His connections jokingly called him “our little man” as he was being led out. But this very dark and handsome boy is one big, gorgeous, solid horse… with regal movie star good looks! Just a three-year-old with 7 lifetime starts (in which he’s failed to get on the boards); his trainer told us “he’s as sound as a dollar, but just doesn’t want to be a racehorse”. We were told that he’s meant to be a grass horse and doesn’t like racing on the hard dirt track at Finger Lakes. This “good boy” is said to be great in his stall, with no vices, loves attention from women (we can attest to that!), and that he is generally super sweet. As he has only been walking the past few days, his connections thought, being so young, he might be a bit more ‘up’ than usual. But he walked out quietly- that is until a very loud bang came from the shedrow right behind him (a horse walking in the shedrow must have double-barrel kicked the wall) loud enough that ALL of us jumped. And then there were repeated instances of loud, sudden noises (from both vehicles and horses) all around him during the early part of our session. This made him (understandably) tense and distracted during photos, but he respectfully held it together (we just weren’t sure that his final pictures would do him justice). We admired his regal profile, thick powerful build, and those ears! His ears are very unique ears with pointy tips curving inwards (reminding us of the Marwari breed). But perhaps what we loved most about him is that as one of our volunteers started giving him scritches on his withers, he noticeably exhaled and relaxed (which you might see in the photos) enough to do a nice jog video for us. And although he was still tense and tight, we thought he displayed glimpses of some lovely movement- lofty with suspension and good push from his powerful behind. A second jog video link with a rider, shot by his connections, is also included below. We’re told that his exercise rider loves him because he’s easy-going to ride, loves to gallop, and will go for hours. Certainly sounds like an event prospect to us! We think he might be one who will really flourish being able to rely on a sensitive and confident rider for direction, and then he will bravely charge into battle for you! Or, gallop around a cross-country course. A horse that we see as having U/L potential- all this and he’s a fairly lightly raced 3-year old.
Armenian Dancer is by War Dancer out of Pioneer of the Nile mare. Danzig, Unbridled, Fappiano, Roberto, and Dynaformer also appear in his pedigree. He’s entered to race on 09/16 if you’d like to see him run one last time before you take him home.
Price: $4,000 (neg.)
Contact: Karl Grusmark (617)-838-2733 call or text, but text preferred
Racing Record: https://www.equibase.com/profiles/Results.cfm?type=Horse…
Pedigree: https://www.pedigreequery.com/armenian+dancer3
Jog video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Io1jLdOGFg