Danehill Dancer | |
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Sire | Danehill |
Grandsire | Danzig |
Dam | Mira Adonde |
Damsire | Sharpen Up |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 20 January 1993 |
Died | 13 March 2017 | (aged 24)
Country | Ireland |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | L. K. and K. McCreery |
Owner | Michael Tabor |
Trainer | Neville Callaghan |
Jockey | Pat Eddery Mick Kinane Richard Hughes Ray Cochrane |
Record | 11: 4–1–1 |
Earnings | £212,559 |
Major wins | |
Phoenix Stakes (1995) National Stakes (1995) Greenham Stakes (1996) | |
Awards | |
Champion 2-year-old colt in Ireland (1995) Champion sire in Great Britain and Ireland (2009) |
Danehill Dancer was a bay horse bred by L. K. and K. McCreery and foaled on 20 January 1993.[1] He was sired by Danehill, who won the Haydock Sprint Cup in 1989. Danehill Dancer's dam is Mira Adonde, a daughter of Sharpen Up.[1] Mira Adonde was trained by Alec Stewart, but only raced once, finishing seventh in a seven-furlong maiden race at Newmarket.[2]
Danehill Dancer, who stood 15.3 hands (1.63 m) high,[3] was put up for auction at the Goffs sale in October 1994. He was bought by for 38,000 Irish pounds by the bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne[4] on behalf of Michael Tabor and put into training with Neville Callaghan at Newmarket.[5]