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The ThoroughDred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning DY 5a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~9I~~UN~~~RE DM MONDAY, AUGUST 12,1996 W-E-E-K-E-N-D RESULTS CIGAR RETURNS HOME Reigning Horse of the Year Sunday, Leopardston, Ireland Cigar (Palace Music) was loaded onto a van near his Del HEINZ 57 PHOENIX S.-G1, $219,078, Leopardstown, Mar barn at 6:05 a.m. Sunday and driven north to On Ireland, 8-11, 2yo, clf, 6fT, 1:13.06, gdlyl. tario Airport where he was to begin his return flight to 1--#@MANTOVANI (lREL 126, c, 2, Treasure Kay New York. The plane was scheduled to take off at ap (GB)--Dream of Spring (GB)' by Hello Gorgeous. proximately 9 a.m. Before departing, trainer Bill Mott a-Mrs. J S Bolger; B-F. Salhoub (Ire); T-James passed along to the media the following thoughts about Bolger; J-C. Everard; $136,621. the champion's second-place finish at 1-9 odds in Sat 2--Muchea (GB), 126, c, 2, Shalford (lre)--Bargouzine urday's $1 million Pacific Classic. Cigar had won 16 (GB), by Hotfoot (GB). a-Albion Investments; consecutive races before Saturday's 3 %-length defeat. B-Lady Richard Wellesley (GB); $48,504. "It's disappointing," Mott said. IIBut everyone involved 3--Verglas (lret 126, c, 2, Highest Honor (Fr)- knows if you lead them over there often enough, they'll Rahaam, by Secreto. a-Mrs. A J F O'Reilly; get beat. I have no regrets. We can't put this horse in a vacuum. The most basic thing in racing got us--pace. B-Godolphin Management Company Ltd (Ire); Pace makes the race. Ever since I've been involved in $24,252. racing I've heard that one. And yesterday it was cer Margins: 2, head, short head. tainly true. We were concerned about Siphon CBrz) Odds: 20-1, 10-1, 11-8. (ltajara {Brz}) (3rd) and his speed. Jerry (jockey Bailey) Also Ran: Ocean Ridge, Star Profile (Ire), Azra (Ire), and I talked about it and we thought he was our biggest Raphane, Check The Band, Scottish Mist {Ire}. concern. Maybe we gave him too much respect. But he Scratched: Melleray (Ire). beat us at Hollywood (in the Gold Cup when Mott and Mantovani, whose only previous success had come Bailey ran second to him with Geri {Theatrical}) and he in a maiden over this course and distance, beat much appeared to be a genuine speed horse. We thought the better fancied rivals to register a 20-1 victory in yes fractions would be realistic and that we could stay close terday's Group One event at Leopardstown. by him. We knew he'd gotten away with a half in :47 RAPHANE (Rahy) was fastest out of the stalls, but and change in the Gold Cup and we thought a half in OCEAN RIDGE (Storm Bird) soon sprinted to the front :46 and change or so here would be likely. But he went and set a good pace. Muchea (GB) kept close tabs on faster (:45 4/5) and we went with him. There aren't too the leader with Verglas also holding a prominent posi many horses who can run the mile in 1 :33 and change tion. The eventual winner, meanwhile, was buried (Cigar's mile in the Pacific Classic was 1:33 3/5) and deep in the pack as the front four battled on toward still have enough left to be around at the end of a mile the final two furlongs. But successful jockey Conor and a quarter. 1I Mott added that Cigar came out of the race in good physical shape. IIHe came out of the race Everard spotted a gap on the inside rails with 200 fine and he ate up last night,1I said the trainer. 11This yards to race and, squeezing through bravely, morning he seems to be fine; his legs are okay. I think Mantovani quickened well to provide a surprise result. he knows he got beat, though. His attitude was lower Winning trainer Jim Bolger admitted, "I am as sur than I've seen it in a while. /I Mott has already mapped prised as everyone else. I knew he would handle the out a tentative fall schedule for the six-year-old. "We'll (rain-softened) ground. But he has only started to get him back to New York and see how he's doing. If work well at home over the past three weeks." he's doing okay in five weeks or so, we'll look at run ning in the Woodward (Sept. 14). Another possible race Weekend Results Continued, p. 2. for him could be the Jockey Club Gold Cup (Oct. 5). We've got to be sure to save something for that last race (Oct. 26 Breeders' Cup Classic)." Mott added one U.I WEEKEND RESULTS . .. 1,2 final thought: "I hope (Pacific Classic winner) Dare and o NEWS CONTINUED ............ 2 Go (Alydar) is in our next few races. I'd like another -Vl STAKES PREVIEW ............. 2 shot at him. I'd like to try to get our reputation back. I'm sorry that the streak was broken, but it doesn't Z TOTAL PAGES ................. 9 mean the pressure is any less. I don't feel that way. - He's still a very special horse. That hasn't changed./I PAGE 2· THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-12-96 Weekend Results Continued. DEL MAR RECORDS FALL ON PACIFIC Sunday, Deauville, France CLASSIC DAY Along with setting an on-track atten PRIX MAURICE DE GHEEST-G1, $169,728, Deauville, dance record during Saturday's Pacific Classic Day, Del France, 8-11, 3yo/up, 6f 110ydsT, 1:19, sf. Mar broke several other records as well. Off-track atten 1--ANABAA, 128, c, 4, Danzig--Balbonella (Fr) dance was 31,020, exceeding the previous standard of (GSW-U.S., G1SW-Fr, $443,874), by Gay Mecene. 30,940 set August 15, 1992. The off-track figures, O-Mme A. Head; B-Gainsborough Farm Inc (KY); combined with the record on-track attendance of T-Mme Criquette Head; J-F. Head; $99,840. "" 1/2 to 44,181, gave Del Mar a total of 75,201, far and away Key Of Luck (Chief's Crown), GSW-Fr, GISP-U.S., the largest crowd ever for the seaside course. The total SW-UAE, $206,307-U.S. & Fr. handle of $20,813,571 topped the previous record of 2--Miesque's Son, 128, c, 4, Mr. Prospector--Miesque, $15,506,324 set August 19, 1995, and Saturday's out by Nureyev. O-Niarchos Family; B-Flaxman Holdings of-state handle of $8,048,522 was well above the (KY); $39,936. previous record of $4,539,475 set last year. 3--Danehill Dancer (Ire), 123, c, 3, Danehill--Mira Adonde, by Sharpen Up (GB)' ($60,000 yrl '94 GLORY OF DANCER TO ARLINGTON Goffs Irish Nat'l Yrl). O-Michael Tabor; B-L.K. & K. MILLION Epsom Derby fourth Glory Of Dancer (GBl McCreery (IRE); $19,968. (Shareef Dancer) is set to run in the Arlington Million Margins: 1 1/2, head, 5. Odds: 9-10, 10-1, 12-1. Aug. 25. Trainer Paul Kelleway decided on a trip to Also Ran: Iktamal, Blue Duster, A Magicman (Fr), Young Chicago after assessing his colt's latest performance, a Ern (GB)' Easy Dollar (GB), Poplar Bluff (GB). fourth-place finish in Saturday's G3 Rose Of Lancaster The Head family was in superb form again yesterday S. over 10 furlongs at Haydock. Newmarket-based as Anabaa, owned by Mme. Alec Head, trained by her Kelleway said, "I don't want him to take on older Euro daughter Criquette and ridden by son Freddy, landed his pean horses--the three-year-olds just cannot seem to sixth straight victory and his second in a row in Group 1 beat them this season--and he will be guaranteed fast company. Given a patient ride by Freddy Head, the colt ground at Arlington. The only time it wasn't firm there was content to wait at the back of the field, allowing was when I was third with Madam Gay (GB) in 1981." POPLAR BLUFF (IRE) (Dowsing) and EASY DOLLAR (GB) Last year's Highweight Colt at Two in Italy, Glory Of (Gabitat {Ire}) to make the initial fast pace. Anabaa and Dancer won the G1 Gran Criterium at Milan in 1995 and eventual third Danehill Dancer played a waiting game at the G2 Homeowners Dante S. at York in May. the back of the field, until, with two furlongs to run, Anabaa cruised up on the stands side and hit the front with only one furlong left to run. Freddy Head was PREVIEW oozing confidence, taking a quick look over his shoulder • • before drawing away from the fast-finishing Miesque's Today, Saratoga Race Course: Son, who lost nothing in being second. Criquette Head ADIRONDACK S.-GII, $125,000a, 2yo, f, 6.5f was delighted with the win and said the horse has PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS proved he could win from any position. Possible targets 1 Move Brothers Sellers 3-1 for Anabaa are the G1 Haydock Park Sprint Cup in Sept. 2 City College Lukas Bailey 4-1 or the G 1 Prix Abbaye de Longchamp in October. 3 Frosty Lady Love Amoss Perret 20-1 4 Larkwhistle Attfield Davis 8-1 News Continued. 5 Last Two States Hushion Migliore 12-1 AVERAGE UP AT SARATOGA PREFERRED 6 The Lady's Unreal Pollard Cordova 12-1 YEARLING SALE Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Preferred 7 Screamer Hennig Santos 8-1 8 Live Your Best Hennig Velazquez 10-1 Yearling Sale, held Saturday night in Saratoga Springs, 9 Exclusive Hold Kimmel Smith 7-2 New York, saw 38 yearlings sell for a gross of 10 Storm Song Zito Day 12-1 $761,800 and an average of $20,047, up nine percent Exclusive Hold (Phone Trick) has started only twice, from last year's average of $18,383.