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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 THURSDAY, 0 CT 0 BER 2 6, B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S CUP HOUSEAFIRE INJURED The promising two-year-old FIELDS DRAWN FOR 1995 BREEDERS' CUP Cigar (Pal colt Houseafire ( Housebuster), who prevailed by a nose ace Music), currently riding on an 11-race winning in last Sunday's $209,500 Mathis Brothers Remington streak, has been made the shortest-priced morning-line Futurity, has suffered a fractured cannon bone that will favorite in the 1 2-year history of the $3 million Breed sideline him for at least six months. The fracture re ers' Cup Classic, to be run Saturday at Belmont Park. quired surgery Monday and screws were put in place to The draw was held Wednesday morning. NBC-TV will secure the bone. Owned by Margaret du Pont and Mar televise the seven-race, $10-million extravaganza for the garet Bloss, Kentucky-bred Houseafire won five of 12th straight year from 11 :30 a.m. (EDT) to 3:30 p.m. seven races, including three stakes, in his juvenile cam paign for earnings to date of $227,908. EUROPEAN HORSES STRETCH LEGS Most of the Euro pean contingent for the 12th Breeders' Cup took to the LEFT TAKES OFF FOR USA Take A Left (Formida Belmont track Wednesday. Blood drawn from the French ble), purchased for a record 160,000 guineas at Tatter horses was approved Tuesday night with a phone call salls' Newmarket Horses In Training Sales Tuesday, is from the USDA, and the British contingent was cleared to continue his racing career in America. Bloodstock at about 8:30 Wednesday morning. First to leave the agent John Ferguson, whose final bid broke the previous quarantine barn was Cherokee Rose (Ire) (Dancing high fetched by Swing Low in 1 993, is unable yet to Brave) (Mile), who accompanied Hernando (Fr) (Niniski) reveal his client. He confirmed Wednesday that the two (Turf) for six furlongs of light exercise on the main year-old colt will race in the U.S. wearing the colors of track. Trainer Andre Fabre's trio of Freedom Cry (GB) an owner with horses on both the East and West (Soviet Star) (Turf), Poplar Bluff (GB) (Dowsing) (Mile) coasts. Take A Left finished second to Tagula (Ire) and Carnegie (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) (Turf) followed. (Taufan) in the G3 July S. at Newmarket, third to Royal Ridgewood Pearl (GB) (Indian Ridge) (Mile), Harayir Applause (GB) (Waajib {Ire}) in the G2 Gimcrack S. at (Gulch) (Mile) and Tamure (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) (Turf) York and third again behind early 2000 Guineas favorite went to the turf course, the latter dropping his rider near Alhaarth (Ire) (Unfuwain) in last month's G2 Laurent the finish line but being recaptured by him quickly. The Perrier Champagne S. over seven furlongs at Doncaster. other English horses were on the track as well, with Sayyedati (GB) (Shadeed) (Mile) and Hever Golf Rose HOLLYWOOD PARK HIRES ASSISTANT (GB) (Efisio) (Sprint) walking through the gate to satisfy the starter. Halling (Diesis {GB}) (Classic) was asked for Doug Bredar has been hired RACING SECRETARY the most by his connections, going once around the as assistant racing secretary and stakes coordinator at one-mile training track at a steady canter. Hollywood Park, Racing Secretary Martin Panza an nounced yesterday. Bredar, 33, has served as assistant CALIFORNIANS ARRIVE IN NEW YORK The last South racing secretary at Atlantic City, Hoosier Park and ern California-based contingent of Breeders' Cup horses Sportsman's Park. The native of Des Plaines, Illinois has left early Wednesday morning from the Ontario, Califor also worked as stakes coordinator at Arlington Interna nia airport on their flight to New York. The travellers tional, Calder, Gulfstream and Hialeah. "Doug will be a included Track Gal (Track Barron) (Sprint), Soul of the tremendous asset to our office," said Panza. "He has a Matter (Private Terms) (Classic), Top Rung (Seattle lot of East Coast connections and, with his help, we Slew) (Distaff) and Earl of Barking (Ire) (Common hope to recruit more stakes horses based in the Mid Grounds {GB}) (Mile). west and the East." In the off-season, Bredar will con tinue work as stakes coordinator and placing judge at Breeders' Cup Fields, p. 2. Gulfstream Park in Florida. "This is a tremendous op portunity," Bredar said. "I feel privileged to work for a LU BREEDERS' CUP FIELDS 2,3,4 class organization like Hollywood Park and R.D. Hub Q bard. I look forward to assisting in the continued suc NEWS CONTINUED . 4 cess of the track." -CJ) RACING REPORTS . 4,5,6 z TOTAL PAGES ................ 7 News Continued, p. 4. - PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-26-95 BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $3,000,000, 3yo/up, 10f WORKS: Distaff entrant Forested (Country Pine), two PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS length winner of a New York-bred allowance in her last 1 French Deputy Drysdale Stevens 1 5-1 start at Belmont Oct. 2, breezed five furlongs over the 2 Unaccounted For Schulhofer Day 6-1 fast main track yesterday in 1 :01 1 /5. 3 Halling Suroor Swinburn 6-1 4 Concern Small Smith 20-1 THE SCOOP: Seven of the 10 jockeys named for this 5 Star Standard Zito Mccarron 20-1 year's Distaff have Breeders' Cup victories to their 6 Soul of the Matter Mandella Desormeaux 10-1 credits. The exceptions are Rene Douglas, Robert Lester 7 Tinners Way Frankel Delahoussaye 12-1 and Corey Nakatani. Douglas is winless in two previous 8 L' Carriere Bond Chavez 20-1 attempts; Nakatani has ridden in eight Breeders' Cup 9 Peaks and Valleys Day Krone 12-1 races, finishing second twice with ltsallgreektome in the 1 O Cigar Mott Bailey 3-5 1990 Mile and Serena's Song in the 1994 Juvenile 11 Jed Forest Callejas Douglas 50-1 Fillies. Lester will be making his Breeders' Cup debut. CIGAR BREEZES FOR CLASSIC: Trainer Bill Mott de scribed himself as "very happy" after watching Cigar BREEDERS' CUP TURF-GI, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, 12fT (Palace Music) breeze five furlongs under exercise rider PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Fonda Albertrani in 1 :00 4/5 over Belmont's main track 1 Awad Dank Maple 3-1 Wednesday. "I think he's doing awfully well," Mott said. 2a Carnegie (Ire) Fabre Jarnet 8-1 "He was strong today. He was aggressive, on the 3 Talloires Mandella Desormeaux 20-1 muscle." 4 Freedom Cry (GB) Fabre Peslier 5-2 5 Flitch Badgett Jr. Smith 20-1 WORKS: Jed Forest (Gold Alert), a Group 1 winner in 6 Alice Springs Sheppard Krone 20-1 Panama, breezed five furlongs in 1 :01 at Belmont yes 7 Lando (Ger) Jentzsh Roberts 15-1 terday. In his only U.S. appearance, the four-year-old 8 Hernando (Fr) Hammond Asmussen 4-1 colt was sixth in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup Oct. 7. 9 Turk Passer Schulhofer Velazquez 10-1 1 Celtic Arms (Fr) Rash Stevens 15-1 THE SCOOP: Asked if he were disappointed that top O 11 a Tamure (Ire) Gosden Dettori 8-1 European threat Halling (Diesis {GB}) had the misfortune 12 Northern Spur (Ire) McAnally Mccarron 12-1 to run into Cigar (Palace Music) on his first trip to Amer 13 Signal Tap Schulhofer Santos 15-1 ica, Godolphin racing manager Simon Crisford said that, WORKS: With jockey Gary Stevens up, Celtic Arms (Fr) on the contrary, he was looking forward to the rivalry. (Comrade in Arms {GB}) breezed a half-mile over "It's great for the Breeders' Cup and it's going to be Belmont's soft turf yesterday in :50 4/5. "He's coming fantastic race," said Crisford. "It's not a two-horse race. up to the race perfect," trainer Rodney Ras~ said. ~he There are a lot of other horses who have to be consid four-year-old colt is winless in nine starts since taking ered. If our horse reproduces his best form, and we the 1994 French Derby. Also breezing over the soft turf think he will, he'll fit in well. We believe he will run a yesterday was Flitch (Demons Begone), who went a great race and hopefully, whatever the outcome, there half-mile in :50 4/5. Arlington Million winner Awad will be rematch next March in Dubai." (Caveat) breezed over the fast main track Wed~esday, OVERHEARD: One of the foreign contingent upon meet going a half-mile in :48 4/5. "When he works ~1ke this, ing trainer Bill Mott: "Hi. I'm here from Europe." Mott: he usually runs well," said Awad's trainer David Dank. "Hi. I'm Bill Mott. I'm here from South Dakota." "I wasn't looking for him to be quite this sharp." THE ANGLE: Two previous Turf winners were not run BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF-Gt $1,000,000. f/m. 3yo/up, 9f ning in the Breeders' Cup for the first time w~en they pp HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS made it to the winner's circle. Great Communicator was 1 a Inside Information McGaughey Smith 6-5 making his second Turf appearance w_hen he c~u!sed to 2 Lakeway Jones Desormeaux 8-1 a 1 /2-length victory in 1988; the gelding had finished 3 Vinista Mott Bailey 30-1 12th the previous year. The third time was the charm 4 Forested Callejas Douglas 50-1 for 1987 hero Theatrical (Ire), who had suffered defeats 5 Borodislew Inda Mccarron 10-1 in the race in both '85 and '86.