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Kentucky Derby: Northern Dancer Sets Race Record

Kentucky Derby: Northern Dancer Sets Race Record
Clip: 429647_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1723
Original Film: 037-036-05
HD: N/A
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
Timecode: 00:23:31 - 00:24:52

Biggest crowd in the history of Churchill Downs see Bill Hartack ride Northern Dancer to victory in two minutes flat to set a new record for the track. Northern Dancer made no mistakes...ditto Hartack. Winner of the 90th Derby is Canadian bred. Owned by Canadian tycoon E.P. Taylor. Trained by Horatio Luro. Run For The Roses Louisville, Kentucky Churchill Downs Racetrack with throngs in attendance. MS - No 11. Hillrise - No 7, Northern Dancer. MLS - A very large crowd sitting in the stands. MS - Starting gate for the horses, and their off in the running. CUS - One of the ladies who is sitting among the crowd of people. OHS - The race horses all bunch up running down the track. MCUS - Two women and one man wearing glasses, in the background a man standing up in the crowd wearing sun glasses. MLS - Horses coming around the final curve in the track and down to the home stretch. MS - Its Northern Dancer and Hillrise down to the stretch, the little horse Northern Dancer No#7 wins. MS - Northern Dancer standing in the winners circle.