Norcliffe

{{Short description|Canadian-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}

{{Infobox racehorse

| horsename = Norcliffe

| image = Norcliffe by Bob Demuyser.jpg

| caption = Norcliffe, oil on canvas
painted by Bob Demuyser (1920-2003)

| sire = Buckpasser

| grandsire = Tom Fool

| dam = Drama School

| damsire = Northern Dancer

| sex = Stallion

| foaled = 1973

| country = Canada

| colour = Bay

| breeder = E. P. Taylor

| owner = Norcliffe Stable (Charles F. Baker)

| trainer = Roger Attfield

| record = 33: 14-8-3

| earnings = $434,066

| race = Coronation Futurity Stakes (1975)
Plate Trial Stakes (1976)
Carling O'Keefe Invitational Handicap
(1976, 1977)
Colonel R. S. McLaughlin Handicap (1976)
Canadian Maturity Stakes (1977)

Canadian Triple Crown series:
Queen's Plate (1976)
Prince of Wales Stakes (1976)

| awards= Canadian Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt (1976)
Canadian Horse of the Year (1976)
Canadian Champion Older Male Horse (1977)

| honours = Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (2005)

|updated= September 17, 2006

}}

Norcliffe (1973–1984) was a Canadian Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by U.S. Hall of Fame Champion Buckpasser out of the mare Drama School by Northern Dancer.

Owned by the Norcliffe Stable of Charles F. Baker, Chairman of the Board of the Ontario Jockey Club, Norcliffe was trained by Roger Attfield.{{cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/27/archives/norcliffe-scores-at-toronto.html |title=Norcliffe Scores at Toronto |publisher=New York Times, page 151 |date=1976-06-27 |access-date=2021-08-17}} Ridden by jockey Jeffrey Fell, Norcliffe won two of the first three legs of the 1976 Canadian Triple Crown races on dirt at Woodbine Racetrack, capturing the Queen's Plate and the Prince of Wales Stakes. The Breeders' Stakes, the final leg, is a race run on the grass course at Fort Erie Race Track and Norcliffe finished fifth.{{cite web|url=https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2017.pdf |title=Woodbine Media Guide |publisher=Woodbine Entertainment Group |date=2019-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022151002/https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uploads/MediaGuide-ThoroughbredStakesResults-2017.pdf |access-date=2021-03-29|archive-date=2019-10-22 }} Norcliffe earned 1976 Horse of the Year honours in Canada.{{cite web|url=https://jockeyclubcanada.com/past-award-winners/ |title=Sovereign Awards - Past Award Winners |publisher=Jockey Club of Canada |date=2020-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130142943/https://jockeyclubcanada.com/past-award-winners/ |access-date=2021-03-30|archive-date=2020-11-30 }} In 1977 he earned a Sovereign Award as top older horse and was elected to the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2005.{{cite web|url= https://www.canadianhorseracinghalloffame.com/2005/12/01/norcliffe/ |title=Norcliffe |publisher=Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame |date=2005-12-01|access-date=2021-07-07}}