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I would love to see some information regarding updated legacies for Northern Dancer. There is a public school in Oshawa, Ontario named after the racehorse. Ameliadodds ( talk) 16:28, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Northern Dancer's stud fee reached $1,000,000.
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My references are not appearing in this section. Could SKS please assist. Cgoodwin ( talk) 10:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
It might be worth mentioning the controversy over whether too much inbreeding to the Northern Dancer line is producing unsound horses. It would have to be neutrally and carefully handled, but it's out there. Montanabw (talk) 19:55, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
The articles suggesting it IS a problem here:
@ Jlvsclrk: Per your question at WP Horse racing, Here's what I'm seeing in the current article:
I might make a few in-text tweaks, but here's the main stuff I think needs work. Montanabw (talk) 17:55, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
In the list of ND's races in the statistics section, Woodbine and Aqueduct are variably named as "Racecourse" and "Racetrack" - is this a deliberate thing due to renamings or just something which needs to be fixed for consistency? -- Bcp67 ( talk) 08:16, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
I have been exploring the origin of the People magazine description of Northern Dancer, quoted in the article and by secondary sources as "the only celebrity that could earn a million dollars before breakfast". The closest I have found is:
NORTHERN DANCER (4 BEES) On some days he can earn $1 million—before lunch. Twenty years after he quit the track, Northern Dancer spends part of his mornings during the mating season in a breeding shed in Maryland, where he has sired 550 offspring—109 of whom have already won stake races. Dancer’s syndicate has turned down an offer of $40 million for the stallion, who, at an elderly 24—an age roughly equivalent to that of a 75-year-old man—can still “cover” 36 mares a year.
– "How Hard Do They Work?" Fred Bernstein, People 23(3), January 21, 1985
which suggests that the secondary sources have misquoted the original. There does not seem to be a separate article in People that also includes "only celebrity" and "breakfa=st". So it appears a number of reputable news outlets have (probably unsurprisingly) not bothered to check their sources, including the article's current citation [11], as well as The Guardian, The Sport, and others. ~ RLO1729 💬 10:32, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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I would love to see some information regarding updated legacies for Northern Dancer. There is a public school in Oshawa, Ontario named after the racehorse. Ameliadodds ( talk) 16:28, 30 September 2020 (UTC)
Northern Dancer's stud fee reached $1,000,000.
Image:NortherDancerBookcover.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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BetacommandBot 23:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC) ṣṜṜṢṢṢṢṢṢ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.113.50 ( talk) 00:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
My references are not appearing in this section. Could SKS please assist. Cgoodwin ( talk) 10:09, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
It might be worth mentioning the controversy over whether too much inbreeding to the Northern Dancer line is producing unsound horses. It would have to be neutrally and carefully handled, but it's out there. Montanabw (talk) 19:55, 4 July 2016 (UTC)
The articles suggesting it IS a problem here:
@ Jlvsclrk: Per your question at WP Horse racing, Here's what I'm seeing in the current article:
I might make a few in-text tweaks, but here's the main stuff I think needs work. Montanabw (talk) 17:55, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
In the list of ND's races in the statistics section, Woodbine and Aqueduct are variably named as "Racecourse" and "Racetrack" - is this a deliberate thing due to renamings or just something which needs to be fixed for consistency? -- Bcp67 ( talk) 08:16, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
I have been exploring the origin of the People magazine description of Northern Dancer, quoted in the article and by secondary sources as "the only celebrity that could earn a million dollars before breakfast". The closest I have found is:
NORTHERN DANCER (4 BEES) On some days he can earn $1 million—before lunch. Twenty years after he quit the track, Northern Dancer spends part of his mornings during the mating season in a breeding shed in Maryland, where he has sired 550 offspring—109 of whom have already won stake races. Dancer’s syndicate has turned down an offer of $40 million for the stallion, who, at an elderly 24—an age roughly equivalent to that of a 75-year-old man—can still “cover” 36 mares a year.
– "How Hard Do They Work?" Fred Bernstein, People 23(3), January 21, 1985
which suggests that the secondary sources have misquoted the original. There does not seem to be a separate article in People that also includes "only celebrity" and "breakfa=st". So it appears a number of reputable news outlets have (probably unsurprisingly) not bothered to check their sources, including the article's current citation [11], as well as The Guardian, The Sport, and others. ~ RLO1729 💬 10:32, 12 April 2020 (UTC)