Northern Dancer - Life And Times - Part IV

Biography of the great son of Nearctic.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Dancer

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[dsfiughdfuisdf]

Beautiful video.... Thank you... :-)

[cf1970]

You're welcome.

[Jazzgirl8888]

I love Northern Dancer's story cf ! :) I can't thank you enough for taking the time to post these wonderful videos. A beautiful story about this exceptional horse .

God Bless.

[cf1970]

God bless you, too, my dear friend! Thank you for your kind comments.

[bon1042]

Wonderful.... thank you... I can't say anything more. What a lovely story.

[cf1970]

I agree; Northern Dancer's story is truly remarkable. Nobody wanted him, and look what he became! Lightning in a bottle, indeed.

You're very welcome.

[Jefferdaughter]

Northern Dancer stood at stud at Windfield Farm in Cecil Co, Maryland from 1968 or 70 where he remained until his death. The Taylors were wise to stand him in the US where it was much more practical to send mares to him. Sadly, the farm was chopped up and parceled out, a victim of sub-urban sprawl. Marylanders - and all thoroughbred fans everywhere - are proud of this horse, whose fame and influence knows no boundaries.

[ferociousgumby]

Brings back memories of my horsy girlhood. He sure loved his retirement.

[stevetriplecrown]

enjoyed that, a great story, thanks.

[AnimalsRock4Love]

Thank you so much for posting this.

[claylon]

What astounds me, and correct me if wrong, is Northern dancer ran 17 times, for 14 wins (brilliant) and a brilliant 3rd in the Belmont, over a period of 11 months, all before his 3rd birthday, or very soon after. That is just incredible, and we will probably never ever know how great he could have been if he had not raced so much and raced for longer, as a mature individual.

[Rimfaxe96]

What a wonderful horse Dancer was. But one thing was wrong in the video - Northern Dancer´s greatness didn´t left the world. Another special thing Dancer had, is that he gave a part of his greatness to his offsprings. That´s what makes him immortal.

[fklifter1]

there will never be another all around horse that could race and was such a great sire as Northern Dancer. Pound for pound IMO he was the best

[bellaserene]

Wow, thank you for this 4-part look at The Dancer.

I actually welled up when they described his meeting with the blind boy. Despite his feistiness, head-strong, filled with self-importance persona, he was incredibly sensitive in reading the mood of the moment.

"From small things, big things happen". Never is this saying more true than with The Dancer. His influence and legacy is felt and seen everywhere today.

[EllieNashFan14]

He was a horse like no other a horse that inspired milloins he was a horse that never gave up an he sha'll never be forgotten long live Northern Dancer may you run forever in our hearts . :) <3 like the remarkable stallion you were an still are.Rest in peace

[XxemoxqueenxX]

He may not have bee long-strided but he was fleet footed and big hearted, which is all that mattered!

Thank you for posting this, I love his story, makes me proud to be Canadian!

Besides, it only made sense he was the little horse that could... Even our national breed is nicknamed, the little horse of iron!