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Dulcify
Dulcify (14 October 1975 – 6 November 1979) was a New Zealand–bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies (GB), a grandson of Pharis (FR), the very important 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 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.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. The betting favourite for the 1979 Melbourne Cup, he suffered a broken pelvis during the race and had to be euthanized. In 2014, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
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Dulcify (14 October 1975 – 6 November 1979) was a New Zealand–bred Thoroughbred racehorse. His British-bred sire was the 1970 Irish 2,000 Guineas winner, Decies (GB), a grandson of Pharis (FR), the very important 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 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.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. The betting favourite for the 1979 Melbourne Cup, he suffered a broken pelvis during the race and had to be euthanized. In 2014, he was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
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