Danedream | |
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Sire | Lomitas |
Grandsire | Niniski |
Dam | Danedrop |
Damsire | Danehill |
Sex | Mare |
Foaled | 7 May 2008[1] |
Died | 31 August 2023 | (aged 15)
Country | Germany |
Colour | Bay |
Breeder | Gestüt Brümmerhof |
Owner | Gestüt Burg Eberstein & Teruya Yoshida |
Trainer | Peter Schiergen |
Record | 16: 7-0-4[2] |
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- August 31, 2023 [3]) was a German Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2011 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in race record time.[4] She is one of only three German trained horses to win the Arc, the others being Star Appeal in 1975 and Torquator Tasso in 2021. In November 2011 she became the first German-trained horse to win a Cartier Racing Award.[5]
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.