Danedream

Danedream (born 7 May 2008) is a drawn in Germany and trained by Peter Schiergen Thoroughbred horse. On October 2, 2011 won the mare under jockey Andrasch Strong the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe and achieved for its owner a cash prize in the amount of 2.2856 million euros. This was only the second victory of a German horse in this important race in Star Appeal. On July 21, 2012, she won the Ascot King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes, a Group 1 race with a total prize money of one million pounds. This Danedream is the first mare that was both the Arc and the King George win. With a prize money of now more than 3.6 million euros Danedream could surpass the previous record of Paolini.

Career

Her first victory in a Group race scored Danedream on May 29, 2011 in Milan, as they won the Italian Oaks (Group 2) with a lead of six and a half lengths. Under jockey Andrasch Starke they scoring a cash prize of 200,000 Euros. After a fifth place in Abu Dhabi Prix de Malleret ( Group 2) at Saint-Cloud, she won 24 July 2011 the first time in 67 years again discharged on the racecourse Hoppe Garden Grand Prix of Berlin (former Germany - price) and at 4 September. prestigious Grand Prix of Baden (both group 1). Also these races they could win lead with five or six lengths.

With her five- length victory in Paris Danedream could also eleven hundredths improve the previous track record over 2400 meters, situated Peintre Celebre in 1997 by 2:24,49 seconds. She was among other high -assessed opponents also last year's winner Workforce behind as well as the multiple Group 1 winner So You Think, the first the Irish Champion Stakes had been able to win early September, a group 1 race with prize money of 750,000 euros, of which 428,000 for the winner. The runner-up of the Irish Champion Stakes, Snow Fairy, under jockey Frankie Dettori in the " Arc " took third place behind Danedream and the outsider Shareta.

Danedreams classification by German, French and British credit rating agencies was exceptionally high after winning the Arc. The German GAG (General balance weight ) was set to 104 kg, which also correspond to the 128 pounds of French and English assessment. By comparison, the highest awarded by today's standards GAG was 105 kg for the stallion Manduro.

After their victory as Mitfavoritin gone into the race in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe, Danedream was on 25 November 2011 at the Japan Cup, the most important horse race in Japan, according to an unfavorable course of the race win only sixth place. She was so but still the best foreign horse.

Four year Danedream started the season at the Grand Prix of Baden entrepreneurs (group II) in Baden -Baden. Although they won, but their victory was unconvincing. When she finished as the favorite in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud only the fourth and last place ( it started only 4 horses because all the others had withdrawn their nomination, because they believed not to have a chance against Danedream ), many observers believed already, their heyday was over. Soon afterwards, however, they could refute their doubters impressive with a victory in the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes against strong international competition. Until now, a fifth place of the famous alder Hofer Orsini in 1959, the best placement of a German horse in this important and highly doped European summer horse racing, which also includes older horses are allowed. With her victory in the King George became Danedream addition to the winning Germany's most racehorse of all time.

In the Grand Prix of Baden of 2012 she defended her title from last year, ridden by Andrasch Starke. This was her last race on German soil. As a result of an insert in the Prix de l' Arc de Triomphe and the Japan Cup in November 2012 was still provided. In early October 2012, the territory of Cologne racecourse, where Danedream is housed declared a quarantine area. The reason was the positive finding of infectious anemia in a horse in a nearby animal hospital. This meant that no horse from the quarantine area this was allowed to leave within the next three months.

Progeny

In November 2012, she was brought to England. Here they were met ( 14 wins in 14 races ) from high successful stallion Frankel, a two-fold Cartier Racing Award - Racing Horse of the Year in Europe - the award winner. On January 27, 2014, it released her first foal. Danedream will initially remain on the Newsells Park Stud in England to be covered once more by Frankel.

Background

Danedreams owner, the furniture store owner Helmut Volz had bought the mare in 2010 for only 9000 euros on the Iffezheimer spring auction. Her father had Lomitas the Grand Prix of Baden in 1991 to decide for himself and was chosen by the spectators of sports show on the gallopers of the Year the same year. As a breeding stallion Lomitas was also successful. His son Belenus won the 1999 the German Derby in Hamburg. The same year also belonged to the multiple Group 1 winner Sumitas and Silvano. The latter could each choose a group 1 race for both in Hong Kong, as well as in the USA and Singapore.

Awards

• With the Cartier Racing Awards 2011, honoring the best European horse race horses, Danedream won the award for " Best 3- year-old mare ". She was also nominated in the recovered from the English race- horse Frankel category " Racehorse of the Year". So Danedream is the first trained in Germany racehorse that could win a title at the annual awards ceremony since 1991.
• Danedream was elected Galopper the year of 2011 and of 2012 both. In the election for 2011, they got 90 percent of the valid votes, the highest percentage since the introduction in 1957 of choice. Choosing for 2012, she won also superior with 79 % of votes.