Glencoe (foaled 1864) was a notable Australian bred

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racehorse who won the 1868 Melbourne Cup 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.Wanklyn & Howarth, "The Australasian Racehorse", Christchurch Press, Christchurch, NZ, 1949

Racing record

Under the colours of his breeder/owner, Richard Dines, Glencoe won the 1867

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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.ASB: Glencoe
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, the raging favourite

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, 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.Barrie, Douglas M., The Australian Bloodhorse, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1956Cavanough, Maurice, ''The Melbourne Cup'', Jack Pollard P/L, North Sydney, 1976 Glencoe later became a temperamental racehorse and turned in some bad performances which led to Tait selling him to the Victorian, J. Bailey. Glencoe raced as a six-year-old, retiring as a winner of many of his country's most important races. At

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, he proved not to be successful.

References

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Glencoe at Thoroughbred Heritage.com

External links

Glencoe's pedigree and partial racing stats
1864 racehorse births Melbourne Cup winners Racehorses bred in Australia Racehorses trained in Australia Thoroughbred family C33