Northern Dancer Stakes Northern Dancer Stakes The Northern Dancer Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-June at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. Named in honor of the horse, Northern Dancer, the Grade III stakes for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 8.5 furlongs ( miles). The race currently offers a purse of $150,000. Canadian-bred and owned honoree Northern Dancer (1961–1990) won the 1964 Kentucky Derby in record time on the Churchill Downs track. He went on to win the Preakness Stakes and Queen's Plate. Retired from racing, Northern Dancer became the most important sire and sire
Bandera Downs the property without a bond issue. The track was sold again in 2004 for $1.2 million to a firm with plans to open a training center. The track remains intact, but is offered for sale. Bandera Downs Bandera Downs was an American horse-racing track located in Bandera, Bandera County, Texas. A thousand people were on hand for the first race at the new track known as Lost Valley Downs in July 1965 running American Quarter Horse and Thoroughbred events until closing after the 1967 season. The track was sold in 1984 and reopened as Bandera Downs by the new owners.