bred by stud GESTÜT ERLENHOF near Bad Homburg vor der Höhe of Dr. Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza/ Zucht und Rennbetrieb Erlenhof G.m.b.H.; Stud manager A. von Borcke. DE 306/06/00932/41. Won DEUTSCHLAND-PREIS 1944 Berlin-Hoppegarten/Jockey Otto Schmidt), Deutsches Derby (Hamburg) and Austrian Derby (Wien/Vienna). To Louisiana, USA: Idle Hour Farm from Germany 1946 US Army Reparation
Nordlicht (North Light) is rumoured to have been owned by Adolf Hitler. He was undefeated on the German Racing Circuit 1943-44, was named 1944 GERMAN HORSE OF THE YEAR, and even featured on a postage stamp.
He was taken as a spoil of war by the US Army in 1945, and sent to the USA.
Died 1968 at the La Branche Plantation, St.Rose, LA.