Dance Smartly (born 1988) is a champion thoroughbred racehorse and the first Canadian-bred to ever win a Breeders' Cup race. 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Thoroughbred is a horse breed developed in 18th century England when English mares were bred with imported Arabian stallions to create a distance racer. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... The Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championships is an annual series of thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. ...

Bred in Canada by Sam-Son Farm, the bay filly was the granddaughter of the great Northern Dancer through her sire Danzig and the champion mare Classy N Smart. As a two-year-old, Dance Smartly won three of five races then blossomed at age three into one of the top thoroughbreds in North America going undefeated in the 1991 racing season. Ridden by Hall of Fame jockey Pat Day, Dance Smartly became the only filly to ever capture the Canadian Triple Crown by winning the Queen's Plate, the Prince of Wales Stakes, and the Breeders' Stakes. She capped off her year at Churchill Downs with a victory in the Breeders' Cup Distaff. For her 1991 performance, Dance Smartly was voted the Eclipse Award as North America's best 3-year-old filly plus two Sovereign Awards as Canada's best three-year-old filly and the most coveted "Horse of the Year" honor. Sam-Son Farm is a thoroughbred horse racing stable in Milton, Ontario, Canada. ... A filly is a female horse, specifically one which has not reached sexual maturity. ... Northern Dancer was a Canadian-bred thoroughbred racehorse, a bay colt born May 27, 1961, by Nearctic-Natalma, by Native Dancer. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and fourth in population after Asia and Africa in area and population and Europe in population. ... A filly is a female horse, specifically one which has not reached sexual maturity. ... The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing (Triple Crown for short, but the term is also used in other sports, and thus the full name should be used when it could cause confusion) consists of three races for three-year-old thoroughbred horses. ... The Queens Plate is North Americas oldest thoroughbred horse race, run at a distance of 1 1/4 miles for 3-year-old thoroughbed horses, foaled in Canada, run annually in July at Woodbine Racetrack, Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario. ... Composite image of Churchill Downs on Derby Day, 1901 Churchill Downs, located on Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky, is a thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby. ... The Breeders Cup Distaff is a Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. ...

Dance Smartly raced four more times at age four, then retired as the number one money-winning filly in the world. As a broodmare at Sam-Son Farm, she has successfully produced a number of top horses including the back-to-back Queen's Plate winners, Scatter The Gold and Dancethruthedawn both by Mr. Prospector. Mr. ...

In 1995, Dance Smartly was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame and in 2003 into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame at Saratoga Springs, New York. The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame was founded in 1950 in Saratoga Springs, New York, to honor the achievements of American thoroughbred race horses, jockeys, and trainers. ... Saratoga Springs is a city located in Saratoga County, New York. ...