Northern_Dancer_Stakes

Northern Dancer Stakes

Northern Dancer Stakes

American Thoroughbred horse race

The Northern Dancer Stakes is a discontinued American Thoroughbred horse race that was held annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. It was last run in 2010 with a purse of $125,000.[1]

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Named in honor of the horse Northern Dancer, the Grade III stakes for three-year-olds was run on dirt over a distance of 8.5 furlongs (1+1⁄16 miles).

Canadian-bred and owned honoree Northern Dancer (1961–1990) won the 1964 Kentucky Derby in record time on the Churchill Downs track. He went on to win the Preakness Stakes and Queen's Plate. Retired from racing, Northern Dancer became the most important sire and sire of sires in the second half of the 20th century.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Northern Dancer Stakes data". Equibase. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Northern Dancer Voted 3‐Year‐Old Champion". The New York Times. 25 November 1964. Retrieved 13 January 2020.


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