Despite the fact that her immediate lineage included members of Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century (Count Fleet at no.
At a young age, Native Diver injured his back and therefore often ran while holding his head high to ease the strain on his spine.
At two, Native Diver won his first three starts by a combined margin of 233⁄4 lengths and was on his way to setting six career track records.
Upon Hollywood Park's closing in December 2013, his remains and the monument were to be moved to the Del Mar[2] infield near the top of the backstretch near several other horses and dogs.
On March 8, the exhumation of the remains began led by University of Southern California archaeologists Lynn Swartz Dodd and Tom Garrison.