CRISPY

ZARKAVA 2 to 1 for ARC
One who chased her last weekend could come to Woodbine


If you have not been paying attention to overseas news and racing, you would not know that the unbeaten freak-filly ZARAKAVA (Zamindar) is the 2 to fave for the Preix de l'Arc de Triomphe next month at Longchamp.

The filly just won the Group 1 PRIX VERMEILLE at Longchamp on the weekend with a wild turn of foot after breaking slowly.
The video is below.

As the big Breeders' Cup CHALLENGE day at Woodbine on Oct. 4 looms, we have our fingers crosed that some big names from Europe will be in town.

Trainer JOHN GOSDEN said that DAR RE MI, 2nd to ZARKAVA in the Prix Vermeille, could race in the Canadian International while MICHITA, who was unplaced, could come for the E.P. TAYLOR.








CANADIANS START TO THINK ABOUT BREEDERS' CUP

There is a definite chill in the morning air these days, the fall season is here and that means the championship races are on the horizon.

Thanks to a watered down BREEDERS' CUP, where so many more divisions have been added to make it a 2 day event, Canadian horses and horsepeople have more opportunities to race for big money on the day that showcases the best of the breed.

It seems like forever-ago since there were just the 7 big races on Cup day when it started 24 years ago.

So who are the possibilities that could represent Woodbine when the Cup takes place on October 24 and 25 at Santa Anita over a synthetic dirt or the 2-turn turf course?


(Photo at right - A big favourite for the DISTAFF, oops, the LADIE'S CLASSIC - gosh they didn't change that yet? - is MUSIC NOTE, who romped on the weekend again. Vanessa Ng photo)

As mentioned yesterday, American-bred and owned youngsters SOUTHERN EXCHANGE and C KARMA could be in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile and Juvenile Fillies Turf for trainer Greg de Gannes, who is Woodbine based.

(at right, a top 2yo colt for the JUVENILE is the Lemon Drop Kid fellow CHARITABLE MAN. he looks like a freak. Vanessa Ng photo)


RAHY'S ATTORNEY would need to put up a pile of cash to compete in the MILE but his 107 Beyer Figure looks quite okay compared to those that he could face.

The BEAR STABLES of DANNY DION of Alberta could go with BEAR NOW and FATAL BULLET, both American breds eyeing the Distaff and Sprint for trainer Reade Baker.

What about MARLANG, the Saranac and Breeders' Stakes winner? The big bay, should he compete in the Canadian International and fare well, could certainly head to to California.

And there are still races such as the SUMMER and NEARCTIC and E.P. TAYLOR to come that could certainly give the circuit more Cup starters.




TUESDAY SCOREBOARD

WOODBINE TRAINERS

Mark Casse, a multiple winner for top trainer at the Sovereign Awards, holds a 7-win lead with 3 months left to go.

The guys right behind him are all bunched up and should allow for a wild finish to the season.



Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Mark E. Casse 306 41 47 46 $3,267,264
Sid C. Attard 198 34 31 29 $2,093,194
Scott H. Fairlie 151 33 28 18 $1,280,653
Reade Baker 208 33 23 27 $1,778,483
Roger L. Attfield 158 32 16 25 $2,609,106
Steven M. Asmussen 170 28 20 21 $1,698,896
Brian A. Lynch 70 24 10 10 $1,814,012
Nicholas Gonzalez 131 22 20 20 $1,744,923
Michael J. Doyle 186 22 15 21 $1,068,648
Audre Cappuccitti 165 22 12 18 $664,344
Terry Jordan 55 22 12 2 $841,084
Robert P. Tiller 180 19 27 26 $1,226,260
Ian Black 97 19 10 10 $1,787,321



WOODBINE JOCKEYS


Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

James McAleney 514 108 74 73 $5,678,211
Patrick Husbands 455 82 75 69 $5,076,885
Emile Ramsammy 553 71 74 72 $3,708,107
Chantal Sutherland 507 69 64 72 $3,907,117
Eurico Rosa Da Silva 513 68 66 56 $3,927,058
Emma-Jayne Wilson 569 68 65 96 $4,052,500
Tyler Pizarro 446 59 60 48 $2,805,981
Jono C. Jones 375 51 41 46 $3,907,471
David Clark 345 41 39 38 $2,664,193
Justin Stein 387 40 57 32 $1,980,835
Slade Callaghan 278 34 24 24 $2,256,150
Robert C. Landry 262 33 32 42 $2,303,601


HORSES

Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Baywoods 6 5 0 1 $92,669
Drunken Love 7 4 2 0 $199,720
Legal Move 7 4 1 1 $323,809
Sugar Bay 7 4 1 0 $351,660
Hydethetreasure 10 4 0 3 $77,429
Emma Ain't Bluffin 5 4 0 1 $136,330
Fatal Bullet 4 4 0 0 $198,360




FORT ERIE TRAINERS


It's a dead-heat right now - Gonzalez and Newell - through yesterday's card...


Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Nicholas Gonzalez 107 23 26 12 $302,449
Michael Newell 159 23 21 17 $222,433
Donald C. MacRae 61 18 12 6 $169,981
John Simms 91 17 19 16 $178,776
Lyle Morden 59 16 10 10 $137,460
Ashlee Brnjas 42 16 6 3 $112,705
Daniel Wills 62 13 8 9 $124,138
Paula Loescher 91 12 15 12 $149,564
Robert J.W. Johnston 75 11 12 8 $126,938


FORT ERIE JOCKEYS

Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Chad Beckon 345 65 72 50 $806,569
Rui M. Pimentel 268 48 45 36 $520,927
David Garcia 222 46 38 24 $469,880
Christopher Griffith 245 41 29 35 $455,860
Cory Clark 285 36 43 40 $459,431
Edward Robinson 281 27 25 32 $310,124
*Melanie Pinto 196 27 19 26 $282,492
Eldridge K. Lindsay 224 23 22 30 $299,250
Daniel J. David 114 23 14 22 $248,420

*apprentice



FORT ERIE HORSES

Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Bright N Golden 7 5 1 1 $54,538
Way to Run 10 4 3 2 $35,904
Disbelief 8 4 1 2 $40,930
Athenais 8 4 1 1 $29,116
Bad Boy Will 4 4 0 0 $32,868
Harveys Victor 7 4 0 0 $25,542



LIKE WOODBINE, LIKE KEENELAND

EXCERPT FROM THOROUGHBRED TIMES TODAY

Kentucky jockeys to test new whips at Keeneland


by Frank Angst

As Kentucky Thoroughbred racing moves toward adopting new whip rules, jockeys in the state will have the opportunity to try some of the proposed whips during the Keeneland Race Course fall meeting.

Rogers Beasley, Keeneland’s director of racing, said the Lexington track would purchase 30 or 40 of the whips that meet expected new standards. Every rider in two races each day will use the whips.

Beasley presented the plan at a meeting of the Safety and Welfare Committee of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Monday in Lexington. The committee decided to not make a recommendation on whip regulations to the KHRC at its September 22 meeting as it waits for some final details in shaping regulation.

Committee members chose to wait for feedback from riders at Keeneland and see what recommendations are made by the Association of Racing Commissioners International. In August, the RCI board voted in favor of new regulations for whips and formed a subcommittee to fine tune proposed language in a model rule. That model rule could be adopted in October. Also, the National Thoroughbred Racing Association plans to survey fans on whip use.

While every detail has not been finalized, the Safety and Welfare Committee appears committed to requiring more padding on whips, a longer popper, shortened length of whips, and decreased weight of whips.

“This will be a lot more benign on the horses,” retired jockey Chris McCarron said of the new whips.

Beasley said the new whips would be used in races early on the card and will not be used in stakes races. He said the track will collect information from riders and Keeneland will turn that information over to the Safety and Welfare Committee.


Frank Angst is senior writer for Thoroughbred Times



RUDY IS RETIRED!

The TOP BUNK LIST UPDATE, from ALEX BROWN


Rudirudy is the latest Top Bunk retiree.

Rudirudy, an earner of over $700,000 from more than 100 starts, has been retired from racing through the efforts of Fans of Barbaro and the Top Bunk List project http://alexbrownracing.com/wiki/index.php/Top_Bunk_List.

Thirteen year old Rudirudy was a former stakes winner whose career spanned nine years. Lately he had been running in cheap claiming races and in his last race he finished last.

Rudirudy is at the Unicorn Center (http://theunicorncenter.com/index.php) and will be rehabbed for a second career.

Rudirudy is the third "Top Bunk" listed horse who has been retired through the efforts of Fans of Barbaro.

This list is named after Top Bunk, who was retired after earning more than $500,000 and running in early 2008 in lowly claiming races.

Top Bunk inspired the project, Ask the Lord, an earner of more than $700,000 and Lights on Broadway, who was Texas Champion in 2001, are other retirees.

Ask the Lord and Lights on Broadway are currently being rehabbed for pony work.

Canadian-bred SKY DIAMOND was on the TOP BUNK LIST this summer but broke down in a race at MONMOUTH PARK and was euthanized.

For more information, contact:

http://alexbrownracing.com