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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 TUESDAY, 0 CT 0 BER 2 4, 1 9 9 5 B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S CUP JADE FLUSH INJURED, RETIRED William EUROPEANS ARRIVE FOR BREEDERS' CUP After an Condren, Joseph Cornacchia and Allen Paulson's Jade uneventful 7 Yi-hour flight, five Breeders' Cup-bound Flush (Jade Hunter) suffered a career-ending injury horses from France arrived safely at Belmont Park Mon Monday morning, apparently taking a bad step at the day afternoon. The flight, which originated at Beauvais conclusion of a five-furlong work in 1 :01 4/5 on Airport in France, was carrying Carnegie (Ire) (Sadler's Belmont Park's main track at 6:45 a.m. According to Dr. Wells) (Turf), Poplar Bluff (GB) (Dowsing) (Mile), Free Jim Hunt, the four-year-old filly suffered a fairly severe dom Cry (GB) (Soviet Star) (Turf), Shaanxi (Zilzal) (Mile) condylar fracture of the right foreleg. She will be flown and Cherokee Rose (Ire) (Dancing Brave) (Mile). Rifapour to Kentucky Wednesday morning to be operated on by (Ire) (Shahrastani), pre-entered in the Breeders' Cup Dr. Larry Bramlage, said her trainer Nick Zito. "Her Turf, has a low-grade fever and did not ship. In addition, exercise rider Eddie Cruz said she took a misstep," said nine Breeders' Cup hopefuls from England flew into New Zito. "It was a little wet, which is what she loves. If you York from Stansted Airport yesterday. They were want to theorize, it's possible she overtried last time Ridgewood Pearl (GB) (Indian Ridge {Ire}) (Mile), Hever against Inside Information (in the Spinster) and weak Golf Rose (GB) (Efisio {GB}) (Sprint), Sayyedati (GB) ened herself. It's unusual though. She's an older filly (Shadeed) (Mile), Harayir (Gulch) (Mile), Lake Coniston and you might expect a tendon or an ankle or a knee, (Ire) (Bluebird) (Sprint), Owington (GB) (Green Desert) but not that. It's a shame, because she was getting (Sprint), Soviet Line (Ire) (Soviet Star) (Mile), Winter good." Jade Flush, who had been pre-entered in Satur Quarters (El Gran Senor) (Juvenile), Tamura (Ire) day's Breeders' Cup Distaff, won last year's Gii Rare (Sadler's Wells) (Turf) and Halling (Diesis {GB}) (Clas Perfume H. at Belmont and placed in six other graded sic). The connections of Nicolotte (GB) (Night Shift) stakes. She retires with eight wins from 29 career starts (Mile) did not feel he would draw into his race as the for earnings of $481,518. fourth alternate, and thus he did not ship. Upon their arrival, the English and French horses had blood drawn NO INJURIES IN OLD FRANKFORT FIRE A fire at the track by USDA officials; the blood will be shipped Sunday night at Old Frankfort Stud in Lexington, Ken to the lab in Ames, Iowa for testing. The horses will tucky destroyed the breeding shed but caused no inju remain in quarantine Tuesday and be able to go out to ries to horses or humans. The fire broke out shortly the track Wednesday morning. before 6:30 p.m. but firefighters contained it within an hour. While the official cause of the fire has not been BREEDERS' CUP GOES ON-LINE Breeders' Cup Limited determined, officials theorized that a lawn mower has taken out a "home page" on The Jockey Club/AQHA parked on some freshly laid bark could have touched off web site at http://www.equineonline.com/breederscup. the blaze. "One of the maintenance people had been The site's features include Breeders' Cup Trivia, history, cutting grass," said Old Frankfort owner Jim Plemmons, points, past winners, future sites, facts and figures, lead "and they think it was a case of one of those freak ing sires and breeders, trainer and jock- jockey statis things where the exhaust pipe was hot and it could have tics, Breeders' Cup Pick-7 wagering information and a caused the bark to smolder." Plemmons said no horses directory of information for visitors to Belmont and its are kept in the breeding shed; the stallions reside in a surrounding area. Pre-race news, in the form of "Racing separate stallion barn. Plemmons said the new breeding to the Breeders' Cup" notes and a section on the Oct. 7 shed will be under construction by Friday. Breeders' Cup Preview Day at Belmont, appears on the site as well. Breeders' Cup 1995 jockey, trainer and News Continued, p. 3 owner biographies have been added to the web site, along with the list of pre-entered horses. Past perfor mance data is furnished by Equibase Company. Material u.J BREEDERS' CUP . 1,2,3 assembled by the Breeders' Cup notes team during the week will be available on the web site, as will post NEWS CONTINUED . 3 c positions and odds after the fields are drawn Wednes CJ)- RACING REPORTS . 3,4,5 day. After the races Oct. 28, results, notes and quotes from owners, trainers and jockeys will be available. z TOTAL PAGES ................ 5 Breeders' Cup Continued, p. 2 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-24-95 Breeders' Cup Continued. MILE: CLASSIC: WORKS: Last year's Mile runner-up Johann Quatz (Fr} WORKS: Peaks and Valleys (Mt. Livermore) breezed five (Sadler's Wells), seventh on the preference list for furlongs Monday at Woodbine in 1 :03. "He could have Saturday's running, breezed five furlongs over gone a little faster, but it was quite acceptable," said Belmont's yielding turf course (dogs up) in 1 :07 Mon trainer Jim Day of the GI Meadowlands Cup winner. day. MGSW Savinio (The Minstrel), who has not "He's a good work horse, but only when he works in raced since finishing third in the Gii American H. at company. Today he was cruising along on his own with Hollywood July 4, worked five-eighths Sunday at a 140-pound exercise boy." Day plans to ship the three Santa Anita in 1 :00 3/5. Wild Zone (Wild Again), a year-old colt to Belmont Wednesday. Nick Zito-trainee MSW at Woodbine in '95, breezed six furlongs at the Star Standard (Risen Star), third in the Oct. 7 Jockey Ontario oval yesterday in 1 : 14. "I would love to see Club Gold Cup, drilled five furlongs at Belmont yesterday him get in, JI said trainer Daniel Vella. The five-year-old in :59 3/5. Also working at Belmont was Jockey Club horse is currently listed as the 10th alternate for the Gold Cup runner-up Unaccounted For (Private Account), Mile. who went a half-mile in :47 4/5. DISTAFF: TURF: WORKS: Serena's Song (Rahy), whose career earn WORKS: Northern Spur (Ire} (Sadler's Wells), winner of ings already top $2.1 million, drilled five furlongs in a the GI Oak Tree Invitation in his last start Oct. 8, bullet :59 4/5 at Churchill Downs yesterday; jockey breezed five furlongs over Belmont's soggy turf course Donna Barton was in the irons. Barton said when (dogs up) Monday in 1 :05. Scotty Schulhofer-trainees Serena's Song worked, there was another horse a Turk Passer (Turkoman) and Signal Tap (Fappiano) sixteenth of a mile in front of her "and she ran that worked over Belmont's wet-fast main track yesterday. horse down through the stretch. (Serena's Song) was Turk Passer cruised a half-mile in :48 4/5, galloping out happy to have a horse in front of her to run down. five furlongs in 1 :00 2/5, while Signal Tap breezed five She worked very, very impressively." Borodislew eighths in 1 :02. "They both looked good and did it very (Seattle Slew) breezed five furlongs in 1 :00 1 /5 over nice and easy," Schulhofer said. Belmont's main track Monday morning; the five-year old will be trying for her fifth straight stakes victory JUVENILE: Saturday. Also working at Belmont yesterday was WORKS: Three D. Wayne Lukas trainees prepped for the Golden Klair (GB} (Damister). "She went six furlongs Juvenile Monday at Churchill Downs. Gii Breeders' very nicely in 1: 16, JI said Tim Pinfield, assistant to Futurity winner Honour and Glory (Relaunch) went a trainer Darrell Vienna. half-mile in a bullet :47 2/5; Giii Kentucky Cup Juvenile winner Editor's Note (Forty Niner) breezed five furlongs HEAVENLY PRIZE LIKELY FOR DISTAFF: "Unless in 1 :00 flat; and GI Hopeful S. victor Hennessy (Storm something drastic should happen to some of the Cat) covered five-eighths in 1 :01. Lukas listed the colt's horses in the Classic, JI said trainer Shug McGaughey, probable jockeys for Saturday: Jerry Bailey on Editor's (Heavenly Prize {Seeking the Gold}) will run in the Note; Gary Stevens on Honour and Glory and Donna Distaff with Inside Information (Private Account). Barton on Hennessy. Sampras (Secret Hello), winner of Both of these horses are running in the Distaff to win. a turf allowance at Keeneland Oct. 1 2, worked five This is not a situation where one will run as a rabbit furlongs in 1 :00 over Belmont's training track Monday. for the other." "He's named for the tennis player ... big and gangly," said trainer A. Peter Perkins. Jockey Robbie Davis, who THE ANGLE: Serena's Song and Forested (Country rode Sampras for the first time during yesterday's work Pine) are the only three-year-old fillies pre-entered in out, will also be aboard in the Breeders' Cup.