Word: winfrey
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...Wide Swath. Native Dancer's easy, businesslike victory earned him a rest. Trainer Bill Winfrey, who has no intention of letting the horse out of sight, will take him to California with the racing stable, put him back in training in December after a precautionary ankle-"blistering" (i.e., tightening). Next race: Jamaica in April. "Anything more this season would be superfluous," explained Winfrey. "He's done all we could ask of him-answered all the questions...
...superlative son of Polynesian (leading money-winning sire of two-year-olds this season) is the second foal of Geisha (a fair-to-middling Vanderbilt mare by the great Discovery). "He doesn't have a nerve in his body, or a drop of temperament," according to Trainer Winfrey. This is one explanation of the Dancer's greatness. Another, Winfrey suspects, is inside the colt's deep chest: "Those lungs may be his greatest asset. At the end of a race he never shows the slightest sign of being winded or tired." Winfrey likens Native Dancer...