Riverman
8-5-2-1, $247,876.
Won: Prix Yacowlef (FR), Poule D\'essai Des Poulains-G1 (FR), Prix Jean Prat-G2 (FR), Prix D\'ispahan-G1 (FR)
Entered stud in France in 1973, then brought to USA for stud in 1980.
Died in 1999, age 30.
Neverbend
23-13-4-4, $641,524.
Champion 2 Year Old Male. Won: Champagne S., Futurity S., Cowdin S., Flamingo S., Yankee H.Champion 2-Year-Old, a first-class sprinter. He had seven wins from 10 starts. His earnings of $402,969 were the most ever for a 2-year-old at that time. At age 3, Never Bend placed second in the Kentucky Derby, and won 13 of his 23 starts and $641,524.
Northern Dancer
Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred thoroughbred racehorse and the most successful sire in racing history.
Northern Dancer was ridden by Ron Turcotte in his first victory as a two-year-old. Before the running of the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky, trainer Horatio Luro asked jockey Bill Shoemaker to make a commitment to ride either Northern Dancer or the more promising colt, Hill Rise. Shoemaker went with the unbeaten Hill Rise, believing the colt represented his best chance for a win at the prestigious Kentucky Derby. As a result of Shoemaker's decision, Bill Hartack became Northern Dancer's permanent jockey, guiding him to his best season in 1964 at age 3 when he won the Flamingo Stakes, Florida Derby, Blue Grass Stakes, Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Queen's Plate. He was also named the Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old of 1964.In his two years of racing, Northern Dancer won 14 of his 18 races and never finished worse than third. Northern Dancer stood at Taylor's stud farm in Maryland until his retirement and was the most successful sire in thoroughbred horse-racing history. His offspring have earned more money and won more major stakes races than those of any other sire. He sired 146 stakes winners He was also an exceptionally prepotent sire (a sire of sires of stakes winners such as Miesque). In the 1983 Keeneland auction, one of Northern Dancer's colts named Snaafi Dancer became the first $10 million yearling.
Although he has been dead for more than fifteen years, there are more Northern Dancer line Breeder's Cup winners than any other horse.
