Lauries Dancer
| Lauries Dancer | |
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| Sire | Northern Dancer |
| Grandsire | Nearctic |
| Dam | Its Ann |
| Damsire | Royal Gem II |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1968 |
| Country | Canada |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Angus Glen Farm |
| Owner | Helen G. Stollery |
| Trainer | James C. Bentley |
| Record | 35: 13-7-5 |
| Earnings | $184,532 |
| Major wins | |
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Woodbine Oaks (1971) Delaware Oaks (1971) Alabama Stakes (1971) Bison City Stakes (1971) Star Shoot Stakes (1971) Maple Leaf Stakes (1972) |
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| Awards | |
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Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (1971) Canadian Horse of the Year (1971) |
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| Honours | |
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Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2006) Lauries Dancer Stakes at Fort Erie Racetrack |
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Lauries Dancer (1968–1991) 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, she was sired by Kentucky Derby winner and United States and Canadian Hall of Fame inductee Northern Dancer, one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history. She was conditioned for racing by Jim Bentley from a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.
At age two, Lauries Dancer 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. [1] Sent to race in the United States at Delaware Park, she came from dead last in a field of eight to win the Delaware Oaks. [2] At Saratoga Race Course, under future U.S. and Canadian Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, she captured the Alabama Stakes by three lengths in stakes record time. [3] In both races, Lauries Dancer defeated the 1970 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly, Forward Gal.
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