Vallee Dansante (USA)
February 15, 1981 – After Spring 2003
Lyphard (USA) x Green Valley II (FR), by Val de Loir (FR)
Family 16-c
February 15, 1981 – After Spring 2003
Lyphard (USA) x Green Valley II (FR), by Val de Loir (FR)
Family 16-c
Like several other members of her immediate family, Vallee Dansante was bred in the United States but had her primary importance in Europe. She was a moderately successful broodmare as a dam of winners, but her real gifts to her breed were her broodmare daughters, the dams or granddams of major winners in England, France and Italy.
Race record
4 starts, 1 win, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$11,892 (converted from French earnings).
As an individual
A bay mare; no further data available.
As a producer
Vallee Dansante produced 12 named foals, of which 11 started and nine won. Her important foals were as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Vallee Dansante was bred and owned by Jacques Wertheimer and spent most of her breeding career as the property of the Wertheimer family. After the birth of her 1999 foal, Funsie, she passed to the ownership of Dermot Cantillon and Forenaghts Stud.
Pedigree notes
Vallee Dansante is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to multiple Group 1 winner and 1991 French champion sire Green Dancer (by Nijinsky II) and to five other stakes winners including Grade 2 winner Val Danseur (by Nijinsky II) and French Group 3 winners Ercolano (by Sir Ivor) and Pink Valley (by Never Bend). Vallee Dansante is also a half sister to Irish Valley (by Irish River), dam of 1995 European champion 2-year-old male Alhaarth (by Unfuwain) and second dam of 2010 Two Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1) winner Makfi.
Vallee Dansante's dam Green Valley II is a half sister to French stakes winner Green Herb (by Herbager) and to El Palomar (by Le Mesnil), dam of 1979 Italian champion 2-year-old male Pareo (by Armos). Green Valley II is also a half sister to Foxy One (by Sanctus), second dam of 1985 Norsk Oaks (NOR-G1) winner Sangelin, and to Pola de Raggia (by River Peace), third dam of 2003 Prix Maurice de Gheest (FR-G1) winner Polezza.
Green Valley II was produced from Sly Pola (by Spy Song), winner of the 1959 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp and three other stakes races. Sly Pola is a half sister to the very quick Polamia (by Mahmoud) who won the 1957 Prix de Bois and produced five stakes winners including 1964 French champion 2-year-old male Grey Dawn II (by Herbager; a very good sire), 1966 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas) winner Right Away (by Right Royal II; dam of stakes winner Timmy's Way and second dam of French Group 2 winners High Sierra and Garde Royale); and 1968 Prix La Rochette winner Mia Pola (by Relko). Through Mia Pola, Polamia is the ancestress of 1995 European Horse of the Year Dream Well and Grade/Group 1 winners Super Sheila, Metamorphose and Sulamani. Sly Pola is also a half sister to Takawalk (by Native Dancer), winner of the 1963 Prix La Rochette.
Last updated: July 5, 2023
Race record
4 starts, 1 win, 0 seconds, 1 third, US$11,892 (converted from French earnings).
As an individual
A bay mare; no further data available.
As a producer
Vallee Dansante produced 12 named foals, of which 11 started and nine won. Her important foals were as follow:
- Brooklyn's Dance (1988, by Shirley Heights) won the 1991 Prix Cleopatre (FR-G3). She is the dam of six stakes winners including 2012 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (FR-G1) winner Solemia (by Poliglote) and multiple French Group 3 winner Prospect Wells (by Poliglote's sire Sadler's Wells). She is also the second dam of Irish Group 3 winner Chintz (produced from her stakes-winning daughter Gold Dodger, by Slew o' Gold) and French Group 3 winner Pollara and the third dam of multiple French Group 1 winner Silasol, 2016 Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French Two Thousand Guineas, FR-G1) winner The Gurkha, New Zealand Group 2 winner Needle and Thread, and Group 3 winners Buckhurst and Soustraction.
- Quest of Fire (1991, by Rainbow Quest) is the second dam of two-time Gran Premio di Milano (ITY-G1) winner Quijano and the third dam of German Group 3 winner Quian.
- Krissante (1993, by Kris) placed in three French listed races. She is the dam of 2000 French champion 2-year-old male Okavango (by Kingmambo).
- Green Bend (1994, by Riverman) produced Group 3-placed French stakes winner Double Green (by Green Tune) and is the second dam of Group 3-placed French stakes winner Capitaine Courage.
- Funsie (1999, by Saumarez) is the dam of 2007 European champion 3-year-old male Authorized (by Montjeu), winner of the 2007 Derby Stakes (ENG-G1). She is also the third dam of Irish Group 3 winner Create Belief.
- Princesse Dansante (2003, by King's Best) won the 2006 Prix Joubert and was Group 2-placed. She is the dam of Group 3-placed listed stakes winner Skiffle (by Dubawi).
Connections
Foaled in Kentucky, Vallee Dansante was bred and owned by Jacques Wertheimer and spent most of her breeding career as the property of the Wertheimer family. After the birth of her 1999 foal, Funsie, she passed to the ownership of Dermot Cantillon and Forenaghts Stud.
Pedigree notes
Vallee Dansante is outcrossed through five generations. She is a half sister to multiple Group 1 winner and 1991 French champion sire Green Dancer (by Nijinsky II) and to five other stakes winners including Grade 2 winner Val Danseur (by Nijinsky II) and French Group 3 winners Ercolano (by Sir Ivor) and Pink Valley (by Never Bend). Vallee Dansante is also a half sister to Irish Valley (by Irish River), dam of 1995 European champion 2-year-old male Alhaarth (by Unfuwain) and second dam of 2010 Two Thousand Guineas (ENG-G1) winner Makfi.
Vallee Dansante's dam Green Valley II is a half sister to French stakes winner Green Herb (by Herbager) and to El Palomar (by Le Mesnil), dam of 1979 Italian champion 2-year-old male Pareo (by Armos). Green Valley II is also a half sister to Foxy One (by Sanctus), second dam of 1985 Norsk Oaks (NOR-G1) winner Sangelin, and to Pola de Raggia (by River Peace), third dam of 2003 Prix Maurice de Gheest (FR-G1) winner Polezza.
Green Valley II was produced from Sly Pola (by Spy Song), winner of the 1959 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp and three other stakes races. Sly Pola is a half sister to the very quick Polamia (by Mahmoud) who won the 1957 Prix de Bois and produced five stakes winners including 1964 French champion 2-year-old male Grey Dawn II (by Herbager; a very good sire), 1966 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (French One Thousand Guineas) winner Right Away (by Right Royal II; dam of stakes winner Timmy's Way and second dam of French Group 2 winners High Sierra and Garde Royale); and 1968 Prix La Rochette winner Mia Pola (by Relko). Through Mia Pola, Polamia is the ancestress of 1995 European Horse of the Year Dream Well and Grade/Group 1 winners Super Sheila, Metamorphose and Sulamani. Sly Pola is also a half sister to Takawalk (by Native Dancer), winner of the 1963 Prix La Rochette.
Last updated: July 5, 2023