The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. ,T· HOROUGHBREDTM D•A•l•L•Y N•E•W•S _.:flilt.___ _ TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1997 -"'"'-'1 $2 Daily B R E E D E R S' • C U P BULLETIN RECORD SET AT TATTERSALLS AUTUMN Chief •HEVER COLF ROSE POSSIBLE FOR SPRINT Contender (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), winner of the G 1 Prix Six-year-old Hever Golf Rose (GB} (Efisio {GB}), winner du Cadran October 4 at Longchamp, attracted a record of Sunday's G3 Prix du Petit Couvert over five furlongs bid of $385,087 during the opening session of Tatter­ at Longchamp, may have her retirement suspended for salls Autumn Horses in Training Sale in Newmarket, one more race. The mare could have her final start in England yesterday. Consigned by Peter Chapple-Hyam's the $1 million Sprint. Hever Racing Club's remarkable Manton House Stables, the four-year-old provoked a runner showed a dramatic return to form in the Petit bidding duel between two McCormacks from Ireland, Couvert, and trainer Joe Naughton said Monday: "We with Cormac McCormack winning out over BBA Ire­ will wait and see if she is selected. I feel like going to land's John McCormack, who was representing Saudi Hollywood!" The bay has been to the Breeders' Cup interests. The colt, on the board in nine of 13 career before, finishing eighth in the 1995 Sprint at Belmont. starts for earnings of $178,378, was purchased on behalf of Hong Kong-based Keyhinge Pty., and will •BC BANTER... According to the Daily Racing Form, continue his racing career in Australia. American buyers Sandpit (Brz) (Baynoun {Ire}) will not be supplemented were also active on opening day. Trainer Bill O'Gorman, to the Turf, but may instead head east for the Japan acting for California conditioner Darrell Vienna, went to Cup November 23 ... Classic contender Skip Away (Skip $119,805 for the two-year-old stakes-winning filly Trial), breezing with new rider Mike Smith in the irons, Karakorum (Ire) (Fairy King), consigned by Ireland's zipped a half-mile in :46 3/5 over a sloppy main strip at Ballydoyle Stables, and Struggler (GB} (Night Shift), the Belmont Monday ... Countess Diana (Deerhound), winner top three-year-old sprinter in France in 1995 and a of the GI Spinaway and Gii Walmac International Group 3 winner of $224,956, was purchased for Alcibiades, worked five furlongs in a bullet :58 at Holly­ $97,555 to stand stud in Florida. A total of 248 horses wood Monday for the Juvenile Fillies ... also pointing for sold for an aggregate of $5,047,857 Monday, an aver­ the Juvenile Fillies, Canadian invader Ultimate Force age of $20,354. The gross was up 54 percent over the (Vying Victor) went a mile in 1 :42 at Hollywood and GI corresponding session last year, while the average ad­ Oak Leaf runner-up Love Lock (Silver Ghost) breezed six vanced 32 percent. The four-day sale continues through furlongs in 1: 12 1 /5 at Santa Anita ... prepping for the Thursday, with bidding beginning at 9: 15 a.m. daily. Distaff, Twice the Vice (Vice Regent) worked a half in :49 on the Santa Anita grass and Escena (Strawberry ELTISH TO LIVE OAK STUD MGSW Eltish (Cox's Road {Aus}) went the same distance in :47 3/5 on the Ridge--Nimble Feet, by Danzig) has been purchased by main track at Hollywood ... Woodbine Mile winner Geri Charlotte C. Weber's Live Oak Stud and will stand at (Theatrical {Ire}) went an easy half in :53 1 /5 for the the Ocala, Florida farm for 1 998. Bred and raced by Mile ... other Mile works yesterday: Fantastic Fellow (Lear Juddmonte Farm, the five-year-old captured the G3 Fan), five furlongs in 1 :03; Naninja (Alysheba), five­ Vintage S. and G2 Royal Lodge S. at England at two, eighths in :58 3/5; Wild Event (Wild Again), six-for-eight then shipped to the U.S. and ran second in the GI lifetime, five furlongs in :59 2/5 ... Glll Grey Breeders' Breeders' Cup Juvenile. He went on to finish second in Cup S. winner Black Cash (Deposit Ticket) worked a England's G2 Prince Of Wales's S. at three and the GI mile in 1 :38 4/5 and Grey runner-up Dawson's Legacy Philip H. lselin H. at four and was on the board in four (Roanoke) went seven-eighths in 1 :26 for the Juve- of six 1997 starts, finishing third in the Gii San Pasqual nile ... Big Sky Chester (A fleet) breezed a mile in 1 :37 3/5 H. and winning a Saratoga allowance July 25. The for the Turf ... Trafalger (Storm Bird) dashed through five Kentucky-bred retires with a record of five wins, five furlongs in 1 :00 1 /5 for the Sprint. seconds and five thirds from 25 starts and earnings of $704, 186; he will stand for a fee of $3,500, live foal. BR.EE.DE.RB' CUP FACTS: BREEDERS' CUP BULLETIN ....... p1 There have been 27 odds-on favorites in the STAKES PREVIEW ............. p2 history of the Breeders' Cup, and 13 of them came home first. Both Easy Goer and Groovy RACING REPORTS ............ p2-4 CJ) failed twice as the odds-on choice. WHO'S HOT ................ p4-5 Courtesy of Thoroughbred Racing Communications, Inc. z TOTAL PAGES ................. 6 PAGE; 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 10-28-97 ~-•_P_R_E-:_V_I _E_W__ +_ll .__ _+_F_O_R_E_I_G_N__ +_ Today, Saint-Cloud, France Stakes Results: PRIX DE FLORE-G3, $6'1,596, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 Of THE TENNO SHO (AUTUMN)-G1-Jpn, $2, 118,445, 11 OydsT Tokyo Racecourse, Japan, 10-26, 3yo/up, 1 1 /4mT, The field, in post position order, will be: Tenuous (GB) 1 :59, fm. (Generous {Ire}), Guillot, 122; Bombazine (Ire) (Gener­ 1--AIR GROOVE (JPN), 123, f, 4, Tony Bin (lre)--Dyna ous {Ire}), Asmussen, 119; Maroussie (Fr) (Saumarez Carle (Jpn) (Ch. 2yo/3yo Filly-Jpn, G1-Jpn), by North­ {GB}), Breux, 123; Palme D'Or (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), ern Taste. 0-Lucky Field Co Ltd B-Shadai Farm; T-Yuji Peslier, 119; la Nana (Fr) (Homme de Loi {Ire}), Ito; J-Y. Take; $1, 120,298. Lifetime Record: 10-7-2-0. Sanchez, 119; Darashandeh (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}), 2--Bubble Gum Fellow (Jpn), 128, c, 4, Sunday Silence-­ Masse, 119; Lomita (Ger) (Niniski), Starke, 122; Bubble Company (Fr), by Lyphard. 0-Shadai Race H.; Swalina (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Boeuf, 119; Hana (Fr) B-Shadai Farm; $446,51 8. (Alleged), Jarnet, 123; and Gold Dodger (Slew O'Gold), 3--Genuine (Jpn), 128, h, 5, Sunday Silence--Croupier Doleuze, 119. Lady, by What Luck. 0-Shadai Race H.; B-Shadai Farm; $277,022. Margins: NK, 5, NO. Odds: 4.00, 1.50, 9.60. MIDWEST Air Groove (Jpn), the only filly in the 1 6-horse field, • • had been undefeated in two prior starts this year, win­ local News: Kentucky ning the Mermaid S. (G3-Jpn) June 22 and the Sapporo Danjur (Dayjur), a million-dollar Keeneland July year­ Kinen (G2-Jpn) Aug. 17. Returning from a two-month ling who won three of his four starts before suffering a layoff here, she sat off the pace early, engaged leader career-ending injury, will stand at Taylor Made Farm in Bubble Gum Fellow (Jpn) in deep stretch and drew clear Nicholasville, Kentucky for 1998. The second-highest late to score by a neck. "We had been racing with Bub­ priced yearling of 1993, out of Breeders' Cup Juvenile ble Gum Fellow in sight, and it was good timing to take Fillies and champion Epitome (Summing), Danjur set a the lead in the stretch," said winning jockey Yutaka course record at Churchill Downs, running five furlongs Take. "I am very excited about the Japan Cup Nov. 23 on the turf in :56 while winning the Churchill Downs with her." Turf Sprint S. He was injured in his lone defeat, the 1996 Giii Jaipur S. Owned by Marie and Aaron U. GRAN PREMIO DE HONOR-G1, $34,000, Hipodromo Jones, the five-year-old will stand for a fee of $3,500. Argentina De Palermo, Argentina, 10-24, 4yo/up, 12.5f, 2:32.64, ft. 1--MERLIN Sil (ARG), 136, h, 5, Silence (Arg)--Take the EAST Honours (Ire), by Ahonoora (GB). O/B-Haras Caryjuan; • T-R Pellegata; J-J Herrera; $25,000. • 2--Diddler (Arg), 136, h, 5, Political Ambition--Double Yesterday's Results: 9th-CRC, $22,500, Msw, 2yo, 1 m, 1 :41, ft. Account, by Sham. 0/8-Haras Vacacion; $5,000. + SWEETSOUTHERNSAINT (c, 2, by Saint Ballado-­ 3--Blue Baby Blue (Arg), 126, f, 4, Forever Sparkle--Blue Sweetsoutherncross by Tri Jet), off at 3-1 in his debut, Ridge Gal, by Cox's Ridge. O/B-Haras Santa Maria De rated just off the leaders for six furlongs before sweep­ Araras; $2, 750. ing to the lead on the far turn and coasting to an eight­ Margins: 9, 7. Winner's Odds: 3.40. length victory. The winner was a $1 2,000 OBSOCT weanling. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $15,500. ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. 0-Harold Plumley. B-Joanne Wilson (Fl). 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