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Northern Dancer, Canada's horse of the year and winner of two jewels in the U
Northern Dancer, Canada's horse of the year and winner of two jewels in the U

Northern Dancer, Canada's horse of the year and winner of two jewels in the U

Date1/2/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Northern Dancer; Canada's horse of the year and winner of two jewels in the U.S. triple crown of racing; is another year older - along with all other thoroughbreds that live north of the equator. The Dancer celebrated his fourth birthday yesterday; New Year's day; by taking a walk in the brisk morning air at E. P. Taylor's National Stud at Oshawa.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0095742F
Never forgotten: Champion race horse and stallion Northern Dancer, with groom Harvey Green in 1964, was buried early yesterday at Windfields Farm near Oshawa, where he was born 29 years ago
Never forgotten: Champion race horse and stallion Northern Dancer, with groom Harvey Green in 1964, was buried early yesterday at Windfields Farm near Oshawa, where he was born 29 years ago
11/18/1990
Double winner: Benburb, with Richard Dos Ramos up, is Canada's horse of year and Star photographer Jeff Goode won a Sovereign Award for this picture
Double winner: Benburb, with Richard Dos Ramos up, is Canada's horse of year and Star photographer Jeff Goode won a Sovereign Award for this picture
12/4/1992
Kentucky Derby winner northern dancer
Kentucky Derby winner northern dancer
12/30/1964
Call to the post: Bugler Jim Ahrens calls the horses to the post for yesterday's 129th running of the crown jewel of Canadian thoroughbred racing - The Queen's Plate
Call to the post: Bugler Jim Ahrens calls the horses to the post for yesterday's 129th running of the crown jewel of Canadian thoroughbred racing - The Queen's Plate
7/10/1988
Dancer set to clean up plate. Windfields Farms' Northern Dancer ambles about shedrow under the watchful eyes of trainer Horatio Luro (right) during pr(...)
Dancer set to clean up plate. Windfields Farms' Northern Dancer ambles about shedrow under the watchful eyes of trainer Horatio Luro (right) during pr(...)
6/20/1964
Bundled up against last week's biting cold, exercise lady Gaye Lynch, above, prepares to take a Northern Dancer colt, aptly named Sudden Frost, out for a Woodbine warm-up
Bundled up against last week's biting cold, exercise lady Gaye Lynch, above, prepares to take a Northern Dancer colt, aptly named Sudden Frost, out for a Woodbine warm-up
2/8/1989
Proud Papa Northern Dancer. His offspring have his markings
Proud Papa Northern Dancer. His offspring have his markings
5/18/1966
Everybody loves northern dancer
Everybody loves northern dancer
6/22/1964
Coltat E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm in Oshawa, the issue of Ballade and the great Northern Dancer
Coltat E. P. Taylor's Windfields Farm in Oshawa, the issue of Ballade and the great Northern Dancer
2/19/1983
Northern Dancer - just breezing along in a runaway win for the Queen's Plate
Northern Dancer - just breezing along in a runaway win for the Queen's Plate
6/22/1967
Jockey Mickey Walls walks Izvestia away from the track after the 1990 Canadian Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner broke a leg during the Rothma(...)
Jockey Mickey Walls walks Izvestia away from the track after the 1990 Canadian Horse of the Year and Triple Crown winner broke a leg during the Rothma(...)
10/20/1991
And the winner is: Regal intention wasn't the Sam-Son Farm's horse that was supposed to win the Queen's Plate, but he left his favored stablemate Regal Classic (second) eating his dust at the finish
And the winner is: Regal intention wasn't the Sam-Son Farm's horse that was supposed to win the Queen's Plate, but he left his favored stablemate Regal Classic (second) eating his dust at the finish
7/11/1988