Cardigan Bay (horse)
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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.[1] 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.
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 | |
1961 & 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 | |
Awards | |
1965 and 1968 USA Aged Pacer of the Year | |
Honours | |
New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame First standardbred to win $1 million | |
Last updated on 29 July 2011 |
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.[2] Cardigan Bay became an overnight sensation in the United States, and appeared with Stanley Dancer on The Ed Sullivan Show as the "million dollar horse".