Dance Smartly
| Dance Smartly | |
|---|---|
Canadian Horse of the Year (1991) Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly (1991) Sovereign Award for Outstanding Broodmare (2001) | |
| Honours | |
| Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (1995) United States Racing Hall of Fame (2003) Dance Smartly Stakes at Woodbine Racetrack | |
| Last updated on 30 September 2011 |
Dance Smartly (1988–2007) was a Champion Thoroughbred racemare who went undefeated in 1991 while winning the Canadian Triple Crown and becoming the first horse bred in Canada to win a Breeders' Cup race. She was inducted into both the Canadian and American Racing Halls of Fame.
Bred in
Racing career
As a two-year-old, Dance Smartly won three of five races, including the Natalma Stakes, and finished third in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. She won the Sovereign Award for Canadian champion two-year-old filly.[1]
At age three, she developed into one of the top Thoroughbreds in
Preparing for the
Despite being hampered by an injury to the suspensory ligament of her right foreleg, Dance Smartly raced four more times at age four, winning once against colts in the Canadian Maturity Stakes.[2] She also finished second by a nose in the King Edward Cup Handicap and third in the Grade I Beverly D.[1] She then retired as the number one money-winning filly in the world, having won on both turf and dirt, and at distances of up to 1+1⁄2 miles.[4][5]
Stud record
As a broodmare at Sam-Son Farm, Dance Smartly produced a number of top horses, including the back-to-back
Dance Smartly was euthanized in August 2007 after suffering an irreparable injury related to an arthritic stifle in her paddock at Sam-Son Farm. She was 19 years old and not in foal at the time.[5]
"Dance Smartly was a once in a lifetime horse," said Tammy Samuel-Balaz, the daughter of Dance Smartly's owner. "She was magic and gave us incredible thrills as both a racehorse and a broodmare. While we were fortunate enough to have bred and owned her, she was truly Canada's horse."[5]
Honours
Dance Smartly was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 1995 and into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at Saratoga Springs, New York in 2003. In 1996, the Dance Smartly Stakes was created in her honour.[4]
Pedigree
Dance Smartly was by Danzig, the leading sire in North America from 1991 to 1993.[6] Her dam was Classy 'n Smart, who won the Canadian Oaks and was named the Canadian champion three-year-old in 1984. Classy 'n Smart produced several other stakes winners including Smart Strike, a grade I winner and two-time leading sire in North America. Dance Smartly's second dam No Class was the foundation mare of Sam-Son Farms, producing six stakes winners and four champions including Sky Classic. No Class, Classy 'n Smart and Dance Smartly were each named Canadian Broodmare of the Year.[4]
| Sire Danzig (USA) 1977 |
Northern Dancer (CAN) 1961 |
Nearctic | Nearco |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Angela | |||
| Natalma | Native Dancer | ||
| Almahmoud | |||
| Pas de Nom 1968 |
Admiral's Voyage | Crafty Admiral | |
| Olympia Lou | |||
| Petitioner | Petition | ||
| Steady Aim | |||
| Dam Classy 'n Smart (CAN) 1981 |
Smarten | Cyane | Turn-To |
| Your Game | |||
| Smartaire | Quibu | ||
| Art Teacher | |||
| No Class | Nodouble | Noholme | |
| Alba-Jay | |||
| Classy Quillo | Outing Class | ||
| Quillopoly (family 23-b)[7] |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Dance Smartly Profile". www.equibase.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ a b c Anderson, Abigail (29 December 2012). "Beloved: Dance Smartly". The Vault: Horse racing past and present. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Bratt, Jeff. "Dance Smartly - the horse that changed my life". ontarioracing.com. Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d Avalyn Hunter. "Dance Smartly (CAN)". American Classic Pedigrees. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Hall of Famer Dance Smartly Dead". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Leading Sire Danzig Dead at 29". bloodhorse.com. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Turk Mare - Family 23-b". www.bloodlines.net. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- Dance Smartly's pedigree and racing stats
- Dance Smartly at the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
- Dance Smartly at the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
- August 20, 2007 obituary for Dance Smartly at Thoroughbred Times