northerly

adj. moving or facing northward; situated in the north; coming from the north

Northerly (born 1996) was one of Australia's champion thoroughbred horses in the early 2000's. Northerly, trained by Western Australian harness racing legend Fred Kersley, won nine Group 1 races, including the Australian Cup twice, and the Cox Plate, regarded as the Weight for Age championship of Australasia, also on two occasions. The bay gelding by Serheed from North Bell was foaled in 1996. Northerly had 37 race starts, won 19, was second 7 times, and third on 2 occasions, earning prize money of AUD$9.34 million. Northerly was especially renowned for his desire to win and never give up attitude. That attitude in combination with his racing colours of Yellow, Black Maltese Cross and Quartered Cap earned him the nickname of "The Fighting Tiger".
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(adv.)
Toward the north.
  

(a.)
Of or pertaining to the north; toward the north, or from the north; northern.
  

Adjective
1. situated in or oriented toward the north; "the northern suburbs"; "going in a northerly direction"
(synonym) northern
(similar) north
2. coming from the north; used especially of wind; "the north wind doth blow"; "a northern snowstorm"; "the winds are northerly"
(synonym) northern
(similar) north
Adverb
1. in a northern direction; "they earn more up north"; "Let's go north!"
(synonym) north, to the north, in the north, northwards, northward