Authors: Avalyn Hunter
ISBN-13: 9781581502039, ISBN-10: 1581502036
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Date Published: February 2009
Edition: Illustrate
Avalyn Hunter lives in Lake City, Flordia.
When Canadian industrialist and Thoroughbred breeder E.P. Taylor watched his well-bred, handsome colt pass unsold through the auction ring, he could hardly have envisioned the degree to which this seeming misfortune would boomerang in his favor. Named Northern Dancer, the sales reject proved his worth by winning the 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes for Taylor. In doing so, he became a Canadian hero. And that was only the beginning. As a stallion, the diminutive Northern Dancer exerted a legendary influence on the breed, at one time commanding a million-dollar stud fee. International competition for his offspring created world records in the auction ring.
Foreword | 7 | |
Chapter 1 | The Breed Shapers | 9 |
Chapter 2 | Tapestry | 17 |
Chapter 3 | Mr. Taylor | 37 |
Chapter 4 | Nearctic and Natalma | 51 |
Chapter 5 | Just Another Colt | 75 |
Chapter 6 | The Making of a Racehorse | 83 |
Chapter 7 | Derby Bound | 95 |
Chapter 8 | Snow and Roses | 105 |
Chapter 9 | Canada's Hero | 111 |
Chapter 10 | Stud | 121 |
Chapter 11 | Rising Star | 127 |
Chapter 12 | King of the World | 141 |
Chapter 13 | The King Is Dead... | 155 |
Chapter 14 | Legacy | 159 |
Chapter 15 | Princes of the Blood | 167 |
Chapter 16 | Princes of the Blood (Part II) | 181 |
Chapter 17 | The Dancer's Daughters | 191 |
Epilogue: Was Northern Dancer Great? | 197 | |
Appendix | 201 | |
Index | 247 | |
Acknowledgments | 252 | |
Photo Credits | 253 | |
About the Author | 254 |