Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

'Mighty Mouse' big on talent

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - At just over 14 hands tall, Dreams Go Bye is one of the smallest horses at Woodbine, but her diminutive stature hasn't stopped her from becoming one of the fastest runners around.

Dreams Go Bye captured the allowance prep for Saturday's $139,625 Ontario Fashion Handicap, and will try to double up in the six-furlong race for fillies and mares.

Saturday's program will be the sixth anniversary of Breeders' Cup XIII, which was run at Woodbine. The entire BC card from Arlington will be simulcast, and post time for the first of 10 live races is 11:32 a.m.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Greenland attempts repeat performance

ARCADIA, Calif. - It will be a long wait between the first and second races Saturday.

The five-hour gap - the first live race is at 9:45 a.m. and the second at 3:05 p.m. - is filled, of course, by the eight-race Breeders' Cup simulcast from Arlington International. Santa Anita's gates open Saturday at 8 a.m.

The live program consists of an ordinary seven-race card in which the feature race is a one-other-than allowance at a mile on turf.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Figueroa 'doesn't need the bug'

SAN MATEO, Calif. - Something will be missing when jockey Omar Figueroa returns to the saddle Saturday at Bay Meadows. There will no longer be an asterisk beside his name, designating him as an apprentice rider receiving a five-pound weight allowance.

The allowance has been many an apprentice's best friend, and business often tails off when riders lose it and become journeymen. But many around Bay Meadows don't think Figueroa, currently fifth in the jockey standings with 25 wins after finishing third during the Bay Meadows spring meeting, will be affected.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Safely Kept: Gold Mover avoids BC foes

Gold Mover can end a two-race losing streak in Saturday's first race, the $100,000 Safely Kept Handicap for fillies and mares at seven furlongs. While the two losses are uncharacteristic for the 4-year-old who has won 10 of 24 starts and $1,000,530, Gold Mover has at least kept good company. Trained by Mark Hennig, Gold Mover finished a dull fourth behind Mandy's Gold in the six-furlong Honorable Miss Stakes at Saratoga on Aug. 2 and second to Carson Hollow in the six-furlong Floral Park Handicap at Belmont Park on Sept. 14.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Steinlen: Sunk on soft ground, Capsized returns

Capsized brought a big reputation to the Sea o' Erin Breeders' Cup Mile last month. When he finished fourth as the favorite, his connections blamed the loss on a soft turf course.

On Saturday, Capsized will have a chance to redeem himself when he starts in the $100,000 Steinlen Handicap. The race follows the Breeders' Cup Classic.

"He didn't run his main effort last time," said trainer Lisa Lewis. "It rained hard that morning and the turf was soft. He didn't have that late kick. We debated coming back to Arlington, but we thought he had bad luck."

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Generous Rosi aimed for lesser riches

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - There were 3,900,000 reasons Niall O'Callaghan could have enumerated for giving Generous Rosi a shot in the Breeders' Cup Classic. In the end, O'Callaghan said no to all of them, and Generous Rosi has wound up on the Breeders' Cup undercard in the $100,000 Black Tie Affair Handicap.

"It was either $100,000 or $4 million, and I didn't think he was good enough for the $4 million," O'Callaghan said Thursday.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Raging Fever vs. Shine Again, again

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Familiar rivals Raging Fever and Shine Again meet again in Saturday's $150,000 First Flight Handicap at Aqueduct.

The Grade 2 First Flight and the Grade 3 Sport Page are part of a five-race card at the Big A on Breeders' Cup Day. First post is 11 a.m. Following Aqueduct's live program, the simulcast of the Breeders' Cup from Arlington Park will be shown.

Seven fillies and mares entered the First Flight. Raging Fever is the 119-pound highweight of the seven-furlong race.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Tenpins runs his Classic in Fayette

When Don Winfree saddles Tenpins as the favorite Saturday for the $150,000 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland Race Course, he won't have any misgivings about keeping his stable star out of the Breeders' Cup Classic.

Instead, Winfree would be content to watch the highly consistent Tenpins run another strong race when the colt faces four other 4-year-olds in the Grade 3 Fayette, highlight of a seven-race closing-day card at the Lexington, Ky., track.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Hoosier track report

ANDERSON, Ind. - Pass Rush should rule an imposing favorite when he heads a field of 10 3-year-old Indiana-breds entered for the $40,000 Benjamin Harrison Stakes at 1 1/16 miles.

Pass Rush comes in off a solid effort in the $400,000 Indiana Derby, in which he tracked the leaders in fourth to upper stretch before fading to sixth, beaten 6 3/4 lengths by Perfect Drift. Trained by Patrick Byrne for owner Michael Tabor, Pass Rush is still in search of his first stakes victory and looks to have found the right spot.

Thu, 10/24/2002 - 00:00

Great Lakes track report

MUSKEGON, Mich. - Sickle's Image winner Jean's Way heads a field of 11 in the $45,000 Michigan Juvenile Fillies Stakes at Great Lakes Downs.

The Michigan Juvenile Fillies, previously run at a mile and 70 yards, has been shortened to seven furlongs this year. It will be presented as the first of nine races set to begin at a special post time of 6 p.m. Eastern because of the Breeders' Cup.