Cardigan Bay (horse)
| Cardigan Bay | |
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| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Hal Tryax (USA) |
| Grandsire | Tryax |
| Dam | Colwyn Bay |
| Damsire | Josedale Dictator (USA) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1956 |
| Died | 1988 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Dave & Sandy Todd |
| Owner | Merv and Audrey Dean |
| Trainer | Dave Todd (New Zealand) Peter Wolfenden (New Zealand) Stanley Dancer (United states) |
| Record | 154: 80-25-22 |
| Earnings | US$1,000,837 |
| Major wins | |
| 1962 & 1963 Auckland Pacing Cup 1963 New Zealand Trotting Cup 1963 Inter Dominion 1961 & 1963 New Zealand Free For All 1964 & 1965 Good Time Pace 1965 American Pacing Classic 1965 & 1966 National Pacing Derby 1966 International Pace 1966 National Championship Pace 1966 Nassau Pace |
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| Awards | |
| 1965 and 1968 USA Aged Pacer of the Year | |
| Honours | |
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New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame First standardbred to win $1 million dollars |
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| Last updated on 29 July 2011 | |
Cardigan Bay was a New Zealand harness racing pacer foaled 1 September 1956. Affectionately known as "Cardy", he was the first Standardbred to win US$1 million in prize money in North America. He was the ninth horse worldwide to win one million dollars, (the first eight were Thoroughbreds). Cardigan Bay won races in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States.
Along with his arch-rival, American champion of the day, Bret Hanover, he has a legitimate claim of being one of the truly great Standardbred racehorses. Cardigan Bay became an overnight sensation in the United States, and appeared with Dancer on The Ed Sullivan Show as the "million dollar horse".
Cardigan Bay was foaled at Mataura in the Southland Region of the South Island of New Zealand. As you drive into Mataura from Gore, there is a sign on the road proclaiming Mataura as the birthplace of Cardigan Bay. He was a first crop foal by a leading sire, Hal Tryax (USA), his dam Colwyn Bay was by Josedale Dictator (USA). Cardigan Bay was a brother to Thule Bay and a half-brother to Brides Bay.
He began racing in New Zealand and his first stake money was won in a saddle pace on a grass track. He won many of the major open class races including the New Zealand Trotting Cup and Auckland Cup (from 78 yard handicap). His driver in New Zealand was the leading reinsman Peter Wolfenden, who was the country's number one driver during the 1970s.
Cardigan Bay even won a major event at Addington Raceway in Christchurch while the grandstand was on fire. A photo of this race is considered one of the great iconic images in the history of horse racing. He also won the Inter Dominion Pacing Championship final in Adelaide, Australia.
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