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Dancing Brave Sire Lyphard Grandsire Northern Dancer Dam Navajo Princess Damsire Drone Sex Stallion Foaled 1983 Country United States Colour Bay Breeder Glen Oak Farm Owner Khalid Abdullah Trainer Guy Harwood Record 10: 8-1-0 Earnings $1,776,723 Major wins Craven Stakes (1986)
2,000 Guineas (1986)
Eclipse Stakes (1986)
K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1986)
Select Stakes (1986)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1986)Awards Champion 3-Yr-Old Colt in France (1986)
European Horse of the Year (1986)
Timeform rating: 140Horse (Equus ferus caballus) Last updated on January 26, 2007 Dancing Brave (1983–1999) was a thoroughbred racehorse, foaled in 1983, a bay colt sired by Lyphard out of Navajo Princess. He was purchased as a yearling by Khalid Abdullah for US$200,000 in Kentucky.
Trained in England by Guy Harwood, after winning twice as a two-year-old, Dancing Brave opened his three-year-old campaign in 1986 with a victory in the Craven Stakes - a 'Guineas Trial' at Newmarket, and followed it up by winning the 2,000 Guineas itself, beating Green Desert by three lengths.
Next on the agenda was the Epsom Derby, although there were concerns about whether he would see out the further distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2414 m). Close to last place entering the home straight, Dancing Brave made up a lot of ground, but Shahrastani beat him by half a length.
His jockey, Greville Starkey, was criticised for his tactics, but kept the ride for Dancing Brave's next race, a win in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown Park.[citation needed] However, when Starkey was unable to ride the horse in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes he was replaced by Pat Eddery who became the preferred choice by the time of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Both of these races were also won.
The 1986 'Arc' was one of Dancing Brave's best performances, with a devastating late run winning by a length and a half in record time against a high class field, including his Derby conqueror Shahrastani who finished in fourth place.
Dancing Brave's racing career ended on a disappointing note in the United States, finishing fourth behind Manila in the Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita Park.
After being retired to stud at Dalham Hall Stud, Newmarket, he sired numerous winners, having a particularly good crop of three-year-olds in 1993, including Commander in Chief, who won the Epsom Derby, and White Muzzle, second in both the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. After five seasons standing at stud in Britain, Dancing Brave was sold to the Japan Racing Association and brought to the Shizunai Stallion Station at Hokkaidō. He died on August 2, 1999 of a heart attack.
Pedigree of Dancing Brave Sire
LyphardNorthern Dancer Nearctic Nearco Lady Angela Natalma Native Dancer Almahmoud Goofed Court Martial Fair Trial Instantaneous Barra Formor La Favorite Dam
Navajo PrincessDrone Sir Gaylord Turn-To Somethingroyal Cap and Bells Tom Fool Ghanzi Olmec Pago Pago Matrice Pompilia Chocolate Beau Beau Max Otra Categories:- 1983 racehorse births
- 1999 racehorse deaths
- Thoroughbred racehorses
- Northern Dancer bloodline
- Racehorses bred in the United States
- Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom
- Arc winners
- British Classic Race winners
- European Thoroughbred Horse of the Year
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