Taba Dance

Born

February 8, 1988

Died

February 8, 2014

Pedigree

Sire: Sovereign Dancer
Dam: Taba
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Progeny

1993: Change Partners by Time For A Change
1994: Claim This Dance by Mining
1996: Between Dances by Miswaki
1997: Tabadabadoo by Gilded Time
2000: Tabiana by Rubiano
2001: Comic Express by Comic Strip
2004: Wild Wanell by Yes Its True
2005: Crespo by Essence Of Dubai
2007: Overtime Magic by Essence Of Dubai
2009: Telemetric by Offlee Wild

Racing History

3 Starts: 0 Wins, 0 Places, 0 Shows
Career Earnings: $0

 

About

Our Mims Retirement Haven bid farewell to Taba Dance today at its Paris, Kentucky farm. Taba Dance, a daughter of Sovereign Dancer out of the Argentinean champion Taba, was euthanized on Saturday, 8 February. She suffered from a sudden onset of devastating laminitis with a very poor prognosis. The mare was twenty-six years-old; she was born February 8, 1988.

Taba Dance was unplaced in three races at Arlington Park. She sold at Keeneland four separate times. Her highest sale price came at the Keeneland November 1995 sale where her auction price attained $110,000. Taba Dance had nine foals in her broodmare career. Her most famous offspring is Tabadabado by Gilded Time. Tabadabado won $163,828 and came in third in the 2001 Kentucky Cup Mile.

The half-sister of champion Turkoman was donated to the Haven on September 10, 2009. She was fully sponsored by her owner, Cathy Dickenson. Because of the snow and ice, Taba Dance was not able to be buried. Ms. Dickenson paid for the mare’s cremation, and Taba Dance’s ashes will be buried in the Haven cemetery next to her dam, Taba.

Jeanne Mirabito, Farm Owner and OMRH Founder and President, remarked: “Taba Dance was one of a kind. She delighted in splashing in puddles and wallowing in mud. She could keep the most experienced horse person circling the pasture for quite some time avoiding being caught, but let a child call out her name and that big mare would drop her head, nose almost dragging the ground for the child to lead her with ease. She will be missed.”

Mirabito added, “Taba Dance was a very lucky horse. She was owned by Cathy Dickenson, and Taba Dance owned Cathy’s heart. The Dickenson’s support for their horses doesn’t end when the horse stops earning money. They believe their horses are forever. They are a shining example of what horse ownership should be. If more owners were like them, there would never be a need for horse rescue. The entire thoroughbred industry should applaud their dedication.”

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