BREEDERS' CUP IS SOLD OUT

If you don't already have a seat for the Oct. 26 Breeders' Cup at Woodbine near Toronto, be prepared to stand. Woodbine received 3,500 applications, fulfilling 2,300 of them, to sell all 6,500 available seats. Each request was given a number and a waiting list was formed to distribute any returned tickets.

JOCKEY AGENT LENNY GOODMAN DIES

Lenny Goodman, who is given credit for the Hall of Fame careers of jockeys Steve Cauthen and Braulio Baeza, died Sept. 24 after a long illness. He was 76. Goodman had been an agent since the 1940s, booking mounts for such racing stars as John Rotz, Bobby Ussery and Bill Hartack. In the 12 years Goodman was Baeza's agent, Baeza was the nation's leading money earner five times. Goodman brought the 16- year-old Cauthen to New York in 1976. The following year, 'The Kid' rode 487 winners and became the only rider to win Eclipse Awards for top apprentice and top journeyman in the same year.

PHILADELPHIA PARK QUARANTINE EXTENDED

A quarantine on horses at Philadelphia Park will remain in effect until Oct. 15. The steps were taken when it was learned that Grey Code, stabled at the track, had recently been on a farm where a horse was diagnosed with Equine Infectious Anemia (EIA). Grey Code tested negative but track officials agreed with the Agriculture Department to continue the quarantine as a precaution.

KEENELAND OFFERS A RIDE TO THE TRACK

Trolley service from the University of Kentucky and downtown Lexington locations to Keeneland Racecourse will begin with the upcoming fall meeting, Oct. 5-26. The first pickup will be at 10:30 a.m. with the final return trip at 7 p.m. The cost is $1. For more information, call (606) 253-4636.

CHURCHILL'S PRESIDENT HITS THE STREETS

Churchill Downs president and CEO Thomas Meeker and a host of other employees of the Louisville, Ky. track, will take to the streets Saturday to help clean up the town. The clean-up is sponsored by the South Louisville Neighborhood Association and the South Louisville Task Force, and will run from 9 a.m. until noon.

ON-AIR PROPOSAL AT ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL

When John Hunter, who works for Arlington International Racecourse's caterer, The Levy Organization, was looking for a unique way to propose to his girlfriend, he found it via the track's in-house television show, 'At The Post.' Hunter apparently was to interview all the employees at the track's Cobey's Food Court. When he got to Tina Avent, he dropped to one knee and formally proposed. The gathered crowd broke into applause when she agreed.

A TRACK WITH NO FANS PLANNED FOR AUSTRALIA

A plan to conduct racing for simulcasting purposes only has been proposed by a new Australian group, teleTrack Victoria. Races would be run with no fans and no betting at the track. The signal would be sent throughout Asia. Five hundred horses per year for the track would be bought by teleTrack Victoria from the newly formed Thoroughbred International Marketing Group, which is comprised of several Australian breeding farms.

RACING ON THE AIR

Sept. 28 'Racehorse Digest' 5:30-6:00 a.m. ESPN
Oct. 2 'Racehorse Digest' 3:00-3:30 p.m. ESPN

RACING TO HISTORY

Sept. 26, 1942: The Jockey Club stewards revoked Eddie Arcaro's license for one year after his display of 'rough riding' aboard odds- on favorite Occupation in the Cowdin Stakes on Sept. 19. In the Cowdin, Arcaro deliberately drove his horse into another, Breezing Home, knocking his jockey, Vincent Nodarse, into the infield. Nodarse and his mount had crowded Arcaro at the start of the race, almost causing him to be unseated.

Sept. 27, 1894: Aqueduct Race Track opened its doors. The building was torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct was reopened on September 14, 1959.

Sept. 27, 1947: Armed, then the world's leading money-winning Thoroughbred, met 1946 Kentucky Derby winner Assault in the first $100,000 winner-take-all match race, held at Belmont Park. Armed earned an easy victory over Assault, who was not in peak racing condition.

Sept. 28, 1960: Forty years after Man o' War won the Lawrence Realization Stakes by 100 lengths in the record time of 2:40 4-5, Kelso equaled his standard in the same event.

Sept. 28, 1983: Atlantic City Racecourse and The Meadowlands became the first U.S. tracks to engage in simulcasting. The previous year, Woodbine and Fort Erie in Canada had been the first to experiment with simulcasting.

Sept. 29, 1973: With Meadow Stable's Riva Ridge scratched because of rainy weather, his stablemate Secretariat was left to compete in the 1 1-2-mile Woodward Stakes at Belmont Park. Prove Out, trained by Allen Jerkens, beat the 3-10 favorite Secretariat, who faded after 1 1-4 miles to finish second by 4 1-2 lengths. Another Jerkens trainee, Onion, had defeated Secretariat in the Whitney Stakes on Aug. 4 at Saratoga.

Sept. 30, 1898: Jockey Tod Sloan, whose life was the basis for 'Yankee Doodle Dandy,' rode five consecutive winners at England's Newmarket racecourse.

Sept. 30, 1969: Jockey Kathy Kusner won her first career race, at Pocono Downs. Kusner, a former rider with the U.S. Equestrian Team, had sued to obtain a jockey's license in Maryland in 1968. She won her case but was subsequently sidelined by a broken leg suffered in a training accident.

Sept. 30, 1981: Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. won his 5,000th career race.

Sept. 30, 1990: Bill Shoemaker had his first graded stakes win as a trainer when Baldomero (IRE) won the Grade III Golden Harvest Handicap at Louisiana Downs.

Oct. 3, 1942: With a victory in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, Whirlaway, ridden by George Woolf, became the first Thoroughbred to amass more than $500,000 in lifetime earnings.

Oct. 4, 1762: Nineteen members of England's Jockey Club announced an agreement at Newmarket to register their racing colors for purposes of distinguishing runners among a field of horses. The Duke of Devonshire chose 'straw,' and the color, still registered for the family, is the oldest continuously-used color in racing.

Oct. 4, 1970: Nijinsky II's 11-race winning streak came to an end when he ran second to Sassafras in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Oct. 4, 1980: Less than an hour before post time, Spectacular Bid was scratched from the Jockey Club Gold Cup, the race that was to have been his last. Trainer Bud Delp claimed that 'Bid' had a slight leg injury, but refused to allow a veterinarian to examine the horse and insisted he be retired. Despite this ignoble end to his career, Spectacular Bid's 1980 racing season was perfect: he won each of his nine starts, all of them stakes, and was subsequently voted Horse of the Year.

Oct. 4, 1989: Secretariat, 1973 Triple Crown champion, was humanely destroyed at Claiborne Farm, Paris, Ky., after suffering a severe case of laminitis. He was 19.

Oct. 5, 1933: Jockey Gordon Richards concluded a 12-race winning streak that had begun on Oct. 3 when he won the last race at Nottingham, followed by a six-for-six day at Chepstow on Oct. 4 and five wins at Chepstow on Oct. 5.

Oct. 5, 1973: In his final workout for his first grass race, the Man o' War Stakes, Secretariat went five furlongs on the turf in :56 4-5 at Belmont Park.

Oct. 5, 1983: Jockey Jorge Velasquez won his 5,000th career race, riding Banquet Scene to victory in the fourth race at Belmont Park.

Oct. 6, 1949: Col. Matt J. Winn, generally credited with making the Kentucky Derby the greatest horse race in America, died at the age of 88. He witnessed all of the first 75 Derbies.

Oct. 6, 1979: In their only race together, champions Affirmed and Spectacular Bid met in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Odds-on favorite Affirmed, ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr., won by 3-4 lengths and became the first horse ever to earn more than $1 million in a single racing season. Affirmed was later voted Horse of the Year off this convincing victory over Spectacular Bid, who was named champion 3- year-old.

Oct. 6, 1989: Parimutuel racing returned to Texas with a meet held at G. Rollie White Downs. Racing had been banned in the state since 1937.

Bay Meadows Handicap, 3&up, $200,000, 1 1/8 Miles Turf, Grade III, Bay Meadows
The Bay Meadows Handicap is a prep for the Breeders' Cup Mile. Petit Poucet (GB) has been one of the best American grass middle distance horses this year and won the Grade III San Francisco Handicap at Bay Meadows three weeks ago. Inner City (IRE) rallied from 16 lengths behind to capture the Grade III Tanforan Handicap at Bay Meadows earlier this year. Gentlemen (ARG) was Horse of the Year in Argentina last year but hasn't been able to live up to expectations just yet.

Florida Stallion Stakes, My Dear Girl Division, 2yo fillies, $400,000, 1 1-16 Miles, Calder
The My Dear Girl Stakes is the top Florida prep for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Unlike the male series, the fillies split the first two legs of the Florida Stallion Stakes and will square off in the rubber match. Devilish Brunette won the Desert Vixen Stakes while Dance for Thee won the Susan's Girl Stakes. Dance with Jean was second in both the Desert Vixen and Susan's Girl Stakes.

Florida Stallion Stakes, In Reality Division, 2yo, $400,000, 1 1-16 Miles, Calder
The In Reality Stakes is the top Florida prep for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile. Blazing Sword won the two previous divisions of the Florida Stallion Stakes and looks to become the fourth horse to pull off the sweep.

Canadian Handicap, 3&up, $100,000, 1 1-16 Miles Turf, Grade IC, Woodbine

Marfa Handicap, 3&up, $75,000, 6 1-2 Furlongs, Turfway

Miami Beach Sprint Handicap, 3&up, $100,000, 7 Furlongs, Calder

Miami Breeders' Cup Handicap, 3&up, $150,000, 1 1-8 Miles Turf, Calder

Noble Damsel Stakes, 3&up (f&m), $75,000, 1 1-16 Miles Turf, Grade III, Belmont

Pomona Derby, 3yo, $100,000, 1 1-8 Miles, Fairplex

River Cities Breeders' Cup, 3&up (f&m), $150,000, 1 1-16 Miles Turf, Grade III, Louisiana Downs

Canadian International, 3&up, $1,000,000, 1 1-2 Miles Turf, Grade I, Woodbine
The Canadian International will provide a trial run for horses looking at the Breeders' Cup Turf over the Woodbine grass in four weeks. Lassigny is the race's defending champion and winner of the Jockey Club Cup Handicap at Woodbine last time out. Mecke finished second to Lassigny last year but won this year's Grade I Arlington Million. The mare Windsharp beat males this year in the grade I San Luis Rey Stakes and grade II San Luis Obispo Handicap. Dernier Empereur won the grade II Del Mar Invitational in his last start. Chief Bearheart tries his elders after winning the Breeders' Stakes, the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown, over the Woodbine turf course. Singspiel won the Group 3 Select Stakes at Goodwood in England on September 14 and has been running with the best European horses in training.

Arlington-Washington Lassie, 2yo fillies, $150,000, 1 Mile, Grade II, Arlington
The Arlington-Washington Lassie is another prep for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Southern Playgirl won the Miss Oceana Stakes at Arlington and finished second in the Ellis Park Debutante after a bad start. Leo's Gypsy Dancer beat Southern Playgirl at Ellis in her first turf start. Broad Dynamite won the Rancho Del Charro Stakes at Bay Meadows after finishing third in the Grade II Del Mar Debutante.

Belle Mahone Stakes, 3&up (f&m), $75,000, 1 1-8 Miles, Grade IIC, Woodbine

Ballerina Stakes, 3&up (f&m), $100,000, 1 1-8 Miles, Hastings

Garden City Stakes, 2yo, $75,000, 1 Mile Turf, Belmont

Heresy Stakes, 3&up, $100,000, 1 Mile Turf, Grade IIIC, Woodbine

Ralph M. Hinds Pomona Invitational Handicap, 3&up, $150,000, 1 1-8 Miles, Fairplex

Staten Island Stakes, 2yo fillies, $75,000, 1 Mile Turf, Belmont

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