Best Dancer (JPN) Horse

Country

Japan

Foal Date

01-Jan-23

Colour

bay

Sire

Fine Needle

Dam

Hagino Queen

Prize Money

5525

Owners

Junichi Shinmura

About

Best Dancer is a 2yo horse from Japan trained by Masaya Suzuki. He is by Fine Needle out of Hagino Queen. He has not yet broken his maiden, failing to win in seven attempts. In his most recent race at Kanazawa on 17 April 2026, he was ridden by Asano Toy and finished fifth behind the winner Ocean Dream.

Raced At

Kanazawa

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Kanazawa 17-Apr-26 1501m R3 Race 3 (b3) $21,500 (of $751,000) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:43.300, SP: 67.00 1st Ocean Dream ( T Kurihara 121 ) 2nd Lord El Dorado ( T Nakajima 126 ) 2.00L 3rd Lord Calibur ( K Uozumi 126 ) 7.00L 5th Best Dancer ( A Toy 115 ) 15.50L See full resultsA Toy 52.2kg 15.50L5 (9)
Kanazawa 03-Apr-26 1501m SOFT R6 Race 6 (b4) (of $751,000) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:46.900, SP: 11.00 1st Diaphanes ( A Yoshida 121 ) 2nd Nine Peace ( K Uozumi 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Gold Social ( S Yonekura 121 ) 1.50L 8th Best Dancer ( A Toy 115 ) 40.50L See full resultsA Toy 52.2kg 40.50L8 (9)
Kanazawa 24-Mar-26 1501m HEAVY R2 Race 2 (b3) $55,000 (of $751,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:46.300, SP: 5.50 1st Light As Feather ( Y Shibata 121 ) 2nd Saimon Southern ( H Tachi 126 ) 10.00L 3rd My Fight ( K Hirotaka 121 ) 0.50L 4th Best Dancer ( M Aoyagi 121 ) 13.00L See full resultsM Aoyagi 54.9kg 13.00L4 (7)
Kanazawa 12-Mar-26 1400m HEAVY R2 Race 2 (b2) (of $751,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 01:38.800, SP: 7.00 1st Allonsy Mande ( M Aoyagi 121 ) 2nd Fine Blue ( M Matsudo 121 ) 3.00L 3rd Kiyosumi ( K Hirotaka 121 ) 0.30L 7th Best Dancer ( K Katsurayama 121 ) 22.00L See full resultsK Katsurayama 54.9kg 22.00L7 (10)
Kanazawa 14-Sep-25 1400m HEAVY R10 Race 10 (cond) (of $6,800,000) Barrier 5, Winning Time: 01:27.700, SP: 101.00 1st M T Sieg ( T Nakajima 123 ) 2nd K's Komakusa ( M Matsudo 121 ) 6.00L 3rd Kamino Menorca ( M Aoyagi 121 ) 0.75L 12th Best Dancer ( K Uozumi 121 ) 74.65L See full resultsK Uozumi 54.9kg 74.7kgL12 (12)
Kanazawa 05-Aug-25 900m GOOD R1 Race 1 (cond) $192,000 (of $1,020,000) Barrier 11, Winning Time: 00:57.500, SP: 2.20 1st Mo Mo Chrome ( A Yoshida 121 ) 2nd Best Dancer ( K Uozumi 121 ) 5.00L 3rd Smile Hop ( T Kurihara 121 ) 0.75L See full resultsK Uozumi 54.9kg 5.00L2 (11)
Kanazawa 20-Jul-25 900m GOOD R7 Race 7 (cond) $256,000 (of $2,720,000) Barrier 6, Winning Time: 00:56.300, SP: 29.00 1st Mumtaz Chocolat ( T Nakajima 121 ) 2nd Garibata ( S Kato 121 ) 0.30L 3rd Best Dancer ( K Uozumi 121 ) 8.30L See full resultsK Uozumi 54.9kg 8.30L3 (8)