Mirage Dancer

Carnival delay not ideal for Busuttin-Young pair

Posted on March 29, 2021
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trent Busuttin says it is not ideal having to wait another week for Mirage Dancer and Impecunious to line up in their respective Group 1 races at Rosehill on Saturday. Mirage Dancer is down to run in the Tancred Stakes (2400m) with Impecunious scheduled to compete in the Vinery Stud Stakes. Saturday's meeting has been[...]

Posted on October 12, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mirage Dancer ran third in the 2019 Caulfield Cup and returns for another shot this year in top form after winning the Group One Metropolitan Handicap.

Posted on October 3, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Jockey Nash Rawiller has labelled Mirage Dancer as a genuine chance in the Melbourne Cup after his victory in the Metropolitan Handicap at Randwick.

Posted on February 5, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Mirage Dancer will take a step back in time when he runs first-up in the Group One CF Orr Stakes at Caulfield. Saturday's race over 1400m will be the first time Mirage Dancer has raced shorter than 2000m since his debut win in the UK in 2016. That two-year-old race at Doncaster was over seven[...]

Posted on January 19, 2020
in Australian Horse Racing News

Caulfield Cup placegetter Mirage Dancer is likely to kick off his second Melbourne campaign in the Group One C F Orr Stakes on his way to the Australian Cup. The well-performed English import arrived in Australia in the spring and finished third in the $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m) in his first appearance for his[...]

Posted on November 10, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Co-trainer Trent Busuttin says he has learned a valuable lesson with imported horse Mirage Dancer following the Melbourne Cup. After Mirage Dancer finished 14th behind Vow And Declare in Tuesday's Cup, Busuttin, who trains in partnership with Natalie Young, came to the conclusion the horse does not run out 3200m. Busuttin wanted to prove the[...]

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Even when she is not at the stable, Natalie Young is keeping a watchful eye on Melbourne Cup contender Mirage Dancer. During the Melbourne Cup parade in the heart of the city, Young was able to tap into stable security 50km at Cranbourne to make sure everything was OK with Mirage Dancer. Mirage Dancer is[...]

Posted on November 4, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

It is Melbourne Cup day in 1992 and a young Trent Busuttin is trackside at Flemington. It is raining, the ground soggy. He doesn't care. Busuttin is here to watch grand stayer Castletown, trained by his dad Paddy, go around in the Cup and for a fleeting moment, he thinks the horse might win. “I[...]

Posted on October 27, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

After his third in the Caulfield Cup on his Australian debut, Mirage Dancer is on target for his bid for Melbourne Cup glory. Now trained at Cranbourne by Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young, the former Sir Michael Stoute-trained horse finished 1-1/4 lengths from Japanese horse Mer De Glace in the $5 million Caulfield Cup (2400m)[...]

Posted on October 18, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Trainer Trent Busuttin's outward demeanour on race day is that of someone who is calm and relaxed. But recently Busuttin has been a little on edge as the Caulfield Cup, run on Saturday with a winner's cheque of $3 million, draws closer. Busuttin trains with partner Natalie Young and prepares Mirage Dancer, a former member[...]

Posted on October 16, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Having finished a luckless third in 2017 and an agonisingly close second 12 months later, star jockey Ben Melham is warming to his chances of winning the Caulfield Cup for the first time. Melham was third on Johannes Vermeer before going down in a photo finish to Best Solution aboard Homesman in 2018. He has[...]

Posted on September 30, 2019
in Australian Horse Racing News

Natalie Young is excited about the prospects of new stable acquisition Mirage Dancer after seeing him in quarantine at Werribee following his arrival from Europe. Young and her partner Trent Busuttin are preparing Mirage Dancer for a shot at Melbourne's major spring races. The horse, formerly trained by Sir Michael Stoute for his sire Frankel's[...]

Posted on September 30, 2019
in New Zealand Horse Racing News

It has been a huge weekend for former Kiwi trainers Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young as they target some of the major spoils on the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The Cranbourne-based couple picked up four wins, including a Group 2 double, and welcomed the arrival of their English import Mirage Dancer, who holds nominations for the[...]

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