Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Shareef Dancer was sired by Northern Dancer out of the mare Sweet Alliance by Sir Ivor. He was bought by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum for $3.3 million at Keeneland Sales in 1981, the second-highest selling yearling that year, behind only Ballydoyle. Shareef Dancer was trained by Michael Stoute at Newmarket, Suffolk.