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 ...

The $750,000 Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) is a 1 1/2-mile turf feature at Saratoga Race Course for 3-year-olds and older that is now part of the Travers Stakes Day undercard. As the season's premier turf ...

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 ...

ELMONT, N.Y. − Hoping to find a softer, gentler turf course in Canada than the one he expected to get at Belmont Park, trainer Robert Ribaudo said he would scratch Grand Couturier from Saturday’s ...

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, ...

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) has announced that the Grade 1, $750,000 Sword Dancer will be renamed the Christophe Clement Turf in 2026 to honor the late trainer Christophe Clement.