Word: midstretch
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...Down the backstretch, Native Dancer was an unimpressive fourth, seven lengths behind Laffango, winner of the one-mile Champagne Stakes. At the far turn, Jockey Eric Guerin asked the big (1,150 Ibs.) grey colt for action. As usual, the Dancer responded with a surge of power, and by midstretch he had put away the leaders. Although the colt likes to loaf once he gets in front, a» warning wave of Jockey Guerin's bat sent him winging under the wire in an excellent 1:44⅓The victory, worth $38,525, boosted Native Dancer's earnings...
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