Snapdancer
| Snapdancer | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Choisir |
| Grandsire | Danehill Dancer |
| Dam | Snapdragon |
| Damsire | Galileo |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 16 August 2016 |
| Country | Australia |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Katom |
| Owner | BJ Spicer et al. |
| Trainer | Ciaron Maher and David Eustace |
| Record | 20: 7-5-2 |
| Earnings | A$2,027,620[1] |
| Major wins | |
| Triscay Stakes (2022) Robert Sangster Stakes (2022) Memsie Stakes (2022) | |
Snapdancer (foaled 16 August 2016) is a multiple Group 1 winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.
Background[edit]
Bred by Coolmore Stud, Snapdancer was sold for A$180,000 at the 2018 Magic Millions yearling sale. She was purchased by Spicer Thoroughbreds/Darren Weir Racing.[2]
Racing career[edit]
Snapdancer did not start in a race until she was a three-year-old when finishing second in a maiden at Pakenham on the 1 August 2019. She won her first race just three weeks later at the Ballarat race course.
As a five-year-old, Snapdancer was successful in the 2022 Magic Millions for Fillies and Mares, when ridden by James McDonald.[3]
McDonald was the jockey at Snapdancer's next start when winning the Triscay Stakes at Randwick. This was Snapdancer's first stakes win, despite placing at Listed and Group level on four previous occasions.[4]
Snapdancer won two Group 1 races in 2022 when successful in the Robert Sangster Stakes at Morphettville[5] and the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield, on both occasions ridden by jockey Ethan Brown.[6]
Pedigree[edit]
| Sire Choisir (AUS) 1999 |
Danehill Dancer (IRE) 1993 |
Danehill | Danzig |
|---|---|---|---|
| Razyana | |||
| Mira Adonde | Sharpen Up | ||
| Lettre D'Amour | |||
| Great Selection (AUS) 1990 |
Lunchtime | Silly Season | |
| Great Occasion | |||
| Pensive Mood | Biscay | ||
| Staid | |||
| Dam Snapdragon (IRE) 2003 |
Galileo (IRE) 1998 |
Sadler's Wells | Northern Dancer |
| Fairy Bridge | |||
| Urban Sea | Miswaki | ||
| Allegretta | |||
| Continuous (IRE) 1991 |
Darshaan | Shirley Heights | |
| Delsy | |||
| Tifrums | Thatch | ||
| Persian Apple |
References[edit]
- ^ "Snapdancer Horse Profile Search". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "No catching Snapdancer in Memsie Stakes". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Snapdancer cruises home in fillies and mares". magicmillions.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Snapdancer takes out the Group 3 Triscay Stakes at Randwick". horsebetting.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Sensational Snapdancer salutes in Sangster". racingsa.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Snapdancer claims Memsie Stakes with spring on the horizon". sen.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Snapdancer Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 3 September 2022.