Balanchine (horse)

Balanchine
Racing silks of Maktoum Al Maktoum
SireStorm Bird
GrandsireNorthern Dancer
DamMorning Devotion
DamsireAffirmed
SexFilly
FoaledApril 16, 1991
DiedFebruary 18, 2021 (age 29)
CountryUnited States
ColourChestnut
BreederSwettenham Stud
OwnerRobert Sangster
Godolphin
Sheikh Maktoum Al Maktoum
TrainerPeter Chapple-Hyam
Hilal Ibrahim
Saeed bin Suroor
Record8: 4-2-0
Earnings£541,904
Major wins
Oaks Stakes (1994)
Irish Derby (1994).
Awards
European Champion Three-Year Old Filly (1994)
Timeform rating 131
Last updated on March 3, 2008

Balanchine (16 April 1991 – 18 February 2021) was a Thoroughbred racehorse, bred in the United States and trained in the United Kingdom and Dubai. In a racing career which lasted from September 1993 until October 1995 she ran eight times and won four races. After winning both her races as a two-year-old Balanchine was narrowly beaten in the 1994 1000 Guineas before winning the Classic Epsom Oaks. She then recorded her most important success when defeating male opposition in the 1994 Irish Derby. After recovering from a life-threatening illness, she returned in 1995 but failed to win. Balanchine was one of the first important successes for Godolphin Racing.