A bay colt named Northern Dancer earned the roses in 2 minutes flat in 1964. That record would hold until 1973, when Secretariat won in 1:59:40, a time that remains unbroken. The impact of ...

Even then, Northern Dancer ran as if he had wings. After smashing the track record in the Kentucky Derby, the stubby bay colt from Canada captured the 1964 Preakness by 21/4 lengths, pulling away ...

Woodbine Entertainment Group will be celebrating the life of Northern Dancer from the end of May through the end of June. Beginning May 27, the date of what would have been the Dancer's 50th ...

But while Kip Deville, trained by Dutrow, and Ventura, trained by Frankel, will be the principal players in the Woodbine Mile the situation will be different in the Grade 1 Northern Dancer.

He takes a slightly different look at the influence of Northern Dancer on the Epsom Derby. With the 50th anniversary of Northern Dancer's birth, May 27, 1961, just recently passing, and the Epsom ...

Northern Dancer Presented by HPIBet Sept. 13 at Woodbine. It was the first Grade 1 win for 4-year-old English Channel colt, as well as for his jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, who also guided Interpol to ...

Fifty years ago, Northern Dancer became the first Canadian-born horse to win the Kentucky Derby. Owned by industrialist E.P. Taylor, the stallion’s short career—18 races in 15 months—didn ...

On looks alone, Northern Dancer did not stand out as he entered the starting gate for the 90th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1964. He was the small bay colt from Canada nobody had wanted to buy ...