He was bought by for 38,000 Irish pounds by the bloodstock agent Dermot "Demi" O'Byrne[4] on behalf of Michael Tabor and put into training with Neville Callaghan at Newmarket.

[1] Danehill Dancer then raced at the top level, when one month later he contested the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes.

[7] Danehill Dancer's final race of the season came in the Dewhurst Stakes, in a small, but select field.

Starting as the even money favourite, he took the lead of the race with over one furlong still to run and went to win by 1+1⁄2 lengths from Kahir Almaydan, with Tagula finishing in third place.

[11] Eight days later, Danehill Dancer finished ninth out of the ten runners in the Poule d'Essai des Poulains.

[13] Danehill Dancer was an outsider in the betting for the Prix Maurice de Gheest, for which Anabaa started as a short-price favourite.

[14] Danehill Dancer's final race of the season was the Haydock Sprint Cup, where he was once again ridden by Pat Eddery.

After chasing the leaders in the early stages, he soon lost his position and eventually finished in last place of the eleven runners behind winner Iktamal.

[15] Danehill Dancer stayed in training as a four-year-old, but his only race of the season came in the Duke of York Stakes on 15 May.

After chasing the leaders in the early stages he could not keep pace with them and finished seventh of the ten runners, approximately 4+1⁄2 lengths behind winner Royal Applause.

[1] He then traveled to Australia to stand as a stallion for Coolmore (which Michael Tabor is involved with) during the 1997 Southern Hemisphere breeding season.

Following his retirement Christy Grassick, a Coolmore manager, said: "Starting out at a lowly fee he continually upgraded his mares and ultimately became a major force in European and Australian breeding.