Northern Dancer Entire Kentucky Derby 1964 footage & Goodbye

[Buttercute2011]

Northern Dancer is the Grand-sire yo my mare... She Also has Bold Ruler and Something Royal in her Blood lines

[Dananeeri]

nice video :

[stillframemaker96]

northern dancer is my horses great great grandfather i cant believe it

[MrNativeDancer]

If any owner or trainer has a horse form the Northern Dancer line, please please do not race them as two year olds, all the joint problems are caused by training them to early. Millenary (GB) and Yeats are just two examples of horses allowed to grow and not race as two year olds, Rainbow Quest is another, these horse stayed sound and raced for many years, winning group 1 races, Yeats won 4 Gold Cups. There are tons more that made better older horses racing for many years and staying sound! Guys

[TheProfessorOfLife]

@MrNativeDancer Just curious how you feel about what happened to "Gorgeous" George Washington, who was a magnificent UK racehorse who met a tragic end in the Breeder's Cup. I blame the owner and trainer for GW's death.  The whole situation was criiminal.

[MrNativeDancer]

@TheProfessorOfLife That was just tragic, if I remember correctly he was retired to stud, was infertile so went racing again? Yet another horse that was raced to young, far to many races for a two year old in first season, lots get hair line fractures when they race as two year olds, then it only takes a bad step to finish them off. I really liked that horse such a shame to loose such a great horse.

[TheProfessorOfLife]

@MrNativeDancer George Washington had an incredible pedigree (Northern Dancer, Alysheba, Alydar, Danzig, Buckpasser). He was the European 2-year-old and 3-year-old Horse Of The Year. When he went to stud, GW had fertility problems, so the owners decided to race him again. I believe he was purposely put in a position where he would have the "best" opportunity to be injured. The evidence is there. GW broke down on a sloppy dirt track, and it was only the SECOND time he had ever raced on dirt.

[TheProfessorOfLife]

Native Dancer and Northern Dancer.............both horses known for breeding offspring who had weak ankles and lower leg problems.

Just about every "stakes-quality" thoroughbred who broke down during a race can have their ancestry traced to "the Dancers".

Sorry, Canada, but facts are facts, but there is no doubt that Northern Dancer was a great little racehorse. Thankfully, he didn't break down during a race, and was able to become perhaps most prolific thoroughbred stud of all time.

[MrNativeDancer]

@TheProfessorOfLife Take a look at the ones that are not raced until 3 years old from that line, what most people do not realise, racing them at two is asking for trouble! All the troubles you mention is purely because they race them to early in their lives, give them the wrong food that makes their bones grow to fast, or have them gelded, which causes abnormal growth of the plates etc, Horses from that line who are not raced until 3 and 4 seem to stay sound for ever.

[TheProfessorOfLife]

@MrNativeDancer I absolutely agree with you. Some horses mature "early", and some horses "mature" later. Just look at all of the thoroughbreds who didn't "blossom" until they were at least 4 years old.

[MrNativeDancer]

@TheProfessorOfLife Zenyatta? is one that springs to mind. Not raced until 4, she could of gone on and raced for ever. Imagine if she had been in the wrong hands and ruined at 2? Thank god she had owners/trainer who knew what they where doing. No horse on the planet is full grown at two. Its like asking a 12 year old kid to do the work of a full grown man. You only have to look at the stats in racing, most owners,trainers and breeders don't even realise, I been riding 27 odd years so know a bit

[TheProfessorOfLife]

@MrNativeDancer Probably the most famous of the top thoroughbreds who "blossomed" after age 3 is John Henry. Then there is also Forego, who did nothing as a 3-year-old in 1973 (the year Secretariat won the Triple Crown). And who could forget Seabiscuit, who blossomed late and defeated War Admiral in their famous match race.

[TheProfessorOfLife]

@MrNativeDancer Zenyatta was a wonderful horse, but she never raced more than 1 1/4 miles, and most of her races were 1 1/8 and 1 1/16. Another horse that comes to mind is Goldikova, but "Goldy" was a miler, which really limited her racing "choices" in the USA. You and I have much more than a "passing interest" in racehorses. I have never even ridden a horse, but I love the HISTORY part of it.

[MrNativeDancer]

@TheProfessorOfLife Yeah absolutely correct, but that said even those they claim to be bred for two year old racing have still no where near finished growing, now you imagine putting that much stress on growing bones and bone plates. Thats asking for trouble. This is my opinion, it would help every one in long term by having horses that stay sound under racing, I just think there should be a ban on racing 2 year olds, up grade all the two year old races to 3 and so forth etc

[MrNativeDancer]

@TheProfessorOfLife Falbrav stayed sound, Yeats stayed sound, Millenary (UK) stayed sound. Cape Cross stayed sound, Green Desert stayed sound, Danzig how ever was raced to early before he had developed properly hence knee problems. Two main reasons why his relations have weak legs, its when they have them gelded, and when they dont allow them to grow naturally and race them way way to early. Those allowed to stay entire and allowed time to grow do stay sound.

[TheProfessorOfLife]

@MrNativeDancer Obviously not EVERY "Dancer" descendant has suffered injuries. I also believe that there are owners and trainers out there who KNOW they are racing unsound horses, but they do it anyway, for a variety of reasons. I have a very strong negative opinion about trainer D. Wayne Lukas, for one, and Frank McMahon, the Canadian owner of Majestic Prince back in 1969, and Juan Arias, the trainer of Canonero II in 1971, among others.

[Number1HorseyGal]

Northern dancer is my horses great great great grandfather :( i feel proud!

[MJSullyBear]

Northern Dancer is my horse's great grandfather!

[govern0r]

What a shame that Northern Dancer's final resting place at Windfields Farm is now abandoned, overgrown with weeds and being destroyed by vandals.

[Dingerz]

@govern0r That is so sad. :( I can't believe they did nothing to discuss what should be done with his grave. It seems unreal.

[BrosenAlexa]

@Dingerz Having worked for a short time at Winfield Farms, and seeing Northern Dancer's grave and a few others, as well as a few of the other famous thoroughbreds at stud there...I can say that last time I heard, the grave section of Winfield's was being preserved, while most of the farm was sold (except the Horse cemetery)

[Dingerz]

@BrosenAlexa That's good to hear!

[susanneconway]

@govern0r

Move him to Kentucky where he belongs. I don't think TB racing is aware of him being abandoned. If this is true something should be done.

[BrosenAlexa]

@susanneconway Actually, Northern Dancer is Canada's horse...not the states. He was born and bred here, and belongs here in Canada. The place where he is buried, is being preserved as the horse cemetery at Winfields was not sold off. Northern Dancer is buried at Winfields along with a few other famous Horses bred at Winfields.

[susanneconway]

@BrosenAlexa

Canada, gee really?? Thanks for the history lesson, however, I have two horses descended from his line. The point here being if he is indeed so precious to Canada, then give him the respect he is due.

[watchingponies]

The Speedy Scot of Thoroughbreds.

[bazil1993]

i have a mare whos great great grandad is nothan dancer

[matjesworld]

O yeah, Northern Dancer was a great horse indeed. Now I got a 2 years old stallion by Singspiel. His father was In the Wings, and the grandfather of In the Wings was Northern Dancer. What a family. (-;

Tnx 4 the video ; it's very interesting to watch.

[feathers666]

Still well remembered, Northern Dancer left an amazing legacy.

But so sad Alydar's story, he didn't break a leg simply kicking his stable. His leg was broken indeed (tied to a truck that was driven off) in an attempt to claim an insuance payout. J. T. Lundy and Gary Matthews are simply scum.

One thing is all their names will go down in history, the horses with complete honour and theirs with apt vitriol and disgust.

[TicinoParadise]

This was one tiny colt. But he sure can run. Windfield Farms is a legendary Stable.

[TicinoParadise]

The Pride of Canadian Racing. There was also this other guy um Nijisky2 who wasn't all that bad either . 2 Of the most influential stallions of the 20th Century. Hats off to all the Good people at Woodbine, from some of your Euro Friends :)

[ViVi80]

Northern Dancer was the rut of the litter.

Lesson to us all: Don't judge a book only by its cover!

[bethxquizzy]

this is my horses great great grandad :}

[Sameoldjo]

@bethxquizzy Its my mares grandad

[pinacoladamary]

beautiful :D thank you SO much for posting :)

[rockybudgeboa]

That should be more than 100 Stakes winners :)

[Bakeitchris]

I also own one of his many great-great grandsons. He is amazing too and looks very much like him. Did well in his racing career in the UK.

[claylon]

This horse could have been the greatest of all, both as a race horse and a sire, he only ran as a "teenager" and was spectacular, we will never know how great a racehorse he could have been, he stopped racing as a "teenager"

[XoSophieandEbonyoX]

i own his great great grandson :)... well one of them :)

[slapurmommaz]

I was fortunate enough to see him most likely weeks before his death at the farm in Maryland. I was surprised at how small he was. He was truly remarkable, even at his age. Something I'll never forget.

[lovedbysweetie]

He was my favorie Stallion ever, I love him ...

[blondehorselover101]

Oh no! I've gotta tell Poppy that great grandad is dead!! :P

[7466309change]

I liked this horse.I didn,t know he died.He was a lovely horse.

[bethxquizzy]

This is my horses great grandad D;

[Juliiia94]

Nothern Dacer is my horse's grandfather :D

[ThePunkIrish27]

this is my horses great grand sire, he really doesnt get the credit he deserves at all. but i see a bit of my gelding in him

[EarthREALTOR]

Beautiful horse! Nice old footage. Alydar too...Aw-w-w!

[papat666]

Did he ever race in the UK? or was there another Northern Dancer over here?

[fklifter1]

@papat666 No he never raced in the UK but his son NijinskyII was one of the greatest race horse to ever race in the UK

[ppppkkkii]

awesome

[fklifter1]

@ALYSHEBANDTHEBID Even thou Secretariats time of 1:59 2/5 was faster than Northern Dancers time of 2:00 the pace of the 1964 Derby was alot faster than the 1973 pace. Here are the times of Northern Dancers race 22 2/5,46,1:10 3/5,1:36,2:00 while Secretariats times are 23 2/5, 47 2/5, 1:11 4/5,136 1/5,1:59 2/5

[iluu123321]

northern dancer and secretariat are my horses, red river showna, great-grandfathers. they are both amazing horse. they were both amazing racers.

[sophiethepegasus]

@iluu123321 secretariat's dead.

[iluu123321]

@sophiethepegasus i knw hes dead, im not retarded.

[sophiethepegasus]

@iluu123321  oh sorry :0 9 years old.

[iluu123321]

@sophiethepegasus its alright.

[sophiethepegasus]

@iluu123321 thnx wanna be friends.

[Piluxnet]

Congratulations to my Grandad ...

From Dragon Dancer ( 2nd of Derby d'Epsom ) at stud in France - Haras de la Roseraie - and can be seems on Youtube too.

[SocialDisease737]

humanely destroyed? wtf....

Love this horse though<3 probably the only good thing that came outta the shwa :)

[Naomilovesangel]

my horse has northern dancer in his bloodlines, his grandsire was nureyev. what a fantastic horse.

[tdqpatches]

@Naomilovesangel right on i just found out that my thoroughbred has Nothern dancer in his bloodlines too

[jlovely123]

handsome trainer:)

[LIGHTNINGB0BBY]

i respect northern dancer he is a great great great grand father of my favorite horse an australian horse called lonhro who clocked a 1mile and a quarter time of 2.00.60 carring 57.5kilos 138pounds on a damp ground in the yalumba stakes group 1 race

[techblitz1]

while its true the dancer was the greatest stallion of the 20th century i feel he wasnt the most important....you would have to give that title to his great great grandsire phalaris b1913

Phalaris not only started northern dancers line but also started mr prospectors line and buckpassers line

in the last 25 years 90 percent of the winners of all the worlds biggest races descend from phalaris.

[fklifter1]

@techblitz1 lol how can the greatest sire of the 20 th century not be the most important.With your thinking if it wasnt for Polymelus b 1905 there wouldnt of been no Phalaris.If you take Northern Dancer out of the line youd be lucky to have 20 percent of the horses today with this bloodline.Northern Dancer sired other great sires such as Danzig ,Lyphard;Nijinsky;Nureyev;Sadl­er Wells;Storm Bird;Vice Regent just to mention a few.The Dancer will always be the most important TB of the 20th century.

[MrKalanisi]

No doubt a grand old fellow, but definitely in the shade to Eclipse, and the most worthwhile thing he ever did was get Sadlers Wells. Anyway its all splitting hairs if you ask me, once in a generation a horse comes along that does so well at stud, that soon nearly everything has a bit of it in. Pretty much every horse in training today has Eclipse in the top line of its pedigree, give it 100 years and the chances are the same will be said of Northern Dancer or one of his descendants.

[GBADCD]

Northern Dancer is ggsire of Overdose, the Imbatible.

[DemiMae3636]

I have a five year old ex racehorse, who has his lines. She was a crap racer but her Dad won the Epsom Derby. Erhaab is her father.

[Willyrooster]

shotiche

[fklifter1]

Northern Dancer the greatest sire of the 20th century never got the credit he deserved mainly because he was canadian bred. So sad to say but its true but to me he was one of the greatest of all time

[1Lmaris]

Not sure how you can say he never got the credit, because he is accepted throughout the racing world as along with Native Dancer and Mr Prospector the most important sire of the 20th Century. He was the first to command superstar stud fees and no horse does that and can claim "never got credit".

[fklifter1]

I say he never got credit because how can the greatest sire of the 20th century be rated 43rd by blood lines in the United States.His racing record is 14-2-2 never out of the money.Over 80% of the horses racing today has his bloodline in them.

[HunterDaYid]

@fklifter1 never got the credit. wtf!

[TheRachg]

I have a 2year old with his lines and i just sold avenging star who had his lines too. didn't even know my new boy had them untill i looked and realised he was realted to star though his lines and though star kindoms

[terjer01]

Was that Jack Drees calling the Derby?

[MelC1954]

If only he had won at Blemont, I'd put him up there with Secretariat and Man O' War...a great horse nonetheless.

[safira9800]

I own one of Northern Dancers grand sons, he raced in when he was young, but is now retired :-)

[allezfrance04]

Magnifique cheval et surtout le plus grand étalon de tous les temps.

[mitogenetic]

THIS IS MY HORSE :D

[lauras525]

This is my horse's great grandad!! Spitting image of him =D

[judith69plyr]

It is amazing how many horses out there are related to Northern Dancer, we have three on the livery yard where I keep my gelding (Northern Dancer's great grandson, the other two are great grand kids of Northern Dancer as well). Strangely enough all three are chestnut, hwo many more are chestnut I wonder??

[MikeHF]

They bred Northern dancer alot. I would love to know how many horses Northern Dancer has sired.

[SleazyKitten]

I sort of wished my girl raced,she can really boot.

[Willyrooster]

Shotiche.

[jhordanian]

This was a very good crop. There was Northern Dancer, Hill Rise, Quadrangle, and Roman Brother. Hill Rise won a bunch of stakes out West, Quadrangle was a solid NY runner, and Roman Brother would be champion older horse in 65'.

[jhordanian]

Affirmed wasnt just lucky in 7 of their 10 meetings. Additionally, Alydar was only 2 for 6 at age four, with just a grade 3 win while Affirmed won 6 grade 1 races, carried 132 and 130 lbs, and was Horse of the Year at age 4. Affirmed finished with 14 grade 1 wins, Alydar 6.

[patteel]

And his grandfather was the great Native Dancer.

Patricia

[SleazyKitten]

My filly (well mare she's 6years old) is out of Knight time jig who's out of ascot knight who's out of Northern Dancer.I have to say I love the bloodline.Some Northern offspring are "mouthy" and little wild but they are too smart for their own good.I know a few people who own a few northern dancer babies and they are all the same,even in colour.All I know is from now on I want all my thoroughbreds to have northern dancer in their bloodlies(which shouldn't be hard).

[horses794]

omg northern dancer is my thoroughbred mare grandfather

[DreamzHorseChick]

okay we might adopt a horse sired by him and my first horse was related too.

[sdlkjhgfdsl]

just his srip gos right down the middle of his face andit doesnt go the whole way down

[sdlkjhgfdsl]

Like my horse looks almost exectly like him like the same markings and evrey thing my horses name is chance and before I got him he was a chuck wagon racer

[sdlkjhgfdsl]

Northern Dancer is my Horses Grandfather

[seefi007]

really? i've learned riding on one of his grandchildren (but maybe Norton Dancer's the great grandfather, i don't know exactely...)

[seefi007]

really? i've learned riding on one of his grandchildren (but maybe Norton Dancer's the great grandfather, i don't know exactely...)

[canadianhockeychick]

with all due respect to the USA, it doesnt matter if he spent most of his stud in maryland, he was Canada's horse. E.P Taylor started breeding because he wanted to prove to Americans that great horses could be bred in Canada. Northern Dancers entire being went into making Taylors dream a reality. He was born raised and buried here and produced his best offspring here. He's the best sire and one of the best race horses the sport has ever seen. Bless the best canadian sports story every written <3

[casketlady]

I own a Northern Dancer g'daughter, she is the spitting image of him..a little Tbred royalty in my front pasture..

[3horses5cats3dogs]

my grandfather was his caretaker and was there when he was put down. :'(

[HorseLovinGal101]

my horse is a great grandson to this horse! ^^

Northern Dancer was AMAZING!!

[johnnysmash416]

shoemaker chose to ride hillrise too bad for him

[johnnysmash416]

he got refused at the sales that's how E.P Taylor got him back no other horse in history will have as much influence on the breed as this horse

[majesticbob2007]

However Alydar's death, very questionable, very mysterious...RIP Northern Dancer and Alydar

[knighthawk59]

With all due respect to Canada, this video is misleading...the video fails to mention that for just about ALL of his stud career Northern Dancer stood in Maryland..when he died, his remains were shipped to Canada for burial

[knighthawk59]

With all due respect to Canada, this video is misleading...Northern Dancer was indeed a Canadian-bred, but spent just about ALL of his stud career in Maryland... When he died, his remains were shipped to Canada for burial

[bellabelliboo]

he's quite pretty.

a bit oddly shaped but very beautiful!

greetzz

[horsegirl5825]

My horse is related to this horse.

[NANOUFINOU]

What a very interesting video, espacially because Northern Dancer is the Grand-grand-grandfather of my FINOU.See Video "Finou xx"! I think they look a bit similar ?!

[LauraLovesMocha]

Nothern dancer was my cousins horses grandfather ...her name was Mary ann Mobley. She died of colic feb. 9th :(

[melc1949]

My cousin worked on this farm, knew Northern Dancer. He (the horse) was a rare prepotent stallion, and the most important sire of the 20th century. I remember his win in the Kentucky Derby being a very proud moment for Canadians.

[perryfan10]

Did he work for Mr. Pollard or with the beef cattle.

[melc1949]

My cousin worked with the horses, and knew Northern Dancer,

[perryfan10]

My brother has a big picture of Northern Dancer which everybody wants. I went to school with the children whose parents looked after the farm.

[LauraGrahamOh7]

this is my horses great great grandfather :-]

[horsesalways]

Really? Who was your horses sire and dam? Who was your horses grandmother and grandfather?

[BE109]

One of the greatest race horses in history. Arguably the greatest sire in history. Not bad for a little horse(15.1 H).

[Paxrep]

The daddy of them all!

[fabusys]

Great clip. I came in to link to an old copy of the '64 Derby and found this. Wonderful to hear the interviews of Charles Taylor and Mr McCormack and hear the post race coverage - I think that's Chris Schenkel ABC.

[horseyaddicted]

beautiful animal very nice video!! love the horses thanks for this

[cf1970]

Northern Dancer...what a specimen he was. Excellent video, love the shots of him in his paddock, and seeing the whole race was a real treat.

Thank you so much for posting it.

[bon1042]

My God, he was exquisite !

[Dingerz]

What about it? It looks like it falls a bit lower angle wise than normal.

It could be the angle the video is shot at.

[shellpen10]

At about 4:09 he looks like his suspensory was stretched...He still looks beautiful....Nothing against him....LoL...how could I ---he is the most influential stallion of the 20th century....

[shellpen10]

Anybody else notice his R rear leg when he walked at about the 4 minute mark???