Danehill Dancer, who had been enjoying life at Coolmore Stud since his retirement from covering duties in 2014, was euthanised this weekend due to the infirmities of old age at 24.

Purchased by Demi O’Byrne as a yearling, the son of Danehill was trained for Michael Tabor by Neville Callaghan to win both the Phoenix Stakes and the National Stakes as a two-year-old. As a sire he made an immediate impact and many breeders who identified his early promise were well rewarded in the sales ring as his fee rose from just 3,500 Irish guineas in 2000 to a high of €115,000 in 2007 and 2008.