| Cardigan Bay | |
|---|---|
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| Breed | Standardbred |
| Sire | Hal Tryax (USA) |
| Grandsire | Tryax |
| Dam | Colwyn Bay |
| Damsire | Josedale Dictator (USA) |
| Sex | Gelding |
| Foaled | 1956 |
| Died | 1988 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Dave & Sandy Todd |
| Owner | Merv and Audrey Dean |
| Trainer | Dave Todd (New Zealand) Peter Wolfenden (New Zealand) Stanley Dancer (United states) |
| Record | 154: 80-25-22 |
| Earnings | US$1,000,837 |
| Major wins | |
| 1961 & 1963 Auckland Pacing Cup 1963 New Zealand Trotting Cup 1963 Inter Dominion 1961 & 1963 New Zealand Free For All 1964 & 1965 Good Time Pace 1965 American Pacing Classic 1965 & 1966 National Pacing Derby 1966 International Pace 1966 National Championship Pace 1966 Nassau Pace | |
| Awards | |
| 1965 and 1968 USA Aged Pacer of the Year | |
| Honours | |
| New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame First standardbred to win $1 million | |
| Last updated on 29 July 2011 | |
Cardigan Bay was a New Zealand harness racing pacer foaled 1 September 1956. Affectionately known as "Cardy", he was the first Standardbred to win US$1 million in prize money in North America.[1] He was the ninth horse worldwide to win one million dollars, (the first eight were Thoroughbreds). Cardigan Bay won races in New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the United States.
Along with his arch-rival, American champion of the day, Bret Hanover, he has a legitimate claim of being one of the truly great Standardbred racehorses.[2] Cardigan Bay became an overnight sensation in the United States, and appeared with Stanley Dancer on The Ed Sullivan Show as the "million dollar horse".
- ^ Cardigan Bay - First harness horse to win one million dollars
- ^ "Cardigan Bay Dies at 31 (Published 1988)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 September 2019.