Dance in the Dark (horse)

Dance in the Dark (ダンスインザダーク, June 5, 1993 – January 2, 2020) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by Sunday Silence with the dam Dancing Key (sire Nijinsky II).

Dance in the Dark
Dance in the Dark with Yutaka Take (1995)
SireSunday Silence
GrandsireHalo
DamDancing Key
DamsireNijinsky II
SexStallion
Foaled(1993-06-05)June 5, 1993
DiedJanuary 2, 2020(2020-01-02) (aged 26)[1]
CountryJapan
ColourBay
BreederShadai Farm Chitose
OwnerShadai Racehorse Co
TrainerKojiro Hashiguchi
Record8: 5-2-1
Earnings379,551,000 yen
Major wins
Kikuka Sho (1996)
Kyoto Shimbun Hai (1996)
Yayoi Sho (1996)
Awards
JRA Award for Best 4-Yr-Old Colt (1996)
Last updated on August 6, 2019

Career

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Racing as a three-year-old, he defeated Fusaichi Concorde (winner of Japanese Derby) at Kikuka Sho (JPN Domestic GI, Japanese St. Leger), and was second in the Tokyo Yushun (JPN Domestic GI, Japanese Derby). After winning the Kikuka Sho, however, he was diagnosed with tendonitis, and as a result was retired to stand stud.[2]

Dance in the Dark was awarded the JRA Award for Best Four-Year-Old Colt for his win.

Stud career

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Dance in the Dark's descendants include:[3]

c = colt, f = filly

Foaled Name Sex Major Wins
1998 Tsurumaru Boy c Yasuda Kinen, Kinko Sho, Chukyo Kinen
1998 Daitaku Bertram c Hanshin Daishōten, Kitakyushu Kinen
1999 Fast Tateyama c Kyoto Shimbun Hai
1999 Tagano Maybach c Chukyo Kinen
2000 That's the Plenty c Kikuka-shō, Radio Tampa Hai Nisai Stakes
2001 Delta Blues c Kikuka-shō, Melbourne Cup, Stayers Stakes
2001 Jolly Dance c Hanshin Himba Stakes[4]
2001 Dance A Joy c Kokura Kinen
2002 Chosan c Mainichi Ōkan
2003 Toho Alan c Kyōto Daishōten
2004 Maruka Phoenix c Mainichi Broadcast Swan Stakes
2004 Zarema c Keisei Hai Autumn Handicap
2005 Mood Indigo c Fuchu Himba Stakes
2006 Forgettable c Sports Nippon Sho Stayers Stakes
2006 Touch Me Not c Nakayama Kimpai
2006 Three Rolls c Kikuka-shō
2006 Strong Garuda c Radio Nikkei Sho
2006 Viva Vodka c Flower Cup
2006 Danon Yoyo c Fuji Stakes
2007 Dark Shadow c Mainichi Ōkan, Epsom Cup
2009 Clarente c Sekiya Kinen, Epsom Cup, Daily Hai Nisai Stakes

Pedigree

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Pedigree of Dance in the Dark
Sire
Sunday Silence 
Halo Hail to Reason Turn-To
Nothirdchance
Cosmah Cosmic Bomb
Almahmoud
Wishing Well Understanding Promised Land
Pretty Ways
Mountain Flower Montparnasse
Edel Weiss
Dam
Dancing Key
Nijinsky Northern Dancer Nearctic
Natalma
Flaming Page Bull Page
Flaring Top
Key Partner Key to the Mint Graustark
Key Bridge
Native Partner Raise a Native
Dinner Partner

References

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  1. ^ "ダンスインザダーク号が死亡". Archived from the original on 2020-02-15. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  2. ^ Shimada, Akihiro (1997). Take yutaka no shunkan: Kidai no tensai kishu 10-nen no ayumi (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shueisha. p. 207. ISBN 9784087831092. OCLC 675916714.
  3. ^ "Dance in the Dark". Ahonoora. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Jolly Dance (JPN)". JBIS. Retrieved 6 August 2019.