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B R E E D E R S' • C U P B R E E D E R S' • C U P llULLETIN RESULTS Saturday, Hollywood Park •1 1 l~REEl:JERS' CUP XIV: BREEDEIRS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $4,030,400, HOL, 11-8, CLASSfC PERFORMANCES, 3yo/up, 1 1 /4m, 1 :59 (NSR), ft. 1--SKIP AWAY, 126, c, 4, Skip Tll'ial--lngot Way (MSW), The 1997 CLASSIC QUESTION by Dip1lomat Way. ($30,000 2yo 1995 OBSFEB). Horse of the Year put up a powerful per 0-Hine Carolyn H; B-Barnhart Anna Marie (FL); formance at Hollywood Park yesterday T-Hubert Hine; J-M E Smith; $2,288,000. Lifetime afternoon, leaving his rivals in the dust and no doubt as Record: Ch. 3yo Colt, 29-11-10-5, $6,876,360. to his dominanc~~ in the 14th running of the Breeders' 2--Deputy Commander, 1 22, c, 3, Deputy Minister- Cup Championship. But his identity is still a mystery. Anka Germania (Ire), by Malinowski. ($120,000 wing Now the debate begins. Is undefeated Favorite Trick '94 KEENOV; $205,000 2yo '96 BESAPR). 0-Horizon (Phone Trick), a perfect eight-for-eight after a 5 1 /2- Stable & Jarvis & Mandysland Farm; B-Crystal Springs length romp in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, horse Farm, Robert Moore & EC Allred (KY); $880,000. enough to follow Secretariat as only the second two *3--Dowty, 126, h, 5, Irish River (Fr)--Miss Carlotta, by year-old to be named Horse of the Year? Or should that Masqued Dancer. 0-Allen E Paulson; B-Allen E & honor go to the four-year-old Skip Away (Skip Trial), last Made~leine Paulson (KY); $528,000. year's Eclipse Award champ as top three-year-old and a Margins: 6, 3/4, (3). Odds: 1.80'. ~.80, ~~.1 ~· runaway six-lenBth winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic? Also Han: Whiskey Wisdom, Savm10, Ta1k1 Blizzard, Trainer Pat Byrne pointed to his Favorite Trick as he Behrens, Honor Glide, Touch Gold. crossed the finish line and said, "There's the Horse of *Whiskey Wisdom, whose sire Wild Again survived a the Year!" He added after the race, "Why not? You saw foul cllaim to take the inaugural Classic at Hollywood in how easy this horse runs. Pricks his ears and plays with '84, finished third but was DQ'ed and placed fourth. the competition. This horse really amazes me." Coun Skip Away missed his chance for Horse _of t~e Year tered Skip Away':s conditioner, Sonny Hine, "Skip Away honors last year. After beating the great Cigar 1n the never missed a be~at. We ran a couple of times when we Jockey Club Gold Cup, the grey skipped the Breede~~' probably shouldn't have. I don't want to take away from Cup when trainer Sonny Hine became ill. The prevailing the two-year-old, but he's a two-year-old. Older horses opinion was that the thought of putting up ?480,000 to carry weight and give weight all year. Skip Away is a run in the Classic had precipitated the hospital stay, but great horse. I didn't run him (in the Breeders' Cup) for Hine quelled those rumors by supplementing his colt this the money, I wanted to show the world how great he year and coming away with the winner's share of the is." Six Breeders' Cup records were set or equaled, pot. Much the best in taking the GI Jockey Club Gold including Favorite Trick's 1 1 /16 miles in 1 :41 2/_5, a~d Cup for the second straight year October 18, the grey Skip Away's mile-and-a-quarter in 1 :59. Also reg1ste~mg was bet down to 9-5 but put on a 1-5 show, dr~gging new marks were Countess Diana (Deerhound), 1 :42 m jockey Mike Smith to the lead. af~er si~ furlongs m 1 :09 the Juvenile Fillies; Elmhurst (Wild Again), 1 :08 in the 3/5 and cruising away from his rivals m an awesome Sprint; and Chief Bearha1rt (Chief's Crown), 2:23 ~/5 in display. His time of 1 :59 was two-fifths fas_ter than ,, the Turf. Spinning World (Nureyev) equaled the Mile Cigar's Classic record, set at Belmon.t P~rk 1~ 1995. I record, going in 1 :32 2/fi. Divisional honors were de left the gate running," said Smith, wmrnng his second cided in at least four categories: two-year-old colt, two Breeders' Cup race of the day and his eighth overall. year-old filly, older horse and three-year-old filly, with "Fifty yards out, he took hold of me. He dominated Ajina (Strawberry Road {Aus}) nailing down that award today. I don't know if there's a horse in the world who with a win in the Distaff. But the vote for the very best could have beaten him today. If that wasn't a Horse of of the class of ·1 H97 will come down to the wire. the Year performance, I don't know what is." Add~d Hine "He's a remarkable horse. He overcame the time, STAKES CLC>SINGS the :Veather and my training." Second choice TOUCH TOMORROW. MONDAY., NOVEMBER 10: GOLD (Deputy Minister) was finished after six furlongs 11-22 $100,000 Mecke, Crc, 2yo, 8.5fT and trailed in ninth. "He broke a little slow, got bounc;d ($100) around ... and then got completely shut off in the turn, 11-22 $ 100, 000 Hollywood Wildcat, Crc, said trainer David Hofmans. "He was trying to get out a 2yo, f, 8.5fT ($101!..:.JJ ___________• __. little bit, maybe the track was stinging his foot." PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 11-9-97 Saturday, Hollywood Park Saturday, Hollywood Park BREEDERS' CUP TURF-GI, $1,832,000, HOL, 11-8, BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE-GI, $916,000, HOL, 11-8, 3yo/up, 1 1 /2mT, 2:23 4/5 (NSR), fm. 2yo, 1 1 /16m, 1 :41 2/5 (NSR), ft. 1--CHIEF BEARHART, 1216, c, 4, Chief's Crown--Amelia 1--FAVORITE TRICK, 122, c, 2, Phone Trick--Evil Elaine Bearhart (SP), by Bold I-lour. 0-Sam-Son Farm; (SW, $119,729), by Medieval Man. ($32,000 yrl '96 B-Maynard Richard D (CAN); T-Mark Frostad; J-J A KEESEP; $100,000 2yo 1997 OBSFEB). 0-Lacombe Santos; $1,040,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. Turf Joseph; B-Wood M L Mr & Mrs (KY); T-Patrick B Horse-Can, 17-9-3-2, $:2,471,847. * 1 /2 to Explosive Byrne; J-P Day; $520,000. Lifetime Record: 8-8-0-0, Red (Explodent), GISW, $864,931; Memorized $1,231,998. * 1 /2 to Cold N Calculating (It's (Ziggy's Boy), MSP, $292, 180. Freezing), SW, $299,285. 2--Borgia (Ger), 119, f, 3, Acatenango (Ger)--Britannia 2--Dawson's Legacy, 122, g, 2, Roanoke--Creme (Ger), by Tarim (GB). O/B-Gestut Ammerland (Ger); Caramel, by Whitesburg. 0-J M Stritzl Stable; $400,000. B-Robert G & Robert W Megibben (KY); $200,000. 3--Flag Down, 1 26, h, 7, Deputy Minister--Sharp Call, 3--Nationalore, 1 22, c, 2, Video Ranger--Romantic Jet, by Sharpen Up (GB). ($210,000 yrl '91 KEESEP). by Tri Jet. O/B-Cho Myung Kwon (CA); $120,000. 0-Paulson Allen E; B-Windfields Farm (CAN); Margins: 5HF, NK, 3/4. Odds: 1.20, 78.00, 40.70. $240,000. Also Han: Souvenir Copy, Johnbill, Double Honor, Time Margins: 3/4, HF, 4. Odds: 1.90, 4.40, 14.00. Limit. DNF: Grand Slam. Also Ran: Buck's Boy, Bi!~ Sky Chester, Rajpoute (Fr), Trainer Pat Byrne, enjoying his first Breeders' Cup Ops Smile, Val's Prince, Awad, Majorien (GB), Dance Championship, saddled his second winner from three Design (Ire). Scratched: Singspiel (Ire). starters on the day. After pocketing the Juvenile Fillies Starring in the Turf after the late scratch of the much with Countess Diana, Byrne had said, "You can never heralded Singspiel (Ire), 1 2-furlong specialist Chief sit on your laurels in this business. You don't know Bearhart was coming off back-to-back wins in the GllC what's round the corner. You have to keep rolling with Sky Classic H. and GI Canadian International. First or it." And roll he did, saddling Favorite Trick in his bid to second in five of six at this distance, the four-year-old become only the second two-year-old in racing history was looking to better an 11th-place showing in last to be named Horse of the Year. The colt rode into the year's Turf. Settled in ei~rhth for a mile, he moved Juvenile on a seven-race winning streak and rode out steadily to join the leaders in midstretch and dug down with a record of eight-for-eight. Rated just off the lead to outgame three-year-old filly Borgia (Ger) for the ers through the opening fractions, the winner of the GI record-setting victory. The winner gave his trainer his Hopeful and Gii Lane's End Breeders' Futurity in his last first Breeders' Cup score; jockey Jose Santos picked up two starts launched his bid from the rail as they raced his sixth. "He's a late-developing type coming into his into the final bend to take command after three-quarters own this year," said trainer Mark Frostad. "Chief was in 1 :09 2/5, and galloped away to a stakes record and a difficult to beat on this day.