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Glencoe (1831-1857) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse, as well as a sire of several champions. A chestnut colt who stood 15.1 3/4 hands (1.57 m), he was marked by a large forehead star and half-stocking hind legs. more...

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Racing career of Glencoe

Glencoe was by Sultan, a stallion with incredible versatillity, who won races from 6 furlongs to over 3 miles. He ran until the age of eight, and was leading sire in Great Britain six consecutive years (1832-1837). Trampoline (by Tramp), the dam of Glencoe, was a fairly good racemare, and an even better producer of racehorses, foaling not only Glencoe, but her fantastic daughter Glencaire (by Sultan), also a prolific broodmare.

Glencoe was foaled at his breeder's stud, located in Oxfordshire. He had a long, hollow back that sagged, especially as he aged, but still had a fine head, lovely neck, sound legs, deep girth, and powerful hindquarters with wide hips, inherited from his sire. Glencoe also inherited great staying power from his grandsire, Tramp.

Glencoe was started as a three-year-old, under trainer James Edwards. Edwards is still the only trainer to have won four successive 2,000 Guineas, all four horses sired by Sultan, and bred by the Earl of Jersey. Glencoe, the trainer's favorite horse, was the first of these four.

Glencoe first ran at the 1834 Second Riddlesworth Stakes, winning a £1400 purse and finishing in a canter. He then won the Desert Stakes in a canter, before winning the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, for a purse of 1750 sovereigns. Glencoe's first loss in a stakes race was the Derby Stakes, to Plenipotentiary and Shillelah. He then had a walk-over in the Royal Stakes, and won the rest of his races that season: the Goodwood Cup, by four lengths at the canter and beating Colwick, the Racing Stakes, against three others, and the Garden Stakes, by four lengths and beating Colwick. After his impressive three-year-old career, the London Sporting Magazine wrote: "...from his late performances he has shown himself the best horse in the world. Where is there one to be found to meet him at weight for age? Not in England, assuredly."

As a four-year-old, Glencoe won his only race of the season, the 2.5 mile Ascot Gold Cup. He was entered in the whip during his second season, but there were no responses to the challenge. Glencoe was then retired, with an impressive record:

1834: 9 starts, with 7 wins, 1 place, and 1 third; 1835: 1 start with 1 win;

The breeding career of Glencoe

Glencoe stayed in Britain for a short time after his retirement, standing at Tattersall's Dawley Wall Farm his first season. He covered three Jersey and forty outside mares, producing twenty three offspring. One of these mares, Marpessa, had raced against Glencoe earlier in his career. She produced his daughter, the great filly Pocahontas. Pocahontas is said to be the greatest broodmare in the history of racing, producing three outstanding sons—Stockwell, Rataplan, and King Tom. During his first year, Glencoe also sired Darkness, an Ascot Stakes winner, who is in the female side of French sire Plutus.

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