RUNAWAY DANCER

The exploits of RUNAWAY DANCER for RL Stable and their trainer Dan Hendricks along with the fact that he was grey and stayed in training to age 9 made him everyone’s favorite including general racing fans. Purchased by Gayle Van Leer and also managed for his connections, he found his place in distance races on the turf. As long as he had his annual time off, this horse was a model of consistency racing from age 3-9. Along the way he won the the G2 Sunset Handicap, G3 Jim Murray Handicap, G3 Carleton F. Burke Handicap,  Escondido Handicap as well as placing in the G2 Del Mar Handicap, G3 Jim Murray Handicap, G1 Hollywood Turf Cup, G2 Sunset Breeders’ Cup Handicap and the G3 San Juan Capistrano Handicap. Read Jay Hovdey’s endearing column about RL Stable written after the 2005 Jim Murray Handicap. Runaway Dancer is now enjoying his second career as a much loved OTTB.