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Sword Dancer Invitational S.

SARATOGA, Saratoga Springs, NY

  • Purse: $500,000
  • Date: August 16, 2008
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  • Age: 3 yo's & up
  • Race: 8
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 Five-Cross
1 Grand Couturier (GB) Margin: 2 BRIS: 98 $300,000

2003, Bay Horse
Grand Lodge - Lady Elgar (IRE), Sadler's Wells

  • Breeder:Tom Wilson
  • Owner: Keller, Marc
  • Trainer: Robert Ribaudo
  • Jockey: Alan Garcia

Sire: Grand Lodge, Chestnut, 1991. Raced 2 years. 13 starts, 4 wins, $653,507. Lifetime: 0 yearlings sold, median $77,213.

Broodmare Sire: Sadler's Wells, Bay, 1981.

2 Better Talk Now Margin: ¾ BRIS: 96 $100,000

1999, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding
Talkin Man - Bendita, Baldski

  • Breeder:Wimborne Farm, Inc.
  • Owner: Bushwood Stable
  • Trainer: H. Graham Motion
  • Jockey: Ramon A. Dominguez

Sire: Talkin Man, Dark Bay or Brown, 1992. Raced 2 years. 10 starts, 5 wins, $677,967. Lifetime: 63 yearlings sold, median $7,000. In 2009: 1.85 AEI.

Broodmare Sire: Baldski, Dark Bay or Brown, 1974.

3 Interpatation Margin: BRIS: 95 $50,000

2002, Dark Bay or Brown Gelding
Langfuhr   - Idealistic Cause, Habitony

  • Breeder:Larry Cassaday & Jack O. Thompson
  • Owner: Mavorah, Elliot
  • Trainer: Robert Barbara
  • Jockey: Jose L. Espinoza

Sire: Langfuhr  , Bay, 1992. Raced 3 years. 23 starts, 9 wins, $698,574. Lifetime: 340 yearlings sold, median $25,000.

Broodmare Sire: Habitony, Bay, 1974.

Time: 2:32.21   Track: GD

Others: Presious Passion, $25,000; Dancing Forever, $15,000; Equitable, $10,000.

FinishHorseJockeyTrainer
1Grand Couturier (GB)Alan GarciaRobert Ribaudo
2Better Talk NowRamon A. DominguezH. Graham Motion
3InterpatationJose L. EspinozaRobert Barbara
4Presious PassionEddie CastroMary Hartmann
5Dancing ForeverRene R. DouglasClaude R. McGaughey III
6EquitableKent J. DesormeauxWilliam I. Mott

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