Dancewiththedevil Foals Silvano Filly
St John Gray’s outstanding 5-time KZN-bred Gr1 winner, Dancewiththedevil, has foaled a beautiful Silvano filly – a first foal for the daughter of Modus Vivendi standing at Maine Chance Farms.
Dancewiththedevil has a yearling full-brother standing at Cathy and Jonathan Martin’s Hadlow Stud, which incorporates St John Gray’s Graystone Stud. Both of Dancewiththedevil’s parents are at Hadlow, her dam Emperor’s Dance is in foal to Modus Vivendi for the 2016 season.
Dancewiththedevil was voted Equus Champion Older Filly/Mare in 2011 as well as KZN Breeders Award for Horse-Of-The-Year in 2012.
She had nine wins including six stakes wins – of which five of those are Gr1 status – as well as five places including a second in the Joburg Spring F & M Challenge Gr3, and placing in the L Jaffee Empress Club Stakes Gr1.
She has earned a total of R3, 903 425 in stakes from age three to five.
Her scintillating wins include the Sansui Summer Cup Gr1, Gold Challenge Gr1, Empress Club Stakes Gr1, Horse Chestnut Stakes Gr1 twice in a row, as well as the Acacia Handicap Grade 3.
Dancewiththedevil was exported to the UK and placed in the care of Roger Varian, but sadly an injury prevented her from achieving her South African form and St John brought her home.
Congratulations to St John Gray who achieved a miraculous feat of being the breeder, owner and trainer of this great race mare.
