Dancing Spree
| Dancing Spreed | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Nijinsky |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Blitey |
| Damsire | Riva Ridge |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | May 7, 1985 |
| Country | USA |
| Color | Chestnut |
| Breeder | Ogden Phipps |
| Owner | Ogden Phipps |
| Trainer | Claude R. McGaughey III |
| Record | 35:10-6-9 |
| Earnings | $1,470,484 |
| Major wins | |
| Carter Handicap (1990) Breeders' Cup Sprint (1989) | |
Dancing Spree (May 7, 1985 – February 6, 2011) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1990 Carter Handicap.[1]
Career[edit]
Dancing Spree's first race was on April 20, 1988, where he won at Keeneland Racecourse. His next win came weeks later on May 14, 1988, at Churchill Downs. He spent most of 1988 competing in allowance races.[1]
He won his first Handicap, the Churchill Downs Stakes, on May 6, 1989. He placed in third at the 1989 Metropolitan Handicap then picked up summer victories in both the 1989 True North Stakes and the 1989 Suburban Handicap.[1]
His next victory was on November 4, 1989, when he closed out the year by capturing the Breeders' Cup Sprint.[2][3]
In his final year of racing at age five, Dancing Spree started it off with a win on February 4, 1990, in the Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship. He then got his last win on May 5, 1990, in the Carter Handicap. He attempted to capture the 1990 edition of the Breeders' Cup Sprint, but came in 6th. He then finished his career with a second place finish at the November 3, 1990, NYRA Mile Handicap.[1]
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Nijinsky (CAN) 1967 |
Northern Dancer (CAN) 1961 |
Nearctic | Nearco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Angela | |||
| Natalma | Native Dancer | ||
| Almahmoud | |||
| Flaming Page (CAN) 1959 |
Bull Page | Bull Lea | |
| Our Page | |||
| Flaring Top | Menow | ||
| Flaming Top | |||
| Dam Blitey (USA) 1976 |
Riva Ridge (USA) 1969 |
First Landing | Turn-To |
| Hildene | |||
| Iberia | Heliopolis | ||
| War East | |||
| Lady Pitt (USA) 1963 |
Sword Dancer | Sunglow | |
| Highland Fling | |||
| Rock Drill | Whirlaway | ||
| Flyaway Home |
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Dancing Spree". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "SLUMP OVER--DANCING SPREE WINS BY A NECK". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ SMITH, POHLA (November 4, 1989). "Dancing Spree wins Breeders' Cup Sprint". UPI Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- ^ "Dancing Spree". Retrieved 10 August 2019.