Snapdancer

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Snapdancer
Sire Choisir
Grandsire Danehill Dancer
DamSnapdragon
Damsire Galileo
Sex Mare
Foaled16 August 2016
Country Australia
Colour Bay
BreederKatom
OwnerBJ Spicer et al.
TrainerCiaron Maher and David Eustace
Record20: 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.

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Background

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

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

Pedigree of Snapdancer (AUS) 2016 [7]
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

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References

  1. "Snapdancer Horse Profile Search". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  2. "No catching Snapdancer in Memsie Stakes". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  3. "Snapdancer cruises home in fillies and mares". magicmillions.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  4. "Snapdancer takes out the Group 3 Triscay Stakes at Randwick". horsebetting.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  5. "Sensational Snapdancer salutes in Sangster". racingsa.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  6. "Snapdancer claims Memsie Stakes with spring on the horizon". sen.com.au. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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