{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}
{{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Fiddle Dancer Boy | image = | caption = | sire = Nice Dancer | grandsire = Northern Dancer | dam = Fiddly Dee | damsire = Hidden Treasure | sex = Stallion | foaled = 1978 | country = Canada | colour = Bay | breeder = Warren Beasley | owner = John Bernard Woods Carmichael | trainer = James C. Bentley | record = | earnings = $364,773 | race = Heresy Stakes (1981)<br>Connaught Cup Stakes (1983)<br>Shepperton Stakes (1983)<p> '''Canadian Classic Race wins:'''<br>Queen's Plate (1981) </p> | awards= | honours = |updated= }} '''Fiddle Dancer Boy''' (1978–1991) was a Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1981 Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's oldest annually run stakes race. Bred by prominent Ontario owner/breeder Warren Beasley, he was sired by Nice Dancer, the 1972 Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse. He was out of the mare Fiddly Dee, whose sire was 1961 Canadian Horse of the Year Hidden Treasure.
As a yearling, Fiddle Dancer Boy was purchased for $20,000 by Toronto car dealer Jack Carmichael and his brother Donald on the recommendation of future Hall of Fame trainer Jim Bentley.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130131174644/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/456602211.html?dids=456602211:456602211&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23,+1992&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=John+Carmichael,+66,+businessman,+fundraiser+designed+'Popemobile'&pqatl=google Pqasb.pqarchiver.com]</ref>
==1981 Queen's Plate== Sent off by the betting public at 8-to-1 odds in the Queen's Plate, Fiddle Dancer Boy defeated the heavily favored Frost King to win the race. The horse's success led to owner Jack Carmichael eventually buying the Huntington Stud Farm in Kleinburg, Ontario following the retirement of owner Bill Sills.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130131174644/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/456602211.html?dids=456602211:456602211&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+23,+1992&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=John+Carmichael,+66,+businessman,+fundraiser+designed+'Popemobile'&pqatl=google Pqasb.pqarchiver.com]</ref>
Although Fiddle Dancer Boy suffered from foot ailments, he raced successfully for another two years, retiring at age five to stand at stud. From a limited number of offspring, he notably sired Complete Endeavor, who won fourteen career races including five in a row in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472391441.html?dids=472391441:472391441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30%2C+1990&author=Rick+Fraser+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Field+of+five+set+for+the+Sir+Barton&pqatl=google |title=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |access-date=2017-07-06 |archive-date=2012-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025134727/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/472391441.html?dids=472391441:472391441&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+30,+1990&author=Rick+Fraser+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Field+of+five+set+for+the+Sir+Barton&pqatl=google |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Fiddle Dancer Boy died of colic at age thirteen on November 11, 1991.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130201142345/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/466151761.html?dids=466151761:466151761&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+14,+1991&author=Chris+Young+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Queen's+Plate+winner+Fiddle+Dancer+Boy+dies+of+colic&pqatl=google pqasb.pqarchiver.com]</ref>
==Pedigree== {{Pedigree |name = Fiddle Dancer Boy, bay stallion, 1978 |f = Nice Dancer |m = Fiddly Dee |ff = Northern Dancer |fm = Nice Princess |mf = Hidden Treasure |mm = Stormy Cruise |fff = Nearctic |ffm = Natalma |fmf = Le Beau Prince |fmm = Happy Night |mff = Dark Star |mfm = Ratine |mmf = Third Degree |mmm = Pinnace |ffff = Nearco |fffm = Lady Angela |ffmf = Native Dancer |ffmm = Almahmoud |fmff = Fontenay |fmfm = Quillerie |fmmf = Alizier |fmmm = Happy Grace |mfff = Royal Gem |mffm = Isolde |mfmf = Bahram |mfmm = Monel |mmff = Questionnaire |mmfm = Panache |mmmf = Roman |mmmm = Boat |}}
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://www.pedigreequery.com/fiddle+dancer+boy Fiddle Dancer Boy's pedigree and partial racing stats] * [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/07/05/sports/fiddle-dancer-boy-wins-queen-s-plate.html July 5, 1981 ''New York Times'' article titled ''Fiddle Dancer Boy Wins Queen's Plate'']
Category:1978 racehorse births Category:1991 racehorse deaths Category:Racehorses bred in Ontario Category:Racehorses trained in Canada Category:King's Plate winners Category:Thoroughbred family 14-f