(Danehill Dancer - Starlight Dreams (Black Tie Affair))
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- 2006 foal, 16.05hh. Trained by Aiden O'Brien for the Coolmore group. Ran five times as a juvenile winning the first four starts, all at the Curragh. Successful in a 6f maiden on May 5th then won the 6f Group 2 Railway Stakes and the 6f Group 1 Phoenix Stakes (from Art Connoisseur) in July. Won the 7f Group 1 National Stakes in September then 4th on his last 2yo outing in a 7f Group 1 race in France (behind Naaqoos).
- Ran 7 times as 3yo winning three times including the 8f Group 1 pair of the Irish 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes. Also won a an 11f Group 3 on polytrack at Dundalk as a preparatory run to going to the 8f Grade 1 Breeders' Sup Mile on a similar surface where he was 4th. Unplaced in the 2,000 Guineas on his first run that year and later placed in 10f Group 1 events at York and Leopardstown beaten by Sea The Stars both times.
- Retired to Coolmore Stud in 2010 at a fee of €20,000 and still there in 2013 at €12,500 with his fee having decreased by €2,500 each year. A large crop of yearling in 2012 with 78 sold, of 108 offered, for an average of 47,539 guineas and a median at 30,079gns. First Season Sire in 2013.
- 2005 to 2015 Wins List.