Dance in the Dark

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Dance in the Dark
Sire	Sunday Silence
Grandsire	Halo
Dam	Dancing Key
Damsire	Nijinsky II
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1993
Country	Japan
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Shadai Farm Chitose
Owner	Shadai Racehorse Co
Trainer	Kojiro Hashiguchi
Record	8: 5-2-1
Earnings	379,551,000 yen
Major Racing Wins, Awards and Honours
Major Racing Wins
Kikuka Sho (1996) Kyoto Shimbun Hai (1996) Yayoi Sho (1996) Principal Stakes (1996)
Racing Awards
Japanese Champion 4-Yr-Old Colt (1996)
Infobox last updated on: June 8, 2008.

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

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 is a successful sire in Japan.

• #1 - First season sire (2000)
• Leading Sire (JPN) - #14 (2001) → #10 (2002) → #3 (2003) → #2 (2004) → #4 (2005) → #4 (2006)

[edit] His Progeny

• Delta Blues, is winner of 2006 Melbourne Cup (AUS-G1, 3200m), Kikuka Sho (JPN Domestic GI, 3000m), Stayers Stakes (JPN Domestic GII, 3600m).
• Tsurumaru Boy, is winner of Yasuda Kinen (JPN-GI, 1600m), Kinko Sho (JPN Domestic GII, 2000m), Chukyo Kinen (JPN Domestic GIII, 2000m). 2nd:Tenno Sho (Autumn) (JPN Domestic GI, 2000m), Takarazuka Kinen (JPN-GI, 2200m) twice.
• That's the Plenty, is winner of Kikuka Sho (JPN Domestic GI, 3000m), Radio Tampa Hai Nisai Stakes (JPN Domestic GIII, 2000m).

[edit] Pedigree

Pedigree of Dance in the Dark

Sire Sunday Silence	Halo	Hail to Reason	Turn-To
			Nothirdchance
		Cosmah	Cosmic Bomb
			Almahmoud
	Wishing Well	Understanding	Promised Land
			Pretty Ways
		Mountain Flower	Montparnasse
			Edel Weiss
Dam Dancing Key	Nijinsky II	Northern Dancer	Nearctic
			Natalma
		Flaming Page	Bull Page
			Flaring Top
	Key Partner	Key to the Mint	Graustark
			Key Bridge
		Native Partner	Raise a Native
			Dinner Partner F-No.7