# Macdougal

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{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Macdougal
| image_name = 
| caption = 
| sire = [Marco Polo](/source/Marco_Polo_(horse))
| grandsire = [Le Pacha](/source/Le_Pacha)
| dam = Lady Fox
| damsire = Foxbridge
| sex = [Gelding](/source/Gelding)
| foaled = 1953
| death_date = 1979
| country = [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand)
| colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse))
| breeder = [Seton Otway](/source/Seton_Otway)
| owner = R. N. Brown
| trainer = [Dick Roden](/source/R._W._Roden)
| record = 
| earnings = 
| race = [AJC Metropolitan Handicap](/source/AJC_Metropolitan_Handicap) (1959)<br>[Brisbane Cup](/source/Brisbane_Cup) (1959)<br>[Melbourne Cup](/source/Melbourne_Cup) (1959)
| awards = 
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}}

'''Macdougal''' (1953−1979) was a [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) thoroughbred racehorse bred by [Seton Otway](/source/Seton_Otway) at [Trelawney Stud](/source/Trelawney_Stud) in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge%2C_New_Zealand) who is notable for winning the [1959 Melbourne Cup](/source/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](/source/Melbourne_Cup) at [Flemington Racecourse](/source/Flemington_Racecourse) he was ridden by [Pat Glennon](/source/Pat_Glennon) and carried a weight of 8-11 (123 [pounds](/source/Pound_(mass))). Macdougal started at odds of [8/1](/source/Fractional_odds) 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>

==Reference list==
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==See also==
* [List of Melbourne Cup winners](/source/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

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