The 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 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1996 B-R-E-E-n-E-R-S CUP CIGAR WORKS FOR BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC Saturday, Woodbine: Defending Breeders' Cup Classic champion Cigar (Palace There were 85 horses entered Wednesday morning Music) had his final tune-up for Saturday's race at to contest the seven races that will comprise the Belmont Wednesday morning. The six-year-old breezed Breeders' Cup Championship, to be run Saturday at four furlongs in :48 1/5 over the training track with Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. The 13th edition of regular jockey Jerry Bailey up. Daily Racing Form clock­ the Breeders' Cup will be telecast to the U.S. by NBC­ ers caught Cigar in fractions of :11 4/5, :23 1/5 and out TV, with the first post set for 1:50 p.m. Eastern time. five furlongs in 1 :03 2/5. "He was happy and willing; it was pretty normal for him," Bailey reported after the BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC-GI, $4,000,000, 3yo/up, work. Bailey said this last week has been somewhat 1 114m poignant as Cigar heads into what will most likely be his The field of 14, from the inside, will be: Dare and final race. "I'm sad to see it winding down," he admit­ Go (Alydar), 6-1 e; Formal Gold {Black Tie Affair {Ire}), ted. "It was emotional going out there today, knowing it 20-1 f; Taiki Blizzard (Seattle Slew), 20-1; Mt. Sassa­ might be his last work." Following his morning breeze, fras (Mt. Livermore), 20-1; Will's Way (Easy Goer), Cigar embarked on an uneventful flight of a little over an 15-1; Dramatic Gold (Slew 0' Gold), 12-1; Cigar (Pal­ hour from New York to Toronto, arriving at Woodbine at ace Music), 4-5; Yanks Music (Air Forbes Won), 10-1; 3:55 p.m. Wednesday and settling into his stall follow­ Mahogany Hall (Woodman), 20-1f; Editor's Note ing a half-hour walk around the shedrow. "The flight (Forty Niner), 15-1; Louis Quatorze (Sovereign was fine," said trainer Bill Mott. "It seems as though Dancer), 12-1; Atticus (Nureyev), 6-1 e; Alphabet he's shipped very well. He seems to adapt very well." Soup (Cozzene), 1 1; Tamayaz (Gone West), 30-1. Cigar drew post-position seven in the 14-horse Classic A pair of Classic-bound Dave Hofmans-trainees field. He was made the 4-5 favorite, the only odds-on posted half-mile works Wednesday. DRAMATIC choice in the seven Breeders' Cup morning lines posted by Ontario Jockey Club oddsmaker Jim Bannon. GOLD, winner of the 1994 Molson Million at Wood­ bine, worked in a bullet :464/5. ALPHABET SOUP STUD FEES SET FOR LONGFIELD STALLIONS covered the same distance in :48. "Dramatic Gold Longfield Farm in Goshen, Kentucky announced yester­ really worked great," Hofmans said. "Both horses day the 1997 stud fees for its stallions Northern Spur finished really strong in their works. We're all set." (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) and Ide (Forty Niner). Five-year-old - Northern Spur, last year's Breeders' Cup Turf winner BREEDERS' CUP JUVENILE-GI, $1,000,000, 2yo, and Champion Turf Horse, will stand for $10,000 live 1 1/16m foal. Three-year-old Ide, winner of his last seven career The field of 11, in post position order, will be: Cash starts including four graded stakes, will stand for Deposit (Deposit Ticket), 8-1; Boston Harbor (Ca­ $5,000 live foal. Stud fees for both horses are due pote), 5-2; Gold Tribute (Mr. Prospector), 6-1; His when the foal stands and nurses. Honor (Honor Grades), 20-1; Gun Fight (Fit to Fight), 20-1; Ordway (Salt Lake), 2-1; Zippersup (Alwuhush), CHIEF'S CROWN TO STAND FOR $15,000 Three 15-1; Sal's Driver (Salem Drive), 20-1; Michelle'sall­ Chimneys Farm in Midway, Kentucky announced yester­ hands (Slewacide), 20-1; Acceptable (Capote), 12-1; day that the 1997 stud fee for Chief's Crown (Danzig) Falkenham 1GB) (Polar Falcon), 1 5-1 . will be $15,000 guaranteed live foal, payable Sept. 1, 1997. Chief's Crown is the sire of Breeders' Cup Turf Breeders' Cup Continued, p. 2. hopeful Chief Bearhart, who won the Breeders'S. (GIC) at Woodbine in August. He is also the sire of five 1996 stakes-winners, including Chief Bearhart in Canada, STAKES CLOSINGS Ampulla and Princess Eloise in the U.S., Ailleacht in TOMORROW, FRIDA Y, OCTOBER 25: Ireland and Key of Luck, winner of the $500,000 Dubai 10-27 $300,000 E P Taylor-Gil, Wo, Duty Free H. 3yolup, tim, 10tT ($1,500s) News Continued, p. 3. • PAGE 2· THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS .10~24-96 BREEDERS' CUP TURF-GI, $2,000,000, 3yo/up, 1%mT BREEDERS' CUP DISTAFF-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, The field of 14, in post position order, is: Diplomatic f/m, 1 118m Jet (Roman Diplomat), 5-1; Dushyantor (Sadler's Wells), The field of seven, in post position order, is as 8-1; Swain (Ire) (Nashwan), 9-5e; Ricks Natural Star follows, Jewel Princess (Key to the Mint), 3-1; Differ­ (Natural Native), 99-1; Luna Wells (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), ent (Arg) (Candy Stripes), 9-5; Mysteriously (Afleet), 1 5-1; Talloires (Trempolino), 1 2-1; Shantou (Alleged), 9-5e; Wall Street (Mr. Prospector), 9-5e; Pilsudski (Ire) 15-1; Serena's Song (Rahy), 2-1; My Flag (Easy (Polish Precedent)' 6-1; Singspiel (Ire) (In the Wings Goer), 9-2; Top Secret (Afleet), 15-1; Clear Mandate {GB}), 9-5e; Marlin (Sword Dance {Ire}), 15-1; Awad (Deputy Minister), 15-1. (Caveat), 4-1; Windsharp (Lear Fan), 20-1; Chief CLEAR MANDATE, third behind Yanks Music and Bearhart (Chief's Crown), 12-1. Serena's Song in the GI Beldame S. at Belmont Oct. The stewards at Woodbine authorized owner-trainer 6, turned in a bullet half-mile work in :47 2/5 Tues­ William Livingston to race RICKS NATURAL STAR in the day. "She's not a big work horse," said trainer Rusty Turf after a 1 5-minute inquiry Wednesday morning into Arnold, "but she does pick it up every fall; she's my the horse's fitness. The stewards had become alarmed special fall horse." Arnold's other Distaff contender, about publicity surrounding the New Mexico-based claimer after reading a story in the Daily Racing Form TOP SECRET (Afleet), breezed a half-mile in :48 2/5 quoting jockey Sally Williams, who questioned the Wednesday. "She can be too strong early/' Arnold horse's readiness to make his first start in 14 months in said, "so I'm very happy with the work." Three-year­ the Breeders' Cup. Steward l\Jelson Ham said inquiries old Top Secret, winner of this year's Gil Monmouth had been made with Ontario Jockey Club veterinarians, Oaks, finished second to Different {Arg} in the GI who said the seven-year-old gelding is sound. Williams, Three Chimneys Spinster last time out. originally scheduled to ride Ricks Natural Star Saturday, has been replaced by jockey Lisa McFarland, who was BREEDERS' CUP SPRINT -GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 6f on the horse for two trials out of the starting gate. Ricks The field of 13, in post position order, will be: Ap­ Natural Star is scheduled to work six furlongs today. pealing Skier (Baldski), 15-1; Lord Carson (Carson City), 6-1; Capote Belle (Capote), 4-1; Iktamal (Danzig BREEDERS' CUP MILE-GJ. $1,000,000, 3yo/up, 1mT The field of 14, from the rail out, will be: Helmsman Connection), 20-1; Lit de Justice (EI Gran Senor}, 6-1; (EI Gran Senor), 12-1; Kiridashi (Bold Ruckus), 12-1; Lakota Brave (Northern Prospect), 1 2-1; Paying Dues Volochine (Ire) (Soviet Star), 20-1; Memories Of Silver (Cure the Blues}, 20-1f; Boundless Moment (Crafty (Silver Hawk), 8-1; Chaposa Springs (Baldski), 15-1; Da Prospector), 20-1; Criollito (Arg) {Candy Stripes}, Hoss (Gone West), 5-1; Charnwood Forest (Ire) (Warn­ 12-1; Honour and Glory (Relaunch), 3-1; Friendly ing {GB}), 8-5e; Urgent Request (Ire) (Rainbow Quest), Lover (Cutlass), 20-1; Langfuhr (Danzig), 5-1; and 12-1; Spinning World (Nureyev), 6-1; Mighty Forum Jess C's Whirl (Island Whirl), 20-1f. (GB) (Presidium {GB}), 20-1f; Mark Of Esteem (Ire) LAKOTA BRAVE had his final pre-race blowout for (Darshaan {GB}), 8-5e; Dumaani (Danzig), 20-1 f; Same the Sprint when he breezed an easy three furlongs in Old Wish (Lyphard's Wish {Fr}), 20-1; Smooth Runner (Local Talent), 12-1. :35 2/5 yesterday, galloping out the half-mile in :47 DA HOSS breezed a half-mile over Woodbine's yield­ 4/5. The seven-year-old won the Gill Ancient Title ing turf course Wednesday in :46 2/5, galloping out five Breeders' Cup H. in his last start Oct. 6. furlongs in :58 3/5 with the dogs up. Also over the yielding E.P. Taylor turf course, Breeders' &up Juvenile Fillies Field, p. 3. VOLOCHINE (IRE) drilled a half-mile in :46 3/5 Wednes­ day morning. With Mickey Walls up, the Gil Bernard © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News, 1996. Baruch winner galloped out five furlongs in :59 4/5. "He This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or really worked well/, Walls said.