BRIEFLY : SKIP AWAY THIRD TO 34-1 LONGSHOT.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Twenty-five years ago, trainer Allen Jerkens twice upset Secretariat. Saturday, he did it to Skip Away Skip Away (born April 4, 1993), a gray thoroughbred race horse, was named America's Champion 3 Year Old Male in 1996 and twice (1997, 1998) named America's Champion Handicap Horse. . He did it in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers with a 34-1 shot named Wagon Limit, who pulled away from Skip Away in the Belmont Park Noun 1. Belmont Park - a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes Belmont Elmont - a town on Long Island in New York; site of Belmont Park mud, denying his quest for Verb 1. quest for - go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby" quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the a 10th straight win in his bid to be the first race horse to win $10 million. ``He's very sound, but we found a little filling in his right front,'' said trainer Sonny Hine, whose wife, Carolyn, owns the 5-year-old Skip Away. ``At the moment he's not lame, he's very sound. We'll just have to wait and see. He might have jammed himself a little in the race.'' Skip Away is scheduled to race for the last time in the $4 million Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. on Nov. 7 at Churchill Downs. ``I want to have the money record, but I'm not going to go for the record at the expense of the horse,'' Hine said. Cigar is the money record-holder at $9,999,815. Wagon Limit, ridden by Robby Davis, won for only the second time in 10 starts this year. He flashed past Skip Away with about a furlong remaining, then overtook leading Gentlemen about a sixteenth of a mile later. ``It's awfully hard to be at your best all the time,'' said Jerkens, who upset Secretariat in 1973 with Onion in the Whitney and with Prove Out in the Woodward. Wagon Limit paid $70, $21 and $2.10. Sharp Cat sizzled to her fifth straight victory, four this year and all in stakes, as she finished 11 lengths ahead of Tomisue's Delight in the $400,000 Beldame for fillies and mares. Buck's Boy, ridden by Shane Sellers, led all the way in winning the $500,000 Turf Classic by three lengths over Cetewayo. TENNIS: Lindsay Davenport found out how tough it is to be No. 1. In her first match since taking over the top ranking, Davenport had to battle hard to beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 Saturday to reach the final of the Porsche Grand Prix in Filderstadt, Germany. Davenport, who dethroned Martina Hingis and will be officially No. 1 when the new rankings come out Monday, meets Sandrine Testud of France in today's final of the $450,000 indoor tournament. Andre Agassi beat home favorite Marc Rosset 6-4, 6-2 in just 52 minutes to move into today's final at the $975,000 Swiss Indoors, where he'll meet Britian's Tim Henman. MOTOR SPORTS: Billy Boat did his job as Kenny Brack's teammate by taking the pole for today's Las Vegas 500K, but now he wants to win it to keep anyone from catching Brack n. 1. An opening caused by the parting of any solid body; a crack or breach; a flaw. Stain or brack in her sweet reputation. - J. Fletcher. 1. Salt or brackish water. for the Indy Racing League The Indy Racing League, better known as IRL, is the sanctioning body of a predominantly American based open-wheel racing series. The League consists of two series, the premiere IndyCar Series season points title. Boat took the pole from Tony Stewart with a 214.490 mph clocking in qualifying at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas Motor Speedway, located in Clark County, Nevada, just outside Las Vegas, is a 1,200 acre (4.9 km²) complex of four different tracks for automobile racing. The complex is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. . Stewart trailed Brack by 41 points going into qualifying for the season title. Brack will be on the third row after qualifying sixth. BOXING: In Paris, American Sharmba Mitchell won the WBA WBA West Bromwich Albion (English Soccer Club) WBA World Boxing Association WBA Weekly Benefit Amount WBA Wisconsin Broadcasters Association (Madison, WI) WBA Wireless Broadband Access super lightweight title, outpointing Khalid Rahilou of France after knocking the defending champion down four times. Mitchell is 43-2. |
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