Glencoe (foaled 1864) was a notable Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1868 Melbourne Cup and eight other principal races.
[1] Under the colours of his breeder/owner, Richard Dines, Glencoe won the 1867 AJC Sires' Produce Stakes and was then sold to prominent horseman, "Honest" John Tait.
[2] John Tait nominated three of his horses for the 1868 Melbourne Cup, the raging favourite The Barb, Bylong and Glencoe.
He later scratched The Barb and backed Glencoe with Bylong drifting right out of the betting market.
[3][4] Glencoe later became a temperamental racehorse and turned in some bad performances which led to Tait selling him to the Victorian, J.