Native Dancer

Native Dancer
Sire	Polynesian
Grandsire	Unbreakable
Dam	Geisha
Damsire	Discovery
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1950
Country	United States
Colour	Grey
Breeder	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
Owner	Alfred G. Vanderbilt II Racing colors: Cerise, white diamonds, cerise, sleeves, white cap.
Trainer	William C. Winfrey
Record	22: 21-1-0
Earnings	$785,240
Major wins
Hopeful Stakes (1952) Flash Stakes (1952) Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1952) East View Stakes (1952) Youthful Stakes (1952) Futurity Stakes (1952) Saratoga Special Stakes (1952) Travers Stakes (1953) Wood Memorial (1953) Arlington Classic (1953) American Derby (1953) Dwyer Stakes (1953) Withers Stakes (1953) Gotham Stakes (1953) Metropolitan Handicap (1954) American Classic Race wins: Preakness Stakes (1953) Belmont Stakes (1953) Kentucky Derby 2nd (1953)
Awards
U.S. Champion 2-Yr-Old Colt (1952) TSB/TRA United States Horse of the Year (1952) U.S. Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1953) United States Horse of the Year (1954)
Honours
U.S. Racing Hall of Fame (1963) #7 - Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century

Hopeful Stakes (1952)
Flash Stakes (1952)
Grand Union Hotel Stakes (1952)
East View Stakes (1952)
Youthful Stakes (1952)
Futurity Stakes (1952)
Saratoga Special Stakes (1952)
Travers Stakes (1953)
Wood Memorial (1953)
Arlington Classic (1953)
American Derby (1953)
Dwyer Stakes (1953)
Withers Stakes (1953)
Gotham Stakes (1953)
Metropolitan Handicap (1954)

Native Dancer (March 27, 1950 – November 16, 1967), nicknamed the Grey Ghost, was one of the most celebrated and accomplished Thoroughbred racehorses in history and was the first horse made famous through the medium of television. As a two-year-old, he was undefeated in his nine starts for earnings of $230,495, a record for a two-year-old. During his three years of racing, he won 21 of 22 starts.

Native Dancer was foaled at Scott Farm near Lexington, Kentucky. He was raised and trained at owner Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Jr.'s Sagamore Farm in Glyndon, Maryland. Native Dancer was a big, solid grey horse by the 1945 Preakness Stakes winner, Polynesian, out of Geisha by Discovery. Geisha also produced Native Dancer's half-sister Orientation; she was the dam of three stakes winners: Initiate ($73,311), Undulation ($52,714) and Citizenship.

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