Dulcify

{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox racehorse

| horsename = Dulcify

| image =

| caption =

| sire = Decies (GB)

| grandsire = Pardal (FR)

| dam = Sweet Candy (AUS)

| damsire = Todman (AUS)

| sex = Gelding

| foaled = {{birth date|1975|10|14|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1979|11|06|1975|10|14|df=y}}

| country = New Zealand

| colour = Bay[http://www.studbook.org.au/Horse.aspx?hid=333049|0 ASB: Dulcify (NZ)] Retrieved 2009-10-24

| breeder =

| owner = Colin Hayes

| trainer = Colin Hayes

| record = 21: 10–2-3

| earnings = A$568,775{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

| race = 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)

| awards=

| honours = Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Dulcify Quality Handicap at Randwick Racecourse

| updated= 10 March 2014

}}

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 whom Thoroughbred Heritage says is 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 Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductee Todman (AUS).

He was owned and raced by Colin Hayes, who purchased him for $3,250. Hayes called him the best horse he ever raced. [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, which he won by a still-standing record of seven lengths.[http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/dulcifys-cox-plate-1979/2005/10/21/1129775952868.html Dulcify's Cox Plate, 1979]

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/the-sport/racing/australian-racing-museum/hall-of-fame/horses/dulcify|title=Dulcify {{!}} Racing Victoria|website=racing.com}}