| Dashing Blade | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Elegant Air |
| Grandsire | Shirley Heights |
| Dam | Sharp Castan |
| Damsire | Sharpen Up |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1 March 1987[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Littleton Stud |
| Owner | Jeff Smith |
| Trainer | Ian Balding |
| Record | 11: 6–1–1 |
| Earnings | £416,568 |
| Major wins | |
| National Stakes (1989) Dewhurst Stakes (1989) Prix Eugène Adam (1990) Gran Premio d'Italia (1990) | |
| Awards | |
| Leading sire in Germany (1998) | |
Dashing Blade (1 March 1987 – 15 August 2013) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won major races in Ireland, England, France and Italy. As a two-year-old in 1989 he was one of the best colts of his generation in Europe winning four of his five races including the biggest races for juveniles in Ireland (the National Stakes) and England (the Dewhurst Stakes). In the following year he showed moderate form in England in spring but went on to win the Prix Eugène Adam in France and the Gran Premio d'Italia in Milan.