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The TDN is delivered each morning by 5 a.m. Eastern. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. • ^ THOROUGHBRED ,———Sunday, DAILY NEWS- September 26, 1999 & INTERNATIONAL a ART, NOT CRAFT, IN VOSBCRGH ASCOT'S GROUP ONE RACES RESCHEDULED Crafty Friend (Crafty Prospector) was the 4-5 chalk in The GI Queen Elizabeth II S. and the GI Meon Valley yesterday's Gi Vosburgh S. at Belmont Park, but he Stud Fillies' Mile were rained out yesterday, but could chased 4-1 Artax (Marquetry) through a half in :44.69 be run at Ascot this afternoon if conditions allow. and tired to be fifth as the pacesetter went on to a Ascot officials, who scrapped Saturday's program after convincing 3 1/2-length score. The winner of the GI heavy morning rains turned the course into a quagmire, Carter H. back in May, Artax then ran into fan interfer will hold another inspection at 7 a.m. today. A dry ence, finishing fifth after narrowly avoiding a man on afternoon left a chance that the expanded nine-race the track in the Gill Maryland Breeders' Cup H. May 15. card, with the two Group Is from yesterday added, can He was second or third in his next four starts, all go ahead. The Fillies Mile and the Queen Elizabeth II are graded sprint stakes, but ran an even fifth in the Sept. scheduled to run at 1:05 and 1:35 p.m., respectively. 6 Gil Forego H. last out. "The whole game with him is Clerk of the Course Nick Cheyne said, "The course is the break," owner Ernie Paragallo said. "If he breaks, drying out well and, providing there is no significant they can't beat him." A slight hesitation at the start overnight rain, we are hopeful that racing can go yesterday didn't cost him. "He broke a little slow, but ahead." If racing is called off once again, the two Group he recovered pretty fast," winning jockey Jorge Chavez 1 events may be reopened for entries and moved to said. "I knew we were setting fast fractions, but I did Newmarket Tuesday. That may be good news for The n't want to fight him...he's a tough horse to ride. He Aga Khan's Sendawar (Ire) (Priolo). Europe's top miler dug in today and proved he's one of the best sprinters skipped the Queen Elizabeth II to avoid the heavy go in the country." Crafty Friend was looking for his third ing, but will be entered if the race is rescheduled for straight graded-stakes win at seven furlongs after tak Tuesday. "If the QE 11 is to take place at Newmarket, ing the July 4 Gil Tom Fool H. and Sept. 6 Gil Forego and if the ground conditions are suitable, then H., but couldn't run back to those efforts. "He just was Sendawar will travel to take his chance," trainer Alain totally flat today," jockey Gary Stevens said. "He was de Royer-Dupre said. "The horse is in tremendous con real lethargic before the race and he was empty when I dition and I am keen to run him, but only if the condi called on him. I think he ran too fast in his last race." tions are not against him." Sendawar has won three straight Groupl races going a mile at Longchamp and Saturday, Belmont Park would be making his first foray outside of France. "I VOSBURGH S.-G), $250,000, BEL, 9-25, 3yo/up, 7f, don't think that the straight mile (at Newmarket) will 1:21 3/5, ft. prove a problem," de Royer-Dupre said. 1-ARTAX, 126, c, 4, by Marquetry 1st Dam: Raging Apalachee, by Apalachee CHAMPION BUCK'S BOY BEATEN AT WOODBINE, p7 2nd Dam: Pagers Charisma, by Dr. Pager 3rd Dam: Charisma Magic, by Power Ruler ($82,000 wing '95 FTKNOV). 0-Paraneck Stable; I CURRENCY CONVERSIONS I B-Vinery & Carondelet Farm (KY); T-Louis Albertrani; US$/unit GB£/unit 0.396638 J-J F Chavez; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 23-5-9-3, Australian dollar 0.651200 British pound 1.64263 1.00 $911,840. 2-Stormin Fever, 126, h, 5, Storm Cat-Pennant Fever, Canadian dollar 0.678820 0.413253 by Seattle Slew. 0/B-Evans Edward P (VA); $50,000. German mark 0.534712 0.325523 3-Mountain Top, 126, c, 4, Trapp Mountain-Turning IItalian lira 0.000540113 0.000328811 Top, by Turn to Mars. ($87,000 2yo 1997 OBSAPR). U.S. dollar 0.608742 0-Murphy JD Sr; B-Frazier & Maxwell (FL); $27,500. Margins: 3HF, HD, HF. Odds: 4.30, 2.80, 17.60. TDN TODAY Also Ran: Intidab, Crafty Friend, Liberty Gold. International 7 pages Scratched: Cryptic Rascal. A couple ofquarter-million dollar stakes winners on Saturday by MARQUETRY & FARMA WAY VINERY TDN i5r INTERNATIONAL ♦ 9/26/99 • PAGE 2 Saturday, Turfway Park Saturday, Belmont Park KENTUCKY CUP CLASSIC H.-GII, $500,000, TPX, BELMONT BREEDERS' CUP H.-GII, $212,700, BEL, 9-25, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:50 2/5, ft. 9-25, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:49 1/5, fm. 1-@DA DEVIL, 112, g, 4, by Leo Castelli 1-WITH THE FLOW, 114, c, 4, by Irish River (Fr) 1st Dam: Arctic Valley, by Arctic Tern 1st Dam: Principle (MSP), by Viceregal 2nd Dam: Seven Valleys, by Road At Sea 2nd Dam: Queen's Law, by Queen's Own 3rd Dam: Proud Pied, by Seven Corners 3rd Dam: ^Queen's Statute, by Le Lavandou (Fr) ($20,000 yrl '96 KEESEP). 0-D Hall, B Case, C 0/B-Derry Meeting Farm, et al (PA); T-Christophe Glasscock, et al; B-Burning Daylight Farms, Inc (KY); Clement; J-J A Santos; $127,620. Lifetime Record: T-Forrest Kaelin; J-C H Borel; $314,500. Lifetime GSW-Fr, 9-5-0-1, $245,943. Record: 27-6-5-6, $680,291. 2-Comic Strip, 118, c, 4, Red Ransom-Now That's 2-Social Charter, 115, c, 4, Nureyev~Aunt Pearl, by Funny, by Saratoga Six. ($300,000 yrl '96 FTKJUL). Seattle Slew. 0-Stonerside Stable LLC & Robert 0-Farish W S, Humphrey G Watts & Elkins James; Sangster; B-Swettenham Stud (KY); $100,000. B-Jones Brereton C (KY); $42,540. 3~Cat Thief, 117, c, 3, Storm Cat-Train Robbery, by 3-Wised Up, 112, c, 4, Dixieland Band-Wising Up, by Alydar. O/B-Overbrook Farm (KY); $50,000. Smarten. ($225,000 yrl '96 KEEJUL; $11,500 HRA Margins: HF, HD, 4. Odds: 65.40, 2.00A, 1.80. 1998 FTNNOV). 0-Ewald Wayne R; B-Morven Stud Also Ran: Truluck, Blazing Sword, Nite Dreamer, Classic Ltd (KY); $23,397. Cat, Part the Waters. Margins: HF, 1, 3/4. Odds: 17.00, 2.25, 42.50. Da Devil had scored in back-to-back allowance races Also Ran: Vergennes, Cynics Beware, Tangazi, Military, at Ellis Park, winning on turf in July and on dirt in Au Adcat, Crowd Pleaser. Scratched: Divide and Conquer. gust, but failed to threaten in a pair of subsequent With the Flow, who started his career in France, had stakes starts, most recently running fifth in the prep for won half his eight career starts, including the G3 Prix this race, the Sept. 11 GIN Kentucky Cup Classic Pre de Fountainebleu Apr. 19, 1998. A badly blocked view H. Understandably ignored this time, the outsider fourth in his U.S. debut, the Gil Jamaica H. last Oct. trailed the field for a half, swept six wide around the far 18, he was given a rest until Mar. 6, when he was turn to catch the front runners, opened up a clear lead dropped into the allowance ranks, ran fourth and was in midstretch and held on as Social Charter came back sidelined for another three months. He came back to at him in the closing yards. "I told (jockey Calvin Borel) win a June 4 Belmont allowance, but had not been out the only shot we've got is if you take him back," trainer since finishing third as the overwhelming favorite in an Forrest Kaelin said. "I said, 'We can't go with these allowance over that course June 30. Vergennes horses. Let's hope they burn themselves out-it's the (Dynaformer) set the early pace, with With the Flow only shot we've got." Favored Cat Thief won the July and jockey Jose Santos on his flanks. Santos asked for 18 Gl Swaps S. and missed by a half length when run entering the stretch and his mount responded, second in the Aug. 8 Gl Haskell Invitational, but was a drawing clear inside the eighth pole and digging in to tiring seventh in his latest, the Aug. 28 Gl Travers. The repel the late challenge of Comic Strip. "He came back three-year-old set the pace, lost the lead at the top of a little sore from his last race and that's why he has the lane, but continued on gamely to the wire. been off," trainer Christophe Clement said. "I had him ready to run, but the ground wasn't to his liking. This All horses in the International TDN were bred in North horse needs turf with some give in it to run at his America unless otherwise indicated. best." Tangazi (Jade Hunter), the 3-2 favorite, was shut off in the stretch, had to be checked sharply and ended up sixth. ®Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or A# will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ wiii by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista.