POR(4) - NORTHERN DANCER Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Poirier Office Road Series (POR), dedicated to legendary Thoroughbred racehorses.
This series begins at one of New Brunswick's 83 covered bridges. Grab the cache that is there, and fasten your seatbelts. There will be a variety of hides. Expect the unexpected. Sometimes you'll be required to think outside the box, sometimes you'll need to persevere when your patience will be wearing thin. Enjoy the ride, enjoy the run.
I have dedicated the series to legendary THOROUGHBRED RACEHORSES, these amazing, graceful, beautiful animals whose names most of us have at the very least have heard about.....
NORTHERN DANCER
It took Northern Dancer exactly two minutes to become a national hero in Canada. That was how long it took the stocky, bay colt, ridden by Bill Hartack, to run the mile and one-quarter distance of the Kentucky Derby on May 2, 1964, defeating Hill Rise by a neck. Not only was it one of the most thrilling stretch runs in Derby history at Louisville's Churchill Downs, it was the fastest time in which the most famous horse race in the United States had been run, a record that was later surpassed by Secretariat in 1973. The mayor of Toronto awarded him the key to the city, billboards acknowledged his feat, Canada's sportswriters voted him Athlete of the Year and he was deluged with fan mail. Two weeks after the Derby, Northern Dancer won the second event of the Triple Crown, the Preakness at Pimlico. Three weeks later, attempting to become the first Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1948, he finished a tired third in the Belmont Stakes at Aqueduct, N.Y. Returning to Woodbine, Northern Dancer won the Queen's Plate, which would turn out to be the last race of his career. Northern Dancer went on to become a "Chef-de-race" sire, a designation given to only the most influential stallions. There is today Northern Dancer blood in the majority of horseracing champions. Northern Dancer, a true Canadian champion.
This Cache was hidden by a member of the MGA!
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Additional Hints
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5 srrg hc.