European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 4, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 25 super horse trips Over his Cape by Jim Litke Louisville by. Apr Trainer Francois Boutin simply shrugged the Way gallic people often do and insisted he knew the quest was Over almost As soon As it began. The rest of us Hung on to the bitter end. The result in either Case was the same. Arazi failed miserably in saturdays 118th running of the Kentucky Derby. His eight place finish was the worst Ever by an Odds on starter worse even than olympians sixth place finish in 1949. For yet one More year there will be no super horse to Toast no successor to Man of War to citation to secretariat. A i thought a jockey Pat Valenzuela said moments after climbing Down off the smallish Chestnut Colt a that there was no Way i was going to get beat today. Its just too bad that we  prove to the world what a Champion horse he  lord knows the world was ready to believe. Or at least the racing Public was. Follow this crazy game Long enough and you come to crave miracles the a the horses come to crave sweets. And sometimes the memory of the first lasts Only slightly longer than the taste of the second. In last november a breeders cup juvenile Over this same Racetrack Arazi roared East Bertrando in the final turn Drifting five horses wide from the rail at the head of the stretch and pulled easily away to win by five lengths. It was a surge of such Power and such ease a so stunning in its suddenness a that it simply took away the breath of everyone who witnessed it. And by the time they recovered even the most hardened professional observers could not resist the temptation to mention Arazi in the same breath As secretariat. On saturday Valenzuela and the French based Colt found themselves in roughly the same position on the same Churchill Downs Backstretch As they had been in six months earlier. Valenzuela set him Down and Arazi began picking up the horses inside of him like a bowl commentary lengths Hud horse jockey Back win plan Shaw 1 lil e. Tee Day a $35.60 $12.60 $7.60 2 casual lies Stevens 1 $22.00 $11.60 3 dance floor Antley 31/4 $12.80 4 Conti do Savoy Sellers total purse 5 Pina Bluff Perret $974,800 6 Al Sable Nakatani it of two s share 7 or devious Mccarron $724,800 8 Arazi Valenzuela 9 my Luck runs North Lopez winning time 2 04.0 10 technology Bailey # Arazi became the 13th 11 West by West Samyn consecutive beaten Derby of King in Lime Hon qty 12 Devil his due Smith favorite in inning of. # 4.8 seconds off Derby 13 Thyer Roach record of 1 59.2 set by 14 ecstatic ride Krone secretariat with Ron 15 sir Pinder Romero Turcotte up in 1973 16 pistols and roses Vasquez 17 Snappy Landing Velasquez 18 disposal Solis ing Ball. A i got right to the leaders thought i was going to inhale suddenly it seemed that Quarter pole instead of past a Valenzuela recalled. A i  Arazi had run into the it. At the distance of Al most exactly one mile at nearly the same juncture at which he had vaulted into the sports mythology Arazi plummeted faster than icarus after his Wax wings were melted by flying too close to the Sun. This is the Way the Post race comment Sheet recorded his Flam cout a challenged upper straight.  with the exception of Valenzuela no one had a better Vantage Point of that moment than jockey Pat Day who was aboard eventual Winner t in e. Tee but was running even with Arazi at the Quarter pole. A the come by me at the same Point in the breeders cup and went on to wow the whole world with that stretch run a Day said. A i thought then that i was racing for second. A but when he did no to just blow away from me i started feeling Good. And when Pat asked him for More and he did no to make any ground on me i started feeling better. A that a Day concluded a was when i put the Hammer  in the bargain he flattened one More legend in the making making the finish nothing More than a formality. But if Boutin is to be believed everything after the first few strides was that. The Road to greatness begins at the Derby and the Derby begins in a Chute at the northernmost Corner of Churchill Downs. On the stretch run toward the first turn the Field goes past the winners Circle. And when Boutin watched Arazi go by once he knew there would be no second trip there. All week Long the question around the barns had been whether Arazi would validate his status As a sup horse by going after the last two jewels of the triple Crown or ship Back across the Atlantic to attempt an unprecedented double in England a Epsom Derby. Boutin was asked that same question again saturday. And this time his reply could have served for All those who watched his horse run against the tide of history. A i think i will go Home a he said through an interpreter.  a Mansell claims 4th race in Row Barcelona Spain Nigel Mansell splashed his Way into the record Book winning the Spanish grand prix on sunday to tie a formula one Mark with his fourth Victory in As Many races this season. Driving a Williams Renault Mansell tied the record of defending series Champion Ayrton Senna who opened last season with four straight victories. Mansell beat Michael Schumacher by 24 seconds to claim his 25tn career Victory tying him with Jim Clark and Nikki Lauda for fourth spot. Mansell played Down his Success saying he was impressed with several Drivers. A every Driver that finished deserved a medal today a the briton said. A you could see nothing at All behind  Mansell like the others fighting to keep his car from spinning in the persistent rain completed 65 laps the on 2.95-mile Cataluna circuit at an average Speed of 99.017 Mph. Only Schumacher driving a Benetton Ford Jean Alesi and Gerhard Berger were on the Lead Lap at the completion of 191.727 Miles. Frenchman Alesi finished third in a Ferrari and austrian Berger fourth in. A Mclaren Honda. Schumacher bidding to give Germany its first up Victory since 1975, closed to 4.5 seconds behind Mansell on Lap 50. A the must have found a shortcut a Mansell said of Schumacher. A a there a no question he put on a sprint that was fabulous a it was fabulous to watch not to be  Alesi was less than three seconds behind Schumacher de Allison tops iroc with Yard to spare unbeaten Nigel Masell spite colliding with two different cars during the race. Three time world Champion Senna was in third place in his Mclaren until three laps from the end. Then he skidded off the track and did not finish one of 16 of the 26 starters that dropped out. Talladega Ala. Apr Davey Allison held off five other cars on the final Lap saturday edging out Dale Earnhardt by three feet to win the International race of champions event at Talladega super Speedway. The wild 38-Lap race climaxed with four Lead changes in the final half Lap. Allison was Able to hold the outside line As Earnhardt Rusty Wallace and Harry Gant ail took the Lead on the White Flag Lap. The Lead pack of cars even went four wide in the fourth turn something that has never happened at the High banked Speedway. Allison Gant Davey Jones and Earnhardt All had a shot at taking the Lead coming off the turn and there was plenty of rubbing and bumping. With Earnhardt on the outside and Allison on the inside the nose of Allison a Dodge Daytona crossed the finish line about a Hood length in front of Earnhardt. A this bumper was even with my door a said Allison who won his first iroc race at his Hometown track. The Victory gave the resident of nearby Hueytown his seventh career win at  twins arca Talladega Ala. A Charlie Glotzbach held a last Lap Challenge from Bobby Bowsher to win the Poulan pro 500-Kilometer arca Stock car race saturday at Talladega super Speedway. Glotzbach who won an arca record $20,500, had previously won two arca races at Talladega. A id off Indianapolis practice gats off to record Start a. In i a i Ala a n Toon Indianapolis a the Indianapolis motor Speedway opened saturday with a Tow in for Rookie Lyn St. James and ended with the fastest practice Lap in indy 500 history for Veteran Jim Crawford. St. James trying to become the second woman Driver in the race accounted for the first yellow caution Light within minutes after the track opened. But it was in the final hour when Crawford driving a Buick powered Lola provided the biggest excitement with a Lap at 229.609 Mph. Crawford a Speed topped the previous fast Lap during practice of 228.502 Mph by a1 Unser or. In 1990. The Only Driver who has gone faster at Indiana Polis is Crawford a teammate Roberto Guerrero who had a top Lap of 230.279 Mph during private testing five weeks ago. The Start of practice for the May 24 race saw a first Day record 32 cars on the track nine of which topped 220 Mph. Tom Sneva had the previous fastest Speed on the opening Day of prac Tice with a Lap of 215.646 in 1990. St. James Best Speed saturday was 209.405, the fastest Ever by a woman at Indianapolis. The former Mark was 191.042 Mph by Desir Wilson in 1982. The Only woman to have driven in the race was Janet Guthrie from 1977-79. Qualifying for the 33-car Field is scheduled for this and next weekend