NEWS - Friday, October 27, 2006

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Team Valor Purchase Lands in Breeders' Cup Juvenile
A few minutes after King of the Roxy broke his maiden in his second start July 2 at Hollywood Park, Barry Irwin was on the phone speaking with his Team Valor partner, Jeff Siegel. Now they have a contender for the Bessemer Trust Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I). Blood-Horse

Forecast: 59 Degrees, 10% Chance of Rain, 5:40 Sunset
Breeders' Cup officials hoping the Nov. 4 World Championships at Churchill Downs will produce a record crowd for the event should be pleased with the long-range forecast. Blood-Horse

Borgese Hopes Nightmare Comes True in Sprint
Talk about beginner's luck. The very first horse that Ronald Borgese owned is taking him to the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Churchill Downs Nov. 4. The horse's name is Nightmare Affair, but he's been a dream come true for his New York-based owner. Blood-Horse

New Jersey Imposes Quarantine on More Than 1,000 Monmouth Park Horses
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture issued a quarantine Oct. 26 on more than 1,000 horses at Monmouth Park in the wake of positive test results on at least one horse for the neuropathogenic strain of the equine herpes virus. Blood-Horse

Include's Fee Jumps to $25,000
Include, one of the leading freshman sires in several categories, and Indian Charlie, whose daughter, Fleet Indian, takes an eight-race win streak into the Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Distaff (gr. I), have undergone important stud fee increases for 2007 at Brereton C. Jones' Airdire Stud near Midway, Ky. Blood-Horse