Gran Premio di Milano
Kala Dancer was a "big, rangy" grey horse bred in Britain by the Italian-based Scuderia Gibierre. He was from the first crop of foals sired by Niniski, the winner of the Irish St Leger and Prix Royal Oak. Niniski also sired the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner Petoski in the same year as Kala Dancer and was the leading first-season sire in Great Britain and Ireland in 1984. Kala Dancer's dam Kalazero also produced Our Eliaso, an Italian-trained colt who won the Listed Prix de Claireforntaine and was placed in the Derby Italiano and the Gran Premio di Milano. Another of her foals, Kalisha, was the dam of the German 1,000 Guineas winner Rose of Zollern.