Hula Dancer
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| Hula Dancer | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Native Dancer |
| Grandsire | Polynesian |
| Dam | Flash On |
| Damsire | Ambrose Light |
| Sex | Filly |
| Foaled | 1960 |
| Country | United States  |
| Colour | Gray |
| Breeder | Gertrude T. Widener |
| Owner | Gertrude T. Widener |
| Trainer | Etienne Pollet |
| Record | 8: 6-?-? |
| Earnings | Not found |
| Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours | |
| Major Racing Wins | |
| Prix de la Salamandre (1962) Grand Criterium (1962) Champion Stakes (1963) Prix Jacques le Marois (1963) Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (1963) British Classic Race wins: |
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| Honours | |
| Prix Hula Dancer at Fontainebleau Racecourse | |
| Infobox last updated on: august 1, 2007. | |
Hula Dancer (foaled 1960 in Kentucky) was a French Thoroughbred filly racehorse. She was sired by Native Dancer, the 1954 1954 United States Horse of the Year and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Owner Gertrude Widener raced Ambrose Light in France and brought him to the United States to stand at stud where he sired Hula Dancer's dam, Flash On.
Gertrude Widener sent Hula Dancer to trainer Etienne Pollet at his stables at Chantilly Racecourse in France. Racing as a two year old in 1962, she defeated colts while winning the Prix de la Salamandre and the Grand Criterium, two of France's most important races for her age group.
At age three, Hula Dancer raced both in France and in England where she again defeated colts on a regular basis as well as older horses in the Champion Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse. The highlight of her 1963 racing campaign was a victory in the British Classic, the 1,000 Guineas.
The quality of horses she beat is evidenced by the fact that every one of her six conditions race wins are now Group 1 events.
Retired to broodmare duty in France, Hula Dancer met with limited success.
