-[he Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE DM SAT U R DAY, 0 C TO B E R 26, 1 996 W-E-E-K-E-N-D PREVIEW Saturday, Woodbine MISTLE CAT DEAD Mistle Cat (Storm Cat)' winner BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $4,000,000, 3yo/up, 10f of the G 1 Premio Vittorio di Capua at San Siro race­ PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS course in Milan, Italy Oct. 6, has died. The six-year-old 1 a Dare and Go Mandella Solis 6-1 gray, flag-bearer for trainer Sean Woods's Newmarket 2f Formal Gold Perry Smith 20-1 stables, had been due to retire to stud for 1997. But 3 Taiki Blizzard Fujisawa Okabe 20-1 Friday morning, while doing his usual feeding round at 4 Mt. Sassafras Minshall Walls 20-1 the yard, Woods discovered Mistle Cat dead in his stall. 5 Will's Way Bond Chavez 15-1 The handler said, "We are all shattered. This is a big 6 Dramatic Gold Hofmans Desormeaux 12-1 blow to me personally, because the horse has been a 7 Cigar Matt Bailey 4-5 great friend to me. But it is devastating for my staff as 8 Yanks Music O'Brien Velazquez 10-1 well. Everybody here simply loved him." Vets at 9f Mahogany Hall Baker Sellers 20-1 Newmarket's Animal Health Trust are carrying out a 10 Editor's Note Lukas Stevens 15-1 postmortem on the Kentucky-bred. Woods added, "He 11 Louis Quatorze Zito Day 12-1 was fine when I went to look at him on Thursday night 12a Atticus Mandella Nakatani 6-1 at about 1 0 o'clock. But at 5:30 the following morning 13 Alphabet Soup Hofmans McCarron 12-1 he was dead. There was not a mark on him. He wasn't 14 Tamayaz bin Suroor Dettori 30-1 cast in his box and no bones were broken. Now we Bill Finley, New York Daily News shall just have to wait and see what the experts come 1-Cigar, 2-Formal Gold, 3-Dramatic Gold. up with about the cause of death. There is no point in Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun _ speculating." Mistle Cat won six of 30 career starts, 1-Cigar, 2-Dare and Go, 3-Yanks Music. including the G3 Prix du Palais-Royal at Deauville May Jay Privman, California correspondent, New York TImes 26. He also placed in nine Group events. 1-Cigar, 2-Dare and Go, 3-Editor's Note. ARAZI TO THREE CHIMNEYS Arazi (Blushing CLASSIC WORKS ... Three-year-old filly Yanks Music Groom {Fr}), who took the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juv~nile (Cormorant) breezed three-eighths in :35 2/5 Friday. with an electrifying move, will stand the 1997 breeding "She was wanting to roll this morning," said trainer Leo season at Three Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky. O'Brien. "She's ready to run."... Formal Gold (Black Tie Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum will retain ownership of Affair {lrEIJ) blew out a quarter-mile yesterday. the colt, who was named champion two-year-old in both Europe and North America, as well as Europe's 1991 BREEDERS' CUP WEBSITE USAGE SHATTERS RECORD Horse of the Year. "From the day he won the Breeders' Breeders' Cup Internet usage shattered all previous Cup Juvenile so impressively, there has been tremen­ records with over 121,000 hits on entry day, Oct. 23. dous American interest in Arazi, If said Robert Acton, the Matt McCoy, online services coordinator for Equibase stud director of Dalham Hall Stud in England, where the Company, which helped develop the Breeders' Cup site, seven-year-old stood his first four seasons. "We see this is planning to publish results and payoffs worldwide on as a chance to provide the horse access to mares of the Internet immediately after each championship race is American bloodlines and speed that will suit him, while declared official, with full charts and winner's circle still being able to breed our mares to him. Three Chim­ photos to follow within an hour. In 1995, when Breed­ neys has had great success with Rahy and has long ers' Cup Ltd. established its Internet presence at been interested in standing this horse." Added Three www.breederscup.com. daily usage peaked at over Chimneys owner Robert Clay, "Arazi is a son of Blush­ 30,000 during the week of the event. ing Groom (Fr), a miler of incredible accomplishment, and hails from a distinguished female family. Certainly the news that he returns to the U.S. is very welcome to STAKES CLOSINGS any who lament the loss of prominent stallions to the TODA Y, SA TURDA Y, OCTOBER 26: Far East." Arazi was represented by his first crop to 11-09 $100,000 First Flight H.-Gil, Aqu, race this season; he will stand for $30,000, live foal. 3yolup, tim, 7t ($ 100) News cont. p4 • PAGE 2 - THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS -10-26-96 Weekend Preview cont. BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF-Gi, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, flm, BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE FILLIES-GI. $1,000,000, 1 118m 2yo, 1, 8.5f PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 Jewel Princess Dollase Nakatani 3-1 1 Sharp Cat Lukas Bailey 7-2 2 Different (Arg) McAnally McCarron 9-5 2 Minister's Melody O'Callaghan Day 8-1 3 Mysteriously Vella Kabel 15-1 3 Runaway Mary Dunlavy Hawley 20-1 4 Serena's Song Lukas Stevens 2-1 4 Storm Song Zito Perret 5-2 5 My Flag McGaughey Bailey 9-2 5a City Band Lukas Sellers 6-1 6 Top Secret Arnold Smith 15-1 6a Cheyenne City Lukas Stevens 6-1 7 Clear Mandate Arnold Perret 15-1 7 Larkwhistle Attfield Walls 20-1 Jay Privman, California correspondent, New York Times 8 Dunbar Hill McAnally McCarron 10-1 1-Different (Arg), 2-Serena's Song, 3-Jewel Princess. 9 Critical Factor Cho Solis 20-1 Bill Finley, New York Daily News 10 Barbed Wire Minshall Ramsammy 10-1 1-Serena's Song, 2-Jewel Princess, 3-Different (Argl. 11 Love That Jazz Zito Smith 8-1 Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun 12 Hidden Reserve McGaughey Velazquez 10-1 1-Different (Arg), 2-Serena's Song, 3-Top Secret. Bill Finley, New York Daily News 1-Minister's Melody, 2-Storm Song, 3-Hidden Reserve. DISTAFF DOINGS ... My Flag (Easy Goer), the 1995 Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies winner, blew out for the 1-Minister's Melody, 2-Storm Song, 3-Hidden Reserve. Distaff yesterday, going three furlongs in :35 4/5 .... Jay Privman, California correspondent, New York Times Favored Different (Arg) (Candy Stripes) blew out a 1-Storm Song, 2-Minister's Melody, 3-Sharp Cat. quarter-mile down the stretch Friday morning. BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 6f BREEDERS' CUP MILE-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1mT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 Appealing Skier Perkins Sr. Smith 15-1 1 Helmsman Dollase Nakatani 12-1 2 Lord Carson Lukas Sellers 6-1 2 Kiridashi Minshall Walls 12-1 3 Capote Belle Peitz Velazquez 4-1 3 Volochine (Ire) O'Caliaghan Day 20-1 4 Iktamal Dunlop Ryan 20-1 4 Memories Of Silver Toner Bailey 8-1 5 Lit de Justice Sahadi Nakatani 6-1 5 Chaposa Springs Wolfson Perret 15-1 6 Lakota Brave Headley Solis 12-1 6 Da Hoss Dickinson Stevens 5-1 7f Paying Dues Sise Jr. Day 20-1 7a Charnwood Forest (Ire) bin Suroor Swinburn 8-5 8 Boundless Moment Walsh Desormeaux 20-1 8 Urgent Request (Ire) Whittingham Solis 1 2-1 9 Criollito (Arg) Baffert McCarron 12-1 9 Spinning World Pease Asmussen 6-1 10 Honour and Glory Lukas Stevens 3-1 10f Mighty Forum (GB) Hennig Velazquez 20-1 11 Friendly Lover Pierce Jr. McCauley 20-1 11 a Mark Of Esteem (Ire) bin Suroor Dettori 8-5 12 Langfuhr Keogh Chavez 5-1 12f Dumaani McLaughlin Krone 20-1 13f Jess C's Whirl Forbes Krone 20-1 1 3 Same Old Wish Barbara Sellers 20-1 Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun 14 Smooth Runner Mettee McCarron 12-1 1-lktamal, 2-Langfuhr, 3-Lit de Justice. Bill Finley, New York Daily News Jay Privman, California correspondent, New York Times 1-Da Hoss, 2-Kiridashi, 3-Mark of Esteem (Ire). 1-Lit de Justice, 2-Lord Carson, 3-Capote Belle. Perry Lefko, Toronto Sun Bill Finley, New York Daily News 1-Mark Of*-Esteem (Ire), 2-Urgent Request (Ire), 3-Da Hoss. 1-Lakota Brave, 2-Boundless Moment, 3-Lord Carson. Jay Privman, California correspondent, New York Times 1-Mark Of Esteem (Ire), 2-Spinning World, 3-Helmsman. CLASSIC OUESTION..•Two Classic winners have come back to defend their titles, but BREEDERS' CUP BEST BET: Rob Longley, without success. The 1994 champ Concern was Toronto Sun: Gold Tribute, Juvenile. "Lukas eighth in '95; '90 victor Unbridled was third in maiden has been knocldng on the door; the Mr. '91. Cigar (Palace Music) attempts to change Prospector freshman is ready to score." that record this year. CHEROKEE RUN Eclipse Champion • Breeders' Cup Winner • Classic-placed Lexington, Kentucky First foals arrive 1997 - $7,500 Live Foal (606) 255-8537FAX233-2373 PAGE 3 - THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS -10-26-96 Weekend Preview cont. Today, Doncaster, England BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE-GI, $1,000,000, 2yo, 8.5f RACING POST TROPHY-G1, $117,371a, 2yo, clf, 1mT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT.