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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE DTM SAT U R DAY, MAY 25, 1 996 WeEeEeKeEeNeD PREVIEW STAR STANDARD OUT OF MASSCAP Trainer Nick Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland Zito announced yesterday that GI Pimlico Special winner AIRLIE/COOLMORE IRISH 1000 GUINEAS-G1, Star Standard (Risen Star) will not run in the Massachu $233,936, 3yo, f, 1mT setts H. June 1 as originally planned. "He worked (Fri PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY day) morning in 1 :01 and change and he's just a little 1 Dance Design (Ire) D K Weld M J Kinane tired," said Zito. "The horse next to him at Pimlico was 2 Abir (GB) T Jones W Supple sick, and his blood count came back a little low. He's 3 My Branch (GB) B W Hills M Hills just starting to come around (after the Special) and it 4 Zafzala (Ire) J Oxx J Murtagh wouldn't be right to try and make the race unless he 5 Bint Shadayid S bin Suroor L Dettor! was 100 percent. It breaks our hearts not to run. He 6 Distant Oasis H R A Cecil Pat Eddery just needs a little more time. IT Weights for the MassCap 7 Asmara J Oxx C Roche will not be officially released until Saturday, but Suffolk 8 Tossup J Burns P Shanahan Downs Racing Secretary John Morrissey confirmed 9 Sheraka (Ire) J Oxx G Mosse yesterday that Cigar (Palace Music) has been assigned 10 Matiya (Ire) B Hanbury W Carson highweight of 130 pounds for the race. Key Of Luck 11 Priory Belle (Ire) J S Bolger K J Mannin (Chief's Crown) is in with 118. 12 Princess Tycoon (Ire) A S O'Brien C Roche All runners will carry 126 pounds. MONMOUTH PARK OPENS TODAY Offering a Sires of Irish 1000 Guineas runners: Dance Design record daily purse distribution of $230,000 to start the (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Abir (GB) (Soviet Star), My Branch meet, Monmouth Park opens its gates today for the (GB) (Distant Relative {Ire}), Zafzala (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}}, 51 st season of Thoroughbred racing. The Oceanport, Bint Shadayid (Nashwan), Distant Oasis (Green Desert), New Jersey, oval is hoping to add to two straight years Asmara (Lear Fan), Tossup (Gone West) Sheraka (Ire) of increased attendance and handle. "We've had two (Doyoun {Ire}l, Matiya (Ire) (Alzao), Priory Belle (Ire) good years thanks to hard work and the right mix of live (Priolo), Princess Tycoon (Ire) (Last Tycoon {Ire}). racing and full-card simulcasting," said Hal Handel, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Saturday, Belmont Park the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority. "We SHUVEE H.-GI, $150,000, 3yo/up, flm, 1m think with the same solid mix and a few additions we PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS can continue our growth." One addition is the new 1 Supah Jess Tortora Davis 12-1 Clubhouse Pavilion, a covered dining area located on the 2 Halo America Barnett Santos 5-2 clubhouse turn which will cater to groups of 45 to 125 3 Clear Mandate Arnold Krone 12-1 people. A recap of the day's races will be broadcast in 4 Smooth Charmer Jerkens Chavez 6-1 the New York metropolitan area for the first time; the 5 Restored Hope Levine Luzzi 4-1 replay show will be aired on Sports Channel between 6 6 In Conference McGaughey Bailey 10-1 6:30 p.m. Highlighting the 15-race stakes schedule, 7 Twist Afleet Kimmel Smith 7-5 worth more than $2.6 million, is the GI $750,000 Buick Twist Afleet (Afleet) came back from a five-month Haskell Invitational August 4, and GI $300,000 Philip H. hiatus to tote 122 pounds to a decisive five-length score Iselin H. August 25. Monmouth will also take entries for in the Gill Vagrancy H. May 4. Trainer John Kimmel 43 overnight stakes with $40,000 purses. The 73-day admits he was "pretty impressed by the way she han meet runs through September 2. dled herself" in her return and added, "This is a really good filly. And while she has a lot of questions to an swer, this could be the start of a championship cam WEEKEND PREVIEW ........... p1-2 paign." The five-year-old is 1 2-for-14 lifetime, including a pair of Grade I wins. Restored Hope (He's Bad) was a RACING REPORTS ............ p3-4 well-beaten third to champions Inside Information and -V'l JERSEY DERBY ............... p4 Sky Beauty in this event last year; the five-year-old, seven-for-10 lifetime, came back from a three-month Z TOTAL PAGES ................. 5 - break to finish a close third in Aqueduct allowance company April 28 in her latest effort. PAGE 2. THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 5-25-96 Weekend Preview cont. Sunday, Belmont Park Saturday. Hollywood Park PETER PAN S.-Glt $150,000, 3yo, 9f HAWTHORNE H.-Gil, $100,000a, 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f The field, in post position order, will be: Diligence PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS (Miswaki), 118; Harrowman (Dawn Quixote), 118; 1 Jewel Princess Dollase McCarron 8-5 Jamies First Punch (Fit to Fight), 118; Unbridled's Song 2 Sleep Easy Frankel D'houssaye 5-1 (Unbridled), 123; Fortitude (Cure the Blues), 113; and 3 Klassy Kim Stute Douglas 6-1 Instant Friendship (Cormorant), 120. As NYRA's Mike 4 Rhythninjava Francis Blanc 15-1 Sherack noted, "A definitive answer from the Para neck 5 Borodislew Shirreffs Stevens 8-1 camp is as likely as a Dennis Rodman with black hair/' 6 Cat's Cradle Hofmans Antley 3-1 but it now seems likely that Unbridled's Song will in 7 Urbane Bradshaw Solis 5-1 deed run in the Peter Pan. "We figure this is the easier Cat's Cradle (Flying Paster) ended an abbreviated /95 way to go," said owner Ernie Paragallo. "We want to campaign with three straight wins, taking the La Habra end up in the Belmont S. (June 8) and we thought the at Santa Anita, Gil Fantasy at Oaklawn and GI Acorn at Met Mile would take too much out of him. He can win Belmont May 7. Back after nearly a year on the side the Met next year; he can't win the Belmont next year." lines, the Cal-bred miss resurfaced in the Gil A Gleam H. Trainer Shug McGaughey reported that Draw (Private and finished third after stumbling at the start April 28; Account) was not entered in the Peter Pan because he she makes her second start off the extended layoff. "didn't come out of his stall good (Friday) morning. I think it's an old splint that's bothering him/' he said, Saturday, Arlington International adding that x-rays proved inconclusive and will be sent SHERIDAI\I S.-GIII, $100/000, 3yo, 1 m to Dr. Larry Bramlage for further evaluation. The expected starters, from the rail out, are: Wild Exchange (Once Wild), 113, Perez; Highway Robber Sunday, Arlington International (Criminal Type), 113, Guidry; Storm Creek (Storm Cat), WASHINGTON PARK H.-Gil, $200,000, 3yo/up, 9f 113, Gryder; Run David Run (Maudlin), 113, Enriquez; The field of eight, from the inside, will be: Juliannus Burbank (Wild Again), 115, Lester; Hunk Of Class (High (Alydar)' 115; Polar Expedition (KodiackL 115; Return Brite), 113, Meier; Boomerang (Phone Trick), 115, The Crown (Chief's Crown), 109; Knockadoon (Dixie Albarado; Distorted Humor (Forty Niner), 113, Sellers. land Band), 115; Prory (Procida), 113; Adhocracy (Spend a Buck), 114; Bucks Nephew (Bucksplasher), Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland 117; and Tejano Run (Tejano), 11 7. FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING SOCIETY IRISH 2000 GUINEAS-G1, $311,915, 3yo, c & f, 1mT Monday, Belmont Park The field, in post position order, is as follows: Musick IVIET MILE-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, 1 m House (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), Deed Of Love (Shadeed), Criollito (Arg) (Candy Stripes) worked a half in :47.88 Spinning World (Nureyev), Rainbow Blues (Ire) (Blue yesterday; trainer Bob Baffert has named Frank Alvarado bird), Phantom Quest (GB) (Rainbow Quest), Beauchamp as the five-year-old's Met rider. Afternoon Deelites King (GB) (Nishapour {Fr}), Bijou d'inde (GB) (Cadeaux (Private Terms) arrived from California Thursday after Genereux {GB}), Russian Revival (Nureyev), Tagula (Ire) noon. "I think he's in as good a shape as he's ever (Taufan), Flame Of Athens (Ire) (Royal Academy). been, It said trainer Richard Mandella. Trainer Shug McGaughey said yesterday that as long as it doesn't Sunday, Rome, Italy rain, Our Emblem (Mr. Prospector) will run in the Met. DERBY ITALIANO-G1, $578,767, 3yo, 1 1/2mT "Hopefully the track will be fast so the speed doesn't go The field of 15, from the rail out, is as follows: on like it ~id in the Carter," said McGaughey. Our Em Anticolano (Ire) (Taufan), His Excellence (EI Gran Senor), blem finished fourth in the GI Carter H. May 5 last time Babinda (GB) (Old Vic {GB}), Pierrot Solaire (Fr) (Danc out. ing Spree), Backdrop (Ire) (Scenic {Ire}), Bahamian Knight (Ascot Knight), Flyfisher (Ire) (Batshoof {Ire}), NATIONALLY TELEVISED RACES: Dancer Mitral (GB) (Shareef Dancer), Dismissed (Dayjur), Date Event Time (Eastern), Network Kafhar (GB) (In the Wings {GB}), Coral Reef (lty) (Big June 1 MassCap (Suf) 4:00-5:00 p.m., ESPN Reef {Ire}), Ranuncolo (lty) (Be My Guest), Touch Judge June 8 Belmont S. (BEL) 4:30-6:00 p.m., ABC (Nijinsky 11), Heron Island (Ire) (Shirley Heights {GB}), Jun 22 Caesars Int'l (ACL 6:00-7:00 p.m., ESPN Golden Agos (GBI (Dancing Dissident).