This brings back a lot of memories from my youth. As a young man I remember being very taken by Native Dancer, never dreaming of the impact he would have on future generations of equine athletes.
Enjoy.
Bill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPXfWpmMb1o
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Re: Sagamore Farm/Native Dancer
Thanks for posting this, Bill. It stirs lots of memories for me too, especially of being able to watch him race in real time on a small black and white TV screen and not have to wait to see him in the News of the Week at the local movie theater. It was a wonderful time for a teenage kid to catch racing fever. Two years earlier the infatuation began with the great Citation and two years after Native Dancer the great Swaps swept in from the west. All thee revered names which still reverberate in the sport.
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