Dancethruthedawn (CAN)
March 6, 1998 – Living
Mr. Prospector (USA) x Dance Smartly (CAN), by Danzig (USA)
Family 23-b
March 6, 1998 – Living
Mr. Prospector (USA) x Dance Smartly (CAN), by Danzig (USA)
Family 23-b
While Dancethruthedawn was not the equal of her dam, the great Dance Smartly, she was nonetheless a worthy heiress to her mother's reputation. After emulating Dance Smartly's Woodbine (Canadian) Oaks—Queen's Plate double, she also duplicated her dam's feat of becoming a Grade 1 winner in the United States. Unfortunately, she has been a less successful broodmare than racehorse, but she is the dam of two stakes-producing daughters.
Race record
16 starts, 7 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds, US$1,609,623 (including Canadian earnings)
2000:
2001:
2002:
Honors
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare whom Sam-Son Farm owner Tammy Samuel-Balaz felt strongly resembled her famous dam, Dancethruthedawn was on the small side. At her best, she had a sharp turn of foot. She was retired after suffering a hairline fracture to her right front ankle while finishing fourth in the 2002 Spinster Stakes (USA-G1).
As a producer
Dancethruthedawn produced five named foals of racing age, of which three have started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Dancethruthedawn was bred and owned by Sam-Son Farms. She was trained by Mark Frostad.
Pedigree notes
Dancethruthedawn is inbred 3x5 to two-time American Horse of the Year Native Dancer and 5x5 to two-time English/Irish champion sire Nearco, an unbeaten champion on the race course. She is a full sister to 2000 Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes winner Scatter the Gold and to 2004 Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes (CAN-G2) winner Dance With Ravens. She is also a half sister to Dancethruthestorm (by Thunder Gulch), dam of Canadian stakes winner Grand Style (by Giant's Causeway) and 2020 Canadian Broodmare of the Year Danceforthecause (by Giant's Causeway); through the last-named mare, Dancethruthestorm is the second dam of 2020 Canadian champion turf male Say the Word and Grade 2 winner Rideforthecause.
Dancethruthedawn is out of the great Canadian race mare Dance Smartly, champion of her division at 2 and 3 in Canada and at 3 in the United States. Dance Smartly is a full sister to Dance Swiftly, dam of Grade 3 winner Speightster (by Speightstown) and listed stakes winners Paiota Falls (by Kris S.) and West Coast Swing (by Gone West). She is a half sister to 1996 Philip H. Iselin Handicap (USA-G1) winner and two-time American champion sire Smart Strike, 2002 Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap (CAN-G1) winner Full of Wonder, and 2002 Chinese Cultural Center Stakes (CAN-G2) winner Strike Smartly, all by Mr. Prospector. She is also a half sister to Seattle Classic (by Seattle Slew), dam of 1999 Mazarine Breeders' Cup Stakes (CAN-G1) winner Hello Seattle (by Deputy Minister) and restricted stakes winner Sail From Seattle (by Gone West), second dam of multiple Canadian Grade 3 winner His Race to Win and third dam of 2019 Canadian champion turf male El Tormenta.
Dance Smartly's dam Classy 'n Smart (by Smarten) won the 1984 Canadian Oaks and was named the Canadian champion 3-year-old filly of that year. Her exploits as a broodmare made her Canada's Broodmare of the Year in 1991. She was the first of six stakes winners and four champions produced by Sam-Son Farm's remarkable foundation mare No Class (by Nodouble). No Class' other champions were 1985 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Grey Classic (by Grey Dawn II), 1987 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Regal Classic (by Vice Regent), and Sky Classic (by Nijinsky II), winner of three championships in Canada and champion turf horse in the United States in 1992. Also the dam of 1997 Early Times Turf Classic (USA-G1) winner Always a Classic (by Deputy Minister) and multiple stakes winner Classic Reign (by Vice Regent), No Class was the Canadian Broodmare of the Year for 1985.
Fun facts
Last updated: May 11, 2022
Race record
16 starts, 7 wins, 2 seconds, 3 thirds, US$1,609,623 (including Canadian earnings)
2000:
- Won Princess Elizabeth Stakes (CAN-R, 8.5FD, Woodbine)
- 3rd Mazarine Breeders' Cup Stakes (CAN-G1, 8.5FD, Woodbine)
2001:
- Won Lablatt Woodbine Oaks (CAN-R, 9FD, Woodbine)
- Won Queen's Plate (CAN-R, 10FD, Woodbine)
- 2nd Prince of Wales Stakes (CAN-R, 9.5FD, Fort Erie)
2002:
- Won Go for Wand Handicap (USA-G1, 9FD, Saratoga)
- Won Doubledogdare Stakes (USA-L, 8.5FD, Keeneland)
- 2nd Pimlico Breeders' Cup Distaff Handicap (USA-G3, 9FD, Pimlico)
- 3rd Personal Ensign Handicap (USA-G1, 10FD, Saratoga)
- 3rd Fleur de Lis Handicap (USA-G2, 9FD, Churchill Downs)
Honors
- Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame (inducted in 2011)
- Sovereign Award, Canadian champion 3-year-old filly (2001)
- Sovereign Award finalist, Canadian Horse of the Year (2001)
- Sovereign Award finalist, Canadian champion 2-year-old filly (2000)
As an individual
A dark bay or brown mare whom Sam-Son Farm owner Tammy Samuel-Balaz felt strongly resembled her famous dam, Dancethruthedawn was on the small side. At her best, she had a sharp turn of foot. She was retired after suffering a hairline fracture to her right front ankle while finishing fourth in the 2002 Spinster Stakes (USA-G1).
As a producer
Dancethruthedawn produced five named foals of racing age, of which three have started and won. Her important foals are as follow:
- Dance With Doves (2004, by A.P. Indy) won one of her five starts. She is the dam of Grade 2-placed restricted stakes winner Dance Again (by Awesome Again).
- Danceinthesunlight (2005, by A.P. Indy) never raced but is the dam of 2014 Whitney Stakes (USA-G1) winner Moreno (by Ghostzapper).
Connections
Foaled in Ontario, Dancethruthedawn was bred and owned by Sam-Son Farms. She was trained by Mark Frostad.
Pedigree notes
Dancethruthedawn is inbred 3x5 to two-time American Horse of the Year Native Dancer and 5x5 to two-time English/Irish champion sire Nearco, an unbeaten champion on the race course. She is a full sister to 2000 Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes winner Scatter the Gold and to 2004 Grey Breeders' Cup Stakes (CAN-G2) winner Dance With Ravens. She is also a half sister to Dancethruthestorm (by Thunder Gulch), dam of Canadian stakes winner Grand Style (by Giant's Causeway) and 2020 Canadian Broodmare of the Year Danceforthecause (by Giant's Causeway); through the last-named mare, Dancethruthestorm is the second dam of 2020 Canadian champion turf male Say the Word and Grade 2 winner Rideforthecause.
Dancethruthedawn is out of the great Canadian race mare Dance Smartly, champion of her division at 2 and 3 in Canada and at 3 in the United States. Dance Smartly is a full sister to Dance Swiftly, dam of Grade 3 winner Speightster (by Speightstown) and listed stakes winners Paiota Falls (by Kris S.) and West Coast Swing (by Gone West). She is a half sister to 1996 Philip H. Iselin Handicap (USA-G1) winner and two-time American champion sire Smart Strike, 2002 Niagara Breeders' Cup Handicap (CAN-G1) winner Full of Wonder, and 2002 Chinese Cultural Center Stakes (CAN-G2) winner Strike Smartly, all by Mr. Prospector. She is also a half sister to Seattle Classic (by Seattle Slew), dam of 1999 Mazarine Breeders' Cup Stakes (CAN-G1) winner Hello Seattle (by Deputy Minister) and restricted stakes winner Sail From Seattle (by Gone West), second dam of multiple Canadian Grade 3 winner His Race to Win and third dam of 2019 Canadian champion turf male El Tormenta.
Dance Smartly's dam Classy 'n Smart (by Smarten) won the 1984 Canadian Oaks and was named the Canadian champion 3-year-old filly of that year. Her exploits as a broodmare made her Canada's Broodmare of the Year in 1991. She was the first of six stakes winners and four champions produced by Sam-Son Farm's remarkable foundation mare No Class (by Nodouble). No Class' other champions were 1985 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Grey Classic (by Grey Dawn II), 1987 Canadian champion 2-year-old male Regal Classic (by Vice Regent), and Sky Classic (by Nijinsky II), winner of three championships in Canada and champion turf horse in the United States in 1992. Also the dam of 1997 Early Times Turf Classic (USA-G1) winner Always a Classic (by Deputy Minister) and multiple stakes winner Classic Reign (by Vice Regent), No Class was the Canadian Broodmare of the Year for 1985.
Fun facts
- Dancethruthedawn's 2001 Queen's Plate victory marked the first time that full siblings won the Plate in back-to-back years as her brother Scatter the Gold won the Plate in 2000.
- Dancethruthedawn was the first filly to complete the Woodbine (Canadian) Oaks—Queen's Plate double since Dance Smartly herself in 2001, and the two remain the only mother-daughter team to have accomplished the feat. The other fillies to have completed the double are Flaming Page (1962), La Lorgnette (1985), Inglorious (2011), Lexie Lou (2014), and Holy Helena (2017).
Last updated: May 11, 2022