Stallion statistics: Danehill Dancer

ST JAMES'S PALACE S.-G1

£250,000, Ascot, 6-16, 3yo, c, 1mT, 1:39.21, gd/fm.

1--MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE), 126, c, 3
Danehill Dancer (Ire)--Starlight Dreams, by Black Tie Affair (Ire)
O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Lynch Bages Ltd; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Johnny Murtagh; £141,925.

2--Delegator (GB), 126, c, 3
Dansili (GB)--Indian Love Bird (GB), by Efisio (GB).
O/B-Mrs Poilin Good; T-Brian Meehan; £53,800.

3--Lord Shanakill, 126, c, 3
Speightstown--Green Room, by Theatrical (Ire).
O-Mogeely Stud & Mark T Gittins; B-Vimal Khosla, Gillian Khosla & Templeton Stud; T-Karl Burke; £26,925.

Margins: NK, 1HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 5-6, 4-1, 20-1.
Also Ran: Evasive (GB), Intense Focus, Pure Poetry (Ire), Orizaba (Ire), Soul City (Ire), Born to Be King, Set Sail (Ire).

Mastercraftsman is a three parts brother to the US turf sprinter Genuine Devotion (Rock Of Gibraltar) out of a winning mare who is a half sister to Matahif, from the family of Sakhee.

This win pushes Danehill Dancer's European earnings this year over the £2 million mark, narrowly ahead of Cape Cross on the general sire list.

Pedigree of MASTERCRAFTSMAN (IRE), 2006