[3] 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.
[2] He entered the ownership of the Indian shipping magnate Ravi Tikkoo and was sent into training with Ben Hanbury at his Diomed Stable in Newmarket.
Two weeks later, the colt was moved up sharply in class to contest Britain's most prestigious two-year-old race, the Group One Dewhurst Stakes over the same course and distance.
The undefeated Irish-trained colt Law Society was made favourite ahead of the Mill Reef Stakes winner Local Suitor, while Kala Dancer, ridden by Geoff Baxter, started at odds of 20/1 in a field of eleven runners.
[2] Kala Dancer reportedly had training problems in the early part of 1985 and when he made his seasonal debut in the 2000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile course at Newmarket on 4 May he started a 20/1 outsider.
[8] The independent Timeform organisation gave Kala Dancer a rating of 129 and named him as their best two-year-old of the season although Law Society was given the same figure.