Swiss Skydiver Regroups in Saratoga for Summer

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Swiss Skydiver wins the Beholder Mile Stakes at Santa Anita Park

Peter Callahan's Swiss Skydiver , scratched from the June 5 Ogden Phipps Stakes (G1) at Belmont Park after running a fever, is training at Saratoga Race Course toward summer objectives.

Trainer Kenny McPeek tweeted a video of last year's champion 3-year-old filly galloping there June 17. He told Churchill Downs publicity that she could race at Saratoga in the Shuvee Stakes (G3) July 25 and Personal Ensign Stakes Presented by Lia Infiniti (G1) Aug. 28. The Personal Ensign is a Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" qualifier for the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) this fall at Del Mar.

Last year Swiss Skydiver won the Alabama Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, two starts before she upset eventual Horse of the Year Authentic   in the Preakness Stakes (G1) at Pimlico Race Course.

Following the Preakness, she ran seventh after a troubled start in the Breeders' Cup Distaff at Keeneland last fall. This year at age 4, the Daredevil   filly won the March 13 Beholder Mile Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park and ran third in the Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park April 17.

McPeek also told Churchill Downs publicity that Stonestreet Lexington Stakes (G3) winner King Fury , owned by Fern Circle Stables and Three Chimneys Farm, remains on schedule for the $500,000 Ohio Derby (G3) June 26 at Thistledown.