some bad performances which led to Tait selling him to the Victorian, Mr J. Bailey.
Glencoe raced as a six-year-old, retiring as a winner of many of his country's most important races. At stud
Horse breeding
Horse breeding is reproduction in horses, and particularly the human-directed process of selective breeding of animals, particularly purebred horses of a given breed. Planned matings can be used to produce specifically desired characteristics in domesticated horses...
, he proved not to be successful.