The TDN is delivered each morning by 5 a.m. Eastern. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. • ^ THOROUGHBRED Saturday, lOT DAILY NEWS" October 2, 1999 ii INTERNATIONAL A CAN MENIFEE MASTER A MILE AND A QUARTER? He has been close in his two attempts at the dis PrIx dE I'Arc dE TRioMphE tance, but Menlfee (Marian) has yet to win at a mile and a quarter. That won't stop him from being the favorite Sunday, Longchamp, France, post time: 3:50 p.m. in today's $500,000 Gl Super Derby going 10 furlongs PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE-LUCIEN BARRIERE-G1, at Louisiana Downs. The colt, winner of the Gl Toyota FF8,750,000, 3yo/up, c/f, 1 1/2mT Blue Grass and Gl Haskell Invitational at a mile and an SC (PP) HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT eighth, missed by a neck running the Classic distance in 1 (10) Daylami (Ire) bin Suroor Dettori 131 the Gl Kentucky Derby. He was most recently third, h, 5, Doyoun (Ire)--Daltawa (Ire), by Miswaki beaten 2 1/2 lengths, in the Gl Travers at that route. "I (14) Croco Rouge (Ire) Bary Jarnet 131 wouldn't say he can't win at a mile and a quarter be c, 4, Rainbow Quest-Aliigatrix, by Alleged cause he almost won the best three-year-old race in the (12) Albaran (Ger) Erichsen Tandori 131 country and he was flying at the end," trainer Elliott h, 6, Sure Blade-Araqueen (Ger), byKonigsstuhl(Ger) Walden said. But he added, "If I could make the Breed 4COCM (6) Tiger Hill (Ire) Schiergen Hellier 131 ers' Cup Classic or the Super Derby a mile and an c, 4, DanehiU-The Filly (Ger), by Appiani II (Ity) eighth, I might do that for Menifee." The fact is, none 5 (1) El Condor Pasa Ninomiya Ebina 131 CO of the horses in the Super Derby field have won at a c, 4, Kingmambo-Saddlers Gal (Ire), bySadler's Wells mile and a quarter. Menifee's stablemate, Ecton Park (5) Greek Dance (Ire) Stoute Fallen 131 (Forty Miner), has tried it twice and finished off the c, 4, Sadler's Wells-Hellenic (Ire), byDarsbaan (GB) board both times, running fourth in the Travers last 7 (8) Leggera (Ire) J Dunlop T Quinn 128 time out. Last year's champion two-year-old Answer f, 4, Sadler's Wells-Lady Ambassador (GB), byGeneralAssembly Lively (Lively One), winless since taking the Gl Breed (11) Borgia (Ger) Fabre Peslier 128 ers' Cup Juvenile, was 10th in the Kentucky Derby. He m, 5, Acatenango (Ger)-Britannia (Ger), by Tarim (GB) was freshened after that test, coming back to be sec (13) Fantastic Light Stoute Reid 123 ond after setting the pace in the Sept. 5 Remington a, 3, Rahy-Jood, by Nijinsky II Park Derby. "I think our colt has bounced right back 10 (2) Genghis Khan (ire) A O'Brien Murtagh 123 from his race at Remington," trainer Bobby Barnett c, 3, Sadler's Wells-DofftbeDerby, byMasterDerby said. "He's come back and worked well and I think he's 11 (4) Montjeu (Ire) Hammond Kinane 123 going to run a dynamite race." Remington Park Derby c, 3, Sadler's Wells--Floripedes (Fr), by Top Viile(lre) winner Temperence Time (Temperence Hill), who was 12 (3) Daryaba (Ire) de Royer-Dupre Mosse 120 trying his longest distance to date in that nine-furlong f, 3, Night Shift-Darata (Ire), by Vayrann event, will attempt to follow in the hoofsteps of his 13 (7) Flamingo Road (Ger) Schutz Starke 120 father, winner of the 1980 Super Derby. He is a perfect f, 3, Acatenango (Ger)"Fabula Dancer, byNorthern Dancer two-for-two with blinkers off. 14 (9) Cerulean Sky (Ire) Rob Collet Guillot 120 Today, Louisiana Downs, post time: 4:25 p.m. GOT f, 3, Darsbaan (GB)-Solo Detune (Ire), byLawSociety SUPER DERBY-GI, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m Arc Notes, p2 pp HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS 1 Answer Lively Lively One Gonzalez 4-1 CURRENCY CONVERSIONS 2 Brassy Wells Dixie Brass Borel 10-1 US$/unit GB£/unit 3 Bosque County Dixieland Band Meche 20-1 British pound 1.64609 1.00 4 Ecton Park Forty Miner Soils 5-2 French franc 0.162196 0.985340 5 Menifee Harlan Day 9-5 German mark 0.543982 0.330469 6 Captain Countdown Relaunch Lanerie 12-1 Irish punt 1.35092 0.820684 7 Pineaff Pine Bluff St. Julien 5-1 U.S. dollar 1.00 0.607500 8 Temperence Time Temperence Hill Doocy 10-1 A brilliant son of STORM CAT ASHFORD Stud From the family of ROUND TABLE Aisiing Cross, Dermot Ryan or Stuart Fitzgibbon Tel: 606-873-7088. Fax: 606-879-5756. TALE OF THE CAT TDN A INTERNATIONAL • 10/2/99 • PAGE 2 Short Field for Arc: Yellow Ribbon 8. cont. With 14 set to start, the field for the 1999 G1 Prix de Eclipse Award winner Fiji makes her first start since {'Arc de Triomphe will be the joint lowest since taking the 1998 Yellow Ribbon, her sixth win from Trempolino won in 1987, and it could become shorter seven starts last season. The five-year-old has been still. The connections of Daylami (Ire) (Doyoun {Ire}) beset by a series of minor problems since. "In the have expressed concern regarding the persistent rain in spring she pulled a muscle in the rear," trainer Neil the Paris area and his participation hinges on a course Drysdale explained. "Then she got a dirty throat at the inspection by Team Godolphin today. Conditions at beginning of Del Mar. She's training well, but of course Longchamp are currently very testing, with a 5.0 pen- she could get a little tired. She may not be right on top etrometer reading--the equivalent to heavy ground in of it." The champ is a perfect three-for-three at the Britain-and there is rain forecast. Simon Crisford, Yellow Ribbon distance. TuzIa won four in a row, in Godolphin's racing manager, said yesterday, "It is true cluding a victory over the boys in the Gil San Francisco to say we are very concerned about the state of the Mile in April, before running second in the Gill Palomar ground and with the weather forecast from tonight H. at Del Mar, but bounced back to win the Sept. 4 Gl through the weekend looking particularly bleak with rain Ramona H. She has tried a mile and a quarter just once predicted, it does raise some questions. But as we before, running fourth in the Gil E.P. Taylor H. last year. speak right now, Daylami is an intended runner in the Second choice Tranquility Lake captured the Apr. 17 Gil race. He will travel tomorrow and we are hoping he will Santa Barbara H. over this course and distance, took a run, but we reserve the right to pull him out. We know month and a half off, then came back to win the 1 1/8- he goes on soft ground, but this is worse than soft mile Gl Gamely Breeders' Cup H. at Hollywood June 6. ground." Trainer Sir Michael Stoute is less concerned Second by a half length in the July 3 Gl Beverly Hills about conditions for Greek Dance (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), H., she had another two months off before pressing the but he feels the ground may not suit Fantastic Light CM pace, then tiring to be fifth behind TuzIa in the Ramona. 1 (Rahy). "Greek Dance's preparation has gone well,"lO he said. "He went on good to soft ground at Haydock, but Today, Longchamp, France, post time: 3:05 p.m. this will be heavy so we will just have to hope he will PRIX DU CADRAN CASINO CR0I8ETTE BARRIERE-G1, handle that type of ground. They either handle it or FF850,000, 4yo/up, 2 1/2mT they don't. Fantastic Light has won on soft ground, but SC (PP) HORSE SIRE JOCKEY I would prefer him on good to firm ground." (1) Tajoun (Fr) General Holme Mosse (2) Mowbray Opening Verse Boeuf (6) San Sebastian (GB) Niniski Murtagh PREVIEW ☆ (8) Largesse (GB) Cadeaux Genereux (GB) Peslier (3) Arctic (Fr) Arctic Tern Boutin Machiavellian Hughes Today, Santa Anita, post time: 4:30 p.m. PDT (7) Invermark (GB) (4) Antarctique (Ire) Sadler's Wells Jarnet YELLOW RIBBON 8.-Gl, $500,000, 3yo/up, f/m. Divination (Fr) Groom Dancer Bonilla 1 1/4m (5) PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY ODDS All carry 128 pounds, except Divination (125). Invermark bids to repeat his success in this race 12 1 Fiji (GB) Rainbow Quest Bailey 8-5 2 Tuzia (Fr) Panoramic (GB) Flores 7-2 months ago and will be confidently expected to do so as he will not have to face Kayf Tara (GB), Europe's 3 Candy Lonly (Brz) Baynoun (Ire) Lloyd 12-1 4 Tranquility Lake Rahy Delahoussaye best stayer of 1999. He was an excellent second in the Gl Ascot Gold Cup June 17 and followed up with a 5 Shabby Chic Red Ransom Antley 15-1 second behind Kayf Tara in the G2 Prix Kergolay at 6 Spanish Fern El Gran Senor McCarron 5-1 7 Caffe Latte (Ire) Seattle Dancer Nakatani 12-1 Deauville Aug. 22. Tajoun is perhaps the best stayer in France and presents Invermark with his biggest danger. A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a (§> will He finished second to Kayf Tara in the G2 Prix indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a -i- will denote Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp May 23, but disap winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be used for pointed, admittedly on unsuitably fast ground, when state-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming only 17th in the Ascot Gold Cup.