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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE DM TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 9, BOUND For The B R E E D E R S' C U P THUNDER GULCH TOPS KENTUCKY CUP NEW YORK REPORT WORK TAB Thunder Gulch (Gulch), the early favor BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC: ite for Saturday's Kentucky Cup Classic, breezed an Realistic but undaunted, trainer Nick Zito will once easy half-mile in :50 2/5 at Churchill Downs yester again take on the brilliant Cigar (Palace Music) with day. "He's never been dominant in the morning, but I three-year-old Star Standard (Risen Star) in the Jockey consider his work as excellent," said trainer D. Wayne Club Gold Cup October 7. The colt was a determined Lukas. Lukas also sent out Turfway Budweiser second in the Woodward, running on well even after the Breeders' Cup choice Serena's Song (Rahy) for a half 1-1 0 favorite passed him by on the far turn. "When in :48 Monday. "She was perfect," said jockey Donna Cigar made his move and took the lead, my horse still Barton, who was on board for the breeze. Team fought to come back," said Zito. "He showed a lot of Lukas' Coffee Springs (Crafty Prospector), who will heart, and he came out of the race very good. They've join her stablemate in the gate Saturday, went a half been calling me 'Mr. Persistent' this year--1 just keep on in :50, while the barn's Juvenile hopeful Editor's Note trying them. Cigar is the very, very best--he's all the (Forty Niner) went a half in :48 2/5, and their Juve things people have been saying; he's in the class of the nile Fillies prospect Proper Dance (Nureyev) went the great horses. You just hope he'll have an off day, that you'll get lucky. My horse can handle the distance, he same distance in :49 1 /5. Pointing for the Kentucky runs well at Belmont ... l'm very happy with the success Cup Classic, Wildly Joyous (Wild Again) went five he has achieved this year. We'll just go out there and do eighths in 1 :01 from the Churchill starting gate Mon the best we can." Cigar came back from his facile vic day; Suave Prospect (Fortunate Prospect) went a half tory in fine fettle and will be back for the Gold Cup. "I in :48 2/5 at Belmont Park for trainer Nick Zito, who was tilting in that direction even before the Woodward," also supervised Kentucky Cup Sprint contender Mr. said trainer Bill Mott. But trainer H. James Bond will Greeley's (Gone West) half in :47 2/5. The Zito pair head in another direction with Saratoga Cup winner will fly from New York to Kentucky today.Kentucky L'Carriere (Carr de Naskra), who will travel across the Cup Juvenile runner Roar (Forty Niner), who went five George Washington Bridge for the GI Meadowlands Cup furlongs in 1 :00 at Belmont yesterday, is scheduled October 6. "He's doing very good," said Bond of the to van into Turfway today. consistent New York-bred. "We're still pointing towards the Breeders' Cup, but we'll take it one step at a time." KEENELAND MONDAY A colt by Ogygian topped Bond will have to line up a new jockey if he does run in Monday's session of the September Yearling Sale at the Classic, as there's little doubt that Jerry Bailey will Keeneland, drawing a bid of $95,000 from H & H stick with Cigar. "Do you think so?" laughed Bond. Equine. Consigned by Bayne and Libby Welker, "Actually, my phone has been ringing off the hook with agents for Jeanne Peterson, the bay, named De agents calling for the mount. But Jerry has done a great served, is out of the stakes-placed mare Shushin job on L'Carriere; we'll stick with him for one more race, (Wajima) and a half brother to stakes-placed Fifth and then we'll have to make a decision." Business. A total of 308 yearlings went through the BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF: ring during Monday's session, bringing in $4,882,800 With Inside Information (Private Account) and Serena's for an average of $1 5 ,853; last year, 243 horses sold Song (Rahy) set to make their next starts in Kentucky, it for $3,463,300, an average of $14,252. The sale looks like trainer Shug McGaughey will have another ends Wednesday. (Top colts & fillies-p5) easy go of it with Heavenly Prize (Seeking the Gold) in BREEDERS' CUP PREVIEW . p1-2 the Beldame October 7. McGaughey has now accounted for no less than five distaff Grade I races in New York RACING REPORTS . p3-4 this year, with the average margin of victory at 7 1 /2 K[[NELAND TOPP[RS . p5 lengths. - TOTAL PAGES ................ 5 Breeders' Cup Preview cont. p2 PAGE i •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 9-19-95 BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT: BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE: Not Surprising (Medieval Man), undefeated in seven Maria's Mon (Wavering Monarch) came back from his starts at six furlongs, heads the list of New York victory in the GI Futurity in good shape and will take the sprinters--but not by much. The rangy chestnut earned next step towards the Juvenile in the GI Champagne his fourth consecutive graded stakes win in the GI October 7. "Everything' s perfect," said trainer Rick Vosburgh at seven furlongs, outgaming You And I (Kris Schosberg. "He's bright and alert and he can't wait to S.) by a nose, with the late-closing Our Emblem (Mr. get back going again. We have a real good horse here." Prospector) another nose back in third. The three will The roan will again face division leader Hennessy (Storm meet again in the Sprint. "He's danced every dance and Cat) in the Champagne. That race is also expected to I'd like to give him some time off," said trainer Judson draw Diligence (Miswaki), who broke his maiden in Van Warp of Not Surprising. "I had thought about run impressive fashion at Saratoga, then suffered a one ning him in the Boojum, but with the way he ran (in the length loss in a Belmont allowance September 3. "He Vosburgh), I think we'll wait right here for the Breeders' couldn't bet better," said his trainer, Nick Zito, who Cup." You And I, who is now four-for-six at Belmont, finished second with Louis Quatorze (Sovereign Dancer) was making his first start in two months. "I couldn't be in the Futurity. That colt will get the rest of the season more pleased," said trainer Bobby Frankel of his effort off with an eye towards a three-year-old campaign. Saturday. "Now it's onward to the Breeders' Cup." One "He's done a little bit too much," said Zito. "He's high who will not make the Sprint is Lite The Fuse strung, and most Sovereign Dancers are not as preco (Buckaroo), who pressed the pace but stopped to finish cious as he has been. But Jerry Bailey said he was on seventh in the Vosburgh. "He came back alright, but he pins and needles going to the gate for the Futurity, and looks a little tired to me," said his owner/trainer/breeder that's not a good sign. He needs to relax." Undefeated Dick Dutrow, who added that the Boojum (Oct. 9) is a Appealing Skier (Baldski), who ran the fastest time ever possibility, but the Breeders' Cup is out. There is a for a two-year-old at The Meadowlands when taking chance that the talented distaffer Twist Afleet (Afleet) Friday night's Jonathan Dayton S. in 1 :08 2/5, will put could earn an entry in the Sprint. The 4-year-old opened his record on the line in the Champagne. "He was amaz eyes with her 10-length win in last Friday's Floral Park ing (in the Dayton), but we just don't know how good H.; trainer John Kimmel will run the speedy miss back in he really is," said trainer Ben Perkins, Sr. The colt will the Gallant Bloom S. October 8. "She has come back to ship to Belmont tomorrow to get ready for the race. the form we hoped she would," said Kimmel. "If she "Belmont is a different kind of track .. it's wide, and some deserves a shot, we might go that way." horses can't handle it. We'll go over there and give him some time to get used to it," said Perkins. BREEDERS' CUP TURF: Trainer Dave Dank will saddle Arlington Million winner BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES: Awad (Caveat) in the Turf Classic October 7 as he gets Golden Attraction (Mr. Prospector) leads the crop with ready for the Turf. "He came out of the Million very a record of five wins in six career starts. The filly proved well," said Dank. "We'll use the Turf Classic as the narrowly best over stablemate Cara Rafaela (Quiet stepping stone to the Breeders' Cup. We're lucky with American) in Saturday's Matron; she will make her next this horse--he seems to handle any type of course; the start in the GI Frizette October 7. Also pointing for that condition of the ground doesn't matter. We just need race is Matron third My Flag (Easy Goer), a daughter of racing luck and a good pace." The Maryland-bred cap Breeders' Cup champion Personal Ensign who trailed tured the GI Early Times Manhattan over the Belmont early but finished full of run to end up 5 % lengths course in June.