W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW ALL SYSTEMS "GOLD" FOR CLASSIC Getting Today, Belmont Park ready for the GI Breeders' Cup Classic November 8, JOCKEY CLUB GOLD CUP S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo/up, top three-year-old Touch Gold (Deputy Minister) 1 1 /4m, post time 5: 18 p.m. EDT drilled seven furlongs in 1 :24 at Hollywood Park yes­ PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS terday morning, prompting jockey Chris McCarron to 1 Skip Away Hine. Bailey 1-1 say, "He's ready for the big race. He really seems to 2 Prepo (Chi) McAnally Smith 20-1 3 Siphon (Brz) Mandella Mccarron 7-5 be on his game. I had a big smile on my face when 4 Coup D' Argent Lukas Stevens 10-1 we hit the wire, knowing that he's himself again." 5 Instant Friendship O'Brien Migliore 15-1 The bay, a disappointing fourth and last in the Gil 6 Wagon Limit Jerkens Davis 20-1 Buick Pegasus H. at the Meadowlands September 20, 7 Golden Larch Hushion J Velazquez 12-1 cruised through fractions of :24 1 /5, :47 4/5 and five­ Skip Away (Skip Trial) concluded his championship eighths in :59 2/5. He finished with a final furlong in season last year with a win over eventual Horse of the :24 3/5 with Mccarron in the irons. "Obviously, he Year Cigar in this event; he looks to improve off a wasn't himself in the Pegasus--for whatever reason, I second-place finish in the Sept. 20 GI Woodward S. last don't know," said the jockey. "He tried to get out time out. Siphon (Brz) (ltajara {Brz}), winner of the Mar. really bad that night and never really tried to run. It 2 GI Santa Anita H., was caught from behind in both just wasn't his night. We all have those days once in the June 29 GI Hollywood Gold Cup and the Aug. 9 GI a while." But he added after the breeze, "I don't see Pacific Classic by Gentlemen (Arg), but may try to wire any difference between the Touch Gold that was the field in this spot. Coup b' Argent (Silver Buck) rallied running this spring and the Touch Gold that was out to run third in the Sept. 13 Giii Kentucky Cup Classic H. there today." in his previous start. Prepo (Chi) (lnchwood) is one-for­ two in America after coming from Chile, including a WOODMAN FILLY SETS TATTERSALLS victory in the Sept. 27 Giii William P. Kyne H. last time out at Bay Meadows. OCTOBER RECORD The Head family's Haras du Quesnay set a new Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Today, Newmarket, England record Friday night, selling a filly by Woodman out of DUBAI CHAMPION S.-G1, $646,204, 3yo/up, 1 1 /4mT Toujours Elle (Lyphard) for 430,000 guineas PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. ODDS ($731,000) to Sheikh Hamdan's Shadwell Estates. 1 Pilsudski (Ire) Stoute Kinane 1 28 11-1 0 The chestnut is out of a three-quarter sister to 1 994 2 Loup Sauvage Fabre Peslier 1 23 9-2 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Mehthaaf (Nureyev), and 3 Stowaway (GB) Bin Suroor Dettori 123 8-1 current sprint star Elnadim (Danzig), both bred and 4 Bahhare Dunlop R Hills 123 8-1 raced by Shadwell. The record-setting filly was one of 5 Bijou D'lnde (GB) Johnston Weaver 128 25-1 six six-figure yearlings ( 100,000 guineas or more) 6 Revoque (Ire) Chapple-Hyam Reid 1 23 1 0-1 sold during Friday's sessions, bringing the week's 7 Benny The Dip Gosden Ryan 1 23 9-2 total to 19 with one session to go. Last year, there Sires of Runners: Pilsudski (Ire) (Polish Precedent); were 13 six-figure yearlings sold. The top-selling colt Loup Sauvage (Riverman); Stowaway (GB) (Slip Anchor Friday was a son of freshman sire Sabrehill (Diesis {GB}); Bahhare (Woodman); Bijou D'lnde (GB) (Cadeaux {GB}) out of Butsova (GB) (Formidable). Consigned by Genereux {GB}); Revoque (Ire) (Fairy King); Benny The Middle Park Stud, agent, the bay was purchased by Dip (Silver Hawk). Newgate Stud Company for 160,000 guineas Champion S. cont. p2 ($272,000). A total of 159 yearlings were sold for an aggregate $7,575,200 during Friday's sessions, STAKES CLOSINGS showing a gain of 3 percent from last year's corre­ TODAY, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18: sponding sessions. The 1997 average of $47,644 11-1 $150, ODO R F Carey Memorial, Haw, was up 8 percent. The median price, $28,900, held 3yo/ up, BfT ( $ 100) steady. The October Yearling Sale ends today. 11-2 $150, 000 Long Island H. -Gil, Aqu, News cont. p5 3yo/up, t/m, 12fT ($150) • PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 10-18-97 Champion S. cont. Today, Santa Anita Pilsudski and Bijou D'lnde represent the older horses OAK LEAF S.-GI, $200,000, 2yo, f, 1 m, post time 3:07 here against five three-year-olds aiming to reverse this p.m. PDT year's trend of "older is better." Pilsudski makes his PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS farewell to English racing today. He won the G1 Irish 1 Vivid Angel Baffert Delahoussaye 7-5 Champion S. at Leopardstown September 13 and then 2 Ancient Purple Cho Douglas 30-1 ran second in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at 3 Balisian Beauty Dominguez Nakatani 1 5-1 Long champ October 5. G 1 Epsom Derby hero Benny 4 Enabru Mayberry Vergara 30-1 The Dip has started twice since his Classic success, 5 Eastside Westside Baffert Desormeaux 9-5 running second to Pilsudski in the G 1 Coral-Eclipse S. 6 Love Lock Lukas Flores 3-1 July 5 and third behind Sing spiel (Ire) in the G 1 7 Unreal Squeal Chapman Espinoza 12-1 Juddmonte International S. at York August 19 on his 8 Came Unwound Gaston Doocy 20-1 last start. 9 Speed On Holme Stute Solis 20-1 Winner of the Gil Del Mar Debutante S. in her second Today, Belmont Park career start, Vivid Angel (Septieme Ciel) was 2-5 in the TURF CLASSIC INVITATIONAL S.-GI, $500,000, Kentucky Cup Juvenile Fillies September 13 but could 3yo/up, 1 1 /2mT, post time 4:45 p.m EDT not sustain her late bid and finished fourth in her first PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS try around two turns. The bay has worked sharply since 1 Val's Prince Picou Smith 2-1 returning to the West Coast. Jockey Kent Desormeaux, 2a Dowty Mott Stevens 1-1 aboard Vivid Angel in her last two, opts for the mount 3 Ops Smile Boniface Chavez 6-1 on her stablemate Eastside Westside (Eastern Echo), 4 Awad Dank Bailey 5-2 who broke her maiden by 1 2 lengths going a mile in her 5a Flag Down Clement Santos 1-1 second appearance September 4 at Del Mar. Flag Down (Deputy Minister), winner of the Mar. 8 Gil Pan American H. at Gulfstream, finished off the board Today, Newmarket, England for the first time this season when sixth in the Sept. 21 THOROUGHBRED CORPORATION DEWHURST S.-G 1, GI Man o'War S. in his latest. Dowty (Irish River {Fr]) $161,551a, 2yo, c/f, 7fT missed by a nose in the Aug. 30 Gil Del Mar H. last out PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS and has the speed to set the pace. Awad (Caveat), third 1 Xaar (GB) A Fabre 0 Peslier 7-4 in the Man o'War and fourth in the GI Arlington Million 2 Impressionist (Ire) A P O'Brien M J Kinane 20-1 in his last two, rallied to win the Aug. 9 GI Sword 3 Daggers Drawn H R A Cecil K Fallon 2-1 Dancer H. at Saratoga and should be running hard late. 4 Pegnitz C E Brittain No Rider 50-1 5 Central Park (Ire) P F I Cole T Quinn 4-1 Today, Belmont Park 6 Desert Prince (Ire) D R Loder L Dettori 1 6-1 MOET CHAMPAGNE S.-GI, $400,000, 2yo, 1 1 /16m, 7 Tamarisk (Ire) R Charlton T Sprake 5-1 post time 4: 12 p.m. EDT All carry 1 26 pounds. PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Sires of Runners: Xaar (GB) (Zafonic); Impressionist 1 Grand Slam Lukas Stevens 7-5 (Ire) (Royal Academy); Daggers Drawn (Diesis {GB}); 2 Lil's Lad Martin Bailey 1 0-1 Pegnitz (Lear Fan); Central Park (Ire) (In The Wings 3 Middlesex Drive Hauswald Mccarron 12-1 {GB}); Desert Prince (Ire) (Green Desert); Tamarisk (Ire) 4 Halory Hunter Zito Samyn 3-1 (Green Desert). 5 Teddy Boy Hine Bravo 6-1 Unbeaten in three starts, including the G2 Richmond 6 Devil'sPride Dank JVelazquez 10-1 S. at Goodwood July 31 and G2 Laurent-Perrier Cham­ 7 Buddha's Delight Tagg Santos 20-1 pagne S. at Doncaster September 1 2 on his last start, 8 Caution Flag Howard Davis 6-1 Daggers Drawn takes on Xaar, impressive winner of the Grand Slam (Gone West) exploded on to the champi­ G 1 Prix de la Salam and re at Long champ September 20. onship scene with a 6 1 /2-length romp in the Sept. 21 Central Park has won three of four, including the G3 GI Futurity S. last out. Halory Hunter (Jade Hunter) tries Vintage Champagne S. at Goodwood July 30 .last time stakes competition for the first time after a 4 3/4-length out.