Horsename: | Dalray |
Sire: | Balloch (GB) |
Grandsire: | Obliterate (GB) |
Dam: | Broiveine (NZ) |
Damsire: | Broiefort (FR) |
Sex: | Stallion |
Foaled: | 1948 |
Death Date: | 1971 |
Country: | New Zealand |
Colour: | Bay |
Owner: | Cyril Neville |
Trainer: | Clarrie McCarthy |
Record: | 27:14–2–3 |
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Honours: | Australian Racing Hall of Fame |
Updated: | 28 December 2012 |
Dalray (1948−1971) was a notable New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1952 Melbourne Cup and Mackinnon Stakes.
Dalray was also famously a ‘certainty’ beaten in the 1952 Sydney Cup. When his owner was quizzed about the defeat he declared "Phar Lap got beaten and Bradman got a duck".[1]
Dalray's career was cut short by injury when he was a four-year-old and he was retired to stud. Amongst his better progeny were Tails (1969 and 1970 Metropolitan Handicap) and Grand Garry (1960 Sydney Cup).
Dalray died in 1971 from a twisted bowel, aged 23.