Lauries Dancer
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Lauries Dancer was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Thoroughbred
Champion
racehorse
. She was bred at Angus Glen Farm in Markham, Ontario
by owner Arthur W. Stollery and raced by his wife Helen. By the stakes-winning mare, Its Ann, her sire was Kentucky Derby
winner and United States and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Northern Dancer
who was one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history.
Conditioned for racing by Jim Bentley from a base at Woodbine Racetrack
in Toronto
, at age two Lauries Dancer's won two her eight starts with her best stakes race results a third in both the Mazarine
and Natalma Stakes
. As a three-year-old in 1971, she developed into the best horse in Canada, female or male. She won the 1971 Bison City Stakes
in stakes record time at Fort Erie Racetrack and the Star Shoot
and Canadian Oaks at Woodbine. United States and Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley
rode her to victory in the Canadian Oaks, marking his second of five straight wins in Canada's most important race for three-year-old fillies. The dominant filly in Canada, Lauries Dancer's handlers decided to test her against some of the best fillies in the United States. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/33692/canadian-horse-racing-hall-of-fame-announces-2006-inductees?id=33692 Sent to Delaware Park, she came from dead last in a field of eight to win the Delaware Oaks
. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/685111092.html?dids=685111092:685111092&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+20%2C+1971&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Lauries+Dancer+Wins+Rich+Delaware+Oaks&pqatl=google At Saratoga Race Course
, under future U.S. and Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte
, she captured the Alabama Stakes
by three lengths and in stakes record time. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D1EF8355B137A93C7A81783D85F458785F9 In both races, Lauries Dancer defeated the 1970 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Forward Gal
.
Lauries Dancer 1971 performances earned her Canadian Horse of the Year honors.
As a four-year-old in 1972, Lauries Dancer did not enjoy the same success but won the historic Maple Leaf Stakes
. She won her final race in 1972 then in January of 1973 was racing in the Miss Tropical Handicap at Calder Race Course
when she went lame midway down the backstretch.
Sold for sold for $825000, Lauries Dancer was retired to broodmare duty. She was bred to major stallions
including Secretariat
, Buckpasser
, Vaguely Noble
, Hoist The Flag
, and Riverman
. Of her nine foals, none met with her level of success in racing. http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/lauries+dancer Her value dropped considerably and the February 23, 1990 issue of the Toronto Star
newspaper reported that she had been sold in January of 1990 in Oklahoma
for $9,000. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/471538961.html?dids=471538961:471538961&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+23%2C+1990&author=Jim+Proudfoot+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Sky+Classic+starts+out+on+comeback+trail&pqatl=google Standing at Margaux Farm in Midway, Kentucky
, Lauries Dancer died at age twenty-three in March of 1991 as a result of foaling complications.
In 2006, Lauries Dancer was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
.
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and thoroughbred horse racing in Canada....
Thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word thoroughbred is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed...
Champion
Sovereign Award
The Sovereign Award is given annually since 1975 by the Jockey Club of Canada to the outstanding horses and people in Canadian Thoroughbred racing.The most prestigious award for horses is Sovereign Horse of the Year....
racehorse
Horse racing
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
. She was bred at Angus Glen Farm in Markham, Ontario
Markham, Ontario
Markham is a town in the Regional Municipality of York, located within the Greater Toronto Area of Southern Ontario, Canada. The population was 261,573 at the 2006 Canadian census...
by owner Arthur W. Stollery and raced by his wife Helen. By the stakes-winning mare, Its Ann, her sire was Kentucky Derby
Kentucky Derby
The Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry...
winner and United States and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire of the 20th Century. The National Thoroughbred Racing Association calls him "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history"....
who was one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history.
Conditioned for racing by Jim Bentley from a base at Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack is a Canadian racetrack for Thoroughbred horse races located at 555 Rexdale Blvd. in the city of Toronto, Ontario. It is the only horseracing track in North America which stages, or is capable of staging, thoroughbred and standardbred horseracing programs on the same day...
in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, at age two Lauries Dancer's won two her eight starts with her best stakes race results a third in both the Mazarine
Mazarine Stakes
The Mazarine Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade III race, it is open to two-year-old fillies...
and Natalma Stakes
Natalma Stakes
The Natalma Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in early September, the G III race is run at a distance of one mile on turf and is open to two-year-old fillies...
. As a three-year-old in 1971, she developed into the best horse in Canada, female or male. She won the 1971 Bison City Stakes
Bison City Stakes
The Bison City Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Held during first week of July, it is open to Canadian-foaled three-year-old fillies. Since the 1999 creation of the Canadian Triple Tiara, the race has been the second leg of the...
in stakes record time at Fort Erie Racetrack and the Star Shoot
Star Shoot Stakes
The Star Shoot Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run in mid April, it is the first stakes race of the Woodbine racing season...
and Canadian Oaks at Woodbine. United States and Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley
Sandy Hawley
Desmond Sanford "Sandy" Hawley, CM is a Hall of Fame jockey.Sandy Hawley started out as a plumber then later decided to be a jockey. He started his career as a jockey when he was a 17-year-old boy, hotwalking horses at a Toronto racetrack...
rode her to victory in the Canadian Oaks, marking his second of five straight wins in Canada's most important race for three-year-old fillies. The dominant filly in Canada, Lauries Dancer's handlers decided to test her against some of the best fillies in the United States. http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/33692/canadian-horse-racing-hall-of-fame-announces-2006-inductees?id=33692 Sent to Delaware Park, she came from dead last in a field of eight to win the Delaware Oaks
Delaware Oaks
The Delaware Oaks Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in mid July at Delaware Park Racetrack in Stanton near Wilmington, Delaware....
. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/685111092.html?dids=685111092:685111092&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+20%2C+1971&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Lauries+Dancer+Wins+Rich+Delaware+Oaks&pqatl=google At Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course
Saratoga Race Course is a Thoroughbred horse racing track in Saratoga Springs, New York, United States. It opened on August 3, 1863, and is the oldest organized sporting venue of any kind in the United States. It is typically open for racing from late July through early September.-History:John...
, under future U.S. and Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte
Ron Turcotte
Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte, CM is a Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973....
, she captured the Alabama Stakes
Alabama Stakes
The Alabama Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race open to three-year-old fillies. Inaugurated in 1872, the Grade I race is run over a distance of one and one-quarter miles on the dirt track at Saratoga Race Course. Held in mid August, it currently offers a purse of $500,000...
by three lengths and in stakes record time. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D1EF8355B137A93C7A81783D85F458785F9 In both races, Lauries Dancer defeated the 1970 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Forward Gal
Forward Gal
Forward Gal was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Out of the mare, Forward Thrust, he was sired by Florida Derby winner Native Charger who also sired 1970 Belmont Stakes winner High Echelon....
.
Lauries Dancer 1971 performances earned her Canadian Horse of the Year honors.
As a four-year-old in 1972, Lauries Dancer did not enjoy the same success but won the historic Maple Leaf Stakes
Maple Leaf Stakes
The Maple Leaf Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. Run during the first part of November, the ungraded stakes is open to fillies aged three or older...
. She won her final race in 1972 then in January of 1973 was racing in the Miss Tropical Handicap at Calder Race Course
Calder Race Course
Calder Casino & Race Course is a casino and horse racetrack in Miami Gardens, Florida in the United States.-History:In the mid-1960s, real estate developer Stephen A. Calder envisioned summertime racing in Florida; in 1965, on the advice of Mr. Calder, the Florida Legislature approved a bill...
when she went lame midway down the backstretch.
Sold for sold for $825000, Lauries Dancer was retired to broodmare duty. She was bred to major stallions
Stallion (horse)
A stallion is a male horse that has not been gelded .Stallions will follow the conformation and phenotype of their breed, but within that standard, the presence of hormones such as testosterone may give stallions a thicker, "cresty" neck, as well as a somewhat more muscular physique as compared to...
including Secretariat
Secretariat (horse)
Secretariat was an American Thoroughbred racehorse, that in 1973 became the first U.S. Triple Crown champion in 25 years, setting new race records in two of the three events in the Series—the Kentucky Derby , and the Belmont Stakes —records that still stand today.Secretariat was sired by Bold...
, Buckpasser
Buckpasser
Buckpasser was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won he won nine of his eleven race starts for international record winnings for a two-year-old of $586,090. Buckpasser was leading broodmare sire in 1983, 1984 and 1989....
, Vaguely Noble
Vaguely Noble
Vaguely Noble was an Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in the United Kingdom and France. The colt is best known as the winner of the 1968 Group one Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe when he defeated the best horses from England, France, Ireland and Italy...
, Hoist The Flag
Hoist The Flag
Hoist The Flag was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Bred by New York City Investment banker, John Schiff, he was out of the mare Wavy Navy, a daughter of the 1937 U.S. Triple Crown champion, War Admiral...
, and Riverman
Riverman
This article is about the racehorse. For the song by Nick Drake, see Five Leaves Left.Riverman was a French Thoroughbred racehorse. Foaled in Kentucky, he was bred by Harry F. Guggenheim of the prominent American Guggenheim family...
. Of her nine foals, none met with her level of success in racing. http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/lauries+dancer Her value dropped considerably and the February 23, 1990 issue of the Toronto Star
Toronto Star
The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...
newspaper reported that she had been sold in January of 1990 in Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...
for $9,000. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/471538961.html?dids=471538961:471538961&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+23%2C+1990&author=Jim+Proudfoot+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Sky+Classic+starts+out+on+comeback+trail&pqatl=google Standing at Margaux Farm in Midway, Kentucky
Midway, Kentucky
Midway is a city in Woodford County, Kentucky, United States. Its population was 1,620 at the 2000 census. It is located midway between Frankfort and Lexington along the single-track railroad between them. It is part of the Lexington-Fayette Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town is home to a...
, Lauries Dancer died at age twenty-three in March of 1991 as a result of foaling complications.
In 2006, Lauries Dancer was inducted in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame was established in 1976 at the Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario to honor those who have made a significant contribution to the sport of harness and thoroughbred horse racing in Canada....
.