Prince of Dance
| Prince of Dance | |
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| Sire | Sadler's Wells |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Sun Princess |
| Damsire | English Prince |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 21 April 1986 |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Ballymacoll Stud |
| Owner | Michael Sobell |
| Trainer |
Dick Hern Neil Graham Dick Hern |
| Record | 6: 4-0-0 |
| Earnings | £129,161 |
| Major wins | |
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Washington Singer Stakes (1988, disqualified) Champagne Stakes (1988) Dewhurst Stakes (1988) Newmarket Stakes (1989) |
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| Awards | |
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Timeform rating 128 (1988) Timeform top-rated two-year-old (1988) |
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Prince of Dance (21 April 1986 – 1989) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. As a two-year-old in 1988 he showed outstanding promise and was rated one of the best colts of his generation in Europe, finishing first in all four of his races including the Washington Singer Stakes, Champagne Stakes and Dewhurst Stakes (a dead heat with Scenic). In the following spring he won the Newmarket Stakes but ran badly when third favourite for the 1989 Epsom Derby. He was euthanised later that year after he was found to be suffering from cancer of the spine.
Prince of Dance was a bay horse with a broad white blaze and two white socks bred in Ireland by the Ballymacoll Stud. During his racing career he was owned by Ballymacoll's part-owner Michael Sobell and was trained at West Ilsley in Berkshire by Dick Hern. During the latter part of the 1988 season, when Hern was recovering from hear surgery, the colt was trained by bis assistant Neil Graham. Prince of Dance was ridden in all but one of his races by the Scottish jockey Willie Carson.
Prince of Dance was from the first crop of foals sired by Sadler's Wells, who won the Irish 2000 Guineas, Eclipse Stakes and Irish Champion Stakes in 1984 went on to be the Champion sire on fourteen occasions. Prince of Dance was the first foal of Sun Princess, an outstanding racemare who won the Epsom Oaks, Yorkshire Oaks and St Leger in 1983. Her dam, Sunny Valley, also produced Saddlers' Hall and was the direct female ancestor of Millenary and Conduit. Sun Princess herself went on to produce Ballet Queen who became an influential broodmare in Japan.
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