Dancing Maid
| Dancing Maid | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Lyphard |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Morana |
| Damsire | Val de Loir |
| Sex | Mare |
| Foaled | 29 April 1975 |
| Country | France |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Jacques Wertheimer |
| Owner | Jacques Wertheimer |
| Trainer | Alec Head |
| Record | 10:5-1-1 |
| Major wins | |
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Prix Vanteaux (1978) Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (1978) Prix Chloe (1978) Prix Vermeille (1978) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 115 (1977). 126 (1978) | |
Dancing Maid (29 April 1975 – 1982) was a French Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. After winning one of her two races as a two-year-old she emerged as one of the best fillies in Europe in 1978, winning the Prix Vanteaux, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Prix Chloe and Prix Vermeille. She also finished a close second in the classic Epsom Oaks and third in Europe's most prestigious all-aged race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She was retired from racing after one unsuccessful start as a four-year-old. She was not a success as a broodmare.
Dancing Maid was a lightly built bay mare with a broad white blaze and three white socks bred in France by her owner Jacques Wertheimer. She was from the second crop of foals sired by Lyphard, an American-bred stallion who raced in France, winning the Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix de la Foret in 1972. Lyphard went on to become a very successful breeding stallion in both Europe and North America, siring Three Troikas, Dancing Brave and Manila. Dancing Maid was the third foal of her dam, Morana and a granddaughter of Moira who finished fourth in the Oaks Stakes in 1962. Moira's dam Madrilene, was closely related to Mincio, who won the Poule d'Essai des Poulains in 1960. Wertheimer sent the filly into training with Alec Head at Chantilly. She was ridden in all of her major races by her trainer's son Freddy Head. Dancing Maid shared a breeder, owner, trainer and sire with another leading French filly of the same generation, Reine de Saba.
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