Dance in the Dark (ダンスインザダーク, June 5, 1993 – January 2, 2020) was a Japanese Thoroughbred racehorse. He was sired by Sunday Silence with the dam Dancing Key (sire Nijinsky II).

Career

Racing as a three-year-old, he defeated Fusaichi Concorde (winner of Japanese Derby) by Kikuka Sho (JPN Domestic GI, Japanese St. Leger), and was second in the Tokyo Yushun (JPN Domestic GI, Japanese Derby). Champion 3yo colt in Japan, 1996.

Dance in the Dark (horse)

Sire career

Dance in the Dark was a successful sire in Japan.

Dance in the Dark (horse)

#1 - First season sire (2000) Leading Sire (JRA) - #13 (2001) → #9 (2002) → #3 (2003) → #2 (2004) → #4 (2005) → #4 (2006) → #3 (2007) → #3 (2008) → #3 (2009)

Dance in the Dark (horse)

Stud career

Dance in the Dark's descendants include:

c = colt, f = filly

Pedigree

References

1993 racehorse births

2020 racehorse deaths

Racehorses bred in Japan

Racehorses trained in Japan

Thoroughbred family 7