Gate Dancer

Gate Dancer
SireSovereign Dancer
GrandsireNorthern Dancer
DamSun Gate
DamsireBull Lea
SexStallion
Foaled1981
CountryUnited States
ColourBay
BreederWilliam R. Davis
OwnerKenneth Opstein
TrainerJack Van Berg
Record28: 7-8-7
EarningsUS$2,501,705
Major wins
Super Derby (1984)
Omaha Gold Cup (1984)
Cornhusker Handicap (1985) American Classic Race wins:
Preakness Stakes (1984)
Honours
Gate Dancer Street in Elkhorn, Nebraska
Last updated on May 16, 2007

Gate Dancer (1981–1998) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as a winner of an American Classic Race, the Preakness Stakes, and for his part in a three-horse finish in the inaugural running of the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Bred in Florida by William R. Davis, Gate Dancer was a son of Sovereign Dancer, in turn a son of the great Northern Dancer. He was out of the mare Sun Gate, whose sire was Bull Lea, a five-time Leading sire in North America. Owned by Ken Opstein. Trained by Jack Van Berg, on the racetrack the high-strung colt became distressed from the sounds of the crowd until his trainer devised a hood for his head with earmuffs that minimized the noise.