Black-type double for Danehill Dancer

16th July 2007

Danehill Dancer’s winning run showed no sign of slowing up at the weekend with a black-type double at the Curragh on Sunday.

The Kevin Prendergast-trained Decado (4c Danehill Dancer-Pirie by Green Dancer) came back to his best to take the G3 Keeneland International Stakes by two lengths to the delight of trainer Kevin Prendergast.

Last season’s G3 Tetrarch Stakes winner, bred by Stonehorn Stud Farms, earned a step up in class after this latest victory.

"He’s entered in plenty of races and is in the G1 Irish Champion Stakes - he saw out nine furlongs well here and I think he will get ten," said Prendergast.

The G1 Irish 1,000 Guineas fourth Alexander Tango (3f Danehill Dancer-House In Wood by Woodman) could line up against G1 Irish Oaks heroine Peeping Fawn in the G1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on August 4 after winning the Listed Kilboy Estate Stakes.

"She saw out the nine furlongs well and will appreciate much better ground. We might look at running her in the G1 Nassau Stakes at Goodwood," said trainer’s Tommy Stack’s son Fozzy. Alexander Tango was bred by Philip Brady.

Meanwhile Danehill Dancer’s 2007 two-year-olds are his best-bred crop to race so far. He has enjoyed a string of decent juvenile winners this year and the latest came at Salisbury on Saturday night when the Brian Meehan-trained Fast Company (2c Danehill Dancer-Sheezalady by Zafonic) made an impressive successful debut.

The 140,000gns yearling, bred by Limetree Stud and Aerial Bloodstock, coasted to a three-length victory under British champion jockey Ryan Moore.

"He is a lovely horse and on that performance you would have to say he is a stakes horse," said Meehan. "But Ryan was even more impressed, as he thinks he could well be a Group horse."