Barcaldine (1878) was an outstanding, undefeated British

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and sire. He succeeded in carrying on the

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sire-line, which would have died out in

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without his sons and grandsons. In the US, Matchem passed on his sire-line through

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via the exported

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.Leicester, Sir Charles, “Bloodstock Breeding”, J.A. Allen & Co, London, 1969

Pedigree

Barcaldine was

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(2x3), being by Solon (by the

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winner West Australian from Darling’s Dam). His dam, Ballyroe, was by Belladrum from Bon Accord by Adventurer from Darling’s Dam.

Racing record

Two-year-old season

Barcaldine had four starts for four wins as a two-year-old: in September the Railway Stakes at the

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, the National Produce Stakes which he won by four lengths carrying 9 stone (126 pounds), the Beresford Stakes of one mile carrying and the Paget Stakes of six furlongs, carrying or 59 kg).Thoroughbred Heritage - Barcaldine
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Three-year-old season

Only being half-fit, Barcaldine won Baldoyle Derby by a length in May. In June, he raced for three straight days in winning three Queen's Plates at the Curragh.

Four-year-old season

Stewards investigating Barcaldine's true ownership resulted in him being unraced that season. At the end of 1882, he was sold to his new trainer, Robert Peck.

Five-year-old season

Barcaldine next won the 1½ mile Westminster Cup, the 1½ mile Epsom Stakes, carrying or 59 kg), the three-mile Orange Cup at Ascot, and finally the

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by two lengths in a field of nine.

Assessment

In May 1886, ''

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'' carried out a poll of one hundred racing experts to create a ranking of the best British racehorses of the 19th century. Barcaldine was ranked fifteenth, having been placed in the top ten by twenty-one of the contributors.

Stud record

Barcaldine was then sold to Lady Stamford for £8,000 and retired to stand at Park Paddocks, Newmarket, for a fee of 50 guineas. He produced the winners of 305 races in England, including: * Barmecide (

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), * Marco, was considered the best of his generation at age three and continued the

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sire line. * Mimi (

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, One Thousand Guineas), * Morion (

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), *

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) * Winkfield (Ascot Gold Cup) Barcaldine was the great-grandsire of unbeaten

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, who sired the Derby winner Captain Cuttle from the first mare he covered at

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and was the

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in 1926.Ahnert, Rainer L. (editor in chief), “Thoroughbred Breeding of the World”, Pozdun Publishing, Germany, 1970 Exported Barcaldine daughters have influenced Thoroughbred breeding in

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.Morris, Simon; Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World Barcaldine stood at the same stud for nine years until his death from a liver abscess.

References

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