NEWS - Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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Reading Room Update - Joe Takach: SUCKER BETS (Part 25)

Point Ashley out of Juvenile Fillies
Del Mar Debutante Stakes (G1) winner Point Ashley will miss the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) on November 4 at Churchill Downs. Thoroughbred Times

Tagg confirms Showing Up will skip Breeders' Cup
After deliberating for several weeks, trainer Barclay Tagg ruled out the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) for Grade 1 winner Showing Up. Thoroughbred Times

Undefeated Grade I Winner Vacare to Skip Breeders' Cup
After much deliberation, owner Robert L. Lothenbach decided against pre-entering his prized 3-year-old turf filly Vacare in the Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf (gr. IT). Blood-Horse

Countdown to the Cup: Tapping In On a Classic Longshot
OK, so Bernardini supposedly is a lock in the Breeders' Cup Classic - Powered by Dodge (gr. I). And if he doesn't win, how can you look past Lava Man and Invasor? And Sun King, Brother Derek, and Europeans George Washington and David Junior also will get support. After that, good luck. But let's get bold and try to ferret out an early longshot. Blood-Horse

NYRA reportedly ready to file for bankruptcy this week
The Albany Times Union reports that the New York Racing Association plans to seek protection from creditors in United States Bankruptcy Court on Thursday. Thoroughbred Times

Frankel, Gann Part Company
Trainer Bobby Frankel said Monday that Edmund Gann, for whom Frankel won stakes with Medaglia d'Oro, Peace Rules, and You, among others, has removed his 14 horses from Frankel's care and given them to John Sadler. Blood-Horse

Monmouth barn quarantined amidst suspected EHV-1 case
Officials with the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority's two racetracks have placed strict limitations on horses at Monmouth Park, including placing one barn under quarantine, and ship-ins to the Meadowlands after an unconfirmed case of equine herpesvirus (EHV-1) was suspected over the weekend at Monmouth. Thoroughbred Times

Rock of Gibraltar to Japan for 2007 season
Freshman sire and dual European classic winner Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) will stand the 2007 season in Japan under an agreement between Coolmore and the Japan Bloodhorse Breeders' Association. Thoroughbred Times