Northernette /

Northernette (foaled 1974 in Ontario) is a Canadian Thoroughbred Hall of Fame filly racehorse. The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame says that she "was among the best Canadian-bred race fillies ever raised in this country." A full sister to Storm Bird, she was bred by E. P. Taylor, owner of her dam, South Ocean, and her preeminent sire, Northern Dancer. Northernette was purchased at auction by the partnership of Syl Asadoorian and Sam Cosentino who raced her from a base at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. They entrusted her conditioning to Jerry Meyer, and in her two-year-old racing season, Northernette was voted the 1976 Sovereign Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Filly. At age three in 1977, her victories included an eleven-length win over the best domestic-bred fillies in the Canadian Oaks. She went up against her male counterparts in Canada's most important race, the Queen's Plate, and finished second to Sound Reason. In August 1977, Northernette's owners sold a controlling interest in her to American Peter M. Brant. Her conditioning was then taken over by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, Frank Whiteley whose son David, as well as Shug McGaughey, were both working