Northerly foaled in 1996 was bred by Oakland Park Stud, Western Australia was arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group 1 races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for Age championship of Australasia, also on two occasions. The bay gelding by Serheed from North Bell was foale...
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Northerly foaled in 1996 was bred by Oakland Park Stud, Western Australia was arguably Australia's best middle distance Thoroughbred horse of the early 2000s. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group 1 races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for Age championship of Australasia, also on two occasions. The bay gelding by Serheed from North Bell was foaled in 1996. Northerly had 37 race starts, won 19, was second 7 times, and third on 2 occasions, earning prize money of AUD$9.34 million. Northerly was a favourite of punters for his ability to win narrowly after appearing beaten, and this trait, in combination with his racing colours of yellow, black Maltese Cross and quartered cap earned him the nickname of "The Fighting Tiger".
After winning a string of minor races in Perth, Northerly burst on the scene with his victory in the 2000 Railway Stakes in his native Perth where he accounted for the...
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