As a 3-year-old in 1959, Sword Dancer finished second in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness – losing the former by a nose to Tomy Lee – and won the Belmont Stakes, Metropolitan Handicap, Travers, Woodward, and Jockey Club Gold Cup en route to multiple year-end honors, including Horse of the Year. In 39 career starts, Sword Dancer competed only three times on grass, with his best finishes a second in the 1960 United Nations Handicap and a third in his final start, the Man o’ War at Belmont the same year. A 1 ½-mile turf race since 1980, the Sword Dancer moved from Belmont Park to Saratoga in 1992. From 1994-2003, it was run as an invitational handicap.
$750,000.00 1 1/2 (Turf) Grade:I
Year
Horse
Age
Weight
Time
Owner
Trainer
Jockey
Value
2024
Far Bridge
4
120
2:29.51
LSU Stables
Christophe Clement
Joel Rosario
$412,500
2023
Bolshoi Ballet
5
120
2:29.29
Westerberg Limited, Magnier, Mrs. John, Tabor, Michael B. and Smith, Derrick
Aidan P. O'Brien
John R. Velazquez
$412,500
2022
Gufo
5
122
2:28.92
Otter Bend Stables, LLC
Christophe Clement
Joel Rosario
$412,500
2021
Gufo
4
122
2:28.30
Otter Bend Stables, LLC
Cristophe Clement
Joel Rosario
$412,500
2020
Channel Maker
6
122
2:34.86
Wachtel Stable, Barber, Gary, R. A. Hill Stable and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing
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