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29th July 2021
"Native Dancer" Social Media Post
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"This #ThrowBackThursday, take a look at the great Native Dancer exercising in 1956
In a career spanning 22 starts in three years, Native Dancer suffered only one defeat, losing the Kentucky Derby by a head to Dark Star in 1953. After his retirement he was a prolific sire, producing such offspring as Raise a Native and Kauai King, as well as a strong crop of broodmares through whom he has left an incredible mark on the Thoroughbred breed. Every entrant in the 2008 Kentucky Derby traced their lineage back to him.
"Native Dancer 1956" 1956, photograph, 6 x 7 3/4 inches, Judith and Jo Tartt Photography Collection, 2018"