Danedream

Danedream
Danedream with Andrasch Starke winning the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Sire	Lomitas
Grandsire	Niniski
Dam	Danedrop
Damsire	Danehill
Sex	Mare
Foaled	7 May 2008
Country	Germany
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Gestüt Brümmerhof
Owner	Gestüt Burg Eberstein & Teruya Yoshida
Trainer	Peter Schiergen
Record	16: 7-0-4
Earnings	EUR 2.870.310 (2. Oct 2011) £3,094,725 (22 July 2012)
Major wins
Oaks d'Italia (2011) Grosser Preis von Berlin (2011) Grosser Preis von Baden (2011, 2012) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (2011) Grosser Preis der Badischen Unternehmen (2012) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2012)
Awards
European Champion Three-year-old Filly (2011) German Horse of the Year (2011, 2012)

Danedream (foaled 7 May 2008) is a German Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in race record time. She is one of only two German trained horses to win the Arc, the other being Star Appeal in 1975. In November 2011 she became the first German-trained horse to win a Cartier Racing Award.

Danedream won only one of her first seven races before gaining her first important win in the Oaks d'Italia. In the second half of 2011, she showed dramatic improvement, winning the Grosser Preis von Berlin by five lengths and the Grosser Preis von Baden by six before easily beating an international field by five lengths in the Arc. In 2012, Danedream ran poorly in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud but then became the first German-trained horse to win the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, beating an international field at Ascot.

Danedream was sired by the German Horse of the Year Lomitas out of the unraced Danehill mare Danedrop. Lomitas sired the winners of more than two hundred races, the most notable, before the arrival of Danedream, being the Arlington Million winner Silvano. Danedrop was a granddaughter of Lady Berry who won the Prix Royal-Oak and produced several good winners including Vert Amande (Prix Ganay) and Indian Rose (Prix Vermeille).

Danedream was consigned by her breeders, Gestut Brummerhof as a two-year-old in June 2010 to Baden-Baden Spring Horses in Training Sale. She was sold for €9,000 with the buyer recorded as BBA Germany.

Danedream made her first appearance in June 2010, when she won a minor race at Wissembourg by two and a half lengths. She was moved up to Listed class a month later to finish third in the Oppenheim-Rennen at Köln. Sent to France for a race at Deauville she finished first, but was disqualified and placed third. In October she returned to France for the Group One Criterium des Pouliches at Longchamp. She started a 33/1 outsider and finished sixth of the eight runners behind Misty For Me. Later in the same month she finished third in the Preis der Winterkonigin on her final start of the year.