Dancing Brave

Dancing Brave
Sire	Lyphard
Grandsire	Northern Dancer
Dam	Navajo Princess
Damsire	Drone
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	11 May 1983
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Glen Oak Farm
Owner	Khalid Abdullah
Trainer	Guy Harwood
Record	10: 8-1-0
Earnings	$1,776,723
Major wins
Craven Stakes (1986) 2000 Guineas (1986) Eclipse Stakes (1986) K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1986) Select Stakes (1986) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1986)
Awards
Top-rated European horse (International Classification) (1986) Top-rated European horse (Timeform) (1986) British Horse of the Year (1986) Timeform rating: 140[1]
Honours
British Champions Series Hall of Fame (2022)
Last updated on 5 July 2024

Dancing Brave (11 May 1983 – 2 August 1999) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from the autumn of 1985 until October 1986, he ran ten times and won eight races. Dancing Brave was the outstanding European racehorse of 1986, when he won the 2000 Guineas, the Eclipse Stakes, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. His only defeats came in the Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf. A modest sire of winners in Europe, he was later exported to Japan, where he enjoyed more success before his death in August 1999.

Dancing Brave is regarded as one of the greatest racehorses of the twentieth century.