Danehill Dancer

Danehill Dancer
Racing silks of Michael Tabor
SireDanehill
GrandsireDanzig
DamMira Adonde
DamsireSharpen Up
SexStallion
Foaled20 January 1993
Died13 March 2017(2017-03-13) (aged 24)
CountryIreland
ColourBay
BreederL. K. and K. McCreery
OwnerMichael Tabor
TrainerNeville Callaghan
JockeyPat Eddery
Mick Kinane
Richard Hughes
Ray Cochrane
Record11: 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]

  1. ^ a b "Danehill Dancer". Racing Post. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Mira Adonde". Racing Post. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Stallions :: Danehill Dancer". Coolmore. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Goffs". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Danehill Dancer retired from covering duties". Racing Post. 28 May 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.