Aug. 8 (UPI) --Lots of top-level turf racing with a little seasoning of promising 2-year-olds makes up the menu for weekend horse racing. Saturday's Grade I Sword Dancer on the Saratoga greensward is ...

This weekend, the focus at Saratoga Race Course heads to the turf, as Saturday’s card is headlined by the Grade 1, $1 million Sword Dancer. The Sword Dancer, named for the 1959 Horse of the Year, ...

Sword Dancer To Be Renamed Christophe Clement Turf In 2026 originally appeared on Paulick Report. The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) on Saturday announced the renaming of the $750,000 Sword ...

The New York Racing Association Aug. 9 announced the renaming of the $750,000 Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) to honor the life and legacy of Christophe Clement, the late trainer who won the prestigious ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. — International powerhouse trainer Charlie Appleby has won his fair share of top turf events at New York’s racetracks, and will have two chances to add a Grade 1, $750,000 ...

Trainer Miguel Clement will send out his stable's top horse in Far Bridge, who will look to repeat in Saturday's Grade 1 Sword Dancer at Saratoga. The name Clement has become frequent when talking ...

Weekend Lineup: Turf Marathoners In The Spotlight originally appeared on Paulick Report. The turf male division could get shaken up this weekend as some of its best runners go to post in the 1 ¼-mile ...

LSU Stables’ multiple Grade 1-winner Far Bridge breezed five furlongs in 1:02 1/5 seconds on Friday over the Oklahoma turf training track, according to NYRA Clockers, towards a title defense in next ...

On the fifth Saturday of the summer meet at Saratoga Race Course, El Cordobes won the Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Stakes. NYRA announced Saturday that the stakes race will be renamed in 2026 to ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — It was going to be tough to beat the excitement of last weekend’s Whitney Stakes, but Saturday’s card at Saratoga Race Course came close with another Breeders’ Cup ...