Dance Number

Dance Number (foaled March 28, 1979 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racemare who retired having equaled or broken three track records for breeder and owner Ogden Phipps.[1]

Dance Number
SireNorthern Dancer
GrandsireNearctic
DamNumbered Account
DamsireBuckpasser
SexMare
Foaled1979
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederOgden Phipps
OwnerOgden Phipps
TrainerAngel Penna, Sr.
Record21: 8-3-4
EarningsUS$415,418
Major wins
Dark Mirage Stakes (1982)
High Voltage Stakes (1982)
Beldame Stakes (1983)
Shuvee Handicap (1983)

Racing career

Trained by U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Angel Penna, Sr., on October 29, 1982 the three-year-old Dance Number equaled the Aqueduct Racetrack track record for 6½ furlongs on dirt in the High Voltage Stakes.[2] As a three-year-old, on May 21, 1983, Dance Number won the Grade 2 Shuvee Handicap with another track record equaling run, this time at a mile and 1/16 on dirt. [3] Then, on August 16, she set a new Beldame Stakes record for the Grade 1 event with a time of 2:00 3/5 for a mile and a quarter on dirt.[4]

Broodmare career

Retired to broodmare duty, Dance Number produced six runners the most important of which was Rhythm who won the 1989 Breeders' Cup Juvenile and who was voted the Eclipse Award as the American Champion Two-Year-Old Colt.[5]

Pedigree
Pedigree of Dance Number
Sire
Northern Dancer		 Nearctic Nearco Pharos
Nogara
Lady Angela Hyperion
Sister Sarah
Natalma Native Dancer Polynesian
Geisha
Almahmoud Mahmoud
Arbitrator
Dam
Numbered Account		 Buckpasser Tom Fool Menow
Gaga
Busanda War Admiral
Businesslike
Intriguing Swaps Khaled
Iron Reward
Glamour Nasrullah
Striking

References
  1. Dance Number's pedigree
  2. New York Times - October 30, 1982
  3. New York Times - May 22, 1983
  4. Ocala Star-Banner - October 18, 1983
  5. Dance Number's progeny
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