Cardigan Bay (horse)

Cardigan Bay
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".