SERENA'S SONG RETIRED

Serena's Song, North America's leading money-earning filly, has been retired according to a report in 'Daily Racing Form.' 'We felt there was nothing more left for her to accomplish,' said trainer D. Wayne Lukas in the 'Racing Form' item. 'She did it all, in truly unique and remarkable fashion, and retires completely sound.'

Serena's Song was second in her most recent outing, the Distaff Handicap at Churchill Downs, on Nov. 9. That finish earned Serena $45,040, enough to push her career earnings to a record $3,283,388 and give her the title previously held by Dance Smartly. Serena's Song, the 1995 champion three-year-old filly, retires with 18 wins from 38 starts and finished first, second or third 32 times.

Serena's Song will be bred in 1997 although no decision on the stallion has been announced. 'We're looking forward to racing her foals in the hope they will be champions like their dam,' Lukas noted.

A NEW SERENA -- HER SISTER -- TAKES TO THE TRACK

A full sister to the recently retired Serena's Song makes her racing debut today at Hawthorne Race Course in Cicero, Ill. The two-year- old filly, named appropriately Serena's Sister, will start in the fourth race, a six-furlong, $17,500 maiden race. Like her older sibling, Serena's Sister is owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis.

SALE OF SEASON TO DERBY WINNER TO BENEFIT PUBLIC TELEVISION

W. T. Young auctioned a breeding season to his 1996 Kentucky Derby winner Grindstone, which sold for $25,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Stallion Access Sale of Selected Seasons and Shares on Nov. 12. The proceeds of the sale were donated to KET, Kentucky's public television network. Young previously bought a donated breeding right to Unbridled in a benefit for the Kentucky Derby Museum, a breeding that resulted in Grindstone.

'We are very grateful to Mr. Young for his support of KET through this generous donation,' said Virginia Fox, executive director and CEO of KET. 'Wouldn't it be wonderful if this charitable act resulted in another Derby winner?'

INITIAL DUBAI WORLD CUP ENTRIES ANNOUNCED

Arc de Triomphe winner Helissio, Breeders' Cup Mile winner Da Hoss and Louis Quatorze, winner of the Preakness Stakes, head the list of 94 horses entered in the $4 million Dubai World Cup. The event drew entries from Japan, New Zealand, South America, Hong Kong, the United Arab Emirates, Canada and the United States. The U.S. and Canada had the most entries, 33.

The second running of the Dubai World Cup will be held Saturday, March 29, 1997 at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai.

'ANIMAL E.R.,' A DOCUMENTARY ON ANIMAL EMERGENCY ROOM CARE

A behind-the-scenes look at the University of Pennsylvania's Veterinary Hospital where dogs, cats, horses and other four-legged patients receive state-of-the-art treatment, will air Sunday, Nov. 17 from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET on 'TOPX' on TBS. The documentary shows how the veterinary center offers the same kind of high-tech care associated with leading human hospitals. The emergency horse care segment shows how doctors saved the life of Spot, who had to be fitted with foam rubber hooves at the University's New Bolton Center, where the world's first recovery-pool system was developed for use in bringing horses safely out of anesthesia.

THE JOCKEY CLUB ELECTS FIVE NEW MEMBERS

The Jockey Club announced Nov. 14 the election of five new members. They include Eclipse Award-winning owner and breeder Allen Paulson, who campaigned champion Cigar; Edward P. Evans, former chairman and chief executive officer of Macmillan, Inc., a New York-based publishing firm; William S. Farish Jr., Lane's End Farm business manager and director of sales; Ontario Jockey Club President and Chief Executive Officer David Willmot; and 1995 Breeder of the Year, Martin Wygod.

RACING ON THE AIR

Nov. 14 'Racehorse Digest' 1:30-2:00 a.m. ESPN
Nov. 16 'Racehorse Digest' 6:00-6:30 a.m. ESPN
Nov. 20 'Racehorse Digest' 4:00-4:30 p.m. ESPN
Nov. 23 'Racehorse Digest' 6:00-6:30 a.m. ESPN
Nov. 27 'Racehorse Digest' 3:30-4:00 p.m. ESPN

RACING TO HISTORY

Nov. 15, 1990: Alydar, one of the top sires in America and runner-up in all three Triple Crown races to Affirmed, was euthanized at Calumet Farm.

Nov. 15, 1995: Jockey Julie Krone rode her 3,000th career winner, in the fourth race at Aqueduct, aboard Dustin's Dreamer.

Nov. 16, 1951: The Pimlico Special, then a winner-take-all $15,000 contest, became the first race to be televised nationally. The winner was C.T. Chenery's Bryan G.

Nov. 18, 1961: Jockey Eddie Arcaro rode his last career race, finishing third on Endymion in the Pimlico Futurity. He retired with a then-record $30,039,543 in purses.

Nov. 18, 1972: Secretariat capped his two-year-old racing season with a 3 1-2-length victory in the Garden State Stakes at Garden State Park. The winner's share of the purse was $179,199, the most Secretariat ever won in a single race.

Nov. 19, 1956: Jockey Fernando Toro won his first career race at the Hipodromo, Santiago, Chile.

Nov. 19, 1995: Jockey Russell Baze became the first rider to have won 400 races a year for four consecutive years, after he rode Royal Boutique to victory at Golden Gate Fields.

Nov. 21, 1971: Secretariat completed his preliminary training at Meadow training center.

Nov. 22, 1990: Jockey Pat Day marked his 5,000th career winner when he rode Screen Prospect to victory in the Falls City Handicap at Churchill Downs. Day was the twelfth rider in history to hit 5,000.

Nov. 26, 1946: American Air Lines transported six horses from Shannon Airport, Eire, Ireland, to Newark, N.J., completing the first trans-Atlantic flight for Thoroughbreds. The plane arrived in the U.S. on Nov. 27.

Nov. 26, 1992: Sandy Hawley became the ninth North American rider to win 6,000 races. His record victory came aboard Summer Commander in the second race at Greenwood Racecourse.

Cardinal Stakes, 3&up (f&m), $100,000, 1 1-8M (T), Grade III, Churchill

Glorious Song Stakes, 2yo fillies, $75,000, 7F, Grade IIC, Woodbine

Hawthorne Gold Cup, 3&up, $300,000, 1 1-4M, Grade II, Hawthorne

Long Island Handicap, 3&up (f&m), $125,000, 1 1-2M (T), Grade II, Aqueduct

Northern Dancer Stakes, 3yo, $100,000, 1 1-8M, Laurel

Gottstein Futurity, 2yo, $100,000, 1 1-16M, Emerald

Hawthorne Juvenile Stakes, 2yo, $150,000, 1 1-16M, Hawthorne

New York Stallion Series, Fifth Avenue Division, 2yo (c&g), $100,000, 6F, Aqueduct

New York Stallion Series, Great White Way Division, 2yo fillies, $100,000, 6F, Aqueduct

Ontario Fashion Handicap, 3&up (f&m), $75,000, 6F, Grade IIIC, Woodbine

River City Stakes, 3&up, $100,000, 1 1-8M (T), Grade III, Churchill

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