Dance Brightly (Mr. Prospector–Dance Smartly, by Danzig) died at the age of 27 in Chile, Turf Diario reported.
The Sam-Son Farm homebred raced for trainer Mark Frostad and ran out a maiden special weight winner at Woodbine in October 1997. The Ontario-bred then ran second in the Listed Coronation Futurity later in his juvenile season, but was ultimately retired due to an injury suffered in a workout in 1998.
A son of Canadian Horse of the Year and Canadian Triple Crown heroine Dance Smartly started his stud career at Hill 'n' Dale Farm in Kentucky in 1999 and shuttled to Haras La Quebrada in Argentina. He later moved permanently to Chile at Haras Carioca beginning in the autumn of 2004. At stud, the bay sired 26 black-type winners, 11 of them graded/group winners. His quintet of top-level winners are led by Mea Domina, who took the GI Gamely H. and the South American Group 1 winners Sabor a Triunfo (Chi), Montignac (Chi), Mama Delia (Arg), and Esta Bailando (Chi). A total of 17 black-type winners have been produced from his daughters, with Irish Glory (Chi) (Irish Brother {Arg}) the only one at group level.
Dance Brightly is a full-brother to Canadian Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Dancethruthedawn (Mr. Prospector), who also took Saratoga's GI Go for Wand H., as well as dual Canadian Classic hero Scatter The Gold (Mr. Prospector), and the graded-placed Dance to Destiny (Mr. Prospector). A half-brother, Dance With Ravens (A.P. Indy), won the GII Grey Breeders' Cup S., and another half-sibling, the Thunder Gulch mare Dancethruthestorm, is the granddam of GI Northern Dancer Turf S. hero Say The Word (More Than Ready), who was also named the Canadian Champion Turf Male in 2020.
The second dam is the influential blue hen Classy 'N Smart (Smarten), who was also a Canadian champion. In addition to Dance Smartly, she foaled Grade II winner Strike Smartly (Mr. Prospector) and the GI Philip H. Iselin H. hero Smart Strike (Mr. Prospector), who became a top sire; as well as Grade I winner Full of Wonder (Mr. Prospector).
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