He was sired by the great Mr. Prospector, and out of the 1991 Canadian Triple Crown winning filly Dance Smartly.
Alongside Scatter the Gold, Dance Smartly also produced 2001 Queen's Plate winner, filly Dancethruthedawn.
[1] An article in The Globe and Mail on Dance Smartly's death described Scatter the Gold as "a big handsome colt with his mother's peel-me-a-grape attitude".
[4] In the Prince of Wales Stakes, he had such a poor start that his jockey feared he may have grabbed a quarter, and he was fourth of seven horses at the top of the final stretch.
He did not exhibit his usual late burst of speed, and lost by three lengths to Lodge Hill and a neck behind Master Stuart.