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N•E•W•S W•E•E•K•E•N•D TOIDA Y PREVIEW ARAZI TO JAPAN U.S. and European champion Arazi Today, Belmont Park (Blushing Groom {Fr}), who swept to the forefront of FLOWER BOWL INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $400,000, American racing with a breathtaking stretch run to 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, post time 5:19 p.m. EDT capture the 1 991 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile at Churchill PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Downs, has been sold to the Thoroughbred Breeders' 1 Golden Pond (Ire) Wolfson McCauley 7-2 Club of Japan and will ship to that country to stand in 2 Memories of Silver Toner Bailey 2-1 1998. Now eight, the stallion began his stud career at 3 Yashmak H Cecil Nakatani 10-1 Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England, then moved 4 Mc:1xzene Skiffington Smith 3-1 to Three Chimneys Farm for the 1 997 season, where he 5 Fanjica (Ire) B DA Cecil Migliore 6-1 stood for a fee of $30,000, live foal. "We are sorry to 6 Rumpipumpy (GB) Clement Santos 8-1 lose the horse," said Three Chimneys owner Robert N. 7 B. A. Valentine Romans Chavez 12-1 Clay, "but we feel fortunc;1te to have stood Arazi in 8 Yokama Mott Bravo 12-1 1997, and to be anticipat1ing at least one North Ameri Golden Pond (Ire) (Don't Forget Me {Ire}) reeled off can crop by him." Arazi won nine of his 14 career starts three straight at Gulfstream this winter, taking the Giii and retired with earnings of $1,300,206. Suwanee River H. at nin furlongs and Gii Orchid H. at 1 2 furlongs before headi g to the sidelines for 5 1 /2 KEENELAND OPENS TODAY The GI Queen Eliza months. Returning in the Gii Diana H. August 31, she beth II Challenge Cup headlines this afternoon's finished a close-up fourt after cutting out the early opening-day card at historic Keeneland Racecourse in fractions and being bum ed late. The four-year-old Lexington, Kentucky. The $400,000 mile-and-an-eighth makes her second start ff the layoff. Memories of event for three-year-old turf fillies is the first of 1 7 Silver (Silver Hawk), win er of last year's GI Queen stakes worth a total of nearly $3 million scheduled for Elizabeth II Challenge Cu and fifth in the GI Breeders' the 16-day meeting. Also on tap this season are the Cup Mile, was off from ctober until June but has taken $500,000-added GI Three Chimneys Spinster S. for two-of-three this year, in luding the GI Beverly D. S. at fillies and mares October 1 2, the $400,000-added Gii Arlington last out Augus 24. Maxzene (Cozzene), Walmac International Alcibiades for two-year-old fillies runner··up by a neck in t e Beverly D., is four-for-five at October 11 and the $400,000-added Gii Lane's End Belmont with wins in th Gii Sheepshead Bay H. in June Breeders' Futurity October 1 8 for two-year-olds, which and the Gii New York H. in July. Yashmak (Danzig) is expected to draw the undefeated division leader, makes her U.S. debut af er finishing second in the G 1 Favorite Trick (Phone Trick). "We're delighted to be in a Irish Oaks in her latest J ly 13. _position to offer the kind of purse structure that we've Weekend Preview cont. p ·put together for this fall's meeting," said Keeneland President William C. Greely. "Obviously, the higher the purse structure, the better chance you have of attract ing the top Thoroughbreds in the country and we cer TO SATURDAY OCTOB R 4: tainly expect to have outstanding racing." In addition, 10-1 7 $ 100150, 000 Lon Look Breeders' Cup Keeneland will showcase a list of improvements which H. -Giii, Med, 3yo/u , f/m, 9f ( $100) includes the remodeling of the Blue Grass Room adja 10-18 $ 1, 000, 000 Jock y Club Gold Cup-GI, cent to the third floor of the grandstand, expanded Bel, 3yo/up, !Of($ ,OOOJ • parking, a new sprinkler system, and diaper changing 10-18 $500,000 Turf Cl ssic Invitational-GI, Bel, 3yo/up, tables in all restrooms--both ladies' and gentlemen's. 12fT (!NV) The Keeneland Fall meet runs Wednesdays through 10-18 $200,000 Kelso -Gil, Bel, 3yo/up, 8fT ($200) Sundays until October 25. First post is 1 : 1 0 p. m. 10-19 $400,000 Be/dam -GI, Bel, 3yo/up, f/m, 9f ($400) 10-19 $400,000 Frizette GI, Bel, 3yo, f, 8.5f ($400) WEEKEND PREVIEW ........... p1-5 10-19 $200,000 Forest ills H.-Gll, Bel, 3yo/up, 6f ($200) 10-19 $100/50,000 Phoenix Breeders' Cup, Kee, 3yo/up, RACING REPORTS ............ p5-7 -fJ'J 6f ($100) 10-19 $750,000JamaicaH.-Gll, Bel, 3yo, 9fT($150) z TOTAL PAGES ................. 8 10-19 $100,000 Highlander-GIC, Wo, 3yo/up, 6f ($100) PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-4-97 Weekend Preview cont. Today, Longchamp, France Today, Keeneland Racecourse PRIX DU CADRAN-G1, $139,424, 3yo/up, 2 1 /2m QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP S.-GI, PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY $400,000, 3yo, f, 1 1 /8mT, post time 4:40 p.m. EDT 1 Chief Contender (Ire) Chapple-Hyam 0 Doleuze PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 2 Toba (Ire) Martin-Sanchez S Guillot 1 Golden Arches (Fr) McAnally Mccarron 3-1 3 Double Trigger (Ire) Johnston M Roberts 2 Starry Dreamer McGaughey Martinez 12-1 4 Always Earnest Bollack-Badel A Badel 3 Ryafan Gosden Solis 4-1 5 Persian Punch (Ire) Elsworth C Asmussen 4 Witchful Thinking O'Callaghan Sellers 7-2 6 Celeric (GB) Morley L Dettori 5 Auntie Mame Penna Jr. Velazquez 2-1 7 Leonard Quercus (Fr) Bedouret 0 Peslier 6 Sagasious Toner Maple 1 2-1 All carry 128 pounds. 7 Swearingen Asmussen Albarado 8-1 Sire:>: Chief Contender (Ire) (Sadler's Wells); Toba 8 Mingling Glances Kessinger Jr. Peck 30-1 (Ire) (~>oughaan); Double Trigger (Ire) (Ela-Mana-Mou Golden Arches (Fr) (Common Grounds {GB}), a Group {Ire}); Always Earnest (Alleged); Persian Punch (Ire) winner in France, made her U.S. debut in the August 17 (Persic1n Heights {GB}); Celeric (GB) (Mtoto {GB}); GI Del Mar Oaks and just missed, finishing second by a Leonard Quercus (IFr) (Hero's Honor). neck. Ryafan (Lear Fan), another European import, was Celeric (GB) won the G1 Ascot Gold Cup June 19, a Group 1 winner at two and ended her English cam then finished fourth und r 1 36 pounds in the G3 Lons paign with back-to-back Group 2 wins, most recently dale S. at York August 9. Persian Punch (Ire) was taking the G2 Nassau S. at Goodwood August 2. Auntie second to Arc hope Oscar Schindler (Ire) in the G 1 Mame (Theatrical {Ire}), seven-for-nine on the grass, Jeffernon Smurfit Irish t. Leger at The Curragh Sep rides a three-race winnins1 streak into this event. She tember 20. Always Ear est won this event in 1 995 captured the Gii Rare Per·fume H. at this distance last and most recently was ourth in the G3 Prix Gladiateur out September 13 to go three-for-three at nine furlongs. on this track September 7. Today, Milan, Italy Today" Philadelphia Park PREMIO VITTORIO DI CAPUA-G 1, $186,864, 3yo/up, COTILLION H.-Gll, $150 000, 3yo, f, 1 1 /16m, post c/f, 1 mT time 4: 14 p.m. EDT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. PP HORSE RAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 Taxi De Nuit Verdesi Monteriso 125 1 Broad Expectations mall Molina 30-1 2 Morigi (GB) Tellini M Tellini 125 2 Proud Run endriks Santagata 5-1 3 Devil River Peek Schutz A Starke 1 25 3 Dancing Water ickinson No Rider 1 0-1 4 Gothenberg (Ire) Johnston J Weaver 125 4 G. O'Keefe arr Verge 6-1 5 Parfait Glace (Fr) Hammond M Boutin 125 5 Panama Canal ennig Alvarado 3-1 6 Attimo Fuggente (Ire) Tellini A Parravani 125 6 Royal Form eese Madrigal Jr. 10-1 7 Kierkegaard (GB) Ducci F Jovine 125 7 Datsafact ing No Rider 20-1 8 Soleil Trompeur (Ire) Guarsegnati A Corniani 121 8 Fancy Freda itchey Appleby Jr. 8-1 9 Wixim Charlton T Sprake 125 9 Salt It odner Marquez Jr. 4-1 Sires: Taxi de Nuit (Runaway Groom); Morigi (GB) 1 0 Snit agg Cruz 5-1 (Rousillon); Devil River Peek (Silver Hawk); Gothenberg 11 Sno Connection aville Diaz 30-1 (Ire) (Polish Patriot); Parfait Glace (Fr) (Pampabird {Ire}); Snit (Fit to Fight), firs or second in seven of nine Attimo Fuggente (Ire) (Roi Danzig); Kierkegaard (GB) lifetime starts, took a p ir at Laurel Park in her last (Indian Ridge {Ire}); Soleil Trompeur (Ire) (Roi Danzig); two, including the restri ted Twixt S. in her latest Wixim (Diesis {GB}). August 16. She was fo rth to GISW Ajina in last year's Giii Tempted S. i her lone prior graded try. ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may Panama Canal (Gulch) t ok back-to-back allowance not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or races at Saratoga after reaking her maiden at Belmont mechanical, without prior written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Information as to the races, race results in June, but had the streak broken when jumping up and earnings was obtained from results charts published in the ladder to the GI Gazelle H.