Raised on his family’s Jonabell Farm in Lexington, Bell received a finance degree with honors from the University of Kentucky in 2004. After graduation, he worked for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin for three seasons in Florida, Kentucky and New York. He also represented jockey Fernando Jara as an agent on the East Coast.

In 2011, Bell founded Cromwell Bloodstock, a full-service bloodstock agency and consulting firm named after a company owned by his grandfather, John A. Bell, and has been its president for the past decade. He is also a member of The Jockey Club, Breeders’ Cup Ltd., the American Graded Stakes Committee and the Equibase Management Committee. Bell previously was on the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and was the U.S. representative for Goffs Sales of Ireland. 

Gatewood and his wife, Lauren, have three children: Eloise, Daisy and Gus.