Kyoei March(JPN), one of the best Japanese daughters of
Dancing Brave(USA), now leaves her name as the granddam of the historic 2021 BC Distaff winner
Marche Lorraine(JPN)(2016M. by Orfevre).
Kyoei March was the 1997 Oka Sho (G1) winner on the turf and, interestingly, she was also a good performer on the dirt in Japan.
She passed away in 2007 at Northern Farm and Marche Lorraine's dam
Vite Marcher(JPN)(2002M. by French Deputy) was her first foal.
Kyoei March(JPN): 1994M. Dancing Brave(USA) x Inter Charmant(JPN) by Bravest Roman(USA)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000287403/
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0000287403/record/ (race record)
28-8-4-3
Marche Lorraine(JPN): 2016M. Orfevre(JPN) x Vite Marcher(JPN) by French Deputy(USA)
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001215728/
https://www.jbis.jp/horse/0001215728/record/ (race record)
21-9-2-2
Unfortunately,
Dancing Brave seems to have failed to be a good sire of sires after all....
But his bloodline remains active and influential worldwide through the daughters he left both in Europe and in Japan.
Some major stallions in Europe --
Dubawi,
Oasis Dream,
Kingman and so on -- carry Dancing Brave bloods.
King Halo (1995H. Dancing Brave x
Goodbye Halo) is now emerging a very successful broodmare sire in Japan, too, producing G1 winner
Pixie Knight(JPN)(2018C. by Maurice) and G2 winner
Deep Bond(JPN)(2017C, by Kizuna) recently.
