Nearctic (horse)

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Nearctic

1997 book by Muriel A. Lennox
Sire: Nearco
Dam: Lady Angela
Damsire: Hyperion
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 1954
Country: Canada
Colour: Brown/Black
Breeder: E. P. Taylor
Owner: Windfields Farm
Trainer: Gordon J. McCann
Record: 47: 21-5-3
Earnings: $152,384
Major Racing Wins & Honours & Awards
Major Racing Wins
Saratoga Special Stakes (1956)
International Handicap (1957)
Canadian Maturity Stakes (1958)
Michigan Mile (1958)
Racing Awards
Canadian Horse of the Year (1958)
Honours
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1977)
Nearctic Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack

Infobox last updated on: October 15, 2006.

Nearctic (1954-1973) was an Canadian-bred Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. He had his most successful season in racing at age four when he won nine races. Nearctic was retired to stand at stud at Windfields Farm in Canada where he sired Kentucky Derby winner and the 20th Century's greatest sire, Northern Dancer.

Nearctic was later moved to stand at Allaire du Pont's Woodstock Farm at Chesapeake City, Maryland where he died at age 19 on July 27, 1973.


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