Sadler's Wells - Ballerina (Dancing Brave)
Bay 2001 168cm
Fee: €500 1st Oct
Sire of 2019 RDS Champion Yearling from his first crop of Sport Horses.
Bred by Deirdre McGuckin and shown by Ambrose Irwin.
FACTS
RACE RECORD
PEDIGREE
PROGENY
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FACTS
By a Champion Sire from a family of Champions
Timeform rated 122
Third in Gr.1 Epsom Derby
Retired sound of wind and limb
66% winners to runners
Big athletic horse with plenty of scope
RACE RECORD
DERBY PLACED SON of SADLER'S WELLS
Won 2 races and £238,695 at 2 and 3 from 1 mile to 1 mile 2 furlongs
1st Maiden, Newmarket, 8f, beating TUNGSTEN STRIKE (Gr.2) 'in some style' Racing Post
1st Conditions race, Newbury, 10f, beating Gr.1 placed Top Seed and Stakes winner MANYANA
2nd Gr.2 Great Voltigeur Stakes, York, 12f, beating ALWAYS FIRST (Gr.2), RED LANCER (Gr.3)
3rd Gr.1 Vodafone Derby Stakes, Epsom, 12f, beating AMERICAN POST (Gr.1), SNOWY RIDGE (Gr.2)
3rd Gr.2 Dante Stakes, York, 10.5f,beating BARBAJUAN (Gr.3), Top Seed, etc.
PEDIGREE
By Champion Sire and Sire of Sires Sadler’s Wells from the immediate family of CONDUIT (Dual Breeders Cup Turf Winner and St. Leger Winner 2008) SADDLERS HALL (Champion, Gr.1 Coronation Cup, Leading NH Sire) THEN AGAIN (Gr.2 Lockinge Stakes, Gr.2 Goodwood Mile, Gr.3 Queen Anne Stakes, Sire) SUN PRINCESS (Gr.1 St Leger, Gr.1 Oaks, 2nd Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe) PRINCE OF DANCE (Gr.1 Dewhurst Stakes) KNIGHT TO BEHOLD, ANGEL OF THE GAWN, BEAUTY OF GAWN, HEAD IN THE CLOUDS, ROSES FOR THE LADY, etc.
PROGENY
Sire of winners under both codes including NAUTICAL NITWIT (IRE), Always Lion (IRE), PERFECT LEADER, THE LION DANCER (IRE), THE LION MAN (IRE), BACCHETTONE (IRE), KING SIMBA (IRE), OISIN JAMES (IRE), LEEROAR (IRE), LIONS CHOICE (IRE),etc.
Sire of 2019 RDS Champion Yearling from his first crop of Sport Horses. Bred by Deirdre McGuckin and shown by Ambrose Irwin.
