Seattle Dancer
| Seattle Dancer | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Nijinsky |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | My Charmer |
| Damsire | Poker |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1984 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Warner L. Jones, William S. Farish III, William S. Kilroy |
| Owner | Stavros Niarchos, Susan Magnier, Robert Sangster, Vincent O'Brien, Daniel Schwartz |
| Trainer | Vincent O'Brien |
| Record | 5: 2–1–1 |
| Earnings | £111,303 |
| Major wins | |
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Gallinule Stakes (1987) Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (1987) |
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Seattle Dancer (April 22, 1984 – June 2, 2007) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse who is the most expensive yearling ever sold at public auction.
Seattle Dancer was bred in Kentucky by Warner L. Jones, William S. Farish III, and William S. Kilroy. The partnership owned his important dam, My Charmer. My Charmer was the dam of 1977 U.S. Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew. Seattle Dancer's sire was the 1971 British Triple Crown winner and Champion sire, Nijinsky, who was a son of Northern Dancer, whom the National Thoroughbred Racing Association calls "one of the most influential sires in Thoroughbred history". As of 2014[update], Seattle Dancer joins nine other descendants of Northern Dancer who clinch the entire list of the ten most expensive colts sold at auction.
In July 1985, Seattle Dancer was sent to the Keenland selected yearling sale where intense bidding on behalf of major breeders such as Allen Paulson and Sheikh Mohammed drove his selling price to a World record US$13.1 million (equal to about $29.2 million today). Seattle Dancer's new owners were Stavros Niarchos (Greece), Susan Magnier and her father, Vincent O'Brien (Ireland), Robert Sangster (England), and a California businessman, Daniel Schwartz.
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