Bred by prominent Ontario owner/breeder Warren Beasley, he was sired by Nice Dancer, the 1972 Canadian Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse.
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.
[1] 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.
[2] 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.