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[1] |
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 | |
Washington Singer Stakes (1988, disqualified) Champagne Stakes (1988) Dewhurst Stakes (1988) Newmarket Stakes (1989) | |
Awards | |
Timeform rating 128 (1988) Timeform top-rated two-year-old (1988) |
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.