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621:"Northern Dancer: The Patriarch Stallion"
670:Family #7 – Other notable family members
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306:A leading sire of sires, Danzig sired
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178:Leading sire in North America
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744:Categories
607:References
557:Steady Aim
551:Art Paper
545:Fair Trial
491:Pas de Nom
483:Arbirator
460:Polynesian
370:euthanized
282:Pine Bluff
219:See also:
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344:Hard Spun
340:Big Brown
288:inductee
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575:See also
562:Felstead
540:Petition
524:Olympia
451:B. 1957
436:Hyperion
408:Br.1954
404:Nearctic
383:Pedigree
363:chestnut
308:Danehill
290:Langfuhr
256:winners
167:$ 32,400
164:Earnings
159:3: 3–0–0
74:Stallion
43:Nearctic
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477:Mahmoud
466:Geisha
448:Natalma
400:B.1961
350:behind
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280:winner
146:Trainer
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107:Country
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412:Nearco
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