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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 call908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE D™ SATURDAY, 0 C T 0 BE R W· E. E. K. E. N ·D PREVIEW FIVE EUROPEANS TO CONTEST ROTHMANS Today, Belmont Park: A strong European contingent is being prepared for an JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP-GI, $750,000, 3yo/up 10f assault on the Rothmans International at Woodbine PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS next Sunday. British runners will include River North 1 Flag Down Hammond Asmussen 1 0-1 (IRE) (lomond), Urgent Request (IRE) (Rainbow Quest) 2 Pistols and Roses Gianos Migliore 30-1 and White Muzzle (GB) (Dancing Brave), while 3 Go for Gin Zito McCarron 5-1 France's challenge looks sure to be headed by last 4 Colonial Affair Schulhofer Santos 5-1 5 .Jacksonport Garren Luzzi 30-1 ye~r's winner Husband (Diesis {GB}) and the Cnquette Head-trained Petit Loup (Danzig). White 6 Tabasco Cat Lukas Day 5-2 Muzzle, a fast-finishing sixth to Carnegie in last 7 Devil His Due Jerkens Bailey 8-5 8 West by West Arnold Alvarado 15-1 w~ekend's Prix de I' Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp, w1ll fly out from London's Heathrow Airport Wed., 9 Kissin Kris Bell Smith 10-1 along with the rest of the English team. His trainer Devil His Due (Devil's Bag) "is fine," said trainer Allen Jerkens yesterday. "He galloped today and will ~eter Chapple-Hyam. said, "Woodbine is a big gallop Ing track nearly a m1le round, and it should suit White blow out tomorrow for the race. n Muzzle ideally. Even if he wins, though, it will be small consolation for losing the Arc. That was the TURF CLASSIC-GI, $500,000, 3yo/up, 10fT one race I wanted to win all year." PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 Kiri' s Clown Johnson Luzzi 12-1 FLAWLESSLY POSSffiLE FOR LAS PALMAS 2 Yenda (GB) Frankel Day 12-1 3 Alex The Great Rash Valenzuela 5-1 Two-time champion Flawlessly (Affirmed), who may 4 IRoyal Mountain Inn Tagg Krone 8-5 make her next start in Santa Anita's Gil Las Palmas 5 Tikkanen Pease Asmussen 5-1 H. October 1 worked six furlongs yesterday in 1 : 14 6, 6 Fraise Matt McCarron 5-2 4/5 on the turf with jockey Chris McCarron in the 7 Vaudeville Fierce Stevens 5-1 saddle. The six-year-old would face Ask Anita (Wolf Trainer Barclay Tagg said yesterday of his entrant Power {SAf}), and Corrazona (EI Gran Senor), who Roylal Mountain Inn (Vigors), "He's doing just fine. 1 beat the champ in the Gl Beverly Hills H. at Holly think it's a fair race, equal competition, and my horse wood. Ask Anita breezed a mile on the turf Friday in will run good. He galloped lightly this morning and 1 :42, while Corrazona went the same distance on the now we'll just hope for the best on Saturday." main track in 1 :41 1/5. FRI2~:ETTE S.-GI, $250,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m USER FRIENDLY SIDELINED Europe's 1992 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Horse of the Year User Friendly (Slip Anchor {GB}) 1 Fianders Lukas Day 4-5 suffered a bruised foot during a recent workout and 2 Change Fora Dollar Levine Bravo 6-1 will ~iss the remainder of the '94 season, according 3 Valor Lady Hennig Santos 15-1 to tramer Rodney Rash. The five-year-old was third in 4 Pretty Discreet Terrill Bailey 3-1 the Live the Dream S. at Del Mar in her most recent 5 Comstock Queen McAnally McCarron 5-2 start. "We hope to have her ready sometime during Assuming the role of a hotwalker, trainer Ron the Santa Anita winter meet, and we plan to race her McAnally found himself being dragged around the h the end of 1995," said Rash. shedrow Friday morning by Comstock Queen (Silver WEEKEND PREVIEW ....... p1-2 Hawk). "We blew her out a quarter-mile this morning to see if she was okay," McAnally said of the filly, BEST SEVEN LINE-UP . p2 who pulled a muscle Tuesday after kicking the wall of her stall during some turbulence on the flight from RACING REPORTS ........ p3-4 California. "That first day we had to pull her around- today, she's pulling me around. n Weekend Preview Continued, p. 2 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-8-94 Weekend Preview, Continued. KELSO H.-Gill, $200,000, 3yo/up, 8fT BELDAME S.-GI, $250,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 118m PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1 Nijinsky' s Gold Violette Santos 6-1 1 Tennis Lady Small Seefeldt 123 2 Lost Soldier Mott Velazquez 15-1 2a Incinerate Jerkens Leon 1 23 3 Lure McGaughey Smith 4-5 3b Educated Risk McGaughey McCarron 123 4 Virginia Rapids Jerkens Bailey 6-1 4b Heavenly Prize McGaughey Day 119 5 Jido Martin Beckner 20-1 5a Classy Mirage Jerkens Krone 1 23 6 A In Sociology Johnson Samyn 4-1 Incinerate (Groovy), winner of a Belmont allowance 7 Dominant Prospect Sciacca Chavez 5-1 Wednesday, "came out of her race in good shape, but Trainer Shug McGaughey said he was pleased with I don't know if she'll run on Saturday yet," said her the way Lure (Danzig) looked Friday morning after the trainer Allen Jerkens. five-year-old horse blew out three-eighths in :37 1/5. "He went fine," said McGaughey yesterday. "Usually MOET CHAMPAGNE S.-GI, $500,000, 2yo, 1 1/16m we work him on Thursday but the turf was soft and I PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS decided to wait until today." 1 On Target McAnally McCarron 3-1 2 Islamabad D. Carroll II Stevens 20-1 Today, Santa Anita: 3 Mr. Greeley Zito Krone 12-1 OAK LEAF S.-GI, $200,000, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m 4 Slick Twist Schettino Valenzuela 20-1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 5 Sierra Diablo Hennig Bailey 6-1 1 Serena's Song Lukas Nakatani 4-1 6 Flitch Badgett Smith 1 0-1 2 Main Slew Fanning Desormeaux 1 2-1 7 Diplomatic Jet Serpe Perret 1 0-1 3 Call Now McAnally Solis 1-1 8 Wild Escapade 0' Brien Chavez 6-1 4 How So Oiseau Mayberry Delahoussaye 2-1 9 Reality Road P. Kelly Maple 15-1 5 Mama Mucci Orman Black 1 2-1 1 0 Timber Country Lukas Day 5-1 Gil Landaluce S. winner Serena's Song (Rahy) was 11 Montreal Red Schulhofer Santos 5-2 fourth after a rough trip in the Gil Del Mar Debutante Thoro-Graph Analysis by Jerry Brown last out. The most experienced runner in field with When it comes to handicapping two-year-old races, seven starts, she gets a new pilot Corey Nakatani. simplistic speed handicapping just does not work- Trainer Ron McAnally sends out two-year-old fillies in juveniles are developing too quickly. The figure it Gl events on both coasts today, but speedy Call Now takes to win a stakes in July has little to do with (Wild Again) is the stronger of the two. what wins in October, and early developers are at the mercy of those just coming into their own. Sunday, Santa Anita: Montreal Red (D' Accord) has run the same Thoro OAK TREE INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $300,000, 3yo/up, Graph figure in his last four starts while earning three 1 1/2mT graded stakes wins. Those figures were good sum PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. mer two-year-old ratings, but he's not improving. 1 Approach The Bench Cross No Rider 1 24 Sierra Diablo (Conquistador Cielo) and Wild Esca 2 Sandpit Mandella Nakatani 124 pade (Wild Again) both ran enormous figures at 3 Cafe Milano Bary D'houssaye 119 Saratoga, and if they ran back to those races they 4 Grand Flotilla Sahadi Stevens 124 would be the ones to beat today. But they bounced 5a Hun Softly Frankel Pincay Jr. 119 in the Futurity; it's clear that they were set back by 6 Navire Vienna Valenzuela 1 24 those big efforts and it seems unlikely they will get 7a Flegency Frankel Solis 124 back to their best this soon. Trainer Richard Mandella, who sent out champion The developing horses that should be very strong in Kotashaan to win last year's edition of this race, will the division from here on in, and the ones to beat in saddle Sandpit (Brz) (Baynoun {Ire}). The five-year this race, are Timber Country (Woodman) and On old will be making his third start in the States after Taget (Forty Niner). Timber Country has a perfect winning the Live the Dream S. at Del Mar in his latest pattern on the graph--every figure is better than the effort. "They said he had a good record in Brazil and one before it, and we expect another forward move. that he was certainly a decent horse," said Mandella. On Target is probably the most interesting one for "So far, we haven't been disappointed. As you can the long term. He is a half-brother to Sea Cadet, who see, he's looking pretty good. n got considerably better with age, and is trained by Ron McAnally, who doesn't rush his two-year-olds. BEST SEVEN LINE-UP We'll try a box in the Moet Champagne--Timber Coun The National Best Seven line-up for today is: Carris try and On Target.