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Headed by four Grade 1 winners and a trio of Grade 2 victors, a field of 16 was entered for Saturday’s $1.7 million Kentucky Turf Cup
Sword Dancer (G1) winner Bolshoi Ballet was set to be flown back to Ireland Sunday evening with a return trip for the $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic (G1) on September 30 at Belmont at the Big A under consideration as a springboard to the Breeders’ Cup.
Juddmonte’s Kentucky homebred Idiomatic was awarded a 101 Beyer Speed Figure for her dominant score in Friday’s Personal Ensign (G1), a nine-furlong test for older fillies and mares at Saratoga Race Course.
Bolshoi Ballet, who won his North American debut in the Belmont Derby (G1) more than two years ago, put away favored fellow Irish-bred Stone Age leaving the far turn and drove to a decisive 4 1/2-length triumph in Saturday’s $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Bolshoi Ballet, who won his North American debut in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby more than two years ago, put away favored fellow Irish-bred Stone Age leaving the far turn and powered through the stretch to a decisive 4 1/2-length triumph in Saturday’s Grade 1, $750,000 Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer at Saratoga Race Course. […]