Dance Act (CAN)
April 17, 1966 – ?
Northern Dancer (CAN) x Queen’s Statute (GB), by Le Lavandou (FR)
Family 22-b
April 17, 1966 – ?
Northern Dancer (CAN) x Queen’s Statute (GB), by Le Lavandou (FR)
Family 22-b
A member of Northern Dancer’s first crop, Dance Act was one of three Canadian champions and 10 stakes winners emerging from the Dancer’s 25 foals of 1966. As he was a gelding, he had no opportunity to contribute directly to future generations, but he had an indirect impact via the boost he gave to his sire and to the development of his dam’s family.
Race record
31 starts, 12 wins, 9 seconds, 2 thirds, US$102,900 (includes converted Canadian earnings)
1970:
1971:
Honors
Assessments
Highweighted at 126 pounds on the 1970 Canadian Free Handicap for horses 4 and up, 2 pounds above second-rated Frenetico.
Rated at 115 pounds on the 1970 Canadian Free Handicap for turf runners, 11 pounds below highweighted Drumtop.
Highweighted at 126 pounds on the 1971 Canadian Free Handicap for horses 4 and up, 4 pounds above second-rated Twice Lucky.
Rated at 121 pounds on the 1971 Canadian Free Handicap for turf runners, 7 pounds below champion One for All.
As an individual
A chestnut gelding, Dance Act stayed well and was proficient on both dirt and turf, though he was better over the former surface. He was one of those horses that saw no sense in winning by big margins and typically put out just enough to get the job done. He was troubled by repeated injuries during his racing career, missed his 3-year-old season entirely, and made only one start each at ages 6 and 7 before suffering a career-ending injury while training in June of his 7-year-old season.
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Canada, Dance Act was bred by E. P. Taylor. Purchased for CAN$75,000 as a yearling, he raced for Mrs. W. J. “Marg” Seitz’s Green Hills Farm and was trained by Larry G. Grant.
Pedigree notes
Dance Act is outcrossed through five generations. He is a full brother to stakes winner North of the Law and to the excellent broodmare Royal Statute, whose family includes champions Awaasif, Bosra Sham, Golden Sixty, Hector Protector, and Lammtarra. He is also a full brother to Falafel, dam of 1985 Premio Parioli (Italian Two Thousand Guineas, ITY-G1) winner Again Tomorrow (by Honest Pleasure) and 1992 St. James’s Palace Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Brief Truce (by Irish River) and third dam of multiple Japanese Group 3 winner Makoto Brillar. Dance Act is a half brother to 1963 Canadian Oaks winner Menedict (by Ménétrier), second dam of 1988 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Mercedes Won and third dam of 2000 New Zealand Oaks (NZ-G1) winner She’s Country and New Zealand Group 3 winner Country Lane. Dance Act is also a half brother to half sister to stakes winners Court Royal (by Chop Chop), Epic Queen (by Epic), and Down North (by Victoria Park). In addition, Dance Act is a half brother to stakes-placed Queen’s Law (by Queen’s Own), dam of Canadian stakes winners Queen’s Splendour (by Impressive) and Queen’s Answer (by Northern Answer), second dam of Grade 2 winner With the Flow, and third dam of multiple Venezuelan Group 1 winner Mantle.
Dance Act and his siblings were produced from Queen’s Statute (by 1946 Prix d’Arenberg winner Le Lavandou). A 3,500-guinea yearling purchase for E. P. Taylor from the 1955 Tattersalls October sale, Queen’s Statute never raced but is a full sister to English stakes winner Grand Statute. She is out of the Son-in-Law mare Statute, winner of the 1939 Brighton Autumn Cup. Statute, in turn, was produced from the juvenile winner Nina, whose sire, Prince Galahad, won the 1919 Dewhurst Stakes. The next dam in Dance Act’s tail-female line, unraced Giannina, was by John o’ Gaunt, an unsound horse who was runner-up in the 1904 Two Thousand Guineas and Derby Stakes but is best known as the sire of champion and important sire Swynford.
Last updated: May 7, 2026
Race record
31 starts, 12 wins, 9 seconds, 2 thirds, US$102,900 (includes converted Canadian earnings)
1970:
- Won Horometer Stakes (CAN, 10FD, Greenwood; new track record 2:03)
- Won Durham Cup Handicap (CAN, 10FD, Woodbine)
- Won Jockey Club Cup Handicap (CAN, 10FT, Woodbine)
- 2nd Fair Play Handicap (CAN, 8.5FT, Woodbine)
- 2nd Valedictory Handicap (CAN, 14FD, Greenwood)
1971:
- Won Dominion Day Handicap (CAN, 9FD, Woodbine)
- Won Eclipse Handicap (CAN, 8.5FD, Woodbine)
- Won Fair Play Stakes (CAN, 8.5FT, Woodbine)
- Won Seagram Cup Handicap (CAN, 10FT, Woodbine)
Honors
- Canadian champion handicap horse (1970, 1971)
- Canadian champion older horse (1970)
Assessments
Highweighted at 126 pounds on the 1970 Canadian Free Handicap for horses 4 and up, 2 pounds above second-rated Frenetico.
Rated at 115 pounds on the 1970 Canadian Free Handicap for turf runners, 11 pounds below highweighted Drumtop.
Highweighted at 126 pounds on the 1971 Canadian Free Handicap for horses 4 and up, 4 pounds above second-rated Twice Lucky.
Rated at 121 pounds on the 1971 Canadian Free Handicap for turf runners, 7 pounds below champion One for All.
As an individual
A chestnut gelding, Dance Act stayed well and was proficient on both dirt and turf, though he was better over the former surface. He was one of those horses that saw no sense in winning by big margins and typically put out just enough to get the job done. He was troubled by repeated injuries during his racing career, missed his 3-year-old season entirely, and made only one start each at ages 6 and 7 before suffering a career-ending injury while training in June of his 7-year-old season.
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Canada, Dance Act was bred by E. P. Taylor. Purchased for CAN$75,000 as a yearling, he raced for Mrs. W. J. “Marg” Seitz’s Green Hills Farm and was trained by Larry G. Grant.
Pedigree notes
Dance Act is outcrossed through five generations. He is a full brother to stakes winner North of the Law and to the excellent broodmare Royal Statute, whose family includes champions Awaasif, Bosra Sham, Golden Sixty, Hector Protector, and Lammtarra. He is also a full brother to Falafel, dam of 1985 Premio Parioli (Italian Two Thousand Guineas, ITY-G1) winner Again Tomorrow (by Honest Pleasure) and 1992 St. James’s Palace Stakes (ENG-G1) winner Brief Truce (by Irish River) and third dam of multiple Japanese Group 3 winner Makoto Brillar. Dance Act is a half brother to 1963 Canadian Oaks winner Menedict (by Ménétrier), second dam of 1988 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Mercedes Won and third dam of 2000 New Zealand Oaks (NZ-G1) winner She’s Country and New Zealand Group 3 winner Country Lane. Dance Act is also a half brother to half sister to stakes winners Court Royal (by Chop Chop), Epic Queen (by Epic), and Down North (by Victoria Park). In addition, Dance Act is a half brother to stakes-placed Queen’s Law (by Queen’s Own), dam of Canadian stakes winners Queen’s Splendour (by Impressive) and Queen’s Answer (by Northern Answer), second dam of Grade 2 winner With the Flow, and third dam of multiple Venezuelan Group 1 winner Mantle.
Dance Act and his siblings were produced from Queen’s Statute (by 1946 Prix d’Arenberg winner Le Lavandou). A 3,500-guinea yearling purchase for E. P. Taylor from the 1955 Tattersalls October sale, Queen’s Statute never raced but is a full sister to English stakes winner Grand Statute. She is out of the Son-in-Law mare Statute, winner of the 1939 Brighton Autumn Cup. Statute, in turn, was produced from the juvenile winner Nina, whose sire, Prince Galahad, won the 1919 Dewhurst Stakes. The next dam in Dance Act’s tail-female line, unraced Giannina, was by John o’ Gaunt, an unsound horse who was runner-up in the 1904 Two Thousand Guineas and Derby Stakes but is best known as the sire of champion and important sire Swynford.
Last updated: May 7, 2026