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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-7 47-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE DM SUNDAY, MAY 4, 1997 K•E•N•T•U•C•K•Y DERBY Saturday, Churchill Downs SECOND TIME'S "THE CHARM" IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, CDX, 5-3, 3yo, 123RD KENTUCKY DERBY Trainer Bob 1 1 /4m, 2:02 2/5, ft. Baffert saw Captain Bodgit (Saint Bailado) coming to 1--SILVER CHARM, 126, c, 3, Silver Buck--Bonnie's his Silver Charm (Silver Buck) as the two drove down Poker, by Poker. ($16,500 yrl '95 OBSAUG; that interminable Churchill Downs stretch yesterday $100,000 2yo 1996 OBSAPR). 0-Lewis Beverly J & afternoon and begged, "Not again." Flash back to the Robert B; B-Wootton Mary Lou (FL); T-Bob Baffert; first Saturday in May, 1996, as Baffert's Cavonnier J-G L Stevens; $700,000. Lifetime Record: 7-4-3-0, loses the 122nd Kentucky Derby by a hair's breadth $1'144, 1 50. after a last desperate lunge by the late-running Grind 2--Captain Bodgit, 126, c, 3, Saint Ballado--Answering Echo, by Greek Answer. 0-Team Valor; B-Wiest stone; for just a moment, it looked like the nightmare Edward (FL); $170,000. might continue for the silver-haired horseman, but 3--Free House, 1 26, c, 3, Smokester--Fountain Lake, by Silver Charm held on gamely to get the better of fa Vigors. 0/B-John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery (CA); vored Captain Bodgit and win this year's "Run for the $85,000. Roses" by a head. "When they came down the Margins: HD, 3HF, 3. Odds: 4.00, 3.10, 10.60. stretch, I thought - Oh, no, it can't happen again.' I Also Ran: Pulpit, Crypto Star, Phantom On Tour, Jack thought I might have to do the low crawl out of here. Flash, Hello (Ire), Concerto, Celtic Warrior, Crimson But it was my turn this year--and the lewises (owners Classic, Shammy Davis, Deeds Not Words. Bob and Beverly), it was their turn, too. You have to Runner-up to Free House in both the San Felipe S. and be so lucky, and we were so lucky," said Baffert. Santa Anita Derby in his last two starts, Silver Charm Santa Anita Derby winner Free House (Smokester) proved those performances nothing more than dress bounced out of the gate on top, but Blue Grass hero rehearsals as he took center stage at Churchill Downs Pulpit (A.P. Indy} soon took over and it was those with a gallant victory in the 1 23rd running of the Ken two fighting it out until they hit the quarter pole. tucky Derby. The second choice in the 13-horse field, That's when Silver Charm, sitting pretty just off the the grey was third after six furlongs in 1 : 1 2 1 /5 and a leaders on the far outside, made his move, sweeping mile in 1 :37 1 /5, but picked up pacesetters PULPIT past the pacesetters and running all out to the wire to (A.P. Indy) and Free House as they neared the eighth give jockey Gary Stevens his third Derby victory in pole and then outfinished favored Captain Bodgit in the the last 10 years. "This is a dream come true," said final yards. "I learned a lot about this colt in the Santa Stevens. "I had a dream trip. When he made the lead, Anita Derby," said winning jockey Gary Stevens, who also took the roses with Winning Colors in 1 988 and he threw his ears up and was looking for some more Thunder Gulch in 1995. "I gained new respect for him competition. (Captain Bodgit) got up to within a head, and I learned what his capabilities were. I felt like we and he stuck his ears back again and dug down deep; lost the battle in the Santa Anita Derby but we came he gave it all he had. Nobody was going to get by back and we won the war today. I had a lot of confi him." The Captain, ninth early, took up the battle dence that this colt was going to be dead fit today. I'll from the center of the track as the crowd of 141,981 tell you what, coming back after the race, he wouldn't (fourth largest in Derby history) took up the cheer, but have blown out a match." Captain Bodgit just missed in despite having dead aim on the winner he was a fine effort, while Free House was easily third and doomed to become the Derby's 18th consecutive Pulpit just held on for fourth. "I didn't expect to be on losing favorite. "I swung him out at the quarter-pole the lead early," said David Flores, rider of Free House. and he fired," said his jockey, Alex Solis. "At the "He responded when I asked him turning for home, but eighth pole, I thought we were the winner. .. but when those other two horses were too strong." Trainer D. (Silver Charm) saw me, he shifted into another gear. Wayne Lukas saddled DEEDS NOT WORDS (Rubiano) to But my horse is still a champion in my heart, and a last-place finish after winning the last two Derbies, there will be other days." Next on the calendar is the but all was not lost for owners Michael Tabor and Mrs. second leg of the Visa Triple Crown Challenge, the GI John Magnier; their Entrepreneur (GB) won yesterday's Preakness S. at Pimlico May 17. 2000 Guineas at Newmarket. (See chart, p2). ·PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-4-97 Weekend Results cont. Saturday, Churchill Downs Saturday, Newmarket, England EARLY TIMES TURF CLASSIC-GI, $234,400, COX, 5-3, PERTEMPS 2000 GUINEAS S.-G1, $356,320, 3yo/up, 1 1/8mT, 1:491/5, gd. Newmarket, England, 5-3, 3yo, c/f, 8fT, 1 :35.64, gd. 1--ALWAYS A CLASSIC, 120, c, 4, Deputy Minister--No 1--#@ENTREPRENEUR (GB), 126, c, 3, Sadler's Wells-- Class (MSP), by Nodouble. O/B-Sam-Son Farms Exclusive Order (MGSW-Fr, $127,210), by Exclusive (CAN); T-Mark Frostad; J-J D Bailey; $145,328. Native. ($1,022,203 yrl '95 TAHOU). 0-Michael Lifetime Record: 7-6-1-0, $366,648. *~to Classy 'n Tabor & Mrs. John Magnier; B-Cheveley Park Stud Smart (Smarten), Ch. 3yo Filly-Can, MSW, $303,222, Ltd; T-Michael Stoute; J-M Kinane; $213,909. *Full and dam of Dance Smartly (Danzig), Horse of the Year to Dance A Dream (GB), SW & G 1 SP-Eng, $145,870. & Ch. 2yo Filly & Ch. 3yo Filly-Can, Ch. 3yo Filly, 2--Revoque (Ire), 1 26, c, 3, Fairy King--La Bella Fontana GISW, $3,263,835; Grey Classic (*Grey Dawn 2nd), (Ire), by Lafontaine. ($61,334 wnl '94 TADEF). Ch. 2yo Colt-Can, MGSW, $602,039: Regal Classic 0-Robert Sangster; B-Minch Bloodstock; $79,325. (Vice Regent), Ch. 2yo Colt-Can, MGSW, 3--Poteen, 126, c, 3, Irish River (Fr)--Chaleur, by Rouge $1,456,584; Sky Classic (*Nijinsky II), Ch. Turf Sang. ($65,000 yrl '95 KEESEP). 0-Lord Vestey; Horse, Ch. 2yo Colt & Turf Horse & Older Horse-Can, B-Dr. & Mrs. E A Neuman; $38,202. MGISW, $3,240,398; and Classic Reign (Vice Margins: 3/4, 1 1 /2, short HD. Odds: 11-2, 100-30, 9-1. Regent), MSW, $327,808. Also ran: Starborough (GB), Zamindar, Desert Story (Ire), 2--labeeb (GB), 118, h, 5, Lear Fan--Lady Blackfoot Shii-Take (GB), Cape Cross (Ire), Green Card, Muchea (Ire), by Prince Tenderfoot. 0-Gainsborough Farms; (GB), Tycoon Todd, Za-lm (GB), Hidden Meadow (GB), B-Brick Kiln Stud & Lariston Apartments Ltd (GB); Shamikh (GB), Putra. DNF: Musical Pursuit (GB). $46,880. On only the fourth start of his career and his first 3--Down the Aisle, 114, c, 4, Runaway Groom--That's outing this year, the 11-2 second favourite Entrepreneur My Hon, by L'Enjoleur. O/B-Deters Charles H (KY); (GB) lived up to all the pre-race 'hype' and gave trainer $23,440. Michael Stoute his third 2000 Guineas and jockey Mi Margins: 1 1 /4, 1, HF. Odds: 3.10, 1. 70, 7 .60. chael Kinane his second victory in the race. He was Also Ran: Same Old Wish, Volochine (Ire), Harghar, Top quickly out of the gate and settled behind early leaders Glory (Fr), Talloires. SHll-TAKE (GB) (Deploy {GB}) and STARBOROUGH (GB) Always A Classic won the Feb. 11 Mardi Gras H., a (Soviet Star). Inside the final half-mile Starborough led Mar. 13 off-the-turf allowance race and the Mar. 29 Giii from Entrepreneur, with Poteen making good ground, Explosive Bid H. on the turf, all at the Fair Grounds. The but the winner hit the front a quarter-mile out and he winner, sent off as the second choice, relaxed while ran on strongly, holding the fast-finishing 100-30 fa setting the pace and held the challengers at bay in the vourite Revoque (Ire), who was slowly into his stride, stretch. "It was as easy as it looked," winning rider comfortably. Entrepreneur is now even-money favourite Jerry Bailey said. "It looked like we would inherit the with most bookmakers for the Vodafone Epsom Derby lead. He went along easy and when I asked him in the on June 7, in which he is expected to meet Revoque stretch, he gave me the right answer." Grade I winner again.