Suave Dancer (1988–1998) is a French Thoroughbred race horse.
Background
Bred by Lillie F. Webb's
Xalapa Farm near Paris, Kentucky, Suave Dancer was sired by Green Dancer out of the mare Suavite, both
United States thoroughbreds. A male line descendant of
Northern Dancer through
Nijinsky II, and a female line descendant of Ribot via
Tom Rolfe, Suave Dancer was owned by
France businessman
Henri Chalhoub and trained by Chantilly,
France-based
England, John E. Hammond.
Racing career
Ridden by American
jockey Cash Asmussen, who actually selected and purchased the horse for the owner, Suave Dancer won the 1991 Prix du Jockey Club, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, was second to Generous in the Irish Derby then came back to win the Irish Champion Stakes. For his performance in 1991, Suave Dancer was voted the Cartier Three-Year-Old European Champion Colt.
Stud record
In 1991 The National Stud at Newmarket bought a half-share in Suave Dancer. Retired to
horse breeding, he was later sent to Eliza Park Stud in Romsey, Victoria,
Australia. Suave Dancer was the sire of 11 stakes winners including
Compton Admiral and Volvoreta (
Prix Vermeille) before his untimely death at age ten in December 1998.
