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2011 Sword Dancer Invitational (G1)

Date/Track:
8/13/2011, Saratoga Race Course
Post Time:
5:45 PM ET
Distance:
1 1/2m (Turf)
Age/Sex:
3+ M
Time:
2:26.74

What the Nation is saying about the 2011 Sword Dancer Invitational (G1)...

They did it again. At the very instant the field for Saturday's Grade 1 Beverly D. at Arlington Park was crossing the finish line in Chicago the horses for the Grade 1 Sword Dancer at Saratoga were leaving the gate. These were two huge racing events and they happened virtually at the same time, forc...Read More
Patiently handled by Cornelio Velasquez, Winchester shot past Rahy’s Attorney in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the Grade 1 Sword Dancer on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.Read More
Winchester hits the bull's eye in the Sword Dancer! 
u just have to root for beleagured Belmont winner Drosselmeyer, poor billy mott, maybe he likes grass just to eat?
After Teaks North won Monmouth Park ’s Grade 1 United Nations at 1 3/8 miles, trainer Justin Sallusto anxiously awaited the opportunity to run the 4-year-old at an even longer distance. That opportunity will come on Saturday when Teaks North leaves his home base at Monmouth to compete as the 3-1 mor...Read More
Winchester will aim for his fourth Grade 1 victory when he competes on Saturday in Saratoga Race Course’s $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational at 1 ½ miles on the turf.Read More
Teaks North, winner of Monmouth Park’s Grade 1 United Nations on July 2, tuned up for his engagement in Saturday’s Grade 1 Sword Dancer with a 48.80 four-furlong breeze on Monday at Monmouth.   “He worked a nice half, breezing, and galloped out in 1:01 2/5,” said Justin Sallusto. “He cooled out...Read More
Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott sent 2010 Belmont Stakes winner Drosselmeyer and Royal Delta, most recently third in the Grade 1 TVG Coaching Club American Oaks, out in company Monday morning on the Oklahoma turf course, with the pair covering five furlongs in 59.04.   Drosselmeyer, second as th...Read More
Three-time Grade 1 winner Winchester worked five furlongs over the Oklahoma turf course Monday morning, covering the distance in 59.89 in preparation for a possible start in the Grade 1, $500,000 Sword Dancer Invitational run at 1 ½ miles on the turf on Saturday.   “He worked well,” trainer Chr...Read More
Trainer Christophe Clement, who will send out reigning Champion Turf Male Gio Ponti in next Saturday’s Grade 1 Arlington Million at Arlington Park, also has a pair of live possibilities for the Grade 1, 1 ½-mile Sword Dancer run here at Saratoga Race Course on the same day with three-time Grade 1 wi...Read More
Drosselmeyer, winner of the 2010 Belmont Stakes, breezed five furlongs in 1:02.44 over the Oklahoma turf course this morning. The 4-year-old colt, owned by WinStar Farm, is one of the invitees for the Grade 1 Sword Dancer for older turf horses on August 13.   Drosselmeyer has not raced since Ju...Read More
Winchester, second when returning from a seven-month absence in yesterday's Stars and Stripes at Arlington Park, could make his next start in the Grade 1 Sword Dancer Invitational at Saratoga on August 13, trainer Christophe Clement said Sunday morning.   Winner of last year's Grade 1 Joe Hirsc...Read More

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