- Dancing in Silks
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Dancing in Silks Sire Black Minnaloushe Grandsire Storm Cat Dam Lemhi Love Damsire Royal and Regal Sex Gelding Foaled 2005 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Ronald E. Jex Owner Ken Kinakin Trainer Carla Gaines Record 13: 7-2-2 Earnings US$1,447,622 Major wins California Cup Sprint (2009)
Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Sprint (2009)Awards Co-California Horse of the Year (2009) Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on January 15, 2010 Dancing in Silks (foaled March 2, 2005 in California) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2009 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Santa Anita Park.
A 4-year-old gelding, Dancing in Silks was bred by Ronald E. Jex. The horse races for Ken Kinakin and is trained by Carla Gaines. Dancing in Silks is the only horse owned by Ken Kinakin, a 48-year-old Canadian businessman from Kelowna, British Columbia. Originally sold at the November 2005 Keeneland Breeding Stock Sale for $20,000, Kinakin purchased him at the 2006 Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society (British Columbia Division) Summer Mixed Sale for $21,401.
The winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint in a four-horse blanket finish, the race marked the fourth straight win for Dancing in Silks and his first try in a Grade One event.
Dancing in Silks shared 2009 California Horse of the Year honors with California Flag. [1] He continues to train at Santa Anita Park and is expected to make his next start there in January 2010.
References
Categories:- 2005 racehorse births
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Northern Dancer bloodline
- Racehorses bred in California
- Racehorses trained in the United States
- American racehorses
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