LSU stables “TDN Rising Star” FAR BRIDGE (c, 4, English Channel–Fitpitcher, by Kitten’s Joy) was left alone in the lead and ridden to perfection by Joel Rosario to win the GI Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes by about a length on Saturday to earn a berth in the GI Breeders’ Cup Turf at Del Mar on the first weekend in November. A distant third at 8-1 behind Godolphin’s GI Manhattan Stakes hero Measured Time (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and the longer-winded Silver Knott (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), Far Bridge went straight to the lead and although the time was quite comfortable over the first half-mile, the real damage was done in the next two furlongs where Far Bridge – pressured throughout by GII Bowling Green Stakes winner Silver Knott – was allowed to cover that distance in a leisurely :26.29. The four-year-old remained in control but Measured Time, who was a little single-minded on this first attempt at the 12-furlong distance, broke away on the inside and was thrown three wide at the head of the track. But as he had done in the Manhattan – where he was good enough to overtake it on the shorter course – Measured Time moved a little to the outside and with a final sprint home in :23.21, Far Bridge fended off the challenger and emerged a comfortable one-length winner at the finish.

Saturday, Saratoga
RESORTS WORLD CASINO SWORD DANCER S.-GI$727,500, Saratoga, 8-24, 3 years and older, 1 1/2 mT, 2:29.51, fm.
1–FAR BRIDGE, 120, c, 4, on the English Channel
1. Mother: Fitpitcher, by Kitten’s Joy
2. Mother: Teenage Temper, by AP Indy
3. Mother: Pleasant Temper, by Storm Cat
O-LSU Stables; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J Joel Rosario. $412,500. “TDN-Rising Star”. Overall record: 12-5-3-2, $1,477,700. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for The eNicks report and 5-cross pedigreeClick here for the free Catalogue style pedigree from Equineline.com.
2–Measured time (GB)126, c, 4, Frankel (GB)–Mini Dress (GB), by Street Cry (Ire). O/B Godolphin (GB); T Charles Appleby. $150,000.
3–Silver Knot (GB)124, g, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)–God Given (GB), by Nathaniel (Ire). (725,000gns Ylg ’21 TATOCT). O Godolphin, LLC; B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (UK); T Charles Appleby. $90,000.
Margins: 1, 3 1/4, NK. Odds: 8.20, 0.85, 1.30.
Also played: Pioneering Spirit, Grand Sonata. Cancelled: Soldier Rising (GB).
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All the heart of FAR BRIDGE with a surprise in class 1 @ResortsWorldNYC Sword Dancer Missions! Hall of Famer @JRosarioJockey was on board for trainer @clementstable. pic.twitter.com/GIKmSXe8BS

— NYRA (🎪) (@TheNYRA) 24 August 2024