"It was a shattering performance!" | Watch back Dancing Brave's 1986 Arc win with Guy Harwood 

That withering run down the outside still gives me goosebumps nearly forty years later .what a fantastic racehorse I believe there were nine or ten individual group 1 winners in that arc that year and the brave made them look pedestrian

In the Arc de Triomphe of 1986 there were 11 group one winners facing Dancing Brave that day . I still get chills 38 years later .By the way , the starting price that Sunday afternoon was a rsther generous 2/1 . 2's for the greatest horse i have ever seen on a racecourse ! Steal of the decade ... I hope you were on too ?

Still my favourite horse of all time, just a brilliant horse in the jockey wasn't too bad either.

This horse was phenomenal and I would think he's one of the best there's ever been

How good was Pat Eddery..he knew the horse he was riding and rode to perfection..Legend RIP...

Abdullah as had some absolutely fantastic horses . Glad juddmonte are still going

1986 was a great year, the derby, the arc, wayward lad v dawn run what a year

Worthy winner fantastic jockey and incredible horse. That's a Pat Eddery masterclass.

It is difficult to say he was the best horse ever because (although I'm predominately a jumps fan) I like so many others and was so pleased that Henry deservedly got the wonderful Frankel. However, as much as I loved Frankel, I have to say that Dancing Brave is the best horse I've seen and I consider him to be unbeaten, in that the dirt race should never have been entered and the horse had a rough time and then in the Derby poor Greville Starkey HAD to ride him to get the trip - closer to the pace that day and he would have won alright! What has to be remembered about the 1986 Arc is the quaility of the opposition. The unbeaten Bering, Sharastani, and the magical Triptych to name but a few were just... brushed aside... at will, by a truly magnificent horse and a cracking jockey.

Sea Bird's Derby and Arc were also mighty impressive. If he had raced in the 21st century with superior video technology and its extensive media and social media coverage he would be talked about like no other horse.

Anyone who thinks Frankel would have beaten DB after watching this race needs to visit Specsavers

Racing Post readers got it right, the greatest race i ever saw, I'm biased Horse and jockey were and still are my favourites.

guy Harwood was always my fave trainer

Extra-Ordinary acceleration , yes!! Amazing horse and as Guy had stated previously that was due to how low of an angle he grabbed the ground at his unusual stride pattern was very different to other horses and that was the key to his greatness the Parrott mouth made no difference , Guy was very lucky to have got him Jeremy Tree had first choice and didn't like him! that is extra ordinary too in retrospect

Lovely piece. Nice to see Guy Harwood. I think he's half saying that Pat gave him a heart attack waiting so long.

This is great but surely the vote and everything warranted a longer edit? Like half an hour even? Could have asked him about his gallops leading up to the race after the Goodwood canter. Guy says he was absolutely spot on on the day of the race. Seems a perfect cue to talk about his homework in the lead up. Where do I apply for this interviewing job lark??

He was an amazing horse.he was versatile,with incredible turn of foot.its difficult to compare him with frankel.the latest was more consistent,DB was vulnerable at times and didnt win as often as frankel.but both of them were magnificent horses.

Just to have been Pat, aboard a living breathing rocket, not much in life is that exhilarating!

Best ever IMHO

Never take away the brilliant ride from Pat Eddery. Superb jockey.

One of the strengths of Pat Eddery was that he always with the horses he rode he knew how much of a horse had beneath him and that gave him the ability to bring Dancing Brave to the fore at the 1 1/2 furlong , magnificent ride magnificent race magnificent horse , but still think Grundy beating Bustino in 1975 was a greater race , why ? run at blistering pace that even the sixth horse home broke the track record

Never been a horse born by his mother who would have beat the brave on arc day

The greatest race of all time

Brilliant 🐎 world class jockey

DB is the greatest horse that has ever been born in the greatest race ever run. The sectionals in the Arc are unmatched to this day. Ratings of the first five home are 140, 136, 132, 135 and 134. Such high ratings have been achieved before or since

The greatest race ever..no less than ten group one winners and Dancing Brave won pulling up..the jockey Pat Eddery rode an immaculate race..perfect timed ride..easily the greatest jockeys ever..Piggot a distant second...

As someone who doesn't know what D Brave looked like, I had to wait till the end of the race to know who to look for.

Still gutted over being 2nd in the derby , backed him at 10/1 ante post plus in a double 😡

Rb was great because the opposition was amazing. I think Frankie was better at 4, but Flightline and Frankie never had opposition like this. This field was loaded

I'm by no means a horse racing fan and hardly ever watch it, but for me Dancing Brave stands out . The acceleration to go to the front was incredible. The only horse that has ever captured my imagination. Only disappointment was coming 2nd in the Derby, and i think that was mistiming the run in.

IMHO, Dancing Brave was the best middle distance flat horse I have seen in the best generation of 1986, but as for the best horse race, it was one defined by a loser...1973 Grand National. Honourable mention - the 1984 Whitbread wasnt shabby

The Brave could have won the July Cup in 86' if he had been aimed at it the distance really made no difference at all with him

Great horse but sorry, Red Rum winning the Grand National was my fave

Dancing Brave was a brilliant racehorse, but I would say Sea Bird's Arc win was better.

Why wasn't Starkey riding?..... Oh yeah.

Jockey and horse in perpetual motion 🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎

The brave the best flat. Horse ever

Gotta put him 2nd to Sea The Stars. In addition as a sire there's no comparison.

Nonsense, Grubdy and Bustino in the King George was the best I've ever seen

Pat Eddery is easily the greatest rider ever..period

Not expecting anyone to agree with this, but I thought his Eclipse was even more impressive - he was under pressure to deliver after the Derby and it's not always an easy race to get right. He destroyed a good field there, and whilst I agree this is better quality, everything here was teed up for a 10f horse - good pace, lots of effort from those in front of him, it was all there for him to pick them off. I'm not saying it was that easy, but the race couldn't have been run better to suit him - and there have been plenty of bad-luck stories in the Arc where the best horse didn't win. It helped that Eddery is the sort of jockey who is impervious to criticism so rode his own race (Starkey a bit more sensitive to that sort of thing, even though I still feel Eddery wouldn't have won on him at Epsom either! the pace was unusually slow) Great to see Guy Harwood in good form.

Peintre Celebre was equally as impressive..

Not secratariat? 😂

You have the right jockey but the wrong horse race. The greatest is the King George won by Grundy beating Bustino in a war of attrition. The third place finisher, Dahlia, had won the previous year's race in record time. She finished third beaten 5 lengths and even then eclipsed her own course record. Star Appeal, which finished fourth went on to win the Arc later that year. Other also fans in that race such as On My Way went on to frank the form. Bustino never ran again, Grundy one more time but failed miserably beaten by much inferior horses. That race took everything from those two great horses. There is no question that that was the greatest race ever. You can look it up.

Didn't look anything super special really....