{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Dulcify | image = | caption = | sire = Decies (GB) | grandsire = Pardal (FR) | dam = Sweet Candy (AUS) | damsire = [[Todman]] (AUS) | sex = [[Gelding]] | foaled = {{birth date|1975|10|14|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1979|11|06|1975|10|14|df=y}} | country = [[New Zealand]] | colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=333049|0 ASB: Dulcify (NZ)] Retrieved 2009-10-24</ref> | breeder = | owner = [[Colin Hayes]] | trainer = Colin Hayes | record = 21: 10–2-3 | earnings = [[Australian dollar|A$]]568,775{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}} | race = [[Victoria Derby]] (1978)<br>[[Craiglee Stakes]] (1979)<br>[[Australian Derby]] (1979)<br>[[Rosehill Guineas]] (1979)<br>[[Australian Cup]] (1979)<br>[[Turnbull Stakes]] (1979)<br>[[LKS Mackinnon Stakes]] (1979)<br>[[W S Cox Plate]] (1979) | awards= | honours = [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]] <br />Dulcify Quality Handicap at [[Randwick Racecourse]] | updated= 10 March 2014 }} '''Dulcify''' (14 October 1975 – 6 November 1979) was a [[New Zealand]]–bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. His [[Great Britain|British]]-bred sire was the 1970 [[Irish 2,000 Guineas]] winner, Decies (GB), a grandson of [[Pharis (horse)|Pharis]] (FR), the very important [[France|French]] sire who ''Thoroughbred Heritage'' describes as "considered one of the greatest French-bred runners of the century."
Dulcify's dam was the Australian [[Mare (horse)|mare]] Sweet Candy (AUS), a daughter of 1957 [[Golden Slipper Stakes]] winner and the [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]] inductee [[Todman]] (AUS).
He was owned and raced by [[Colin Hayes]], who had purchased him for $3,250. Hayes called him the best horse he ever raced.[http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/stories/s26211.htm]
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.<ref>[http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/dulcifys-cox-plate-1979/2005/10/21/1129775952868.html Dulcify's Cox Plate, 1979]</ref> The [[Parimutuel betting|betting]] favourite for the 1979 [[Melbourne Cup]], he suffered a broken [[pelvis]] during the race and had to be [[Animal euthanasia|euthanized]].
In 2014, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/the-sport/racing/australian-racing-museum/hall-of-fame/horses/dulcify|title=Dulcify {{!}} Racing Victoria|website=racing.com}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}} * [http://www.horsedirectory.com.au/racinghistory/horse_profiles/a_z.html Dulcify at the Horse Directory Australia website] * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14tiMwkOvIA Video biography of Dulcify at YouTube]
==External links== * [http://www.barnesphotography.net.au/dulcify/page1.htm Jenny Barnes Photography: Dulcify] * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/dulcify2 Dulcify's pedigree and partial racing stats]
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