Danehill Dancer
Danehill Dancer was a bay horse bred by L. K. and K. McCreery and foaled on 20 January 1993. 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. Mira Adonde was trained by Alec Stewart, but only raced once, finishing seventh in a seven-furlong maiden race at Newmarket.
| Danehill Dancer | |
|---|---|
Racing silks of Michael Tabor | |
| 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, who stood 15.3 hands (1.63 m) high, 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 on behalf of Michael Tabor and put into training with Neville Callaghan at Newmarket.
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