The Dance Smartly Stakes is a

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run annually during July at

Woodbine Racetrack Woodbine Racetrack is a race track for Thoroughbred horse racing in the Etobicoke area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Woodbine Entertainment Group, Woodbine Racetrack manages and hosts Canada's most famous race, the King's Plate. The tra ...

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, Canada. A Grade II stakes race raced on

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, 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 miles. In 1990 it was switched over to the turf course and raced that year at miles after which it remained on the turf but at its original miles. It was lengthened to miles in 2017. It was raced as the Woodbine (Breeders' Cup) Handicap until 1998 when it was renamed to honor

Dance Smartly Dance Smartly (1988–2007) was a Champion Thoroughbred racemare who went undefeated in 1991 while winning the Canadian Triple Crown and becoming the first horse bred in Canada to ever win a Breeders' Cup race. She was inducted into both the Can ...

, a Canadian and United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee and one of Canada's greatest racing fillies.

Records

Time record: (on Turf at miles) * 1:44.25 – Overheard (2014) Most wins: * 2 – Radiant Ring (1991, 1992) Most wins by an owner: * 3 –

Sam-Son Farm Sam-Son Farm is a Thoroughbred horse racing stable with farms located in Milton, Ontario, Canada and Ocala, Florida. Originating in the 60's by Ernie Samuel, it began as a home for competition hunter/jumper horses. One Sam-Son horse, Canadian ...

(1991, 1992, 1998) Most wins by a jockey: * 4 – Patrick Husbands (1999, 2003, 2010, 2016) * 3 –

Todd Kabel Todd Kabel (December 7, 1965 – March 27, 2021) was a Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. A native of McCreary, Manitoba, he began his career as a jockey at Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and in 1987 started competing at tracks ...

(1997, 1998, 2006) Most wins by a trainer: * 3 –

Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield (born 28 November 1939 in Newbury, Berkshire, England) is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner and an inductee of both the Canadian and United States horseracing Halls of Fame. In his native England, Attfield ha ...

(1987, 2002, 2005)

Winners

*In 1986, Triple Wow finished first but was disqualified and placed last following a positive test for a banned medication.

References

{{Reflist Graded stakes races in Canada Turf races in Canada Open mile category horse races Recurring events established in 1986 Woodbine Racetrack 1986 establishments in Ontario

Records

Winners

See also

References