Dancing Spree

Dancing Spreed
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

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

Pedigree of Dancing Spree (USA), 1985^[4]
Sire Nijinsky (CAN) 1967	Northern Dancer (CAN) 1961	Nearctic	Nearco
		Nearctic	Lady Angela
		Natalma	Native Dancer
		Natalma	Almahmoud
	Flaming Page (CAN) 1959	Bull Page	Bull Lea
		Bull Page	Our Page
		Flaring Top	Menow
		Flaring Top	Flaming Top
Dam Blitey (USA) 1976	Riva Ridge (USA) 1969	First Landing	Turn-To
		First Landing	Hildene
		Iberia	Heliopolis
		Iberia	War East
	Lady Pitt (USA) 1963	Sword Dancer	Sunglow
		Sword Dancer	Highland Fling
		Rock Drill	Whirlaway
		Rock Drill	Flyaway Home

References

^ ^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.

[EQ-1] "Dancing Spree". Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[SS-2] "SLUMP OVER--DANCING SPREE WINS BY A NECK". Retrieved 10 August 2019.

[3] SMITH, POHLA (November 4, 1989). "Dancing Spree wins Breeders' Cup Sprint". UPI Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2020.

[PQ-4] "Dancing Spree". Retrieved 10 August 2019.

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