Editing Northern Dancer (section)

===Sales records===
Former [[Keeneland]] chairman [[Ted Bassett (executive)|Ted Bassett]] wrote in his autobiography that between 1974 and 1988, the sons and daughters of Northern Dancer fetched the highest prices of all sires at the yearling sales 12 times, "and that constitutes a record that may last forever."<ref name=Kocher /> Northern Dancer's yearlings also led the [[Keeneland Sales|Keeneland July Selected Yearling Sale]] by average price 12 times in the same period. In 1984, 12 yearlings by Northern Dancer sold for an unrivaled sale-record average price of [[United States dollar|US$]]3,446,666 (about ${{Inflation|US|3.45|1984|r=1}} million adjusted for inflation).<ref>{{cite web |title=Keeneland November to feature Windfields Farm, Overbrook dispersals |url=http://www.brisnet.com/content/2009/11/keeneland-november-to-feature-windfields-farm-overbrook-dispersals/ |website=Brisnet |access-date=7 April 2020 |date=9 November 2009}}</ref> Combined over a period of 22 years, the top 174 Northern Dancer offspring at the Keeneland Sales sold for a total $160 million.<ref name=NDNYTimes/> The bidding duels between [[John Magnier]] and [[Robert Sangster]] of [[Coolmore Stud]] and Sheikh [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]] of [[Darley Stud]] helped drive up the prices as both sought future breeding prospects.<ref name=Crist>{{cite web|last1=Crist|first1=Steven|title=Sheik's Coup in Sport of Kings|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/21/sports/sheik-s-coup-in-sport-of-kings.html|website=The New York Times|access-date=12 July 2016|date=21 July 1983}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite web|last1=Clee|first1=Nicholas|title=He's never run a race, so why pay $16m for him?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2006/may/07/horseracing.features|website=The Guardian|access-date=12 July 2016|date=May 7, 2006}}</ref>

Three of the most [[Thoroughbred valuation|expensive colts ever sold at public auction]] were sired by Northern Dancer: [[Snaafi Dancer]], who became the first $10-million yearling when sold to Sheikh Mohammed for $10.2 million in 1983;<ref name=Crist /> a colt out of Ballade later named Imperial Falcon, who sold for $8.25 million to Sangster in 1984;<ref>{{cite web|last1=Associated Press|title=Keeneland Sales Shatter Records|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=El0xAAAAIBAJ&pg=4603,4262079&dq=northern+dancer-ballade+colt&hl=en|publisher=Ocala Star Banner|access-date=12 July 2016|date=July 24, 1984}}</ref> and a colt out of Fabuleux Jane later named Jareer, who sold for $7.1 million to Darley Stud.<ref>{{cite web|title=Northern Dancer's Offspring Top Sales|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19840725&id=LasTAAAAIBAJ&pg=5782,5299640|publisher=Ocala Star Banner|access-date=12 July 2016|date=July 25, 1984}}</ref> Although none of these three colts was a major winner on the racetrack, the success of other high-priced yearlings like Shareef Dancer (auctioned for $3.3 million), Nureyev (auctioned for $1.3 million) and Lomond (privately sold for 1.5 million) kept demand high.<ref>Hunter, pp 146–148</ref>