# Dulcify

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New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse

Dulcify Sire Decies (GB) Grandsire Pardal (FR) Dam Sweet Candy (AUS) Damsire Todman (AUS) Sex Gelding Foaled (1975-10-14)14 October 1975 Died 6 November 1979(1979-11-06) (aged 4) Country New Zealand Colour Bay[1] Owner Colin Hayes Trainer Colin Hayes Record 21: 10–2-3 Earnings A$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](/source/New_Zealand)–bred [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/Horse_racing). His [British](/source/Great_Britain)-bred sire was the 1970 [Irish 2,000 Guineas](/source/Irish_2%2C000_Guineas) winner, Decies (GB), a grandson of [Pharis](/source/Pharis_(horse)) (FR), the very important [French](/source/France) sire who *Thoroughbred Heritage* describes as "considered one of the greatest French-bred runners of the century."

Dulcify's dam was the Australian [mare](/source/Mare_(horse)) Sweet Candy (AUS), a daughter of 1957 [Golden Slipper Stakes](/source/Golden_Slipper_Stakes) winner and the [Australian Racing Hall of Fame](/source/Australian_Racing_Hall_of_Fame) inductee [Todman](/source/Todman) (AUS).

He was owned and raced by [Colin Hayes](/source/Colin_Hayes), who had purchased him for $3,250. Hayes called him the best horse he ever raced.[\[1\]](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](/source/Cox_Plate), which he won by a still-standing record of seven lengths.[2] The [betting](/source/Parimutuel_betting) favourite for the 1979 [Melbourne Cup](/source/Melbourne_Cup), he suffered a broken [pelvis](/source/Pelvis) during the race and had to be [euthanized](/source/Animal_euthanasia).

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [ASB: Dulcify (NZ)](http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=333049%7C0) Retrieved 2009-10-24

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Dulcify's Cox Plate, 1979](http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/dulcifys-cox-plate-1979/2005/10/21/1129775952868.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Dulcify | Racing Victoria"](https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/the-sport/racing/australian-racing-museum/hall-of-fame/horses/dulcify). *racing.com*.

- [Dulcify at the Horse Directory Australia website](http://www.horsedirectory.com.au/racinghistory/horse_profiles/a_z.html)

- [Video biography of Dulcify at YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14tiMwkOvIA)

## External links

- [Jenny Barnes Photography: Dulcify](http://www.barnesphotography.net.au/dulcify/page1.htm)

- [Dulcify's pedigree and partial racing stats](http://www.pedigreequery.com/dulcify2)

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