Noble Dancer

Noble Dancer (1972 - June 27, 1994) was a British-born Thoroughbred racehorse who won back-to-back runnings of the Oslo Cup in Norway enroute to earning Horse of the Year honors. In 1976 he was sent to compete in the United States where he was a dominant turf runner whose multiple top-level wins included back-to-back runnings of the Grade 1 United Nations Handicap as well as the San Luis Rey Stakes[1]

Noble Dancer
SirePrince de Galles
GrandsireWelsh Abbot
DamHelen Traubel
DamsireSing Sing
SexStallion
Foaled1972
CountryGreat Britain
ColourDark Bay
BreederI. Werry
OwnerFretheim
TrainerGordon Smyth (U.K.)
Terje Dahl (Norway)
Tommy Kelly (U.S.)
Record43: 22-7-5
Earnings$939,215
Major wins
Norway
Braathen Safe (1975)
Norsk St. Leger (1975)
Oslo Cup (1975, 1976)
Bergen Bank Aerespraemie (1976)

United States
Tidal Handicap (1977)
Bougainvillea Handicap (1978)
Hialeah Turf Cup Handicap (1978)
San Luis Rey Stakes (1978, 1979)
United Nations Handicap (1978, 1979)
Canadian Turf Handicap (1979)
Florida Turf Cup Handicap (1979)
Pan American Handicap (1979)

Awards
Norwegian Horse of the Year (1975)

Racing career

Noble Dancer raced in England at age two where he was trained by Gordon Smyth who had won the 1966 Epsom Derby with Charlottown. Noble Dancer's most significant result was a second place finish in the August 17, 1974 Washington Singer Stakes at Newbury Racecourse. Under the ownership of Haakon Fretheim, an American-based Norwegian shipping executive, in Norway Noble Dancer was trained by former steeplechase jockey, Terje Dahl. Among his important wins there were the 1975 Norsk St. Leger and the Oslo Cup in both 1975 and 1976. Called "the best horse in Norwegian history" by the New York Times, in November of 1976 Noble Dancer was sent to the United States to compete in the Grade 1 Washington D.C. International Stakes at Laurel Park in Laurel, Maryland where he ran fourth to Youth. Remaining in the United States, due to a duplicate name he had to be registered as Noble Dancer II.[2] His training was handled by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Tommy Kelly. Noble Dancer competed and won at racetracks from coast-to-coast in the United States until he suffered a career-ending leg injury on October 17, 1979 while training at Belmont Park. The $8,222 bargain-basement purchase was retired to stud having earned $939,215 of which $856,245 was in North America. As a sire, Noble Dancer met with modest success.[3]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Noble Dancer, bay colt, 1972
Sire
Prince de Galles		 Welsh Abbot Abernant Owen Tudor
Rustom Mahal
Sister Sarah Abbot's Trace
Sarita
Vauchellor Honeyway Fairway
Honey Buzzard
Niobe Caracalla
Phaetusa
Dam
Helen Traubel		 Sing Sing Tudor Minstrel Owen Tudor
Sansonnet
Agin The Law Portlaw
Revolte
Rose Petal Flocon Fastnet
Fragment
Rose Bay Willow Fairhaven
Willow Ann (family: 2-e)
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References
  1. "Noble Dancer". Equibase Company. 2018-11-17. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
  2. "Hunza Dancer Shatters Grass Record at Belmont". New York Times. 1977-06-19. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
  3. "Noble Dancer Breaks Down". New York Times. 1979-10-18. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
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