Dashing Blade (1 March 1987 – 15 August 2013) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire who won major races in Ireland, England, France and Italy.
In the following year he showed moderate form in England in spring but went on to win the Prix Eugène Adam in France and the Gran Premio d'Italia in Milan.
Dashing Blade was not an easy horse to train: before he appeared in a race he broke loose on the gallops, jumped a gate and ran free for several miles before being recovered.
[8] Dashing Blade was then moved up in class and distance for the Group Three Vintage Stakes over seven furlongs at Goodwood Racecourse in which he was matched against the undefeated favourite Be My Chief.
After tracking the outsider Smokey Native, Dashing Blade went to the front approaching the final furlong and came out best in a closely contested finish, beating Wedding Bouquet by three quarters of a length with Book The Band and Pictorial just behind in third and fourth.
[9] Dashing Blade returned to England to contest Britain's most prestigious race for two-year-olds, the Dewhurst Stakes over seven furlongs at Newmarket Racecourse on 20 October.
Dashing Blade was next in the betting on 8/1 whilst the other three runners were Cullinan and Anshan (second and third in the Cartier Million sales race) and the 66/1 outsider Call To Arms.
After racing in second place, Dashing Blade took the lead 800 metres from the finish and won by three lengths from the André Fabre-trained Verre Bleu.
The best of his offspring included Proudwings (Falmouth Stakes), Lord of England (Bayerishes Zuchtrennen), Faberger (Premio Vittorio di Capua), Soave (Bénazet-Rennen), Sirius (Grosser Preis von Berlin) and Moon Over Miami (November Novices' Chase).