Dance Smartly Stakes

Dance Smartly Stakes

Grade II race
Location	Woodbine Racetrack Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Inaugurated	1986
Race type	Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Website	Woodbine Racetrack
Race information
Distance	​1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface	Turf
Track	Left-handed
Qualification	Three-year-olds & Up
Weight	Assigned
Purse	$159,000 + (2015)

The Dance Smartly Stakes is a Canadian Thoroughbred horse race run annually during July at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto, Ontario. A Grade II stakes race raced on turf, 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 ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles. In 1990 it was switched over to the turf course and raced that year at ​1 ¹⁄₁₆ miles after which it remained on the turf but at its original ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles.

It was raced as the Woodbine (Breeders' Cup) Handicap until 1998 when it was renamed to honor Dance Smartly, a Canadian and United States Racing Hall of Fame inductee and one of Canada's greatest racing fillys.

Records

Time record: (on Turf at ​1 ¹⁄₈ miles)

• 1:45.55 - Masseuse (2007)

Most wins:

• 2 - Radiant Ring (1991, 1992)

Most wins by an owner:

• 3 - Sam-Son Farm (1991, 1992, 1998)

Most wins by a jockey:

• 3 - Todd Kabel (1997, 1998, 2006)

Most wins by a trainer:

• 3 - Roger Attfield (1987, 2002, 2005)

Winners of the Dance Smartly Stakes

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Time
2015	Strut the Course	5	Luis Contreras	Barbara J. Minshall	John Unger	1:45.41
2014	Overheard	4	Eurico Rosa Da Silva	Malcolm Pierce	Pin Oak Stable	1:44.25
2013	Solid Appeal	4	Jesse M. Campbell	Reade Baker	Jim & Susan Hill	1:46.19
2012	Marketing Mix	4	Julien Leparoux	Thomas F. Proctor	Glen Hill Farm	1:48.02
2011	Never Retreat	6	Shaun Bridgmohan	Chris Block	Team Block	1:46.48
2010	Mekong Melody	5	Patrick Husbands	Roger L. Attfield	David C. Egan	1:46.09
2009	Points of Grace	4	Luis Contreras	Malcolm Pierce	Live Oak Racing	1:45.51
2008	The Niagara Queen	5	Jim McAleney	Steve Asmussen	The Elite Racing Company	1:50.01
2007	Masseuse	5	Edgar Prado	James J. Toner	H.R.C. Elser et al.	1:45.55
2006	Ambitious Cat	5	Todd Kabel	Eric Coatrieux	Chiefswood Stable	1:49.81
2005	Noble Stella	4	Emile Ramsammy	Roger Attfield	Gary A. Tanaka	1:49.95
2004	Mona Rose	4	E. R. Da Silva	R. Earl Barnett	Paul & Frank O'Brien	1:48.18
2003	Madeira Mist	4	Patrick Husbands	Christophe Clement	Skymarc Farm	1:48.05
2002	Sweetest Thing	4	Jim McAleney	Roger Attfield	Lael Stables	1:45.72
2001	Alexis	5	Jono Jones	Cliff Hopmans, Jr.	D. Morgan Firestone	1:47.81
2000	Except For Wanda	5	Jim McAleney	Bruce R. Smither	George W. Richter	1:46.61
1999	Ascot Yael	5	Patrick Husbands	John A. Ross	R.M.C. Stable	1:47.25
1998	Colorful Vices	5	Todd Kabel	Mark Frostad	Sam-Son Farm	1:46.20
1997	Woolloomooloo	5	Todd Kabel	David R. Bell	Richard & Jo Ellen Shaw	1:46.80
1996	Bold Ruritana	6	Robert Landry	Barbara Minshall	Minshall Farms	1:46.60
1995	Memories	4	Shane Sellers	Burke Kessinger, Jr.	Haynes/New Phoenix Stable	1:47.20
1994	Silky Feather	4	Steven Bahen	Richard Violette, Jr.	Stanton P. Powell	1:50.00
1993	Myrtle Irene	4	Sandy Hawley	David C. Brown	Don & Jane Anne McClelland	1:46.40
1992	Radiant Ring	4	Jack Lauzon	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:46.40
1991	Radiant Ring	3	Pat Day	James E. Day	Sam-Son Farm	1:46.00
1990	Fieldy	7	Eddie Maple	T. J. Skiffington, Jr.	Fernwood Stable	1:44.80
1989	Charming Sassafras	4	Ray Sabourin	John A. Ross	Aubrey W. Minshall	1:52.00
1988	Grecian Flight	4	Craig Perret	Joseph H. Pierce, Jr.	Henry C. B. Lindh	1:50.60
1987	Triple Wow	4	Don Seymour	Roger Attfield	Kinghaven Farms	1:54.00
1986	Bessarabian	4	Sandy Hawley	Michael J. Doyle	Eaton Hall Farm	1:52.00

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