Dancing Spree (May 7, 1985 – February 6, 2011) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse and the winner of the 1990

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Career

Dancing Spree's first race was on April 20, 1988, where he won at

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. His next win came weeks later on May 14, 1988, at Churchill Downs. He spent most of 1988 competing in allowance races. He won his first Handicap, the

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, on May 6, 1989. He placed in third at the 1989

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then picked up summer victories in both the 1989 True North Stakes and the 1989

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. His next victory was on November 4, 1989, when he closed out the year by capturing the

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. In his final year of racing at age five, Dancing Spree started it off with a win on February 4, 1990, in the Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship. He then got his last win on May 5, 1990, in the

. He attempted to capture the 1990 edition of the

, but came in 6th. He then finished his career with a second place finish at the November 3, 1990, NYRA Mile Handicap.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist 1985 racehorse births 2011 racehorse deaths