Memorial Day

[Gate Dancer]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

........G.D. my 2nd favorite horse of all time. a tribute to M.E. last saturday at hollywood park they showed the 1984 classic. Gate Dancer got jobed.

I have always thought that his 'reputation' is what got him took down in that race. From the head-on shot I thought that Wild Again came out rather than Gate Dancer coming in. Slew O'Gold got pinched for sure but it wasn't caused by Gate Dancer. He was probably the first 'big' horse I ever saw in person and had the ties to Omaha, Ak-Sar-Ben and Jack Van Berg that I grew up with. His Preakness win is still pretty cool to watch. I also think Alysheba is right up there in my Top 10 of favorite horses.