The Dallas Cowboys have released Greg Ellis, ending the linebacker's career after 11 seasons and the eighth-most sacks in club history.
Tuesday's announcement was no surprise. A week before, team owner Jerry Jones said the club was planning to cut Ellis if he couldn't be traded.
The Cowboys bypassed Randy Moss to take Ellis with the eighth overall pick in the 1998 …
Forty-five years ago, Joe Segal staged his first jam session inthe student lounge at Roosevelt University. Monday night, havingoutlasted more trends and jazz-is-dead declarations than you canshake a drumstick at, the impresario got to present an all-star revuein the Auditorium Theatre.
The venue may have been larger than he was used to, but thespirit was its old bountiful self as a parade of longtime Segalattractions and Chicago favorites, including Joe Williams, JohnnyGriffin, Stanley Turrentine and Art Farmer, performed in his honor.
A benefit for the Chicago Musical College at Roosevelt, the galaevent was marked by some wonderfully fresh artistic pairings …
LONDON (AP) — Tottenham says playmaker Rafael van der Vaart will be out for up to six weeks with a hamstring tear.
The Netherlands …
Tom Taormina is 65 and has no retirement savings.
The Virginia City, Nev., business consultant said it's not for lack of trying. He and his wife, Midge, have tried to save and at one time invested in the stock market, but it's all been depleted.
"We're scrambling to make it through the next 20 years," he said. "We're doing everything we can to set money aside, but every time we do something unforeseen comes up."
They've downsized and cut expenses. He no longer drives a leased Lexus and now sits behind the wheel of a 2008 Subaru Forester. He also brought in an investor on to help with his business, The Taormina Group Inc., a …
After a decade at the helm of the Archdiocese of Chicago, JosephCardinal Bernardin points with satisfaction to "creating a differentclimate . . . where people feel more free and make their thoughtsknown."
Such freedom cuts in different directions, as the cardinal knowswell.
Pilloried by the religious right for allegedly promoting"disloyalty and disobedience" and by the left for an archdiocese saidto be "adrift in a sea of malaise," Bernardin believes a "very solidmiddle" exists and is evolving under his tutelage.
"Sometimes the middle is not heard from as much. People at theextremes get the attention," he said in an interview anticipating his10th …
Bob Lutz, ejecutivo de GM, afirma que la recesi�n termin�, pero que las empresas tienen que cerrar plantas. Los analistas financieros de la industria del autom�vil de Estados Unidos creen que la recesi�n de este pa�s "ha terminado" y que la econom�a del pa�s mejorar�, por lo que han aumentado sus perspectivas de ventas a escala nacional para este a�o.
DETROIT. -- Seg�n informa Automotive News, la publicaci�n m�s prestigiosa del sector, los economistas de GM y Ford aseguran que el proceso de deterioro de la econom�a ha cesado ya, mientras que Chrysler cree que la recesi�n "est� a punto" de terminar.
Los tres fabricantes de autom�viles han aumentado sus pron�sticos de ventas …
Senators began debate Monday on a sweeping rail safety bill that would require more worker rest and new technology to prevent collisions.
The House passed the bill last week in the wake of a crash between a freight train and a commuter train that killed 25 people in Los Angeles.
Senators planned a key …
HARTFORD, Conn. - Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. is launching a $1billion venture featuring a pilot-less Black Hawk helicopter asmilitary demand rises for technology to fight two wars.
The Stratford-based helicopter maker and military contractorannounced Monday the creation of Sikorsky Innovations, intended tospeed the transformation of the mechanical helicopter into acomputerized aircraft.
It also will promote projects that are now designing helicoptersto fly faster, simulate vision and monitor their own performance.
The Black Hawk is a military workhorse, used in Afghanistan,Iraq, Grenada in 1983, Panama in 1989 and the Gulf War in 1991. It'salso part of military …
NAIROBI, Kenya - Environmentalists complained Friday that negotiators for industrial nations are moving too slowly at a U.N. conference to set controls on global-warming gases after the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012.
A leader of the talks said, however, that slow might be better if eventually the United States signs on to mandatory emissions reductions.
Tuesday's Democratic election victory in the United States heartened those looking for a change in U.S. attitudes.
"The new Congress will challenge the Bush administration's global warming policy on several fronts," an unofficial conference newsletter told the 5,000 participants at the two-week session, which …
Australia's cricket captain led his team to South Africa Monday, saying the players were in good shape despite a grueling few months.
Ricky Ponting, speaking to reporters as the team arrived at the Johannesburg airport, noted the strains of a tour of India, a Test series against New Zealand, followed by the South African tour of Australia.
"We have had quite a few injuries, but we have brought a fully fit squad to South Africa," the South African Press Association quoted him as saying. "We always enjoy playing here. The conditions are fairly similar to those at home, and we know the series will be challenging. We just hope Australia come out …
What's creamy, cold, rich and sweet as candy? Turtlecheesecake. It's got a cookie crust, cream cheese filling and afillip of chocolate and pecans. This isn't an ordinary cheesecake.The combination of nuts, chocolate and cream cheese provideswonderful taste and texture contrasts. It can be beautifullydecorated and served for a special occasion. It would even make agreat birthday cake for a cheesecake lover.
I hope this is the recipe for turtle cheesecake that wasrequested by Marianne Vassallo. I hope readers enjoy it. It isdelicious.
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3 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature3 large …
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Pakistan's legislature unanimously condemned Pope Benedict XVI. Lebanon's top Shiite cleric demanded an apology. And in Turkey, the ruling party likened the pontiff to Hitler and Mussolini and accused him of reviving the mentality of the Crusades.
Across the Islamic world Friday, Benedict's remarks on Islam and jihad in a speech in Germany unleashed a torrent of rage that many fear could burst into violent protests like those that followed publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.
By citing an obscure Medieval text that characterizes some of the teachings of Islam's founder as "evil and inhuman," Benedict inflamed Muslim passions and …
WASHINGTON A program is being tested that allows welfare andfood stamp recipients to obtain their benefits with plastic cardssimilar to those used in automatic teller machines.
Currently, a number of states are developing such systems forthe main welfare program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children.The system being tested now in Maryland is intended to show thatgreater savings and convenience can be achieved by using cards formultiple benefits.
The Agriculture Department, which administers the food stampprogram, found in an earlier test in Reading, Pa., that using aplastic card in place of paper coupons was preferable in all respectsexcept for administrative costs, which were nine times greater. Thedepartment said the system could reduce costs substantially byintegrating food stamp and other benefit programs.
"The new system will be easier for people to use and willincrease financial efficiency by eliminating the problem of lost orstolen food stamp coupons," said Assistant Agriculture SecretaryCatherine Bertini.
About 5,000 Baltimore residents are participating in the firstsix-month phase of Maryland's "Independence System" program, whichbegan Nov. 30. The program then will be expanded to include 300,000recipients across Maryland. The total cost of the five-year programwill be $26 million, about $1 million less than it would costMaryland to process the benefits otherwise.
Welfare recipients will use the cards to collect their benefitsfrom machines linked to an electronic banking network.
Food stamp recipients will use the cards in authorized grocerystores. Purchase amounts will be automatically subtracted fromcardholders' monthly food stamp allotments, eliminating the need forpaper coupons.
Recipients, retailers and banks overwhelmingly preferred theelectronic system to the paper coupon system.
Retailers said they preferred it because it reduced paper workand they didn't have to make change in food stamp transactions.Recipients said they preferred it because it was easier.
The system substantially reduced food stamp handling costs oflocal banks in the Reading project, according to an evaluation forthe Agriculture Department by Abt Associates of Cambridge, Mass. Abtestimated banks' costs at $5.96 per $1,000 for coupons, compared with40 cents per $1,000 for the electronic system.
One complaint that grocery retailers do have is that theAgriculture Department has said each checkout lane in participatingstores needn't be equipped with a system terminal, even thoughfederal regulations state that grocery stores may not discriminateagainst food stamp recipients.
Man allegedly pushes woman from car
Police arrested a St. Albans man for allegedly pushing hisgirlfriend out of a car.
In a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court,police said Kurtis L. Harris, 42, of Lower Falls Road, and hisgirlfriend had been drinking at a bar in Putnam County on Saturday.
According to the complaint, the couple started arguing aboutmoney while driving on Main Street in St. Albans.
Harris became "enraged" when the woman told him she did not have$20, Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputy F.E. Flowers wrote in thepolice report.
Harris was screaming at her, so she asked him to stop the vehicleso she could get out, the complaint said.
Police said Harris stopped the vehicle and the woman attempted toget out, but he pushed her, knocking her out and onto the groundwhere she struck her head.
The woman walked east to a nearby residence and called 911, thereport said.
According to the complaint, several minutes after police spokewith the woman, officers received a call from a nearby conveniencestore where a man was refusing to pay for gasoline.
Police identified the man as Harris, the complaint said.
The officer who responded said Harris was intoxicated, thecomplaint said.
He was charged with domestic battery and public intoxication.
Man arrested after
fight over iPod
Police said they arrested a South Charleston man for allegedlyfighting with a man over an iPod.
Edgar Warren Willis Jr., 21, of Kanawha Turnpike, was at anapartment on Garret Street early Saturday morning when he got into afight with the resident there, according to a criminal complaintfiled in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
According to the complaint, Willis lifted his shirt during thealtercation and displayed a handgun in his waistband.
The apartment resident attempted to push Willis out of theapartment, the complaint said.
The doors of an entertainment center were broken during thealtercation, the complaint said.
When South Charleston Police Lt. G.E. Amburgey arrived, the fightwas still in progress, according to the police report.
Amburgey said he separated the two men and saw Willis remove thehandgun from his waistband and toss it behind a kitchen appliance,the complaint said.
Willis was charged with concealing a dangerous weapon,brandishing a dangerous weapon and destruction of property.
U.S. 119 closed
after rock slide
Part of U.S. 119 near Mink Shoals was closed after a rock slide,said a dispatcher with Metro 911.
The slide happened about 7 p.m. Tuesday near the 2900 block ofPennsylvania Avenue, the dispatcher said.
The road has since reopened.
Cross Lanes man
wanted for battery
Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Cross Lanes manaccused of hitting his girlfriend and her son.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Kanawha MagistrateCourt, Jason Cunningham, 28, of Walnut Valley Drive, grabbed hislive-in girlfriend by the throat and pushed her down onto a couch.
Police say the incident happened Oct. 6.
According to the complaint, Cunningham punched the woman in thefacial area three to four times and slapped her with an open hand.He also tried to bend her wrist back, the complaint said.
Kanawha County Sheriff's Deputy S.C. Layne said the altercationoccurred while the woman was holding her 3-year-old son.
Cunningham also struck the child in the head, causing a bruise tohis forehead, according to the complaint.
Police said Cunningham is wanted for two counts of domesticbattery.
House fire kept
from spreading
Firefighters had to work for more than an hour to keep a housefire near North Charleston from spreading through a woodedneighborhood.
No one was injured when the residence burned at 338 BrynwoodDrive in the Knollwood area just north of Charleston Tuesdayafternoon, said Lt. Donald Milgram of the Pinch Volunteer FireDepartment.
Dispatchers received a call at 4:05 p.m. that the house of RobertL. Cross was on fire. Milgram said he left his house on nearby DutchRoad as soon as he got the call, but the house's roof was alreadyburning when he arrived.
Firefighters from the Pinch, Malden, Frame and Charlestondepartments controlled the fire and kept it from spreading to nearbyhouses in the wooded neighborhood, and by 5:30 p.m. only a few hotspots remained.
The cause of the fire was not known Tuesday night. It appeared tohave started upstairs, Milgram said.
Man charged with
domestic violence
A St. Albans man was arrested for allegedly shoving hisgirlfriend and arguing with police officers, according to a criminalcomplaint filed in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
The complaint said a neighbor reported seeing Joseph GaryJackson, 27, of Walnut Valley Drive, shoving his girlfriend andgrabbing her jacket.
Police said the woman got away and was attempting to call 911when Jackson took her phone and broke it.
St. Albans Police Patrolman C.T. Lowe said in the police reportthat he obtained a statement from the woman and she confirmed thatJackson had shoved her.
The complaint said that when officers questioned Jackson, hebegan arguing with them and ignoring their instructions.
When an officer attempted to arrest Jackson, he pulled his armsaway and became very combative, the complaint said.
Officers used a Taser twice on Jackson, the complaint said.
He was charged with domestic violence and obstructing an officer.
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KABUL, Afghanistan With a handshake, a blessing and athousand-gun salute, religious scholar Sibghatullah Mojaddedi wasinstalled Tuesday as president of Afghanistan's first Islamicgovernment.
Mojaddedi arrived in the capital in a convoy of several dozentroop trucks, jeeps and cars after three days of fierce urban combatby a moderate coalition of guerrilla fighters cleared the laststrongholds of fundamentalists long enough to usher in the nation'slatest hope for peace.
Mojaddedi immediately declared a general amnesty and appealed tofollowers of fundamentalist leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to "lay downtheir arms and join us as Muslim brothers."
"We hope our brothers who resorted to this fighting will stopand instead help our people, who already have suffered so much in thepast many years of war," Mojaddedi said after the last vestiges ofthe nation's fallen authoritarian regime had handed over power to hismoderate, 51-member Islamic coalition.
"Ease the people's pain," he said in an address to Kabul'sdiplomatic and press corps during a ceremony in the conference roomof the Foreign Ministry.
Within an hour, Hekmatyar's forces answered his call withlong-range artillery, rocketing the city's airport and severalresidential neighborhoods from the fundamentalists' strongholdsouthwest of Kabul.
But there were indications that Mojaddedi's arrival in a citydesperate for peace - at the end of a two-day road journey fromPakistan - could signal the end of one of the world's bloodiest andmost protracted conflicts, a 13-year religious crusade by Muslimwarriors that degenerated into internecine combat.
Just before Mojaddedi's arrival - his first glimpse of thecapital in 19 years of exile - guerrilla fighters loyal to moderatecommander Ahmed Shah Masood blasted the last of Hekmatyar's tankpositions out of the strategic hilltop Cemetery of the Martyrs. And,just moments after Mojaddedi officially took power, the last ofHekmatyar's forces in Kabul gave up during an intense eveningfirefight to drive them from the downtown Interior Ministry complex.
And despite the artillery barrage from the southeast, aspokesman for Hekmatyar's Pakistan-based Hezb-i-Islami partyindicated a willingness to compromise.
Confirming the new mood of hope and peace, as Mojaddedi's carsped from the Foreign Ministry to a downtown building commandeered ashis temporary headquarters, the anti-aircraft guns, assault rifles,rocket launchers and tanks that had provided the city's soundtrack ofwar shot off thousands of rounds of celebratory fire.
Masood pledged his key support to Mojaddedi's council onTuesday, and he was joined by several former regime generals,important rebel commanders and most of the collapsed regime'sbureaucratic leaders.
The ruling coalition that was rushed in to fill Kabul's13-day-old power vacuum clearly remained a fragile one. Severalfactions staged press conferences in the capital Tuesday to declaretheir political neutrality, among them the leader of a Shiite Muslimpolitical party that controls the road between downtown Kabul and theDefense Ministry.
But Afghanistan's neighbors and the international community ingeneral reacted positively to Tuesday's ceremony, urgently seekingstability in a strategic nation that is the linchpin of South andCental Asia.
The United States welcomed the formal transfer of power from theold Soviet-installed regime to the Muslim rebel forces, whichWashington backed throughout the civil war.
Most diplomats and other analysts who witnessed the dramatictakeover ceremony said that the fear of an ethnic civil war waslikely to give the council enough short-term power to rule.
"Praise be to God, there is peace now in Afghanistan," saidMohammed Musa, an old man in the Jada-i-Maiwand neighborhood, whichwas devastated by the three-day tank battle to clear the Cemetery ofthe Martyrs.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A young Mennonite teacher who was imprisoned here last June is reportedly suffering from severe mental illness in prison. She has been designated a "prisoner of conscience" by Amnesty International.
Le Thi Hong Lien, 21, was sentenced to 12 months in prison for "resisting a person performing official duty." In recent months, her health has deteriorated and she is apparently receiving no treatment.
Prison officials have reportedly resorted to tying her hands and feet to the bed, saying that they do not have the means to care for inmates with such severe illness. She has also been beaten in prison.
Lien had participated in demonstrations against the government's religious policies, along with other Mennonite leaders. She has been arrested before and was hospitalized in 2002 after being badly beaten by police.
Amnesty is urging action on her behalf. Supporters can send appeals to: His Excellency Phan Van Khai, Office of the Prime Minister, Hoang Hoa Tham, Ha Noi, Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. Faxes can be sent to: + 844 823 4137/199 2682 (c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the attention of the prime minister).-From Amnesty release
Court will hear appeals
Vietnamese Ministries reports that the Supreme Court in Ho Chi Minh City will hear the appeals of two Mennonite church leaders on February 2. Nguyen Hong Quang and Pham Ngoc Thach, sentenced last November, have been serving prison terms of three years and two years, respectively. Two Mennonite leaders have been released.
If Charleston City Council votes to close its current pensionplans for police and firefighters this evening as the mayor hasrequested, it will start a slow climb out of a deep hole. But even aslow climb will come at a hefty cost. The plans are to be closed tonew hires. Current employees and retires still would draw benefitsfrom the old plans. City officials have devised a strategy to paydown the huge liabilities of those plans. In the first year alone,it calls for the city to come up with an extra $1.5 million to plowinto pensions. Only a little more than half that amount, $850,000,has been identified so far, and the citys fiscal year begins July 1.That will be the savings garnered by eliminating 12 vacantfirefighter positions and cutting in half the citys contribution tothe Kanawha-Charleston Health Department for a savings of $100,000.City Manager David Molgaard said, The challenge this coming year isto figure out where the rest of the money will come from. MayorDanny Jones agreed. But it has to be done, Jones said. Well come upwith a way one way or another. Like many cities around the state,Charleston has struggled to fund its fireman and police pensionfunds. Jones has called the unfunded liability one of the biggestchallenges he has faced. Charlestons firefighter fund is only 5percent funded, and its police officer fund, 10 percent. Theunfunded liabilities or gaps between expected assets and promisedbenefits total about $208 million for the two funds, Molgaard said.City Treasurer Vic Grigoraci thinks the mayor has come up with thebest alternative for dealing with the pension problem that he can,given the Legislatures reluctance to take meaningful action.However, Grigoraci thinks the problem is far from solved. All wevedone is push the uncertainty of it down the road a little bit, hesaid. Eventually, a new revenue source must be identified, he said.Meanwhile, the city will alter the way it pays benefits under theold plans. The pension trust funds are fed by three revenue sources employer contributions, employee contributions and the citys shareof revenue from a statewide tax on insurance premiums. The trustfunds also have investment earnings. The city would continueplugging 18 percent of the insurance tax revenue and 20 percent ofthe employee contributions into those trust funds. But it would stoppaying benefits from them. So the funds would begin functioningsolely as savings accounts fed slowly over time and drawinginvestment earnings. The rest of the money from those two revenuesources plus all of the employer contributions would go directlytoward pension payments to current retirees and to employees hiredunder the old plans when they retire. Although the cityscontributions to the existing plans must continue to rise, thisstrategy would allow the city to eliminate the unfunded liabilitiesover the next 35 years, Molgaard said. In the fiscal year thatstarts July 1, the citys contribution to the program is to increaseto $7.7 million, Estep said. The city had budgeted $6.2 million.Jones said the city will have to manage its finances well to come upwith the difference. More cuts will be needed, and Jones said hedoes not know what they will be. While the situation is difficult,it is better than the alternative, Estep said. The cityscontribution would balloon to about $27 million a year in 20 yearsif the pension plans were not closed, Estep said. Now theres a planfor paying down the unfunded liability, Estep said. Thats becausewere putting money into the old plans and not taking it back out, hesaid. The citys contributions to the old pension funds will decreaseas time goes on. For example, the city will have to come up with anadditional $1.4 million in fiscal year 2013, or $100,000 less thanin the coming year, Estep said. It continues to drop, Estep said.The city could have opted into a new pension plan created by theLegislature last year but found it unaffordable. The city would havehad to find an additional $9 million to opt into the plan withoutclosing the old pension plans, Estep said. We couldnt afford that,he said. Now, if the resolution is passed, new hires must go intonew, state-managed plans. The benefits wont be quite as generous asthose offered under the old plans. Current employees can count onpensions based on a formula that multiplies years of service firstby final average pay and then by 3 percent. Also, they can retire atage 50. The formula for new hires multiplies experience, pay and 2.6percent. They, too, will be able to retire at age 50. Its not aslucrative, but its still lucrative, Jones said. By comparison, asimilar formula with a 2 percent factor is used to determine thepensions of teachers and other public employees. Jones saidemployees in the new plan would contribute 9.5 percent of theirwages to their pension plans. Current employees contribute 8percent, Grigoraci said. A state board will regularly assess thefinancial condition of the new funds and adjust the cityscontribution rate as needed, Jones said. Actuaries have estimatedthe citys contribution in the first year would be about $25,000 forthe new police pension plan and about $26,000 for the firefighterplan, Estep said. The payment of benefits to the new hires would notstart until those employees began retiring in 20 to 25 years.
WASHINGTON (AP) The federal budget deficit grew to $141.7billion at the end of July, dramatically below last year's recordlevel of red ink, the government said Friday.
At the same point in 1986, with two months left in the fiscalyear, the deficit was $189 billion, 25 percent ahead of the 1987pace. Although government spending is up 3.7 percent so far thisyear, revenues have increased by 10.6 percent, thus easing thedeficit.
The Treasury Department said government spending stood at $843.2billion for the first 10 months of the fiscal year and revenuestotaled $701.5 billion, leaving a shortfall of $141.7 billion.
The improvement for this fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30, isattributed to the overhaul of the tax code and a resulting one-timesurge in revenue last April.
Because of the higher-than-expected tax revenues, the Reaganadministration on Monday cut its estimate for the deficit this yearfrom a forecast of $173.2 billion made last January when thepresident submitted his budget down to $158.4 billion.
That is well below last year's $220.7 billion record, but stillabove the $144 billion target of the Gramm-Rudman deficit reductionlaw.
The administration is warning that deficits will widen again in1988 and 1989 unless Congress cuts spending.
The government spent $86.5 billion and took in $64.2 billion inrevenue in July, for a monthly deficit of $22.3 billion, much higherthan last month's deficit of $420 million.
Sporting dreads, playing the newest tunes by Kirk Franklin andAlicia Keys and steering her Honda Pilot SUV, Deborah Brown enjoyshaving the latest.
So it's not likely the 32-year-old television news segmentproducer would be caught wearing the long, classic fur coat of hermom's generation. Yet, the fur industry couldn't be happier. That'sbecause Brown has opted for a snazzy, black bomber jacket-styledmink.
"It's all about the bells and whistles for me. I love all theembellishments," said Brown, who first spotted her fur at a vendordisplay at a party. "I like trendy things; really, really nice,classy things, but with a little pop."
Young women like her have become the new face of the fur buyer,according to the industry and style watchers.
The popularity of furs is at an all-time high among the young andchic, says Constance White, commentator for E!'s "Fashion Police" andeditor of online marketplace eBay.com's Personal Style. That's due,in part, to a growing interest in vintage clothing as well as theinfluence of fur-draped celebrities, "whether they are on the redcarpet or in a hip-hop video," she says.
PETA SAYS IT'S HAVING AN EFFECT
In the last two weeks, 2,400 fur coats have sold on eBay. The mostpopular items were shorter jackets and fur-trimmed items, White says.
More than 55 percent of fur buyers are under age 44. And thebiggest growth in sales, says the Fur Information Council of America,is coming from those ages 21 to 34 -- a group that grew up with high-profile PETA campaigns and didn't share the fashion sense of olderwomen.
"They're more savvy than the generation that preceded them,especially after 9/11. They're less likely to take any informationany group feeds them at face value," says Fur Information Councilexecutive director Keith Kaplan.
He says People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wrongfullytakes credit for the decline in fur sales in the 1980s and early'90s; rather, the decline was the result of the recession.
But PETA has affected younger consumers, asserts spokeswomanBrandi Valladolid. Recently, Forever 21, Wet Seal and J. Crewannounced they would stop selling fur, largely at the behest of 13-to 20-year-old activists, according to Valladolid.
"We definitely attribute the success to all three of thosecampaigns to increasing awareness among young people," she says.
Even so, the average age of the fur buyer continues to drop. Tenyears ago, it was 48.5. Today, it's about 43, Kaplan says.
Women are being lured by different cuts, colors and increasedavailability of fur. More than 400 designers use fur in theircollections, up from 40 two decades ago. The fashion industry usesnew techniques with fur, including tie dye, micro shearing and lasercutting.
"There's so much creativity and innovation," Kaplan says. "Theproducts they're creating are appealing to the younger demographic,and it's a product that's available where they shop."
Shoppers ages 25 to 37 make up the fastest-growing customer groupat Island Furs, 1827 W. 103rd, co-owner Berry James says.
Colors like whiskey, and styles including vests, capes and bolerojackets -- "things the young generation is wearing, hip-hop stuff" --attract buyers, he says.
CHICAGO IS 2ND IN FUR SALES
Over at Chicago Fur Outlet, 777 W. Diversey, co-owner HowardBresnik observes more women buying for themselves these days, ratherthan waiting for generous boyfriends or hubbies to present them coatsas gifts. A shopper can pick up a Tibetan lamb jacket for $200 to$300. A thousand dollars can get her a mink jacket.
And in Chicago, where sales of fur are second in the nation --just behind New York -- low temperatures make fur coats a necessityto some women, he says.
"Some gals are standing at the bus stop in the morning. They needthe long winter coats," Bresnik says.
cjackson@suntimes.com
Residents are burying their loved ones in the Somali capital after a bloody weekend, and hundreds are fleeing during a lull in the violence.
A local human rights group says street fighting Sunday between Ethiopian troops and Islamic fighters trying to bring down the shaky government left 81 people dead over two days.
An Associated Press reporter saw at least 10 bodies being collected Monday around a mosque. Hundreds of residents are leaving the city by car, on foot or on donkey carts.
Somalia has not had a functioning government since 1991.
You could just about field a team with the 16 players changinghands during the flurry of activity before the non-waiver tradedeadline Monday. Greg Maddux, Julio Lugo, Kip Wells, RobertoHernandez, the list goes on. But no matter how long you stare at thenames, you won't find Alfonso Soriano's.
Probably the most rumored trading chip all season never budged.
As with most years, the deadline-day results couldn't live up tothe hype. And with most years, the boldest moves were struck beforethe last minute. Here's a look at the winners and losers.
WINNERS
- Yankees: They had a long wish list and filled every item. Theyneeded a big bat and got one Sunday in slugging outfielder BobbyAbreu. In the same deal with the Phillies, the Yankees bolsteredtheir rotation with Cory Lidle. They wanted a better backup catcherand earlier raided the Phillies for Sal Fasano. Lidle pushed ShawnChacon out of the rotation, so he was sent to the Pirates for supersub Craig Wilson. General manager Brian Cashman was under the mostpressure and did a great job beefing up an already talented team. TheRed Sox didn't match the Bombers' big moves and might end upregretting their inactivity.
- Rangers: While most of us kept waiting for Brewers sluggerCarlos Lee to wind up in New York, Detroit or St. Louis, the Rangerspulled off a shocker. They also got outfielder Nelson Cruz in thedeal. With a wide-open American League West, the Rangers needed morethan Lee. So they strengthened their rotation with help from thePirates by adding right-hander Kip Wells, who has impressed scouts inthe last two weeks. Matt Stairs arrives from the Royals and adds someextra pop off the bench -- a luxury with Lee already on board. Withthe West-rival Athletics and Angels being surprisingly quiet, theRangers might have done enough to put themselves over the top.
- White Sox: Critics will blast them for not getting Soriano(turns out he wasn't so available) or left-hander Barry Zito (heNEVER was available). But general manager Ken Williams still has atalented rotation and plenty of pop in his lineup. Manager OzzieGuillen made two requests: a late-inning reliever and a backupcatcher. Williams delivered both a week before the deadline, gettingright-hander Mike MacDougal from the Royals and Sandy Alomar Jr. fromthe Dodgers. Jittery critics won't believe it, but this is still themost talented team in the AL Central.
LOSERS
- Cardinals: It's time for a news flash. The Cardinals are notgoing to pull off another 100-win season. It looks like the wild cardwill come out of the NL Central for a third straight season, and theCards might have to settle for that the way the Reds have beengaining ground. The Cardinals needed a bat for the outfield andanother pitcher. Right-hander Jorge Sosa would have been a nicepickup for the Cards last season, but he has been nothing but adisappointment for the Braves this season. Maybe pitching coach DaveDuncan can work his magic, but he has just two months to do thetrick. That's a big gamble.
- Tigers: Yes, they have the best record in baseball. And, yes,when the White Sox were in the same spot a year ago, they didn'tswing a blockbuster at the deadline. The Tigers know they needanother big bat but came up with Sean Casey, whose power has been indecline. The Tigers' pitching staff faces a rough final two months ofthe regular season -- just ask the White Sox pitchers how tough itgot last August and September. A bigger bat than Casey's would'vebeen a nice bit of insurance.
- Twins: They've charged out of nowhere to make a dent in the wild-card race, but the Twins have shown they're not built for the longhaul. The bullpen is solid but young. The rotation has two greatpitchers in Francisco Liriano and Johan Santana. The Twins' names gottossed into some uncharacteristic deals involving Soriano and evenLee. That might've been aiming too high for their budget, but theycertainly could've made a smaller deal that would give them a latepick-me-up.
cdeluca@suntimes.com
THE DAY IN TRADES A LOOK AT MONDAY'S NON-CUBS-RELATED TRADES
Cincinnati Reds Acquired LHP Rheal Cormier from Philadelphia forRHP Justin Germano.
Colorado Rockies Acquired LHP Jeremy Affeldt and RHP DennyBautista from Kansas City for INF Ryan Shealy and RHP Scott Dohmann.
Detroit Tigers Acquired 1B Sean Casey from Pittsburgh for RHPBrian Rogers.
Los Angeles Dodgers Acquired INF Julio Lugo from Tampa Bay for INFJoel Guzman and non-roster OF Sergio Pedroza.
Minnesota Twins Acquired RHP Zach Ward from Cincinnati for RHPKyle Lohse.
New York Mets Acquired RHP Roberto Hernandez and LHP Oliver Perezfrom Pittsburgh for OF Xavier Nady.
New York Yankees Acquired OF Craig Wilson from Pittsburgh for RHPShawn Chacon.
St. Louis Cardinals Acquired RHP Jorge Sosa from Atlanta for minor-league RHP Rich Scalamandre.
Texas Rangers Acquired OF Matt Stairs from Kansas City for non-roster RHP Joselo Diaz; acquired RHP Kip Wells from Pittsburgh fornon-roster RHP Jesse Chavez.
Online, ungoverned, open forums are the latest darling of progressive media, and Idaho will soon be part of the trend. Lead by Martin Orr, an associate professor of sociology at Boise State University, a group of dedicated Idahoans is about to realize the dream of unadulterated news. These "purists" follow in the footsteps of activists and alternative journalists in Seattle who created the first Independent Media Center (IMC) in response to the WTO riots of 1999.
The Seattle IMC took shape in contrast to what Orr calls "poor coverage" of the landmark event. Dissatisfied viewers and media members wanted no-frills, up-to-the-minute reports, so they set up the Independent Media Center as a resource for collective footage, information and commentary. Seattle's IMC was the first of its kind, a democratic, globally-connected message board that circulated news unspoiled by the dilution and distortion that results from too much editorial influence.
The idea worked so well and was so far-reaching that it became its own force for change and free expression. People everywhere were inspired to create their own IMCs, and the list is growing on an international scale.
On the verge of completion, the Idaho IMC advertises a mission statement very similar to the original. Labeling itself an outlet for "radical, accurate and passionate" reporting, the site invites and will broadcast news with what Orr calls "a greater readiness to acknowledge the truth."
"IMC is not anti-journalist," Orr says, "it just gets editors and publishers off journalists' backs so they can write the truth." But journalists aren't the only truth-tellers, and Indymedia is set up so that anyone can contribute. There are only two requirements: 1) Have something to say 2) Fill out the appropriate form and click on "publish." This instantaneous, self-publishing process is designed to collect and relay important information with more realism than rhetoric, and the vehicle is a tidy little Web site, www.idaho.indymedia.org, which is nicely organized and provides simple answers to any and all questions.
Orr, having worked on the Idaho IMC since its conception in February 2000, hopes it will bring the public together and provide a refreshing news alternative.
"IMC is the single best source of information out there," says Orr.
And with luck, it may hold other organizations to a higher standard.
Mike Moore limited California to three singles over eightinnings and Dave Henderson delivered a home run in the first inningThursday to lift the visiting Oakland Athletics to a 5-0 victory overthe California Angels.
Henderson had three of Oakland's 13 hits, including a homer offJim Abbott (0-2) in the first innning. Dave Parker drove in a pairof runs with a single and a groundout and Mike Gallego doubled in twomore runs. Playing without the injured Jose Canseco and MarkMcGwire, Oakland had managed just one run in the last 20 innningsbefore Henderson's homer.
"The win is good, but everyone contributing is better," Oaklandmanager Tony LaRussa said. "We have a lot of tough outs in ourlineup. We should score runs."
Abbott fielded his first major-league grounder - and made hisfirst error - on a sharply hit ball by Carney Lansford in the second.Abbott, who was born without a right hand and switches his glove onand off his left, hadn't made the switch on the grounder, but he didknock the ball down and retrieve it in time to throw to first - butthe throw was high. Abbott did field Stan Javier's grounder to themound in the third inning and threw out the lead runner at second.In the fourth, he snared Felix Jose's comebacker to start a doubleplay. Abbott's first major-league strikeout was Parker swinging inthe second inning.
Red Sox 9, Indians 1: Wade Boggs had three hits and a sacrificefly for three RBI to lead a 15-hit Boston attack against Cleveland atFenway Park. Roger Clemens (1-0) picked up his first decision aftertwo outings without one. He went seven innings and struck out eight- including the side in the seventh. In his 1989 Fenway pitchingdebut, Clemens allowed only three singles. He received a standingovation in the Cleveland second when he recorded his 1,000th careerstrikeout. While throwing 112 pitches, Clemens became the fourthBoston pitcher to reach 1,000 strikeouts. With 1,005 strikeouts, hetrails only Cy Young, who had 1,341 early in the century, Luis Tiant(1,075) and former teammate Bruce Hurst (1,043). Clemens extendedhis lifetime record against Cleveland to 10-1, including 7-0 inFenway Park.
Tigers 3, Twins 0: Jeff Robinson (1-0) tossed a four-hitter andLou Whitaker hit a home run to help Detroit defeat Minnesota at TigerStadium. Minnesota had beaten Detroit 12 times in a row dating totheir first meeting last season, May 14, which also was a shutout.Robinson did not allow a hit between John Moses' single leading offthe third and Wally Backman's leadoff double in the eighth.Whitaker homered on an 0-2 pitch by reliever Juan Berenguer with twoout in the seventh. Detroit's Kenny Williams singled off ShaneRawley (1-1) to start the first, stole second before Torey Lovullowalked and had to stop at third on Whitaker's topped ground single tofirst. Alan Trammell hit an easy double-play grounder to short thatwent between Greg Gagne's legs for an error, allowing two runs toscore. Minnesota loaded the bases on a pair of 3-1 walks after aone-out single in the first. But Robinson struck out Gary Gaetti andRandy Bush.
Rangers 6, Brewers 1: Julio Franco drove in four runs for thesecond straight game and Bobby Witt (1-0) scattered seven hits ineight innings as Texas won at Milwaukee for its fifth straightvictory.
Just when Eastern Illinois proved to be among the elite footballteams in the Gateway Conference, the Panthers are following EIU'sother programs to the Ohio Valley Conference.
And they're not taking a lot of returning starters along. Amongthe positions hit by graduation are quarterback, tailback, fullback,receiver and middle linebacker, where Tim Carver set school recordsfor tackling.
"We lost right down the middle of our offense," coach Bob Spoosaid. "We lost very skilled players."
The Panthers return six starters, including tackle BrianMcGavock, who had eight sacks last season, and linebacker RodneyWilson, last year's second-leading tackler. Junior Ibrahim Bawa,Eastern's second-leading rusher with 388 yards on 93 carries, returnsand should find running room. The offensive line averages 312pounds.
Eastern was 10-2 last season and tied Northern Iowa atop theGateway with a 5-1 mark. The Panthers were picked to finish fourthin the OVC by the league's coaches and sports information directors.But Spoo isn't worried. Eastern was picked to finish sixth in theGateway last season.
The Smokin' Grooves tour descended Friday night upon the WorldMusic Theatre - sort of a Rhythmstock, if you will.
Roots, one of the rare rap acts that uses a real band, openedwith a tight, awesome set. They shifted from tune to tune withoutpause, bodacious rap braggadocio making a segue to sweet,a cappella vocal riffing.
Too bad the Brand New Heavies were weak. Singer Siedah Garrettrode herd over songs like "Sometimes" with vocal power that almostmade up for the drab monotonicity of her band's approach.Later, to a roar of adulation, Erykah Badu took to the stage,piped aboard by her backup singers' chant, "Badu, Badu." A songstylist, Badu beautifully allows words their own space, fiddling withsyllables, skating the fringes of scat, with an effortlessshowmanship that delighted.Then Cypress Hill went nuts. Their DJ and percussionist-fueledrap had a tuneful, edgy backdrop, combined with the vocal trio'sloose, goofy presentation. Sporting Afro wigs, hopping about likehyperactive marionettes, they cranked out hits like "Shoot 'Em Up"and "Insane in the Brain." As they inflated their massive, smokingskeleton, multicolored marijuana leaves dancing across the backdrop,the only band who could have followed this set was the one that did,George Clinton and the P-Funk All Stars.Only a headdress away from being Sun Ra, Clinton presided overthe musical stew that was P-Funk, clad in a "101 Dalmatians" caftan.Killers like "Flashlight" became extended jams, with a majestic,powerful, compellingly danceable groove that capped this nightperfectly.
There isn't room for everyone in the current luxury car sweepstakes.
Late in 1929, the luxury car market was riding high. E.IL Cord rescued Auburn, released the majestic L29 Cord and boldly financed an effort by the Duesenberg brothers to build the finest American luxury car ever. Packard, Pierce-Arrow and lincoln offered whisper-quiet V 12s. Cadillac and Marmon did likewise, and would soon launch V-- 16s. Bespoke custom bodies and limited series models were in vogue for the very wealthy.
And then the stock market crashed.
Just as the Titanic's momentum carried the ill-fated liner well past the iceberg that tore the fatal gash in its side, luxury automakers in the U.S. and abroad gamely continued production. But as the world sank into depression, few could afford these cars. Fewer still bought them By the end of the 1930s, the big-engined, highly individualistic luxury autos were passe, and World War II finished them off.
Cataclysmic events like the September 11 lth attacks have a way of crystallizing things, but often not overnight At the recent Tokyo Motor Show, Volkswagen proudly showed its sleek W-- 12; the same firm displayed the new Lamborghini Murcielago close by Both supercars will seemingly compete for the same small segment of high-end buyers.
VW, which may introduce a 1,000 hp, 190 mph Bugatti Veyron sports coupe and is also hard at work re-inventing and expanding Bentley, may have forgotten the lessons of 1929. Meanwhile, BMW is rushing to market a "made-in-Germanyuntil-we-can-build-a-state-of-the-art-plan-in-- England" Rolls-Royce -- a huge effort for just 1,000 or so units annually. Not to be outdone, Mercedes-Benz will soon try to revive the long forgotten Maybach badge.
And did somebody say high-end sports cars? Aston Martin's V-12 Vanquish is here to threaten Ferrari, whose pricey FX ups the ante even more. Aston's all Teutonic A-Team plans massive expansion. Will Cadillac really build the Cien? Is Ford serious about a revived GT40? Porsche is waffling over its $350,000-plus Carrera GT, but the company would love to do it And don't forget upwardly mobile small fries like Pagani, Saleen and Cunningham.
The population wave of wealthy 5o-60-ish folk who can step up to these cars is anxiously watch ing shaky stock markets, plunging interest rates, world religious and tribal turmoil and probably thinking they'll let the old S-Class or 7-Series make do for a lease renewal or at least another year.
High-end luxury cars have become more tech tally advanced, and thus highly service-challenged. Everything's about to be controlled by wires. Furthermore, rare woods and materials, precious metals and exotic leathers are all on the must-have list - at prices that would buy a fine home in many parts of this country Can it really last?
I think complacent carmakers are about to find out how high "up" is - particularly when you look at the ridiculous chances some are taking.
Can VW justify a V-8 Passat when it's already selling Audis? Why precipitate the aforementioned Lambo vs. VW W-12 feud? Cadillac's much-too-edgy styling, packing the Premier Automotive Group's brands into a co-located luxo-roundhouse, stretching the Star badge down to A-Class levels, and larding the oddly-- styled new 7-Series with more hard-to-learn tech than the Millennium Falcon, are all risks. You don't need a crystal ball to know some of these efforts are doomed. We are fast approaching critical mass again in the luxury car game, and this time fuel consumption really matters.
I'm not prognosticating that carmakers will shrink to just a few major competitors, though there's still room for consolidation. But I do think there are too many high-end badges for them all to survive. We've been here before.
I wonder if someday, half a century on, buyers at the Barrett-Jackson auction will be trying to outbid one another over Maybachs, Rollers Caddys and Bugattis that were made back in 2003.
[Author Affiliation]
KEN GROSS is an internationally known author and marketing consultant He has been writing about automobiles and the auto industry for nearly 30 years.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday that he "crossed lines" with a handful of women other than his mistress _ but never had sex with them.
The governor said he "never crossed the ultimate line" with anyone but Maria Belen Chapur, the Argentine at the center of a scandal that has derailed his once-promising political career.
"This was a whole lot more than a simple affair, this was a love story," Sanford said. "A forbidden one, a tragic one, but a love story at the end of the day."
During an emotional interview at his Statehouse office with The Associated Press on Tuesday, Sanford said Chapur is his soul mae bu h'strin t fllbak n ov wthhi wfe
Hesad tha during the encounters with other women he "let his guard down" with some physical contact but "didn't cross the sex line." He wouldn't go into detail.
Sanford, 49, said the casual encounters happened outside the U.S. while he was married but before he met Chapur, on trips to "blow off steam" with male friends.
Sanford also admitted he saw Chapur more times than previously disclosed, including what was to be a farewell meeting in New York chaperoned by a spiritual adviser soon after his wife found out about the affair.
He described five meetings with Chapur over the past year, including two romantic, multi-night stays with her in New York before they met there again intending to break up.
He said he saw her two other times, including their first meeting in 2001 at an open-air dance spot in Uruguay.
"There was some kind of connection from the very beginning," he told the AP, though he said neither that meeting nor a 2004 coffee date in New York during the Republican National Convention were romantic.
South Carolina's attorney general is asking for an investigation into Gov. Mark Sanford's travels after he admitted seeing his mistress more times than previously disclosed.
Attorney General Henry McMaster said Tuesday he has requested the State Law Enforcement Division to review all of Sanford's travel records to see if any laws have been broken.
Sanford's interview was the first disclosure of any liaisons with Chapur in the United States and contradicted a public confession last week during which he admitedtoa otl f iv ncuner oerthireihtyer eltinship.
He previously announced he would reimburse the state for money spent during a government trip to Brazil and Argentina in June 2008 when he saw Chapur. It was then, he said, that their relationship became physical, and the e-mails they'd exchanged for years reflected their anguish over what they had done.
"Now I am frightened," he told the AP, describing his state of mind at the time. "It was before safe. But now it's not safe. We gotta put the genie back in the bottle."
He insists no public money was used for any other meetings with her.
He saw Chapur again in mid-June of this year, visiting Argentina without telling his staff he was going to be out of the country. He instead led them to believe he was hiking on the Appalachian Trail.
By the time he returned to a puzzled public, staff and family, his public image and emotional state had unraveled. He admitted the affair at a rambling press conference.
Now Sanford is attempting to salvage his personal and professional lives. He and wife Jenny, parents of four sons, say they are trying to reconcile their 20-year marriage but have not been sharing the same house for several weeks.
She did not immediately return a message seeking comment Tuesday, but she told The Associated Press in an interview Friday that her husband had repeatedly sought permission to visit Chapur.
"I said absolutely not. It's one thing to forgive adultery; it's another thing to condone it," she said.
The governor said he met Chapur in Punta Del Este, Uruguay, in 2001 after his finaltem in onres ndbeor hs irt er a ovrnr.Hesad he two sruck up an e-mail correspondence after meeting on a dance floor _ a chance encounter during which he counseled her into the night about her failing marriage.
For the next seven-plus years, Sanford said, the two exchanged messages, sometimes sporadically.
They met in New York two more times in 2008: two nights in Manhattan in September and three nights in the Hamptons in November. Each time, Sanford claims he flew coach, paid for it himself, paid for the hotels in cash and told his staff he was reachable via cell phone.
"At that point I was very careful, everything was paid for in cash," Sanford said. "And you won't find a credit card record."
In early 2009, after Jenny Sanford discovered the affair, the couple went into counseling. She has told The Associated Press that he asked her several times to visit the mistress and she refused.
But the governor claims he wanted to end the affair in person and, with his wife's permission, went to New York with a "trusted spiritual adviser" serving as chaperone. The three went to church and dinner together and parted ways the same night.
But he visited Chapur again in Argentina on June 18, the trip that brought the whole affair to light.
A suburban Cleveland mayor took a step closer to finishing the term of the late U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. Now her attention turns to succeeding her former mentor.
Marcia Fudge, the mayor of Warrensville Heights, beat out eight other Democrats in a special primary election Tuesday. With turnout estimated at less than 10 percent, unofficial results showed Fudge had 10,753 votes. Her closest challenger had 2,028 votes.
Fudge advances to a Nov. 18 special election, in which she could face independent candidate James Germalic, whose petitions are under review. The winner will serve the two months remaining in the term of Tubbs Jones, who died on Aug. 20 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
But first, Fudge will face Republican Thomas Pekarek on Nov. 4 for a two-year term as the district's representative in Congress.
"I'm appreciative of the confidence the people of the 11th Districts have shown in me," Fudge said early Wednesday after the special primary vote. "I'm humbled by the support."
Fudge is a former chief of staff to Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress.
The special election to complete Tubbs Jones' term will cost Ohio taxpayers from $4 million to $5.5 million. Gov. Ted Strickland considered not holding the election, but determined it was constitutionally required.
If Fudge wins both the Nov. 4 election and the special election Nov. 18, she'll be sworn in before other first-term House members elected in November, giving her an important edge in seniority.
No significant problem with the precinct-based scanners were reported Tuesday shortly after polls closed. The county has a history of flawed elections, including poorly trained poll workers, lost vote-memory cards and lengthy vote-counting.
Curt Schilling showed a rain-soaked home crowd -- and the SeattleMariners -- that he's back.
Pitching at home for the first time this season, Boston's aceallowed one run and three hits in eight innings in a 2-1 victoryFriday night. Schilling has won his first three starts for the firsttime since 2002, showing once again that the right ankle thatbothered him the last two years is strong.
Schilling (3-0) needs just one more win to match the total he hadin 11 starts last year, when that injured ankle kept him on thedisabled list for 76 days.
On Friday, his ERA dropped from 1.93 to 1.64 as he struck outseven and didn't allow a walk.
Schilling got all the support he needed from an unlikely source.Alex Gonzalez, signed as a free agent for his fielding prowess atshortstop and not his bat, drove in both runs with a double in thefourth and went 3-for-4 with two doubles off Jamie Moyer (0-2).
Jonathan Papelbon finished the four-hitter for his fifth save infive opportunities. Boston ended a two-game slide after a five-gamewinning streak.
Schilling pitched seven innings in each of his first two starts,allowing two runs and five hits at Texas and one run and three hitsat Baltimore.
Tigers 5, Indians 1: Kenny Rogers won his home debut for theTigers, and Brandon Inge homered twice to lead Detroit overCleveland.
Rogers (2-1) allowed one run and seven hits in eight innings,struck out five and walked three. Fernando Rodney finished with a one-hit ninth for Detroit, which had lost four straight following a 5-0start under new manager Jim Leyland.
Chris Shelton had a triple and a double, giving him a .512 battingaverage with a 1.293 slugging percentage. Detroit has 13 extra-basehits in its last two games.
Jake Westbrook (2-1) allowed five runs -- two more than in hisfirst two starts combined -- and nine hits in six innings. Clevelandlost its third in a row.
Twins 5, Yankees 1: Scott Baker pitched seven strong innings inhis first start against New York, leading host Minnesota to a victorythat extended its winning streak to four.
Baker gave up one run, three hits and one walk while striking outfour -- silencing an offense that scored 40 runs while winning itslast four games. Baker (1-1) turned in the Twins' second straightquality start after the staff went the first eight games without one.
Juan Castro's two-out RBI single pushed the Twins' lead to 3-1 andchased Yankees starter Mike Mussina in the seventh. In the eighthagainst Kyle Farnsworth, Morneau drove in Torii Hunter with a single,and Tony Batista doubled in Morneau to make it 5-1.
Rangers 6, Athletics 3: Kevin Millwood struck out seven in hisfirst win for visiting Texas.
Millwood, the Rangers' top free-agent signing in the offseason,took a one-hitter into the fifth inning, retiring 12 of the first 13batters he faced. Frank Thomas broke up the shutout with his 450thcareer homer leading off the fifth.
Millwood (1-2) struck out seven, allowed seven hits and did notwalk a batter.
Orioles 6, Angels 5: Ramon Hernandez hit a tiebreaking solo homerwith one out in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift hostBaltimore.
Hernandez connected on a 3-2 pitch from Scot Shields (1-1). It washis first home run with Baltimore.
Los Angeles trailed 5-4 in the ninth when LaTroy Hawkins enteredfor Baltimore, seeking his first save. He struck out Tim Salmon andCasey Kotchman and went to 3-2 on Jeff Mathis before the rookie drovea fastball into the left-field seats for his first major-leaguehomer.
Devil Rays 7, Royals 2: Jorge Cantu hit a go-ahead, three-rundouble with two outs in the seventh inning, and host Tampa Bayextended Kansas City's losing streak to five games.
Barbaro still in stable condition
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - Barbaro has a little spring in his sling.
The Kentucky Derby winner squirms in his own safety device, like achild trying to break free from a jumper, and he even sits on hisdamaged hind legs, the way dogs do when they beg for treats.
Those are encouraging signs for sure for the ailing 3-year-oldcolt. But the odds of Barbaro's full recovery from a severe case oflaminitis and a reconstructed right hind leg are really no betterthan they were a week ago.
"It is important for people to understand this is not a 'routine'laminitis," Dr. Dean Richardson said Monday in a statement. "The careinvolved in treating a hoof with this degree of compromise iscomplex."
Barbaro's condition was stable Monday, his vital signs, appetite("usual voracious style") and heart rate were normal after anothercomfortable night.
U.S. women take title
OKLAHOMA CITY - Stacey Nuveman and Lovieanne Jung homered offnemesis Yukiko Ueno to power the United States to the World Cup ofSoftball title Monday night with a 5-2 victory over Japan.
Andrea Duran also homered and Cat Osterman struck out 11 in a two-hitter as the U.S. took the first big step toward re-establishingitself as the best softball team in the world after losing threetimes to Japan last year, including the World Cup final. The nexttest comes at the world championship next month in Beijing.
The Americans (6-0) scored twice early against Ueno, the Japaneseace who had been dominant against the U.S. for the past year. Nuvemanthen led off the fourth inning with a drive to center field, herfirst of the tournament, and Jung followed with a similar shot oneout later.
Notre Dame gets gift
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame will receive $3 million for a newsoftball stadium. The family of a woman killed four years ago in ascaffolding collapse at the John Hancock Center in Chicago hasdonated the money.
Melissa Cook, 29, and her cousin Jill Nelson, 28, were among fourpeople killed when high winds sent scaffolding onto cars 42 floorsbelow.
Cook played softball at Notre Dame in 1991-92, led the team intriples and earned a degree in accounting. She was the controller forTeamsters Union Local 786. Cook's mother and stepfather, Linda andPaul Demo of Palm Harbor, Fla., donated the money.
Doctor sentenced
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The doctor who pleaded guilty to conspiring toillegally prescribe steroids to several Carolina Panthers wassentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison.
Dr. James Shortt pleaded guilty in March to one federal count ofconspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.Prosecutors have said current and former members of the CarolinaPanthers were some of Shortt's patients.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped 42 other countsagainst Shortt.
Stars sign Lindros
DALLAS - Eric Lindros signed a one-year bargain deal with theDallas Stars on Monday.
His arrival in Dallas is nothing like his anxiously awaited NHLdebut in Philadelphia, his move to the New York Rangers or when hejoined his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs last year.
This time, the 33-year-old Lindros is trying to bounce back fromanother injury-marred season by filling a need on a team that'strying to bounce back after a strong regular season led to a first-round playoff exit.
In 711 NHL games, Lindros tallied 367 goals and 472 assists.
Garon signs with Kings
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles goalie Mathieu Garon accepted hisqualifying offer on Monday and signed a one-year deal worth $1.216million to stay with the Kings.
The 28-year-old Garon went 31-26-3 record with a 3.22 goals-against average and .894 save percentage last season, his first inLos Angeles.
Players could be called
DURHAM, N.C. - Every member of Duke University's lacrosse team isa potential witness in the case against three players charged withrape, a prosecutor said Monday in arguing for access to their studentID card records.
The cards can be used to buy things and gain access to campusbuildings. Attorneys for the uncharged players argued Monday that theinformation is protected by federal privacy laws and that Nifong'sMay 31 subpoenas for the records were flawed.
Copyright 2003 by Telegraph-Herald, All rights Reserved.
Sports BriefsBarbaro still in stable condition
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. - Barbaro has a little spring in his sling.
The Kentucky Derby winner squirms in his own safety device, like achild trying to break free from a jumper, and he even sits on hisdamaged hind legs, the way dogs do when they beg for treats.
Those are encouraging signs for sure for the ailing 3-year-oldcolt. But the odds of Barbaro's full recovery from a severe case oflaminitis and a reconstructed right hind leg are really no betterthan they were a week ago.
"It is important for people to understand this is not a 'routine'laminitis," Dr. Dean Richardson said Monday in a statement. "The careinvolved in treating a hoof with this degree of compromise iscomplex."
Barbaro's condition was stable Monday, his vital signs, appetite("usual voracious style") and heart rate were normal after anothercomfortable night.
U.S. women take title
OKLAHOMA CITY - Stacey Nuveman and Lovieanne Jung homered offnemesis Yukiko Ueno to power the United States to the World Cup ofSoftball title Monday night with a 5-2 victory over Japan.
Andrea Duran also homered and Cat Osterman struck out 11 in a two-hitter as the U.S. took the first big step toward re-establishingitself as the best softball team in the world after losing threetimes to Japan last year, including the World Cup final. The nexttest comes at the world championship next month in Beijing.
The Americans (6-0) scored twice early against Ueno, the Japaneseace who had been dominant against the U.S. for the past year. Nuvemanthen led off the fourth inning with a drive to center field, herfirst of the tournament, and Jung followed with a similar shot oneout later.
Notre Dame gets gift
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Notre Dame will receive $3 million for a newsoftball stadium. The family of a woman killed four years ago in ascaffolding collapse at the John Hancock Center in Chicago hasdonated the money.
Melissa Cook, 29, and her cousin Jill Nelson, 28, were among fourpeople killed when high winds sent scaffolding onto cars 42 floorsbelow.
Cook played softball at Notre Dame in 1991-92, led the team intriples and earned a degree in accounting. She was the controller forTeamsters Union Local 786. Cook's mother and stepfather, Linda andPaul Demo of Palm Harbor, Fla., donated the money.
Doctor sentenced
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The doctor who pleaded guilty to conspiring toillegally prescribe steroids to several Carolina Panthers wassentenced Monday to one year and one day in prison.
Dr. James Shortt pleaded guilty in March to one federal count ofconspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids and human growth hormone.Prosecutors have said current and former members of the CarolinaPanthers were some of Shortt's patients.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped 42 other countsagainst Shortt.
Stars sign Lindros
DALLAS - Eric Lindros signed a one-year bargain deal with theDallas Stars on Monday.
His arrival in Dallas is nothing like his anxiously awaited NHLdebut in Philadelphia, his move to the New York Rangers or when hejoined his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs last year.
This time, the 33-year-old Lindros is trying to bounce back fromanother injury-marred season by filling a need on a team that'strying to bounce back after a strong regular season led to a first-round playoff exit.
In 711 NHL games, Lindros tallied 367 goals and 472 assists.
Garon signs with Kings
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles goalie Mathieu Garon accepted hisqualifying offer on Monday and signed a one-year deal worth $1.216million to stay with the Kings.
The 28-year-old Garon went 31-26-3 record with a 3.22 goals-against average and .894 save percentage last season, his first inLos Angeles.
Players could be called
DURHAM, N.C. - Every member of Duke University's lacrosse team isa potential witness in the case against three players charged withrape, a prosecutor said Monday in arguing for access to their studentID card records.
The cards can be used to buy things and gain access to campusbuildings. Attorneys for the uncharged players argued Monday that theinformation is protected by federal privacy laws and that Nifong'sMay 31 subpoenas for the records were flawed.
Copyright 2003 by Telegraph-Herald, All rights Reserved.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sec'y Clinton going to UN to send message of support for Syrians' seeking future without Assad
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Born in Argentina, a hero in Uruguay, and nowa champion in America.
Invasor beat the mighty Bernardini in the $5 million Breeders'Cup Classic on Saturday, delivering a performance worthy of Horse ofthe Year honors.
When the two went eyeball-to-eyeball in the stretch at ChurchillDowns and with the crowd of 75,132 cheering, it was Bernardini whoblinked as Invasor blew past for a one-length victory.
"For sure, he's the older horse of the year. Maybe the Horse ofthe Year," said Kiaran McLaughlin, Invasor's trainer. "He's a greathorse to have in your stable, that's for sure."
Earlier, there was tragedy when the filly Pine Island waseuthanized after breaking down on the backstretch during the $2.2million Distaff. Fleet Indian, the favorite, also was injured in therace, won by Round Pond, but was expected to recover.
Invasor's win in America's richest race was the ninth in 10career starts for the 4-year-old colt, whose only loss was in theUAE Derby in Dubai after he was purchased by Sheik Hamdan's ShadwellStable.
But when he arrived in the United States under McLaughlin's care,the colt ripped off wins in the Pimlico Special, the SuburbanHandicap and the Whitney Handicap.
Invasor was supposed to meet Bernardini in the Jockey Club GoldCup on Oct. 7 but spiked a fever and missed the race. It was 91 daysbetween races, but it didn't bother Invasor, bred in Argentina andUruguay's Triple Crown winner.
"We were lucky to keep him on schedule," McLaughlin said. "Hemissed one work and one race. He gets a lot out of his gallops, andwe felt very good. He has come on a lot in the last 90 days."
With Brother Derek setting the pace, Bernardini made a bold movefor the lead around the far turn and seemed to take charge enteringthe stretch.
But Invasor, with 18-year-old Fernando Jara aboard, wouldn't letBernardini get away and roared past for the victory. And just likethat, Bernardini's six-race winning streak wasn't so impressiveanymore.
There was an objection lodged against Bernardini by BrotherDerek's jockey, Alex Solis. He claimed Bernardini banged into hiscolt in the stretch, but the stewards let the order of finish stand.
In the winner's circle, McLaughlin was smiling, hugging peopleand clapping his hands.
Javier Castellano, Bernardini's regular rider, was aboard PineIsland but gave a thumbs-up sign after tumbling off the filly andgetting to his feet. He said the fall didn't affect his ride aboardBernardini.
"I'm not disappointed at all. You can't win all the races,"Castellano said. "I had to ask him for the first time today. Hepassed the other horses easily. He gave me everything. He's afighter and didn't want to get beat.
"He has a good heart. I feel really lucky."
Trainer Todd Pletcher went winless with a record 17 horses in theBreeders' Cup. Don't feel sorry for him, though.
The trainer's so-called "Todd Squad" piled up $3,492,400 inearnings from the eight races, despite being shut out in the Distaffand the Classic. He had no starters in the Mile.
Pletcher's take amounted to $349,240 -- the standard 10 percentcut.
He earned three seconds -- with Octave in the Juvenile Fillies,Circular Quay in the Juvenile and Friendly Island in the Sprint. Hehad a trio of third-place finishes, too.
In the $5 million Classic, Pletcher saw Lawyer Ron finish ninthand Flower Alley 11th.
In all, Pletcher worked for 13 owners and used eight jockeys.
CLASSIC
10th
1 1/4 MILES
PURSE: $5 million
3-year-olds & UP
Horse Wt. PP OE 1/2 1 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Invasor 126 11 8-1/2 8-1 7-1 5-hd 2-1 1-1 Jara 6.70
Bernardini 122 3 6-3 5-1 5-hd 1-hd 1-1/2 2-2 1/2 Castellano 1.10
Premium Tap 126 2 5-1/2 4-1 4-1 3-1/2 3-1 3-1 Prado 27.80
Giacomo 126 9 13 13 13 11-1 6-4 4-1/2 Smith 21.40
Brother Derek 122 1 1-1/2 1-1 1/2 1-1 1/2 2-1 1/2 4-2 5-2 Solis22.50
George Washington 122 4 7-1/2 7-1/2 6-1 1/2 6-hd 5-1 1/2 6-8Kinane 9.40
Lava Man 126 8 3-1 1/2 3-1 3-1 7-1/2 9-1/2 7-hd Nakatani 6.10
Perfect Drift 126 6 12-1 1/2 12-1/2 12-1 8-1 1/2 7-3 8-1/2 Gomez34.30
Lawyer Ron 122 5 2-hd 2-1 2-1/2 4-1/2 8-2 9- Valenzuela 20.20
Sun King 126 13 10-1/2 11-3 10-hd 9-1/2 11-12 10-1 1/2 Bejarano19.70
Flower Alley 126 10 4-hd 6-1 1/2 8-1/2 10-hd 10-1/2 11-25OEVelazquez 35.50
Suave 126 12 9-2 10-1/2 11-1 12-10 12 12 Desormeaux 59.00
David Junior 126 7 11-2 9-hd 9-1/2 13 -- -- Spencer 14.30
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
11 (11) Invasor 15.40 5.80 4.60
3 (3) Bernardini 3.40 3.00
2 (2) Premium Tap 8.80
Time 23.130, 46.60, 1:11.11, 1:36.59, 2:02.18
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin
Winner B C, 4, by Candy Stripes-Quendom
(ARG)
Pick 6 (2-1-10-1-9-11) 6 correct paid $1,450,707.20,
5 correct paid $11,318.80
Pick 4 (10-1-9-11) 4 correct paid $96,907.20
Pick 3 (1-9-11) 3 correct paid $2,721.40
Superfecta (11-3-2-9) paid $8,786.20
Daily Double (9-11) paid $191.80
Exacta (11-3) paid $39.60
Trifecta (11-3-2) paid $695.20
Attendance 75,132 Total handle $136,726,378
JUVENILE FILLIES
Dreaming of Anna left her owner with tears in his eyes after anemotional victory. Named after owner Frank Calabrese's sister, whodied of cancer 16 years ago, Dreaming of Anna took the lead earlyand beat Octave by 1 1/2 lengths to remain undefeated in fourstarts. Calabrese's eyes welled with tears on his 78th birthday, andhe was too choked up to talk immediately after the race. Later,Calabrese said he would consider running his filly in the KentuckyDerby. In defeating 13 rivals, Dreaming of Anna likely clinched the2-year-old filly championship.
3RD RACE
1 1/16 MILES
PURSE: $2 million
2-year-olds
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Dreaming of Anna 119 1 1 1-1/2 1-1 1-1/2 1-1/2 1-1 1/2 Douglas2.60
Octave 119 4 6 5-1 3-hd 3-1/2 2-1 1/2 2-1OE Gomez 5.50
Cotton Blossom 119 7 2 6-1 1/2 6-1 5-3 4-2 1/2 3-1OE Velazquez18.80
Appealing Zophie 119 12 3 2-1 2-1/2 2-1 3-1 4-3 1/2 Bridgmohan21.20
Cash Included 119 3 10 7-1 7-1 6-1 1/2 5-2 1/2 5-7 1/2 Nakatani2.70
She's Included 119 5 5 3-hd 4-1 4-hd 6-3 6-hd Espinoza 47.90
Adhrhythm 119 9 13 12-1 10-1/2 9-2 8-1/2 7-nk Prado 16.60
Bel Air Beauty 119 6 7 9-hd 8-1/2 7-2 7-1/2 8-2 1/2 Jara 11.60
Sutra 119 2 12 10-1 1/2 9-hd 8-1/2 9-2 1/2 9-nk Luzzi 29.50
Quick Little Miss 119 13 4 8-1/2 12-hd 11-hd 10-2 10-3 1/2 Court23.70
Satulagi 119 11 11 14 13-1 1/2 10-hd 11-1 11-4 1/2 Egan 35.10
Gatorize 119 14 14 13-hd 14 14 13-2 1/2 12-3 Guidry 58.40
Her Majesty 119 10 9 11-hd 11-hd 12-3 12-2 13-14 1/2 Leparoux8.30
Lilly Carson 119 8 8 4-hd 5-hd 13-1 1/2 14 14 Velasquez 56.40
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Dreaming of Anna 7.20 4.60 3.40
4 (4) Octave 5.80 4.40
7 (7) Cotton Blossom 9.00
Time 23.72, 47.96, 1:12.34, 1:37.23, 1:43.81
Pick 3 (5-7-1) 3 correct paid $215.20
Exacta (1-4) paid $50.80
Superfecta (1-4-7-12) paid $9,380.20
Trifecta (1-4-7) paid $597.60
Trainer Wayne Catalano
Winner CH F, 2, by Rahy-Justenuffheart
JUVENILE
Street Sense pulled a big upset, and now has a big burden tocarry into next year's Kentucky Derby. After a record-setting 10-length win in the Juvenile, Street Sense now becomes the early Derby
favorite saddled with trying to break a 23-year-old jinx: NoJuvenile winner has gone on to win the run for the roses. StreetSense paid $32.40 to win.
4TH RACE
1 1/16 MILES
PURSE: $2 million
2-year-old c&g
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Street Sense 122 1 9 13-2 12-hd 9-1 1-4 1-10 Borel 15.20
Circular Quay 122 9 14 14 14 7-hd 3-16 2-2OE Gomez 3.00
Great Hunter 122 7 6 9-1/2 9-2 1/2 5-2 2-hd 3-2 Nakatani 7.00
Scat Daddy 122 3 2 4-hd 4-1/2 3-2 5-3 4- Velazquez 3.70
Stormello 122 2 1 2-1/2 2-hd 2-1/2 4-hd 5-6OE Desormeaux 9.90
C P West 122 5 12 8-1 8-1 4-1 1/2 6-16 6-6 Bejarano 10.20
U D Ghetto 122 12 10 12-1 1/2 13-1 1/2 14 8-1/2 7-9 Smith 30.70
King of the Roxy 122 4 3 5-hd 7-hd 13-3 13-8 8-1OE Prado 17.50
Skip Code 122 14 13 11-1 11-4 12-hd 11-2 1/2 9-hd Husbands 60.80
Teuflesberg 122 8 11 10-2 10-1 10-2 9-1/2 10-2OE Albarado 78.40
Pegasus Wind 122 10 4 3-2 1/2 3-1 1-hd 7-6 11-2 Luzzi 10.30
Malt Magic 122 13 7 7-1 1/2 6-1 6-1 10-hd 12-9 Court 53.40
Got the Last Laugh 122 11 8 6-1/2 5-hd 8-hd 12-2 13 Douglas 65.80
Principle Secret 122 6 5 1-hd 1-hd 11-1 14 -- Espinoza 6.50
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Street Sense 32.40 12.60 8.00
9 (9) Circular Quay 5.00 3.20
7 (7) Great Hunter 4.40
Time 23.07, 46.67, 1:11.74, 1:36.50, 1:42.59
Pick 3 (7-1-1) 3 correct paid $631.20
Daily Double (1-1) paid $137.80
Exacta (1-9) paid $181.20
Superfecta (1-9-7-3) paid $3,915.80
Trifecta (1-9-7) paid $996.00
Trainer Carl Nafzger
Winner DK B/ C, 2, by Street Cry (IRE)-Bedazzle
FILLY & MARE TURF
Just call Ouija Board the queen of the turf. The 5-year-oldEuropean sensation unleashed an explosive rally in the stretch andwon the Filly & Mare Turf by 2OE lengths over Film Maker in herfinal race in America. Ouija Board also won the 2004 Filly & MareTurf at Lone Star Park and finished second last year at BelmontPark. Ouija Board will be retired at the end of the season.
5th RACE
1 3/8 MILES
PURSE: $2.2 million
3-year-olds & UP F&M
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Ouija Board 123 2 5-1 7-1 1/2 7-hd 6-hd 1-1 1/2 1-2OE Dettori1.40
Film Maker 123 4 3-hd 4-1/2 4-hd 4-1 4-3 1/2 2-nk Prado 8.30
Honey Ryder 123 5 8-1/2 9-hd 9-hd 8-hd 6-3 3-1 Velazquez 8.80
Wait a While 119 7 4-1/2 5-1 5-1 3-hd 3-hd 4-1 Gomez 2.30
Satwa Queen 123 9 6-1 6-hd 6-hd 7-2 5-hd 5-nk Thulliez 9.50
My Typhoon 123 8 2-1 1/2 2-hd 2-1/2 1-1/2 2-hd 6-4 1/2 Albarado30.00
Mauralakana 119 3 9-1 10 10 9-1/2 7-2 7-2OE Leparoux 20.80
Dancing Edie 123 1 1-1 1-1/2 1-1/2 2-1 1/2 8-3 8-6 1/2 Nakatani36.50
Quiet Royal 119 6 10 8-hd 8-1 1/2 10 9-4 9-12 Peslier 42.20
Germance 119 10 7-hd 3-1/2 3-1/2 5-hd 10 10 Soumillon 17.30
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
2 (2) Ouija Board 4.80 3.40 2.60
4 (4) Film Maker 5.80 4.40
5 (5) Honey Ryder 4.40
Time 25.14, 49.77, 1:14.80, 1:38.910 2:02.64, 2:14.55
Pick 3 (1-1-2) 3 correct paid $384.00
Exacta (2-4) paid $33.20
Superfecta (2-4-5-7) paid $262.00
Trifecta (2-4-5) paid $121.20
Trainer Edward Dunlop Winner DK B/ M, 5,
by Cape Cross (IRE)-Selection Board (GB)
SPRINT
Thor's Echo took the lead at the top of the stretch and went onto an upset victory in the Sprint. Thor's Echo defeated FriendlyIsland by four lengths. Todd Pletcher, who trains Friendly Island,had a record 17 starters in Saturday's races. Sent off at 15-1 odds,Thor's Echo paid $33.20 to win. The 4-year-old gelding covered 6furlongs in 1:08.80. Henny Hughes, the 8-5 favorite, finished lastin the 14-horse field. It was the second career Breeders' Cup winfor trainer Doug O'Neill and the first for owner Royce Jaime, bothof whom are based in California.
6th RACE
6 furlongs
PURSE: $2,130,000
3-year-olds & up
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Thor's Echo 126 1 6 3-hd 1-hd 1-1 1/2 1-4 Nakatani 15.60
Friendly Island 126 2 12 6-1/2 4-hd 4-2 2-1/2 Dominguez 58.60
Nightmare Affair 126 7 4 7-hd 6-hd 5-2 3-hd Prado 29.10
Bordonaro 126 6 3 2-1 3-2 2-hd 4-nk Valenzuela 4.10
Attila's Storm 126 13 1 1-hd 2-hd 3-1 1/2 5-2OE Velasquez 42.10
Too Much Bling 124 9 9 9-1/2 9-hd 8-hd 6-no Gomez 7.40
War Front 126 10 7 5-1 7-hd 9-2 7-2 Santos 15.40
Siren Lure 126 11 14 14 11-1 1/2 11-1/2 8-1OE Solis 6.20
Pomeroy 126 8 5 4-1/2 5-1 1/2 6-1/2 9-hd Castro 12.50
Kelly's Landing 126 14 2 8-hd 8-2 7-hd 10-1/2 Bejarano 23.00
Lewis Michael 124 3 11 12-1/2 12-hd 13-2 11- Douglas 68.90
Malibu Mint 123 12 10 10-1/2 13-hd 10-1/2 12-1 1/2 Kaenel 49.60
Areyoutalkintome 126 5 13 13-1/2 14 14 13-3OE Espinoza 55.00
Henny Hughes 124 4 8 11-hd 10-1/2 12-1/2 14 Velazquez 1.60
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Thor's Echo 33.20 15.80 10.20
2 (2) Friendly Island 50.00 32.80
7 (7) Nightmare Affair 15.20
Time 1.55, 44.40, 56.24, 1:08.80
Pick 4 (1-1-2-1) 4 correct paid $6,845.40
Pick 3 (1-2-1) 3 correct paid $1,269.80
Exacta (1-2) paid $955.40
Superfecta (1-2-7-6) paid $113,911.80
Trifecta (1-2-7) paid $10,611.80
Trainer Doug O'Neill
Winner CH G, 4, by Swiss Yodeler-Helen of Troy
MILE
Miesque's Approval completed a remarkable comeback with an upsetwin in the Mile on the turf. Miesque's Approval was headed forretirement late last year when Marty Wolfson asked owner CharlotteWeber to let him train the horse. The former stakes winner was inpoor form and running in claiming races. Wolfson was able to bringMiesque's Approval all the way back for the biggest victory of hiscareer. The 7-year-old circled the pack in the stretch and pulledaway to 2-length win over Aragon. Miesque's Approval paid $50.60 towin.
7th RACE
1 MILE
PURSE: $2,170,000
3-year-olds & up
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Miesque's Approval 126 10 6 13-2 13-3 10-1 3-1 1/2 1-2 Castro24.30
Aragorn 126 7 1 7-2 9-1/2 9-1 1/2 5-1 2-hd Nakatani 4.00
Badge of Silver 126 8 4 2-1 1/2 2-1 2-1 1/2 2-1/2 3-nk Prado14.60
Sleeping Indian 126 4 11 11-hd 11-1/2 12-2 8-hd 4-nk Solis 21.50
Rob Roy 126 9 14 14 14 13-1/2 9-1 1/2 5-hd Dominguez 23.50
Silent Name 126 2 8 1-1 1/2 1-2 1-1/2 1-hd 6-hd Espinoza 31.80
Gorella 123 12 12 12-2 12-hd 11-hd 6-1 1/2 7-1OE Leparoux 3.60
Aussie Rules 123 14 5 8-1/2 10-1/2 8-1/2 7-1/2 8-nk Gomez 11.00
Araafa 123 3 9 6-hd 1/2 4-1/2 4-1/2 9-1OE Velazquez 3.00
Librettist 126 13 13 10-1 1/2 7-hd 7-1/2 10-1 1/2 10-4OESoumillon 16.20
Free Thinking 126 5 3 5-2 1/2 4-1/2 6-hd 11-2 11-nk Santos 36.70
Super Frolic 126 11 10 9-2 8-hd 14 14 12-1 Bridgmohan 65.90
Ad Valorem 126 1 7 4-hd 3-1/2 5-hd 12-hd 13-hd Spencer 25.40
Echo of Light 126 6 2 3-hd 5-1 3-hd 13-1 1/2 14 Dettori 9.70
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
10 (10) Miesque's Approval 50.60 17.20 10.40
7 (7) Aragorn 5.80 4.40
8 (8) Badge of Silver 9.80
Time 23.32, 46.76, 1:10.98, 1:22.99, 1:34.75
Pick 3 (2-1-10) 3 correct paid $2,594.80
Exacta (10-7) paid $246.00
Superfecta (10-7-8-4) paid $98,585.40
Trifecta (10-7-8) paid $4,781.60
Trainer Martin Wolfson
Winner B H, 7, by Miesque's Son-Win Approval
DISTAFF
The victory by Round Pond was overshadowed by the death of PineIsland. Trained by Shug McGaughey, Pine Island was removed from thetrack in an ambulance and euthanized because of a dislocated leftfront ankle, which broke the skin and introduced infection into herbloodstream, officials said. Fleet Indian sustained ligamentinjuries in her left front fetlock joint, which is repairable. RoundPond trainer Michael Matz and jockey Edgar Prado endured similarheartbreak when Barbaro took a devastating misstep in the Preaknessin May.
8th RACE
1 1/8 MILES
PURSE: $2,260,000
3-year-olds & Up F&M
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Round Pond 123 1 10 6-2 1/2 4-1 1/2 4-1 1-1 1-4OE Prado 13.90
Happy Ticket 123 13 7 9-1 9-1/2 7-hd 2-1/2 3-1 Gomez 14.80
Balletto 123 14 12 11-1 11-8 10-4 7-3 1/2 4-nk Nakatani 8.90
Asi Siempre 123 12 9 10-hd 10-2 9-1 1/2 5-hd 2-1/2 Leparoux 11.30
Lemons Forever 120 5 13 13-1/2 13 12-hd 8-1 5-1/2 Guidry 24.00
Sharp Lisa 123 4 2 2-hd 3-hd 3-1/2 3-hd 6-nk Valenzuela 39.40
Baghdaria 120 8 5 5-hd 5-1 1/2 5-1 4-1 1/2 7-2 Bejarano 40.00
Spun Sugar 123 6 1 7-1 7-1/2 6-1 9-6 8-6OE Luzzi 11.60
Pool Land 123 9 8 3-2 1/2 2-1 1/2 1-1 6-hd 9-4OE Velazquez 11.80
Hollywood Story 123 10 14 14 12-1 1/2 13 10-2 10-20 1/2 Flores44.80
Bushfire 120 11 6 4-hd 6-1 8-1/2 11-hd 11-2 Solis 35.20
Healthy Addiction 123 3 3 1-1/2 1-1/2 2-hd 12 12 Espinoza 15.50
Fleet Indian 123 7 11 8-1 8-1 1/2 11-8 -- -- Santos 2.70
Pine Island 120 2 4 12-5 -- -- -- -- Castellano 2.90
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Round Pond 29.80 14.00 9.00
13 (13) Happy Ticket 14.20 9.20
14 (14) Balletto 5.60
Time 2.91, 46.75, 1:11.59, 1:37.53, 1:50.50
Pick 3 (1-10-1) 3 correct paid $9,933.80
Exacta (1-13) paid $446.00
Superfecta (1-13-14-12) paid $38,595.20
Trifecta (1-13-14) paid $4,355.40
Trainer Michael Matz
Winner B F, 4, by Awesome Again-Gift of Dance
TURF
Red Rocks rallied for an upset as Frankie Dettori won his secondrace of the day. "I'm having a fabulous Breeders' Cup," Dettori saidbefore launching his famed flying dismount in the winner's circle.
9TH RACE
1 1/2 MILES
PURSE: $3 million
3-year-olds & UP
Horse Wt. PP OE 1/2 1 1OE Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Red Rocks 122 9 9-1 9-1 1/2 9-1 1/2 6-hd 3-1 1/2 1-1/2 Dettori10.80
Better Talk Now 126 8 10-1 10-3 10-3 7-2 5-2 2-2OE Dominguez18.60
English Channel 126 10 6-1/2 4-hd 4-1 2-hd 1-hd 3-1 1/2 Velazquez3.70
Rush Bay 126 5 2-1 2-hd 2-1/2 1-1 2-hd 4- Bejarano 32.60
Scorpion 126 4 3-1 3-1 3-hd 3-1 4-1/2 5-1/2 Kinane 5.90
Hurricane Run 126 7 4-1/2 7-4 1/2 7-hd 9-1 1/2 8-2 6- Soumillon2.90
Go Deputy 126 1 7-4 6-1 1/2 5-hd 8-1/2 7-1 7- Peslier 9.80
T. H. Approval 126 2 8-2 8-2 8-1 1/2 5-1/2 6-hd 8-1 Solis 11.50
Silverfoot 126 11 11 11 11 11 10-14 9-2 Guidry 39.30
Cacique 126 6 5-hd 5-hd 6-1 1/2 4-1/2 9-1/2 10-28 Prado 3.80
Icy Atlantic 126 3 1-3 1-3 1-1 10-1 11 11 Luzzi 77.30
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
9 (9) Red Rocks 23.60 11.20 6.20
8 (8) Better Talk Now 17.40 10.00
10 (10) English Channel 4.20
Time 4.13, 47.87, 1:12.40, 1:37.76, 2:02.89, 2:27.32
Pick 3 (10-1-9) 3 correct paid $9,371.60
Exacta (9-8) paid $450.80
Superfecta (9-8-10-5) paid $32,038.00
Trifecta (9-8-10) paid $2,501.80
Trainer Brian Meehan
Winner DK B/ C, 3, by Galileo (IRE)-Pharmacist (IRE)
Invasor's win a classic: S. American champ upsets Bernardini; Pine Island put downLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Born in Argentina, a hero in Uruguay, and nowa champion in America.
Invasor beat the mighty Bernardini in the $5 million Breeders'Cup Classic on Saturday, delivering a performance worthy of Horse ofthe Year honors.
When the two went eyeball-to-eyeball in the stretch at ChurchillDowns and with the crowd of 75,132 cheering, it was Bernardini whoblinked as Invasor blew past for a one-length victory.
"For sure, he's the older horse of the year. Maybe the Horse ofthe Year," said Kiaran McLaughlin, Invasor's trainer. "He's a greathorse to have in your stable, that's for sure."
Earlier, there was tragedy when the filly Pine Island waseuthanized after breaking down on the backstretch during the $2.2million Distaff. Fleet Indian, the favorite, also was injured in therace, won by Round Pond, but was expected to recover.
Invasor's win in America's richest race was the ninth in 10career starts for the 4-year-old colt, whose only loss was in theUAE Derby in Dubai after he was purchased by Sheik Hamdan's ShadwellStable.
But when he arrived in the United States under McLaughlin's care,the colt ripped off wins in the Pimlico Special, the SuburbanHandicap and the Whitney Handicap.
Invasor was supposed to meet Bernardini in the Jockey Club GoldCup on Oct. 7 but spiked a fever and missed the race. It was 91 daysbetween races, but it didn't bother Invasor, bred in Argentina andUruguay's Triple Crown winner.
"We were lucky to keep him on schedule," McLaughlin said. "Hemissed one work and one race. He gets a lot out of his gallops, andwe felt very good. He has come on a lot in the last 90 days."
With Brother Derek setting the pace, Bernardini made a bold movefor the lead around the far turn and seemed to take charge enteringthe stretch.
But Invasor, with 18-year-old Fernando Jara aboard, wouldn't letBernardini get away and roared past for the victory. And just likethat, Bernardini's six-race winning streak wasn't so impressiveanymore.
There was an objection lodged against Bernardini by BrotherDerek's jockey, Alex Solis. He claimed Bernardini banged into hiscolt in the stretch, but the stewards let the order of finish stand.
In the winner's circle, McLaughlin was smiling, hugging peopleand clapping his hands.
Javier Castellano, Bernardini's regular rider, was aboard PineIsland but gave a thumbs-up sign after tumbling off the filly andgetting to his feet. He said the fall didn't affect his ride aboardBernardini.
"I'm not disappointed at all. You can't win all the races,"Castellano said. "I had to ask him for the first time today. Hepassed the other horses easily. He gave me everything. He's afighter and didn't want to get beat.
"He has a good heart. I feel really lucky."
Trainer Todd Pletcher went winless with a record 17 horses in theBreeders' Cup. Don't feel sorry for him, though.
The trainer's so-called "Todd Squad" piled up $3,492,400 inearnings from the eight races, despite being shut out in the Distaffand the Classic. He had no starters in the Mile.
Pletcher's take amounted to $349,240 -- the standard 10 percentcut.
He earned three seconds -- with Octave in the Juvenile Fillies,Circular Quay in the Juvenile and Friendly Island in the Sprint. Hehad a trio of third-place finishes, too.
In the $5 million Classic, Pletcher saw Lawyer Ron finish ninthand Flower Alley 11th.
In all, Pletcher worked for 13 owners and used eight jockeys.
CLASSIC
10th
1 1/4 MILES
PURSE: $5 million
3-year-olds & UP
Horse Wt. PP OE 1/2 1 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Invasor 126 11 8-1/2 8-1 7-1 5-hd 2-1 1-1 Jara 6.70
Bernardini 122 3 6-3 5-1 5-hd 1-hd 1-1/2 2-2 1/2 Castellano 1.10
Premium Tap 126 2 5-1/2 4-1 4-1 3-1/2 3-1 3-1 Prado 27.80
Giacomo 126 9 13 13 13 11-1 6-4 4-1/2 Smith 21.40
Brother Derek 122 1 1-1/2 1-1 1/2 1-1 1/2 2-1 1/2 4-2 5-2 Solis22.50
George Washington 122 4 7-1/2 7-1/2 6-1 1/2 6-hd 5-1 1/2 6-8Kinane 9.40
Lava Man 126 8 3-1 1/2 3-1 3-1 7-1/2 9-1/2 7-hd Nakatani 6.10
Perfect Drift 126 6 12-1 1/2 12-1/2 12-1 8-1 1/2 7-3 8-1/2 Gomez34.30
Lawyer Ron 122 5 2-hd 2-1 2-1/2 4-1/2 8-2 9- Valenzuela 20.20
Sun King 126 13 10-1/2 11-3 10-hd 9-1/2 11-12 10-1 1/2 Bejarano19.70
Flower Alley 126 10 4-hd 6-1 1/2 8-1/2 10-hd 10-1/2 11-25OEVelazquez 35.50
Suave 126 12 9-2 10-1/2 11-1 12-10 12 12 Desormeaux 59.00
David Junior 126 7 11-2 9-hd 9-1/2 13 -- -- Spencer 14.30
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
11 (11) Invasor 15.40 5.80 4.60
3 (3) Bernardini 3.40 3.00
2 (2) Premium Tap 8.80
Time 23.130, 46.60, 1:11.11, 1:36.59, 2:02.18
Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin
Winner B C, 4, by Candy Stripes-Quendom
(ARG)
Pick 6 (2-1-10-1-9-11) 6 correct paid $1,450,707.20,
5 correct paid $11,318.80
Pick 4 (10-1-9-11) 4 correct paid $96,907.20
Pick 3 (1-9-11) 3 correct paid $2,721.40
Superfecta (11-3-2-9) paid $8,786.20
Daily Double (9-11) paid $191.80
Exacta (11-3) paid $39.60
Trifecta (11-3-2) paid $695.20
Attendance 75,132 Total handle $136,726,378
JUVENILE FILLIES
Dreaming of Anna left her owner with tears in his eyes after anemotional victory. Named after owner Frank Calabrese's sister, whodied of cancer 16 years ago, Dreaming of Anna took the lead earlyand beat Octave by 1 1/2 lengths to remain undefeated in fourstarts. Calabrese's eyes welled with tears on his 78th birthday, andhe was too choked up to talk immediately after the race. Later,Calabrese said he would consider running his filly in the KentuckyDerby. In defeating 13 rivals, Dreaming of Anna likely clinched the2-year-old filly championship.
3RD RACE
1 1/16 MILES
PURSE: $2 million
2-year-olds
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Dreaming of Anna 119 1 1 1-1/2 1-1 1-1/2 1-1/2 1-1 1/2 Douglas2.60
Octave 119 4 6 5-1 3-hd 3-1/2 2-1 1/2 2-1OE Gomez 5.50
Cotton Blossom 119 7 2 6-1 1/2 6-1 5-3 4-2 1/2 3-1OE Velazquez18.80
Appealing Zophie 119 12 3 2-1 2-1/2 2-1 3-1 4-3 1/2 Bridgmohan21.20
Cash Included 119 3 10 7-1 7-1 6-1 1/2 5-2 1/2 5-7 1/2 Nakatani2.70
She's Included 119 5 5 3-hd 4-1 4-hd 6-3 6-hd Espinoza 47.90
Adhrhythm 119 9 13 12-1 10-1/2 9-2 8-1/2 7-nk Prado 16.60
Bel Air Beauty 119 6 7 9-hd 8-1/2 7-2 7-1/2 8-2 1/2 Jara 11.60
Sutra 119 2 12 10-1 1/2 9-hd 8-1/2 9-2 1/2 9-nk Luzzi 29.50
Quick Little Miss 119 13 4 8-1/2 12-hd 11-hd 10-2 10-3 1/2 Court23.70
Satulagi 119 11 11 14 13-1 1/2 10-hd 11-1 11-4 1/2 Egan 35.10
Gatorize 119 14 14 13-hd 14 14 13-2 1/2 12-3 Guidry 58.40
Her Majesty 119 10 9 11-hd 11-hd 12-3 12-2 13-14 1/2 Leparoux8.30
Lilly Carson 119 8 8 4-hd 5-hd 13-1 1/2 14 14 Velasquez 56.40
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Dreaming of Anna 7.20 4.60 3.40
4 (4) Octave 5.80 4.40
7 (7) Cotton Blossom 9.00
Time 23.72, 47.96, 1:12.34, 1:37.23, 1:43.81
Pick 3 (5-7-1) 3 correct paid $215.20
Exacta (1-4) paid $50.80
Superfecta (1-4-7-12) paid $9,380.20
Trifecta (1-4-7) paid $597.60
Trainer Wayne Catalano
Winner CH F, 2, by Rahy-Justenuffheart
JUVENILE
Street Sense pulled a big upset, and now has a big burden tocarry into next year's Kentucky Derby. After a record-setting 10-length win in the Juvenile, Street Sense now becomes the early Derby
favorite saddled with trying to break a 23-year-old jinx: NoJuvenile winner has gone on to win the run for the roses. StreetSense paid $32.40 to win.
4TH RACE
1 1/16 MILES
PURSE: $2 million
2-year-old c&g
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Street Sense 122 1 9 13-2 12-hd 9-1 1-4 1-10 Borel 15.20
Circular Quay 122 9 14 14 14 7-hd 3-16 2-2OE Gomez 3.00
Great Hunter 122 7 6 9-1/2 9-2 1/2 5-2 2-hd 3-2 Nakatani 7.00
Scat Daddy 122 3 2 4-hd 4-1/2 3-2 5-3 4- Velazquez 3.70
Stormello 122 2 1 2-1/2 2-hd 2-1/2 4-hd 5-6OE Desormeaux 9.90
C P West 122 5 12 8-1 8-1 4-1 1/2 6-16 6-6 Bejarano 10.20
U D Ghetto 122 12 10 12-1 1/2 13-1 1/2 14 8-1/2 7-9 Smith 30.70
King of the Roxy 122 4 3 5-hd 7-hd 13-3 13-8 8-1OE Prado 17.50
Skip Code 122 14 13 11-1 11-4 12-hd 11-2 1/2 9-hd Husbands 60.80
Teuflesberg 122 8 11 10-2 10-1 10-2 9-1/2 10-2OE Albarado 78.40
Pegasus Wind 122 10 4 3-2 1/2 3-1 1-hd 7-6 11-2 Luzzi 10.30
Malt Magic 122 13 7 7-1 1/2 6-1 6-1 10-hd 12-9 Court 53.40
Got the Last Laugh 122 11 8 6-1/2 5-hd 8-hd 12-2 13 Douglas 65.80
Principle Secret 122 6 5 1-hd 1-hd 11-1 14 -- Espinoza 6.50
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Street Sense 32.40 12.60 8.00
9 (9) Circular Quay 5.00 3.20
7 (7) Great Hunter 4.40
Time 23.07, 46.67, 1:11.74, 1:36.50, 1:42.59
Pick 3 (7-1-1) 3 correct paid $631.20
Daily Double (1-1) paid $137.80
Exacta (1-9) paid $181.20
Superfecta (1-9-7-3) paid $3,915.80
Trifecta (1-9-7) paid $996.00
Trainer Carl Nafzger
Winner DK B/ C, 2, by Street Cry (IRE)-Bedazzle
FILLY & MARE TURF
Just call Ouija Board the queen of the turf. The 5-year-oldEuropean sensation unleashed an explosive rally in the stretch andwon the Filly & Mare Turf by 2OE lengths over Film Maker in herfinal race in America. Ouija Board also won the 2004 Filly & MareTurf at Lone Star Park and finished second last year at BelmontPark. Ouija Board will be retired at the end of the season.
5th RACE
1 3/8 MILES
PURSE: $2.2 million
3-year-olds & UP F&M
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Ouija Board 123 2 5-1 7-1 1/2 7-hd 6-hd 1-1 1/2 1-2OE Dettori1.40
Film Maker 123 4 3-hd 4-1/2 4-hd 4-1 4-3 1/2 2-nk Prado 8.30
Honey Ryder 123 5 8-1/2 9-hd 9-hd 8-hd 6-3 3-1 Velazquez 8.80
Wait a While 119 7 4-1/2 5-1 5-1 3-hd 3-hd 4-1 Gomez 2.30
Satwa Queen 123 9 6-1 6-hd 6-hd 7-2 5-hd 5-nk Thulliez 9.50
My Typhoon 123 8 2-1 1/2 2-hd 2-1/2 1-1/2 2-hd 6-4 1/2 Albarado30.00
Mauralakana 119 3 9-1 10 10 9-1/2 7-2 7-2OE Leparoux 20.80
Dancing Edie 123 1 1-1 1-1/2 1-1/2 2-1 1/2 8-3 8-6 1/2 Nakatani36.50
Quiet Royal 119 6 10 8-hd 8-1 1/2 10 9-4 9-12 Peslier 42.20
Germance 119 10 7-hd 3-1/2 3-1/2 5-hd 10 10 Soumillon 17.30
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
2 (2) Ouija Board 4.80 3.40 2.60
4 (4) Film Maker 5.80 4.40
5 (5) Honey Ryder 4.40
Time 25.14, 49.77, 1:14.80, 1:38.910 2:02.64, 2:14.55
Pick 3 (1-1-2) 3 correct paid $384.00
Exacta (2-4) paid $33.20
Superfecta (2-4-5-7) paid $262.00
Trifecta (2-4-5) paid $121.20
Trainer Edward Dunlop Winner DK B/ M, 5,
by Cape Cross (IRE)-Selection Board (GB)
SPRINT
Thor's Echo took the lead at the top of the stretch and went onto an upset victory in the Sprint. Thor's Echo defeated FriendlyIsland by four lengths. Todd Pletcher, who trains Friendly Island,had a record 17 starters in Saturday's races. Sent off at 15-1 odds,Thor's Echo paid $33.20 to win. The 4-year-old gelding covered 6furlongs in 1:08.80. Henny Hughes, the 8-5 favorite, finished lastin the 14-horse field. It was the second career Breeders' Cup winfor trainer Doug O'Neill and the first for owner Royce Jaime, bothof whom are based in California.
6th RACE
6 furlongs
PURSE: $2,130,000
3-year-olds & up
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Thor's Echo 126 1 6 3-hd 1-hd 1-1 1/2 1-4 Nakatani 15.60
Friendly Island 126 2 12 6-1/2 4-hd 4-2 2-1/2 Dominguez 58.60
Nightmare Affair 126 7 4 7-hd 6-hd 5-2 3-hd Prado 29.10
Bordonaro 126 6 3 2-1 3-2 2-hd 4-nk Valenzuela 4.10
Attila's Storm 126 13 1 1-hd 2-hd 3-1 1/2 5-2OE Velasquez 42.10
Too Much Bling 124 9 9 9-1/2 9-hd 8-hd 6-no Gomez 7.40
War Front 126 10 7 5-1 7-hd 9-2 7-2 Santos 15.40
Siren Lure 126 11 14 14 11-1 1/2 11-1/2 8-1OE Solis 6.20
Pomeroy 126 8 5 4-1/2 5-1 1/2 6-1/2 9-hd Castro 12.50
Kelly's Landing 126 14 2 8-hd 8-2 7-hd 10-1/2 Bejarano 23.00
Lewis Michael 124 3 11 12-1/2 12-hd 13-2 11- Douglas 68.90
Malibu Mint 123 12 10 10-1/2 13-hd 10-1/2 12-1 1/2 Kaenel 49.60
Areyoutalkintome 126 5 13 13-1/2 14 14 13-3OE Espinoza 55.00
Henny Hughes 124 4 8 11-hd 10-1/2 12-1/2 14 Velazquez 1.60
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Thor's Echo 33.20 15.80 10.20
2 (2) Friendly Island 50.00 32.80
7 (7) Nightmare Affair 15.20
Time 1.55, 44.40, 56.24, 1:08.80
Pick 4 (1-1-2-1) 4 correct paid $6,845.40
Pick 3 (1-2-1) 3 correct paid $1,269.80
Exacta (1-2) paid $955.40
Superfecta (1-2-7-6) paid $113,911.80
Trifecta (1-2-7) paid $10,611.80
Trainer Doug O'Neill
Winner CH G, 4, by Swiss Yodeler-Helen of Troy
MILE
Miesque's Approval completed a remarkable comeback with an upsetwin in the Mile on the turf. Miesque's Approval was headed forretirement late last year when Marty Wolfson asked owner CharlotteWeber to let him train the horse. The former stakes winner was inpoor form and running in claiming races. Wolfson was able to bringMiesque's Approval all the way back for the biggest victory of hiscareer. The 7-year-old circled the pack in the stretch and pulledaway to 2-length win over Aragon. Miesque's Approval paid $50.60 towin.
7th RACE
1 MILE
PURSE: $2,170,000
3-year-olds & up
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Miesque's Approval 126 10 6 13-2 13-3 10-1 3-1 1/2 1-2 Castro24.30
Aragorn 126 7 1 7-2 9-1/2 9-1 1/2 5-1 2-hd Nakatani 4.00
Badge of Silver 126 8 4 2-1 1/2 2-1 2-1 1/2 2-1/2 3-nk Prado14.60
Sleeping Indian 126 4 11 11-hd 11-1/2 12-2 8-hd 4-nk Solis 21.50
Rob Roy 126 9 14 14 14 13-1/2 9-1 1/2 5-hd Dominguez 23.50
Silent Name 126 2 8 1-1 1/2 1-2 1-1/2 1-hd 6-hd Espinoza 31.80
Gorella 123 12 12 12-2 12-hd 11-hd 6-1 1/2 7-1OE Leparoux 3.60
Aussie Rules 123 14 5 8-1/2 10-1/2 8-1/2 7-1/2 8-nk Gomez 11.00
Araafa 123 3 9 6-hd 1/2 4-1/2 4-1/2 9-1OE Velazquez 3.00
Librettist 126 13 13 10-1 1/2 7-hd 7-1/2 10-1 1/2 10-4OESoumillon 16.20
Free Thinking 126 5 3 5-2 1/2 4-1/2 6-hd 11-2 11-nk Santos 36.70
Super Frolic 126 11 10 9-2 8-hd 14 14 12-1 Bridgmohan 65.90
Ad Valorem 126 1 7 4-hd 3-1/2 5-hd 12-hd 13-hd Spencer 25.40
Echo of Light 126 6 2 3-hd 5-1 3-hd 13-1 1/2 14 Dettori 9.70
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
10 (10) Miesque's Approval 50.60 17.20 10.40
7 (7) Aragorn 5.80 4.40
8 (8) Badge of Silver 9.80
Time 23.32, 46.76, 1:10.98, 1:22.99, 1:34.75
Pick 3 (2-1-10) 3 correct paid $2,594.80
Exacta (10-7) paid $246.00
Superfecta (10-7-8-4) paid $98,585.40
Trifecta (10-7-8) paid $4,781.60
Trainer Martin Wolfson
Winner B H, 7, by Miesque's Son-Win Approval
DISTAFF
The victory by Round Pond was overshadowed by the death of PineIsland. Trained by Shug McGaughey, Pine Island was removed from thetrack in an ambulance and euthanized because of a dislocated leftfront ankle, which broke the skin and introduced infection into herbloodstream, officials said. Fleet Indian sustained ligamentinjuries in her left front fetlock joint, which is repairable. RoundPond trainer Michael Matz and jockey Edgar Prado endured similarheartbreak when Barbaro took a devastating misstep in the Preaknessin May.
8th RACE
1 1/8 MILES
PURSE: $2,260,000
3-year-olds & Up F&M
Horse Wt. PP St. OE 1/2 Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Round Pond 123 1 10 6-2 1/2 4-1 1/2 4-1 1-1 1-4OE Prado 13.90
Happy Ticket 123 13 7 9-1 9-1/2 7-hd 2-1/2 3-1 Gomez 14.80
Balletto 123 14 12 11-1 11-8 10-4 7-3 1/2 4-nk Nakatani 8.90
Asi Siempre 123 12 9 10-hd 10-2 9-1 1/2 5-hd 2-1/2 Leparoux 11.30
Lemons Forever 120 5 13 13-1/2 13 12-hd 8-1 5-1/2 Guidry 24.00
Sharp Lisa 123 4 2 2-hd 3-hd 3-1/2 3-hd 6-nk Valenzuela 39.40
Baghdaria 120 8 5 5-hd 5-1 1/2 5-1 4-1 1/2 7-2 Bejarano 40.00
Spun Sugar 123 6 1 7-1 7-1/2 6-1 9-6 8-6OE Luzzi 11.60
Pool Land 123 9 8 3-2 1/2 2-1 1/2 1-1 6-hd 9-4OE Velazquez 11.80
Hollywood Story 123 10 14 14 12-1 1/2 13 10-2 10-20 1/2 Flores44.80
Bushfire 120 11 6 4-hd 6-1 8-1/2 11-hd 11-2 Solis 35.20
Healthy Addiction 123 3 3 1-1/2 1-1/2 2-hd 12 12 Espinoza 15.50
Fleet Indian 123 7 11 8-1 8-1 1/2 11-8 -- -- Santos 2.70
Pine Island 120 2 4 12-5 -- -- -- -- Castellano 2.90
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
1 (1) Round Pond 29.80 14.00 9.00
13 (13) Happy Ticket 14.20 9.20
14 (14) Balletto 5.60
Time 2.91, 46.75, 1:11.59, 1:37.53, 1:50.50
Pick 3 (1-10-1) 3 correct paid $9,933.80
Exacta (1-13) paid $446.00
Superfecta (1-13-14-12) paid $38,595.20
Trifecta (1-13-14) paid $4,355.40
Trainer Michael Matz
Winner B F, 4, by Awesome Again-Gift of Dance
TURF
Red Rocks rallied for an upset as Frankie Dettori won his secondrace of the day. "I'm having a fabulous Breeders' Cup," Dettori saidbefore launching his famed flying dismount in the winner's circle.
9TH RACE
1 1/2 MILES
PURSE: $3 million
3-year-olds & UP
Horse Wt. PP OE 1/2 1 1OE Str. Fin. Jockey To $1
Red Rocks 122 9 9-1 9-1 1/2 9-1 1/2 6-hd 3-1 1/2 1-1/2 Dettori10.80
Better Talk Now 126 8 10-1 10-3 10-3 7-2 5-2 2-2OE Dominguez18.60
English Channel 126 10 6-1/2 4-hd 4-1 2-hd 1-hd 3-1 1/2 Velazquez3.70
Rush Bay 126 5 2-1 2-hd 2-1/2 1-1 2-hd 4- Bejarano 32.60
Scorpion 126 4 3-1 3-1 3-hd 3-1 4-1/2 5-1/2 Kinane 5.90
Hurricane Run 126 7 4-1/2 7-4 1/2 7-hd 9-1 1/2 8-2 6- Soumillon2.90
Go Deputy 126 1 7-4 6-1 1/2 5-hd 8-1/2 7-1 7- Peslier 9.80
T. H. Approval 126 2 8-2 8-2 8-1 1/2 5-1/2 6-hd 8-1 Solis 11.50
Silverfoot 126 11 11 11 11 11 10-14 9-2 Guidry 39.30
Cacique 126 6 5-hd 5-hd 6-1 1/2 4-1/2 9-1/2 10-28 Prado 3.80
Icy Atlantic 126 3 1-3 1-3 1-1 10-1 11 11 Luzzi 77.30
MUTUELS WIN PLACE SHOW
9 (9) Red Rocks 23.60 11.20 6.20
8 (8) Better Talk Now 17.40 10.00
10 (10) English Channel 4.20
Time 4.13, 47.87, 1:12.40, 1:37.76, 2:02.89, 2:27.32
Pick 3 (10-1-9) 3 correct paid $9,371.60
Exacta (9-8) paid $450.80
Superfecta (9-8-10-5) paid $32,038.00
Trifecta (9-8-10) paid $2,501.80
Trainer Brian Meehan
Winner DK B/ C, 3, by Galileo (IRE)-Pharmacist (IRE)
