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T~?I~~Un~~~Re Dm Tuesday, March 11, 1997 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 TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 S•T•A•K•E•S RESULTS Monday, Australia PULPIT SHARP AT GULFSTREAM Drawing a VRC AUSTRALIAN CUP-G1, $980,238, Flemington, crowd at the Gulfstream Park clockers' stand, GI Florida Australia, 3-10, 3yo/up, 1 OfT, 2:01, gd. Derby favorite Pulpit (A.P. Indy) worked five furlongs in 1--0CTAGONAL (NZ), 126, c, 4, Zabeel INZ}--Eight a bullet :59 1 /5 yesterday morning. The three-year-old Carat (GB), by Pieces Of Eight. 0-Woodlands Stud; galloped out the three-quarters in 1: 13 in preparation for B-Cambridge Stud, NZ; T-John Hawkes; J-R S Dye; Saturday's mile-and-an-eighth event. "All he needed $637, 155. *Horse of the Year & Ch. 2yo & Ch. was some air, to open him up a little bit," said trainer 3yo-Aus. * * 1 /2 to Diamond Lover (Aus) (Sticks and Frank Brothers. "He was a little wound up, but no differ­ Stones), G1 SW-Aus; Kaapstad (Aus) (*Sir Tristram), ent than he's ever been. Most horses know when G1 Sw-Aus; Marquise (NZ) (Gold And Ivory), they're going to breeze and get on the muscle." Remark­ G1 SW-NZ, MGSW-Aus; and full to Mouawad (NZ), ing on the much talked-about colt's condition, Brothers MG1 SW-Aus. said, "Physically, he's getting stronger. I think, both 2--Gold City (Aus), 1 25, m, 5, Gold And Ivory (GB)-­ mentally and physically, he's better now. From what I Teton Moss (Aus), by Twig Moss (Fr). O/B-P B could tell, the Fountain Of Youth didn't take anything Newsom & AM Whitehouse; $196,048. out of him. All the tell-tale signs are good." Added 3--Juggler (Aus), 128, g, 5, Jugah--Kashalyn (NZ), by jockey Shane Sellers, aboard for the breeze, "You have Shy Rambler. 0-P D L & Ms. S E Horwitz, Ms. V K to throw the stop watch away with this horse. A slow Bridger, et al; B-Glen Appin Stud, VIC; $9,802. work for him is a fast work for other horses." Margins: short HD, short HD. Odds: 7-2, 2-1, 20-1. Also ran: lstidaad, Nothin' Leica Dane (Aus), Perfect GENTLEMEN OUT OF DUBAI WORLD CUP Bound (Aus), Magnet Bay (NZ), Royal Line (Aus), Trainer Richard Mandella will send only the top two Veandercross (NZ), Doriemus (NZ). finishers from the GI Santa Anita H. to Dubai, shipping Reigning Horse of the Year Octagonal (NZ) becomes the Brazilian duo of Siphon (Brz) (ltajara {Brz}) and the second-highest earner in Australian racing history, Sandpit (Brz) (Baynoun {Ire}) for the World Cup March bankrolling a total of $4,028,569 after this latest win. 29. Gentlemen (Arg) (Robin des Pins), third as the favor­ The four-year-old was slowly into his stride and raced at ite in the Big 'Cap, will skip the race. "We were a little the back of the pack early, but got the run of the race disappointed in his last race," said Mandella, "and he did as jockey Shane Dye brought him through the field t? show just a little bit of blood when we scoped him. catch outsider Gold City and Juggler almost on the line. We'll probably just miss one race--we don't have a big Gai Waterhouse, who still plans to send Juggler to the problem. But there's no Lasix in Dubai, and with the Dubai World Cup on March 29, said: "Juggler was going stress of the trip we thought it would be better to stay to win and then Octagonal dropped out of the sky!" home and be safe rather than traveling half-way around Super Impose (Aus), with $4,438,016, is now the only the world with him." The trainer added that his two Australian runner who has earned more than Octagonal. World Cup runners are right on schedule for their next The winner of nine Group One races will go for his 10th engagement. "They couldn't be better," he said. when he contests the Mercedes Classic over a mile and News cont. p2 a half at Rosehill on March 22; he may have one more start after that in the G 1 Queen Elizabeth S. at Rand­ STAKES CLOSINGS wick in Sydney on April 1 2, and will then almost cer­ tainly be retired to the lnghams' Woodlands Stud in TOMORROW. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12: New South Wales. Dye, who has never been beaten on 3-15 $500,000 Florida Derby-GI, GP, 3yo, 9f the horse, said: "I've ridden some good horses--Let's ($20,000s) Elope, Super Impose and others--and you can take them 3-22 $150,000 Santa Ana H.-Gll, SA, all. This is the best." Winning trainer John Hawkes 4yo/up, f/m, 9fT ($50) added; "He's been something special for a long time. 3-23 $250,000 San Luis Rey-GI/, SA, 4yo/up, •12fT He's an unbelievable horse and has proven that in more ($100) ways than one. When it comes to a fight, he finds what 3-23 $75/75,000 Oak/awn Breeders' Cup H., OP, he needs--he's guts personified." 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f ($0) Stakes Results cont. p2 PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-11-97 News cont. Stakes Results cont. SKIP AWAY ON TRACK FOR OAKLAWN Trainer Sonny Hine sent last year's three-year-old champ Skip VRC SIRES PRODUCE S.-G1, $588, 143, Flemington, Away (Skip Trial) out to breeze five furlongs in 1 :00 1 /5 Australia, 3-10, 2yo, 7fT, 1:23.10, gd. at Gulfstream yesterday morning as he gets ready for 1--MILLWARD (NZ), 122, g, 2, Defensive Play--Exploit his next start in the GI Oaklawn Park H. April 5. "He (NZ), by Danzatore. 0-A R Bell, D C Christensen, K A galloped out in 1: 13 and change," said Hine. "It was a Hayes & J M Seccull; B-Cambridge Stud, NZ; T-Alan good work. I had him too sharp for his last couple of Bell; J-D Beadman; $352,886. races; he was unmanageable in his last race. I'm 2--Cornwall Queen (Aus), 119, f, 2, King Marauding pleased with this work. He was hard held. When he (NZ)--Park Parade, by Cactus Road. 0-Cornwall Park gets to run every month, he'll be tough." The grey has Stud; 8-Sir Donald Trescowthick, VIC; $108,806. been second in both starts this year, the GI Donn H. and 3--Evader (Aus), 1 22, c, 2, Marauding (NZ)--Sudden GI Gulfstream Park H. in his latest outing March 1. (Aus), by Boucher. O/B-Newhaven Park Stud, NSW; $48,973. SHAKE-UP ON JERSEY RACING CIRCUIT? Ac­ Margins: 2, 1 1 /4. cording to a report in yesterday's Newark Star-Ledger, Also ran: Danasuria (Aus), Sports (Aus), Lady Of The Senator Richard Codey (D-Essex) has introduced a pro­ Pines (Aus), Gold Guru (Aus), Le Mans (Aus), Around posal which would end live racing at two of New Jer­ The Flag (Aus), Made To Move (Aus), Any Rhythm sey's five racetracks in hopes of improving the health of (Aus), Kilkea (Aus), Dockland (Aus). the Thoroughbred industry in the state. Codey's plan Millward capped a great day for the Cambridge Stud would close the door on racing at Garden State Park and in New Zealand, which also bred Octagonal, settling Atlantic City Racecourse, with those facilities to remain on the pace and then sprinting away to a decisive open as off-track betting sites. "Atlantic City has been score. But the Defensive Play gelding has not been on life support for years and Garden State isn't far from given much of a chance in the G 1 Golden Slipper over it," Codey told the Star-Ledger. "This is what needs to six furlongs at Rosehill March 22 by winning rider be done to save racing in New Jersey." In addition, Darren Beadman. "He's much more a seven-furlong or Codey's plan would revamp the state's racing schedule, a mile horse. He's not a Slipper horse," he said. Con­ calling for a Thoroughbred meet at the Meadowlands nections would also have to pay $78,420 to get from March through Memorial Day, and extending Millward into the Golden Slipper, as he was not origi­ Monmouth Park's meet. through the end of October or nally nominated. Said trainer Alan Bell, "You wouldn't early November--with an eye toward one day hosting enter him for the Slipper if you had a look at him, he's the Breeders' Cup. The harness racing schedule at Free­ such a big stringy-looking thing." hold Raceway would be unchanged, but the harness dates at the Meadowlands would shift to a June VRC NEWMARKET H.-G1, $392,095, Flemington, Aus­ through mid-February meeting. tralia, 3-10, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1 :08.90, gd. 1--RUFFLES (AUS), 116, f, 4, Zeditave (Aus)--Paris Miss RACING CANCELED AT SUFFOLK Racing was (Aus) (GSW-Aus}, by Opera Prince. 0-C R & Mrs. H E called off at Suffolk Downs in East Boston, Massachu­ Tidy, N R & Mrs. M P Johnson; B-N R & Mrs. M P setts yesterday due to the snow storm which hit the Johnson, NSW; T-Max Lees; J-R S Dye; $254,862.
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