The Barb
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{{Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
| horsename = The Barb
| image = [[Image:The Barb.jpg|right|270px|thumb]]
| caption = The Barb (1863-1888)
| sire = Sir Hercules
| grandsire = Cap-A-Pie
| dam = Fair Ellen
| damsire = Doctor
| sex = [[Stallion (horse)|Stallion]]
| foaled = 1863
| country = [[Australia]]
| colour = [[Black (horse)|Black]]
| breeder = George Lee
| owner = [[John Tait (horseman)|John Tait]]
| trainer = John Tait
| record = 24: 17-?-?
| earnings = Not found
| race = [[Nursery Stakes]] (1865)<br>[[AJC Derby]] (1866)<br>[[Melbourne Cup]] (1866)<br>[[Australasian Champion Stakes]] (1866)<br>[[Launceston Town Plate]] (1867)<br>[[Port Phillip Stakes]] (1867)<br>[[Sydney Cup]] (1867, 1868)<br>[[Craven Plate]] (1868)<br>[[Turnbull Stakes|VRC Royal Park Stakes]] (1868)<br>[[AJC Metropolitan Handicap]] (1868)<br>[[AJC Queen Elizabeth Stakes|Queens Plate]] (1868)
| awards=
| honours = [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]]
| updated= June 24, 2007
}}
'''The Barb''' (1863-1888) was an [[Australian]] [[thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]], famed for winning the [[1866]] [[Melbourne Cup]]. He was foaled in [[Bathurst, New South Wales]] in [[1863]], sired by Sir Hercules out of Fair Ellen, and was sold for 200 [[Guinea (British coin)|guineas]].
The Barb proved to be highly strung and temperamental. At his first appearance he threw his rider and bolted and because of this side of his nature was known as the "Black Demon". As a Spring three year old, The Barb won the 6th AJC Derby by two lengths at his first start from a spell. The Barb started favourite in the Melbourne Cup and went on to win by a short head. The Barb continued to show he was the best horse in Australia and won the [[Sydney Cup]] in [[1868]] and [[1869]] (under the huge weight of 10st 8lbs). In all The Barb won 17 of his 24 starts. He was owned and trained by [[John Tait (horseman)|John Tait]], who owned and trained three other Melbourne Cup winners: [[Glencoe II|Glencoe]], [[The Pearl (horse)|The Pearl]] and [[The Quack]].
After The Barb was retired from racing, owner John Tait sold him to Charles Reynolds who sent him to stand at stud at [[Tocal Stud]] in the [[Hunter Valley]]. As a sire, The Barb was unable to produce offspring to equal his own success. However, he proved a good sire of broodmares and a granddaughter was the dam of [[Wallace (horse)|Wallace]], [[Carbine (horse)|Carbine's]] best racehorse son in Australia.
The Barb died at the age of twenty-five in 1888 at [[Mitta Mitta, New South Wales|Mitta Mitta]]. Following its formation, The Barb was inducted in the [[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]].
==References==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/the+barb The Barb's pedigree and partial racing stats]
* [http://www.racingmuseum.com.au/ The Australian Racing Museum and Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/ColonMares/C3.html The Barb at Thoroughbred Heritage.com]
[[Category:1863 racehorse births]]
[[Category:1888 racehorse deaths]]
[[Category:Thoroughbred racehorses]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in Australia]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in Australia]]
[[Category:Australian racehorses]]
[[Category:Australian Racing Hall of Fame horses]]
[[Category:Melbourne Cup winners]]
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