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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 D™ SUNDAY, 0 CT 0 BER 2 9, 1 9 9 5 B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S CUP RESULTS CIGAR THE STAR OF THE SHOW IN BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $2, 798,000, BEL, 10-28, 3yo/up, 1 1 /4m, 1 :59 2/5 (new stakes record), my. The biggest concern was BREEDERS' CUP XII 1--CIGAR, 126, h, 5, Palace Music--Solar Slew, by not whether he would defeat the best the world had to Seattle Slew. O/B-Allen E. Paulson (MD); T-William I. throw at him, for it wasn't the 1 0 rivals that scared Mott; J-J D Bailey; $1,560,000. Lifetime Record: Cigar (Palace Music) and his connections at Belmont 25-14-2-4, $5,089,813. * % to Mulca (Ch. Imp. 3yo Park yesterday. Mother Nature was the big threat to the Filly in P.R., MSW-P.R., by Raised Socially). 3-5 favorite, who came into the $3 million Breeders' 2--L'Carriere, 1 26, c, 4, Carr de Naskra--Northern Cup Classic with an undefeated season on the line. And Sunset (Ire), by Northfields. O/B-Virginia Kraft Payson while several of the winners of Breeders' Cup XII may (NY); $650,000. be crowned champions when Eclipse Award time rolls 3--Unaccounted For, 1 26, c, 4, Private Account--Mrs. around, Cigar will earn it with an exclamation point after Jenney, by The Minstrel. ($230,000 yrl '92 FTSAUG). romping home a 2 % -length winner in yesterday's 0-Morven Stud; B-Derry Meeting Farm & Brushwood Breeders' Cup Classic in stakes-record time of 1 :59 2/5. Stable (PA); $360,000. He returned to the winner's circle to a standing ovation Margins: 2HF, 1, 3/4. Odds: 0. 70CT, 51.00, 5.50. from the 37,246 fans. "They brought absolutely the Also Ran: Soul of the Matter, Star Standard, Peaks best they had to offer," said trainer Billy Mott. And and Valleys, Tinners Way, Concern, French Deputy, Cigar defeated them all, moving into fourth place on the all-time leading earners list with winnings of Jed Forest, Halling. $5,089,815. On a day when showers turned to intermit Superstar Cigar was kept off the pace and under a tent drizzle and rendered the course a sea of slop, the hard hold early by jockey Jerry Bailey. Bailey, bidding track condition was the great unknown. "I knew either for his third straight Classic victory, finally allowed way, we would not lose the divisional championship and the bay to soar to the front after a mile and then probably Horse of the Year," said Mott. "What we lengthen his stride down the stretch while his fans would have lost is the excitement of seeing him run." cheered him on. "I would say this is the greatest Despite the weather, the day provided plenty of excite horse I've ever been around," Bailey said. "I was not ment. My Flag (Easy Goer) ran down a determined Cara riding when Secretariat was here, so I cannot com Rafaela in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in an effort pare them, but this is the best I've known." Trainer reminiscent of her dam Personal Ensign's 1 988 Distaff Bill Mott added, "Cigar just did his job again. He's win. Unbridled's Song (Unbridled) became the first won 10 times this year; 12 in a row. Amazing." The Breeders' Cup winner to win a Breeders' Cup race over trainer added that the Dubai Cup in March is on the the same track as his sire, causing trainer Jim Ryerson horse's agenda. A big disappointment in the race was to predict Triple Crown victory. Inside Information (Pri the performance of British import HALLING (Diesis vate Account) set a new Breeders' Cup record with a 1 3 {GB}), who was looking to increase his eight-race %-length win, the largest margin of victory in the winning streak before being eased in the stretch yes event's 12-year history. My Flag (1 :42 2/5), Unbridled's terday. "He changed his legs (lead) and stopped," Song ( 1 :41 3/5) and Inside Information ( 1 :46) also all said trainer Saeed bin Suroor. "I don't know exactly set stakes records. Records were set in the Mile and what's wrong, but we will check his heart. He does Turf as well, but for the slowest, rather than fastest, n't seem distressed, but there is something wrong." times. Over a course labeled soft, Northern Spur (Sadler's Wells) justified his $1.3 million purchase price Breeders' Cup Results Continued, p. 2. with a victory, while Ridgewood Pearl (Indian Ridge) gave Europe its lone victory of the day in the Mile. And just to keep the longshot bettors interested, Desert LU BREEDERS' CUP RESULTS . 1-4 Stormer (Storm Cat) gave the fillies a fourth win on the 0 WEEKEND PREVIEW 5 card as part of the mutuel field to return $31. The on track handle of $9,283,611.26 was the second-lhighest rJ)- NEWS CONTINUED 9 in NYRA history, surpassed only by 1990 Breeders' Cup z TOTAL PAGES ................ 9 Day, when $10.5 million was wagered on-track. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-29-95 BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE-GI, $916,000, BEL, 10-28, banged pretty good at the 3/8-pole when another horse 2yo, 1 1 /16m, 1 :41 3/5 (new stakes record), my. came out; he broke from the 14 hole. So with all those 1--#@UNBRIDLED'S SONG, 122, c, 2, Unbridled-- things working against him, he ran pretty well to get Trolley Song, by Caro (Ire). ($200,000 yrl '94 fourth." FTSAUG). 0-Paraneck Stable; B-Mandysland Farm (KY); T-James T. Ryerson; J-M E Smith; $520,000. BREEDERS' CUP TURF-GI, $1,832,000, BEL, 10-28, Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $568,000. 3yo/up, 1 1 /2mT, 2:42, sf. 2--Hennessy, 122, c, 2, Storm Cat--lsland Kitty, by 1--NORTHERN SPUR (IRE), 126, c, 4, Sadler's Wells- *Hawaii. ($500,000 yrl '94 KEEJUL). 0-Beverly J. & Fruition (Ire) (SP-Eng), by Rheingold (Ire). 0-Charles Robert B. Lewis; B-Overbrook Farm (KY); $200,000. Cella; B-Swettenham Stud and Partners (IRE); 3--Editor's Note, 122, c, 2, Forty Niner--Beware of the T-Ronald McAnally; J-C J Mccarron; $1,040,000. Cat, by Caveat. ($125,000 yrl '94 KEESEP). 0-William Lifetime Record: 10-4-3-2, $1,412,969. *1/2 to T. Young; B-Fawn Leap Farm (KY); $120,000. Kneller (GB) (MG3-Eng, $186, 719, by Lomond) and Margins: NK, 4, HD. Odds: 5.20, 7.60, 13.10. Great Marquess (GB) (MG3-Eng, GSP-Ger, $180,641, Also Ran: Honour and Glory, Diligence, Winter Quarters, by Touching Wood). Exetera, Sampras, Odyle, Seacliff, Secreto de Estado, 2--Freedom Cry (GB), 1 26, c, 4, Soviet Star--Falling Appealing Skier, Blushing Jim. Star, by Mount Hagen (Fr). 0-Daniel Wildenstein; "No cigar, but close," said trainer D. Wayne Lukas, B- Dayton Ltd. (GB); $400,000. whose trio of Juvenile starters, Hennessy, Editor's Note 3--Carnegie (Ire), 126, c, 4, Sadler's Wells--Detroit (Fr), and 2-1 favorite HONOUR AND GLORY (Relaunch) by Riverman. 0-Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum; finished 2nd, 3rd and 4th. Instead, the race belonged to B-Swettenham Stud (IRE); $240,000. Unbridled's Song. Making only his third career start after Margins: NK, 2, 2HF. Odds: 3.95, 4.00, 3. 75a. breaking his maiden by 8 Yz at Saratoga Aug. 26 and Also Ran: Tamure (Ire), Hernando (Fr), Awad, Alice setting extremely quick fractions before fading to 4th in Springs, Flitch, Turk Passer, Celtic Arms (Fr), Signal the GI Champagne S. Oct. 7, the gray colt was rated off Tap, Lando (Ger), Talloires. the pace for the first time here then guided to the rail for Purchased for $1 .3 million this spring, Northern the stretch drive, where he dug in and prevailed by a Spur all but earned back--and justified--his purchase neck over GI Hopeful winner Hennessy. "Well this is price with his front-running win in the Turf. Settling in NOT the way to get to the Breeders' Cup," said winning just behind the early pace of TURK PASSER trainer Jim Ryerson. 11 He's had only two races, but we (Turkoman), Northern Spur hit the front on the turn gained from those experiences. We tied his tongue and held off a determined late charge from Freedom today; he was just too much in it in the Champagne. Cry. 11 He had to work hard to get over the ground The horse relaxed to that today. I was concerned in mid today," said Chris Mccarron. 11 The course is quite stretch. For a stride or two Hennessy had him, but he deep." Still, said his rider, he was grateful for the came back." Unbridled's Song first made headlines this showers. 11When the forecast called for rain, it didn't past March when he attracted a bid of $1 . 2 million, the lower my level of confidence because he's had suc most ever for a two-year-old at auction, at the Barretts cess on soft conditions." The slowest Turf in the 12- March Sale of Selected Two-Year-Olds in Training. 11 year history of the event produced conditions unfa However, the colt was later returned to the seller.