Mastercraftsman

Mastercraftsman
Mastercraftsman
Sire Danehill Dancer
Grandsire Danehill
Dam Starlight Dreams
Damsire Black Tie Affair
Sex Stallion
Foaled 2006
Country Ireland
Colour Grey
Breeder Lynch Bages Ltd.
Owner Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor
Trainer Aidan O'Brien
Record 11:7-1-1
Earnings £976,946
Major wins
Railway Stakes (2008)
Phoenix Stakes (2008)
National Stakes (2008)
St. James's Palace Stakes (2009)
Irish 2,000 Guineas (2009)
Awards
European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt (2008)
Horse (Equus ferus caballus)

Mastercraftsman (foaled February 19, 2006 in Ireland) is a Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. The four-time Group One-winning colt is trained by Aidan O'Brien and has been ridden by Johnny Murtagh in all of his wins. Out of mare Starlight Dreams and by top stallion Danehill Dancer, Mastercraftsman's career began in a six-furlong maiden at the Curragh in May 2008, where he won by half a length.

Wins in three important conditions races earned Mastercraftsman 2008 European Champion Two-Year-Old Colt honors.

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