Loughnane clearly has a soft spot for her. Speaking at a stable tour back in 2024, he described her as "a bull of a filly" who had physically transformed between seasons, putting on an extraordinary 85kg of condition. He called her an enigma — a horse that somehow performed well as a youngster despite not being built for it yet. That combination of unusual physicality and what he called a "super attitude" gives you a sense of a horse with a bit of personality about her.
Her real home is Southwell, the all-weather track in Nottinghamshire, where she has won 3 times from just 8 races. That is a one-in-three record at a single course, which is the kind of stat that makes a trainer's eyes light up when the entries open. And it's not just Southwell — on normal ground conditions, she wins roughly 1 in every 3 races (6 from 18), which suggests she really does have preferences and performs best when conditions suit.
The partnership with jockey Laura Pearson has produced just 1 win from 8 races together — about one in eight — which is modest, though it should be said that form for any jockey-horse combination can be shaped as much by the difficulty of the race as by the partnership itself. The yard has been in strong form this season, sending out 39 winners, so the infrastructure around Dance Time is clearly working.
Her most recent win came at Wolverhampton in November 2025 — around seven months ago — and her last six runs (finished 3rd, 7th, 9th, 5th, 4th, 3rd most recently) suggest she is knocking on the door without quite breaking through. She raced just yesterday, so the team are keeping her busy. A horse that has won six times and placed 17 more tends to find its way back to the winner's enclosure eventually.
| Course | Races | Results | Last visited | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell Galloping |
8 | 3 wins, 2 seconds, 2 thirds, 1 other | 28 Dec | 37.5% |
| Wolverhampton Galloping |
6 | 2 wins, 2 thirds, 2 other | 3 Mar | 33.3% |
| Chester Tight |
4 | 1 second, 3 other | 30 May | 0% |
| Lingfield Park Sharp |
3 | 1 win, 2 other | 3 Apr | 33.3% |
| Haydock Park Galloping |
2 | 1 third, 1 other | 9 Aug | 0% |
| Nottingham Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 15 Aug | 0% |
| Leicester Sharp |
1 | 1 other | 24 Jul | 0% |
| Ffos Las Galloping |
1 | 1 third | 1 Sep | 0% |
| Newcastle Galloping |
1 | 1 second | 10 Nov | 0% |
| Carlisle Undulating |
1 | 1 third | 15 Jun | 0% |
| Kempton Park Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 10 Dec | 0% |
| York Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 11 Oct | 0% |