| Color: ch
Height: 15.2h
(GB)
Bred & raced by the 5th Earl of Jersey, he was described as a golden chestnut with two hind socks and a large star. Standing nearly 15.2 hands, he was a slightly sway-backed colt with great speed, his staying power said to have come from Tramp. He had an expressive face with a fine, thin muzzle, well-shaped shoulders, broad hips with muscular quarters and sound legs.
His successful turf career spanned 1834 and 1835. As a three-year old he won the Riddlesworth Stakes, Desert Stakes, Two Thousand Guineas Stakes, and was third in the Derby Stakes to Plenipotentiary. He walked over for the St. James` Palace Stakes, and defeated the gallant Colwick(b.c.1828) for the Goodwood Cup. Later that year he won the Garden Stakes, again beating Colwick. The next year he won the Ascot Gold Cup and was unchallenged for the Whip. He won a number of his races in a canter.
In 1836, he was purchased for James Jackson of Alabama by Richard Tattersall and made his first season at stud in England. There he sired Darkness(ch.m.1837) who became the third dam of the successful stallion Plutus(b.c.1863). Plutus sired Flageolet(ch.c.1870) who in turn sired *Rayon d`Or(ch.c.1876) who won the St. Leger Stakes and was a Leading Sire in America.
His daughter Pocahontas(b.m.1837) was perhaps the greatest broodmare in history. The modern taproot mare of Family 3-n, she was the dam of Stockwell(ch.c. 1849), Rataplan(ch.c. 1850) and King Tom(b.c. 1851).
Arriving in America in 1836, *Glencoe stood at James Jackson`s Forks of Cypress stud in Florence, Alabama, until Jackson`s death in 1844. Jackson`s nephews, James and Thomas Kirkman then moved him to Thomas Flintoff`s stud near Nashville, Tennesse. In 1848 he was purchased by W. Frank Harper and sent to Woodford County,KY. A few months before his death in 1857, he was sold to A. Keene Richards.
*Glencoe was a resounding success at stud in America. Although noted for his fillies, he sired Vandal(b.c.1850), who sired the Leading Sire Virgil (b.c.1864), who in turn sired the Kentucky Derby winner Hindoo (b.c.1878). Hindoo sired the Belmont Stakes winner and Leading Sire Hanover (ch.c.1884). Hanover sired another Leading Sire, Hamburg (b.c.1895). Another good son was Star Davis(b.c. 1849) who sired the Kentucky Derby winner Day Star(ch.c.1875). Among his many excellent daughters were Magnolia (ch.f. 1841) who became the modern taproot mare of Family 4-m, and dam of Kentucky(b.c.1861); Topaz(b.m. 1844) the dam Lodi(b.c.1860); and Novice(b.m.1853) the dam of Norfolk (b.c.1861).
His daughter Reel (gr.m.1838) was considered the greatest American broodmare of the 19th century. She became the dam of War Dance(ch.h. 1860), Lecomte (ch.c. 1850), Prioress(b.m.1853) and many others. She is the direct ancestress of Kentucky Derby winner Winning Colors (gr.f. 1985).
*Glencoe led the sires list seven times between 1847 and 1861 and was second six times. He died in August of 1857 and was buried at the Blue Grass Park stud of A. Keene Richards in Georgetown, KY., where his daughter Peytona(ch.m. 1839) later joined him.
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