[1] Barcaldine was inbred (2x3), being by Solon (by the Triple Crown winner West Australian from Darling’s Dam).

Barcaldine next won the 1½ mile Westminster Cup, the 1½ mile Epsom Stakes, carrying 9 st 4 lb (130 pounds or 59 kg), the three-mile Orange Cup at Ascot, and finally the Northumberland Plate under 9 st 10 lb (136 pounds) by two lengths in a field of nine.

[2] In May 1886, The Sporting Times carried out a poll of one hundred racing experts to create a ranking of the best British racehorses of the 19th century.

[3] Barcaldine was then sold to Lady Stamford for £8,000 and retired to stand at Park Paddocks, Newmarket, for a fee of 50 guineas.

He produced the winners of 305 races in England, including: Barcaldine was the great-grandsire of unbeaten Hurry On, who sired the Derby winner Captain Cuttle from the first mare he covered at stud and was the Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland in 1926.