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NORTHERLY (9-a)
Bay gelding foaled 1996
Breeder: Mr N G Duncan, Oakland Park Stud, WA.
Owners: N G and Mrs S M Duncan and Mrs J A Kersley.

Serheed Bay 1980	Nijinsky Bay 1967	Northern Dancer Bay 1961	Nearctic Brown 1954	Nearco Lady Angela	1935 1944	4-r 14-c
		Northern Dancer Bay 1961	Natalma Bay 1957	Native Dancer Almahmoud	1950 1947	5-f 2-d
		Flaming Page Bay 1959	Bull Page Bay 1947	Bull Lea Our Page	1935 1940	9-c 4-m
		Flaming Page Bay 1959	Flaring Top Chestnut 1947	Menow Flaming Top	1935 1941	8-g 8-f
	Native Partner Bay 1966	Raise a Native Chestnut 1961	Native Dancer Grey 1950	Polynesian Geisha	1942 1943	14-a 5-f
		Raise a Native Chestnut 1961	Raise You Chestnut 1946	Case Ace Lady Glory	1934 1934	1-k 8-f
		Dinner Partner Bay 1959	Tom Fool Bay 1949	Menow Gaga	1935 1942	8-g 3-j
		Dinner Partner Bay 1959	Bluehaze Bay 1945	Blue Larkspur Flaming Swords	1926 1933	8-f 7
North Bell Brown 1988	Bellwater Bay 1982	Bellypha Grey 1976	Lyphard Bay 1969	Northern Dancer Goofed	1961 1960	2-d 17-b
		Bellypha Grey 1976	Belga Grey 1968	Le Fabuleux Belle de Retz	1961 1962	13-c 16-b
		Paddle Brown 1975	Jim French Bay or brown 1968	Graustark Dinner Partner	1963 1959	4-d 7
		Paddle Brown 1975	Pram Brown 1969	Fine Top Gourabe	1949 1950	8-d 26
	North Fleur Bay or brown 1981	Far North Bay 1973	Northern Dancer Bay 1961	Nearctic Natalma	1954 1957	14-c 2-d
		Far North Bay 1973	Fleur Bay 1964	Victoria Park Flaming Page	1957 1959	10-c 8-f
		Yoka Bay 1976	Triple Bend Bay or brown 1968	Never Bend Triple Orbit	1960 1961	19-b 3-o
		Yoka Bay 1976	Royal Hula Chestnut 1966	Raise a Native Grecian Queen	1961 1950	8-f 9-a

Werk Nick Rating: B+
GP Inbreeding: Northern Dancer 3m x 5m, 4m. Flaming Page 3m x 5f. Raise a Native 3f x 5f. Menow 5f, 5m x. Dinner Partner 3f x 5m. Native Dancer 5f, 4m x.

Age	Starts	Wins	2nds	3rds
2	-	-	-	-
3	2	1	-	1
4	8	5	1	1
	10	6	1	2

Sire: SERHEED (USA) - Bay 1980. Winner of 5 races in England. Half-brother to AJDAL, FORMIDABLE, FLYING PARTNER, FABULEUX JANE. Closely related to champions DANCE PARTNER, DANCE IN THE DARK, HERO'S LOVE. To stud 1985. Standing at Stanton Park Stud, Woodlands, W.A. Sire of 200 winners of $13.4 million - 20 SWs inc KIM ANGEL, NORTHERLY, TIMELESS ACTION, HARD ACT, SUGARSTONE, BRADSON, FUTURE EDITION, SIGNPOST, SUDDEN BURST, BEAU HEED, POWER PLUS, A NATIVE EDITION, CLAN WEST, ORANGE SEED, COWRIE DANCER, BOARDWALK LADY, KEY TARGET, HILL WOOD, JEVANSWER, CELESTIAL SHOW, also 16 stakes placegetters, etc.

Dam
NORTH BELL (1988). 5 wins, 1200m-1700m. Dam of 4 foals, all raced, 3 winners -

95 NORTHERN SONG, b f by Rory's Jester. 5 wins, $284,245, 1000m-1400m, VRC Chairman's Club H-G3, VATC Highweays Tabaret H, MVRC Super VOBIS P, Dean Street H, Maree Children's Wear H, 2d VATC Mannerism S-G3, VRC the Vanity-LR, 3d VRC Yallambee Stud S-G3, Flemington Carnival of Champions S-LR, VATC Cranbourne Auto Daihatsu S-LR (d/h), 4th VRC Gateway Suites Quality H-G3, SAJC Christmas H-G3.

96 NORTHERLY. 6 wins, $1,372,350, 1400m-1600m, VRC Australian Cup-G1, WATC Railway S-G1, VATC T S Carlyon Cup-G2, WATC R J Peters S-G3, Aquanita S-LR, Starjo H, 2d WATC Australia Day S-LR.

97 Boardwalk Bell, b/br f by Bellotto (USA). Started once.

98 NORTH BOY, b c by Rory's Jester. 2 wins, $95,250, at 1200m, VRC Aurias Diamond S-LR, MVRC Leslie Froggatt S-LR.

Slipped in 1999; missed in 2000.

2nd Dam
NORTH FLEUR (CAN). Winner in USA. Dam of 9 foals, 8 raced, all winners -

CANON SONG. 2 wins at 1000m, VATC Merson Cooper S-G3, VRC Neat 'n' Trim Uniform S-LR.

DUCHESS KATRIN. Won VRC Beck's Bier S-LR (1000m), 2d VRC Bloodhorse Breeders' S-G2, VATC Telecom Telecard H-LR, 4th VATC Jameson Irish Whiskey S-LR.

Japaco. Placed; 2d SAJC Ansett Australia P-LR.

Jester's Edge. 5 wins, $77,880, 1000m-1500m, SAJC Tango Miss H, Club Ten H, Planet Ruler H, Emblem Boy.

Big Tide. 4 wins, 1100m-1463m, SAJC Rubitonb 2YO H, SA Great 3YO H, TAB Radio H, Kenton Valley Park Stud H.

Keen Warrior. 2 wins at 1005m, 1100m, SAJC Legacy H.

3rd Dam
Yoka. 4 wins, 2d Woodbine Fury S, 3d Woodbine Whimsical S, Selene S. Dam of 4 foals, all winners inc -

Give'em Dickens. Winner in USA.

Gayoka. Winner in USA.

4th Dam
Royal Hula. 4 wins, 2d Golden Gate St Francis S, Bay Meadows Fair Mid- Peninsula S, Exhibition Park Royal Ascot Graduation H, Longacres Sub Deb H, 3d Exhibition Park Juvenile Championship, New Westminster H. Three-quarter sister to Godessa. Half-sister to Eternal Queen, the dam of ETERNAL PRINCE ($424,362, Wood Memorial Invitational-G1, Gotham S-G2, 3d Preakness S-G1), THAKIB ($199,330, Glint of Gold S-LR, 3d Desmond S-G3). From GRECIAN SAINT (12 wins, $323,575, CCA Oaks, Astarita S, Monmouth Oaks, Demoiselle S, Prioress S, Saratoga Schuylerville S, Belmont Gazelle S, Marguerite S). Dam of 12 foals, 9 raced, 8 winners inc -

I'm Hot. Won Newmarket Arlington Maiden H (6f), 3d Newbury S-LR.

Royal Tri. 8 wins, $97,944, 3d Gulfstream Honey Fox S.

Yoka. See above.

Exuberation. 17 wins, $100,724, in USA.

Concha Marina. Unraced. Dam of 6 winners inc -
DENVER. 3 wins, Milano Premio Campobello-LR.

SELL SEA SHELLS. 3 wins, River Downs Penelope S, 2d Delaware Parlo H. Dam of -
Zero Celsius (USA). 6 wins, 3d Ak-Sar-Ben Lady Sponsors' S. Dam of-
COOL CHOICE. 4 wins, $120,300, 1000m-1600m, VRC Carbine Club S-LR, VATC Mercedes-Benz S-LR, 3d VRC Concept Sports S-LR, 4th VATC Blue Diamond Prelude-G3, VRC Martin of Melbourne P-LR.

Divine Santi. 15 wins in UK and Sweden, Newbury Theal S, 2d Ascot Duke of Edinburgh S-LR, 3d Taby International Sprint.

There have been some stunning wins - and near misses - in this race since it was first run at wfa in 1979, just in time for Dulcify to defeat Manikato. Intergaze turned on a grand one-horse show the previous year and Northerly's performance was right up with that, even if the ride wasn't. Greg Childs still did as instructed in allowing the Perth horse to slide rather than pull in the middle stages, even if this tactic consigned them to remaining wide without cover just off the lead. That Northerly was able to sprint away from them and win by more than three lengths made it memorable. For mine, it was the best wfa win by a horse out of the west since that beautiful black, Aquanita, was collecting Cox Plates and other trophies in the 1950s. Expect Northerly to attempt to go a couple of rungs higher than Aquanita's third in a Melbourne Cup.
Few four-year-old winners of an Australian Cup can have been more inexperienced than the Serheed son and with nine previous runs each, he and year younger runner-up Hit the Roof less experienced than all but the other three-year-olds Sale of the Century and Neptune's Journey. The hard track was against several of the runners but one it didn't stop was Hit the Roof, who worked home hard after covering ground. Kaapstad Way needs farther than 2000m.