Dance Smartly Stakes

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Dance Smartly Stakes
Grade II race
LocationWoodbine Racetrack
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated1986
Race typeThoroughbred – Flat racing
WebsiteWoodbine Racetrack
Race information
Distance1+1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
SurfaceTurf
TrackLeft-handed
QualificationThree-year-olds & Up
WeightAssigned
Purse$175,000 (2017)

The Dance Smartly Stakes is a thoroughbred horse race run annually during July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A Grade II stakes race raced on turf, it is open to horses three years of age and older

Inaugurated in 1986, it was raced on dirt through 1989 at a distance of 1+1⁄8 miles. In 1990 it was switched over to the turf course and raced that year at 1+1⁄16 miles after which it remained on the turf but at its original 1+1⁄8 miles. It was lengthened to 1+1⁄4 miles in 2017.[1]

It was raced as the Woodbine (Breeders' Cup) Handicap until 1998 when it was renamed to honor Dance Smartly, a Canadian and United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee and one of Canada's greatest racing fillies.

Records[]

Time record: (on Turf at 1+1⁄8 miles)

  • 1:44.25 – Overheard (2014)

Most wins:

  • 2 – (1991, 1992)

Most wins by an owner:

Most wins by a jockey:

Most wins by a trainer:

Winners[]

Year
 Winner
 Age
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2021 Mutamakina 5 Dylan Davis Christophe Clement Al Shira'aa Farms 2:01.26
2020 Theodora B. 5 Michael Dickinson Augustin Stable 2:02.35
2019 Holy Helena 5 Javier Castellano James Jerkens Stronach Stables 2:02.08
2018 Santa Monica 5 José Ortiz Chad C. Brown Magnier/Madaket Stables/Pearson 1:59.51
2017[2] Starship Jubilee (DH)
Rainha Da Bateria(DH) 		4
5 		Eurico Rosa Da Silva
Javier Castellano 		Kevin Attard
Chad C. Brown 		Kevin Attard, Soli Mehta
Leal Stable 		2:01.91
2016 Lexie Lou 5 Patrick Husbands Mark E. Casse Gary Barber 1:44.89
2015 5 Luis Contreras Barbara J. Minshall John Unger 1:45.41
2014 Overheard 4 Eurico Rosa Da Silva Pin Oak Stable 1:44.25
2013 Solid Appeal 4 Jesse M. Campbell Reade Baker Jim & Susan Hill 1:46.19
2012 Marketing Mix 4 Julien Leparoux Thomas F. Proctor Glen Hill Farm 1:48.02
2011 Never Retreat 6 Shaun Bridgmohan Team Block 1:46.48
2010 Mekong Melody 5 Patrick Husbands Roger L. Attfield David C. Egan 1:46.09
2009 Points of Grace 4 Luis Contreras 1:45.51
2008 The Niagara Queen 5 Jim McAleney Steve Asmussen The Elite Racing Company 1:50.01
2007 Masseuse 5 Edgar Prado James J. Toner H.R.C. Elser et al. 1:45.55
2006 Ambitious Cat 5 Todd Kabel Chiefswood Stable 1:49.81
2005 Noble Stella 4 Emile Ramsammy Roger Attfield Gary A. Tanaka 1:49.95
2004 Mona Rose 4 E. R. Da Silva Paul & Frank O'Brien 1:48.18
2003 Madeira Mist 4 Patrick Husbands Christophe Clement Skymarc Farm 1:48.05
2002 Sweetest Thing 4 Jim McAleney Roger Attfield 1:45.72
2001 Alexis 5 Jono Jones D. Morgan Firestone 1:47.81
2000 Except For Wanda 5 Jim McAleney George W. Richter 1:46.61
1999 Ascot Yael 5 Patrick Husbands R.M.C. Stable 1:47.25
1998 Colorful Vices 5 Todd Kabel Mark Frostad Sam-Son Farm 1:46.20
1997 Woolloomooloo 5 Todd Kabel Richard & Jo Ellen Shaw 1:46.80
1996 Bold Ruritana 6 Robert Landry Barbara Minshall Minshall Farms 1:46.60
1995 Memories 4 Shane Sellers Haynes/New Phoenix Stable 1:47.20
1994 Silky Feather 4 Stanton P. Powell 1:50.00
1993 Myrtle Irene 4 Sandy Hawley David C. Brown Don & Jane Anne McClelland 1:46.40
1992 Radiant Ring 4 Jack Lauzon James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:46.40
1991 Radiant Ring 3 Pat Day James E. Day Sam-Son Farm 1:46.00
1990 Fieldy 7 Eddie Maple Fernwood Stable 1:44.80
1989 Charming Sassafras 4 1:52.00
1988 4 Craig Perret Joseph H. Pierce Jr. Henry C. B. Lindh 1:50.60
1987 Triple Wow 4 Don Seymour Roger Attfield Kinghaven Farms 1:54.00
1986 Bessarabian 4 Sandy Hawley 1:52.00
*In 1986, Triple Wow finished first but was disqualified and placed last following a positive test for a banned medication.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Equibase.com. "Dance Smartly Stakes profile". www.equibase.com. Archived from the original on 2013-07-12. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
  2. ^ "Starship Jubilee, Rainha Da Bateria Win Dance Smartly". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 2017-07-03.
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