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Trainer Jonathan Sheppard has decided not to send With Anticipation to next Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Sha Tin in Hong Kong. French globetrotter Jim and Tonic has also been withdrawn from the the race, a $1.8 million Group 1 event that will be the second leg of the World Series Racing Championship. . . . Don Fuller, the president and chief executive officer of United Tote, announced on Friday that he will retire on Aug. 1, 1999. Fuller has been employed in the parimutuel business for 37 years. . . . Magna Entertainment, the racetrack company that owns Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park, raised $143 million from its recent stock offering after the underwriters - Bear Stearns, BMO Nesbitt Burns, and CIBC World Markets - purchased an additional 3 million shares in the company, the company announced. Magna had hoped to raise $171 million from the offering of 20 million shares.