Details
| Name / Japanese | Tap Dance City / タップダンスシチー |
| Birth Year | 1997 |
| Sex | male |
| Earnings | 1,084,221,000 yen |
| Races-Win / G1-Win | 42-12 / 11-2 |
| Sire | Pleasant Tap |
| Dam (Sire) | All Dance (Northern Taste) |
| Other site link | JBIS / Umanity / en.netkeiba |
All G1 races + grade-races he won
| Y D/M |
Track | Race | No. | Pl. |  |
| 2002 07/09 |
Hanshin T2000 |
Asahi Challenge Cup (G3) | 2 | 1 | G |
| 2002 22/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 8 | 2 | ◆ |
| 2003 31/05 |
Chukyo T2000 |
Kinko Sho (G2) | 11 | 1 | G |
| 2003 29/06 |
Hanshin T2200 |
Takarazuka Kinen (G1) | 16 | 3 | ◆ |
| 2003 12/10 |
Kyoto T2400 |
Kyoto Daishoten (G2) | 10 | 1 | G |
| 2003 30/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 1 | 1 | ◆ |
| 2003 28/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 6 | 8 | ◆ |
| 2004 29/05 |
Chukyo T2000 |
Kinko Sho (G2) | 11 | 1 | G |
| 2004 27/06 |
Hanshin T2200 |
Takarazuka Kinen (G1) | 15 | 1 | ◆ |
| 2004 03/10 |
Longchamp T2400 |
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) | 6 | 17 | G |
| 2004 26/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 9 | 2 | ◆ |
| 2005 28/05 |
Chukyo T2000 |
Kinko Sho (G2) | 10 | 1 | G |
| 2005 26/06 |
Hanshin T2200 |
Takarazuka Kinen (G1) | 15 | 7 | ◆ |
| 2005 30/10 |
Tokyo T2000 |
Tenno Sho (Autumn) (G1) | 6 | 9 | ◆ |
| 2005 27/11 |
Tokyo T2400 |
Japan Cup (G1) | 2 | 10 | ◆ |
| 2005 25/12 |
Nakayama T2500 |
Arima Kinen (G1) | 9 | 12 | ◆ |
- Tap Dance City’s success has been very late.
- He won the first grade-race at the age of five in September 2002.
He won the Asahi Challenge Cup.
It was his 23rd race. - In the Arima Kinen (2002), he was 13th favorite.
He took the lead early and finished in 2nd place. - In the Japan Cup (2003), his trainer said “His current condition is the best of his life”.
He made the pace and increased the lead more and more.
The track condition was yielding. The pitch favored him.
He won the race by 9 lengths.
It was his first G1 win.
He was six years old. - In 2004 (age 7), he won the Kinko Sho.
He broke the record time that Silence Suzuka had recorded. - In the Takarazuka Kinen (2004), he won by 2 lengths.
He broke the course record. - In the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, he was in transport trouble and arrived in France two days before the race.
He was defeated. - In the Arima Kinen (2004), he came back from France and was in poor condition.
But he showed a good run and finished in 2nd place. - He won the Kinko Sho (G2) three times in a row.
Episode
- His temper was very rough.
His trainer said “He was tap-dancing in the paddock as his name suggests”. - He is the only foreign-born horse that has earned over a billion yen in Japan.
(As of July 2020)
Tags: Turf