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Natalma Sire Native Dancer Grandsire Polynesian Dam Almahmoud Damsire Mahmoud Sex Mare Foaled 1957 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Mrs. E. H. Augustus & Daniel G. Van Clief Owner E. P. Taylor Trainer Gordon J. McCann Record 7: 3-0-2 Earnings $16,015 Honours Natalma Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack
Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2007)Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Natalma (1957–1985) was an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse best known as the Blue Hen Dam of the most important sire, and sire of sires, of the 20th Century, Northern Dancer. Bred in Virginia, she was purchased by Canadian business mogul E. P. Taylor at the Saratoga, New York yearling sales for $35,000.
Natalma won the 1959 Spinaway Stakes but was disqualified and set back to third place. While in training for the 1960 Kentucky Oaks she suffered a chipped bone in a knee and had to be retired from racing. Although late in the breeding season, she was sent to her owner's Windfields Farm in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada to be bred to Nearctic. That late pairing resulted in Northern Dancer being born on May 27, 1961. Natalma was bred to Nearctic two more times but a 1965 filly died as a yearling and their 1973 twins, a colt and a filly, both died. However, Natalma did produce stakes winners Native Victor, Regal Dancer and Born A Lady, as well as four other stakes placed horses and notable producers, Raise the Standard, Arctic Dancer (dam of La Prevoyante), and Spring Adieu (granddam of champion stallion Danehill).
Natalma was humanely euthanized on January 29, 1985 at the Windfields Farm satellite operation in Maryland (now the Northview Stallion Station) after unsuccessful treatment for colic. She was buried in the farm's equine cemetery.
In 2007, Natalma's contribution to the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing was recognized through her induction in the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Pedigree of Natalma Sire
Native DancerPolynesian Unbreakable Sickle Blue Grass Black Polly Polymelian Black Queen Geisha Discovery Display Ariadne Miyako John P. Grier La Chica Dam
AlmahmoudMahmoud Blenheim Blandford Malva Mah Mahal Gainsborough Mumtaz Mahal Arbitrator Peace Chance Chance Shot Peace Mother Goose Chicle Flying Witch References
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