Native Dancer Continues To Impress in Workouts: Steps Seven Furlongs in 1:24 4/5 Willingly While Traveling Along, Daily Racing Form, 1954-05-01

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Native Dancer Continues To Impress in Workouts WorkoutsSteps Steps Seven Furlongs in 1 1244s 244s Willingly While Traveling Along AlongBELMONT BELMONT PARK Elmont L I N Y April 30 Alfred G Vanderbilts Native Dancer again attracted the most attention from the workwatchers at Belmont Park this morning The gray champion contin ¬ ues to impress most favorably and seems ready for any eventuality Working alone and very willingly he stepped seven fur ¬ longs in 124 finishing strongly with a final furlong in 12 The fractions were snapped in 242s 36 47 100 and six furlongs in 112 112Native Native Dancer who was unbeaten at two and suffered his only defeat last year in the KentuckycDerby when he was beaten inches by Dark Star went to the sidelines early last fall suffering from stone bruises The big gray shows ho sign of this injury while the ankles that always looked worse than they were also appear to be giving no trouble as he moves toward his seasonal debut debutNative Native Dancer is pointing for the 30000 Metropolitan Mile on May 15 but there is a 15000 overnight handicap at six furlongs scheduled for May 7 to which he is eligible Should that race fill Native Dancer can get in with 126 pounds which is a pound under scale Since the dash which is named the Commando is also a likely spot for the threeyearold Porter ¬ house who would carry only 110 pounds under the allowance conditions there is a fair chance that it will fill fillGreentree Greentree Stables Son and Heir a juve ¬ nile brother to Capot who looks like the best of the formidable array of youngsters in that barn breezed five furlongs in 103 this morning not being asked for any real speed The son of Menow Piquet is eligible to the Juvenile Stakes on May 12 but appears slightly less advanced in condition than Greentrees Illusionist and Gold Box who are also in that fixture AH three are also in the National Stallion on May 26


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