Gate Dancer
by D Hackett
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Gate Dancer
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D Hackett
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Photograph - 35mm Film Scanned To Digital And Restored
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Gate Dancer by D Hackett
Gate Dancer (1981 1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as a winner of an American Classic Race in 1984, the Preakness Stakes in 1984 and for his part in a thrilling three-horse finish in the inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Classic.
For the Preakness Stakes, jockey Angel Cordero, Jr. was aboard Gate Dancer. This time, the colt had a clean start in the much smaller field of nine and won the second leg of the Triple Crown series. Swale, the heavily favored Derby winner, finished well back in seventh place. However, in the grueling 1� mile Belmont Stakes, Gate Dancer moved into contention as they headed into the homestretch but after making a charge at the front running Swale, he tired and dropped back to finish sixth.
Retired to Florida, Gate Dancer initially stood at stud at owner Kenneth Opstein's Good Chance Farm near Ocala in south Marion County, Florida and eventually ended up at Silverleaf Farm near Summerfield. Although he sired 27 stakes winners, none achieved the same level of racing success as Gate Dancer. On March 6, 1998, after a long struggle with laminitis, Gate Dancer was humanely euthanized. He was buried at Johnson Hollow Farm, near Oxford, Florida.
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