Dancing Spree

Dancing Spree (foaled May 7, 1985 ) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1990 Carter Handicap.[1]

Dancing Spreed
Sire Nijinsky
GrandsireNorthern Dancer
DamBlitey
DamsireRiva Ridge
SexStallion
FoaledMay 7, 1985
CountryUSA
ColorChestnut
BreederOgden Phipps
OwnerOgden Phipps
TrainerClaude R. McGaughey III
Record35:10-6-9
Earnings$1,470,484
Major wins
Carter Handicap (1990)
Breeders' Cup Sprint (1989)

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 14th, 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
Lady Angela
Natalma Native Dancer
Almahmoud
Flaming Page (CAN)
1959		 Bull Page Bull Lea
Our Page
Flaring Top Menow
Flaming Top
Dam
Blitey (USA)
1976		 Riva Ridge (USA)
1969		 First Landing Turn-To
Hildene
Iberia Heliopolis
War East
Lady Pitt (USA)
1963		 Sword Dancer Sunglow
Highland Fling
Rock Drill Whirlaway
Flyaway Home

References
  1. "Dancing Spree". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  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.
  4. "Dancing Spree". Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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