{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Macdougal | image_name = | caption = | sire = Marco Polo | grandsire = Le Pacha | dam = Lady Fox | damsire = Foxbridge | sex = Gelding | foaled = 1953 | death_date = 1979 | country = New Zealand | colour = Bay | breeder = Seton Otway | owner = R. N. Brown | trainer = Dick Roden | record = | earnings = | race = AJC Metropolitan Handicap (1959)<br>Brisbane Cup (1959)<br>Melbourne Cup (1959) | awards = | updated = }}
'''Macdougal''' (1953−1979) was a New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse bred by Seton Otway at Trelawney Stud in Cambridge who is notable for winning the 1959 Melbourne Cup.<ref>{{cite web|title=Macdougal Horse Pedigree|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/macdougal|website=www.pedigreequery.com|accessdate=3 January 2018}}</ref>
In the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse he was ridden by Pat Glennon and carried a weight of 8-11 (123 pounds). Macdougal started at odds of 8/1 in a field of 28 runners and won the cup by three lengths.<ref name="century">{{cite book|last1=Morris| first1=Tony|last2=Randall|first2=John|title=A Century of Champions|publisher= Portway Press|year=1999|isbn=1-901570-15-0}}</ref>
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==See also== * List of Melbourne Cup winners
Category:1953 racehorse births Category:1979 racehorse deaths Category:Racehorses bred in New Zealand Category:Racehorses trained in New Zealand Category:Racehorses trained in Australia Category:Melbourne Cup winners Category:Thoroughbred family 25