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Th& Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please caU908-747-8060. T~9I~~UN~~~RE DM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1996 W-E-E-K-E-N-D RESULTS Saturday, Saratoga Race Course HOPEFUL FAVORITE GOES UP IN HOPEFUL S.-Gl, $200,000, SAR, 8-31, 2yo, 7f, 1:23 "SMOKE" Before the race, the question was "What 3/5, ft. is a smoke glacken?, If but after he humbled the field in 1--SMOKE GLACKEN, 122, c, 2, Two Punch--Majesty's the Gl Hopeful S. at Saratoga Saturday, the answer is Crown, by Magesterial. ($14,700 wing '94 FTMDEC; obvious. Smoke Glacken (Two Punch) is all race horse. $34,000 yrl '95 FTKJUL). O-Karkenny & Levy & Favored Kelly Kip (Kipper Kelly) had won the six-furlong Roberts; B-Rosebrock Perry M (MD); T-Henry L Gill Sanford with something left, galloping away from Carroll; J-C Perret; $120,000. Lifetime Record: the field to dash under the finish line 10 % lengths in 5-4-1-0, $280,000. front. But the extra eighth of yesterday's Hopeful 2--0rdway, 122, c, 2, Salt Lake--Priceless Countess, by proved more than the 4-5 favorite could handle as the *Vaguely Noble. ($80,000 yrl '95 KEESEP). O-Dileo equally speedy Smoke Glacken looked him in the eye Philip F & Punk William; B-Lantern Hill Farm (KY); through a half in :44.23, then powered away to an eye $40,000. catching nine-length victory as his previously undefeated 3--Gun Fight, 122, c, 2, Fit to Fight--Lady Turk, by rival faded to seventh. Successful in Monmouth's Tyro Turkoman. ($25,000 wing '94 KEENOV; $135,000 S. and Gil Sapling, the winner is now four-for-five. "The yrl '95 KEESEP). O-Buckram Oak Farm; B-Ochocki morning after the Sapling, he was a real arrogant kind of Robert Peter (KY); $22,000. horse," said his trainer, Henry Carroll. "He knew what Margins: 9, 2, 3/4. Odds: 7.00, 4.00, 9.40. he had done. He was real vibrant and full of himself--he Also Ran: Thisnearlywasmine, Country Rainbow, Mercer was doing everything right. We thought about waiting Mill. Kelly Kip, Adverse. for the Futurity, but this seemed to be the natural pro Smoke Glacken had made his first four starts at the gression and we decided to take a chance. Today was a Jersey Shore's Monmouth Park, winning three of them, real test--he really crossed the bridge. I wouldn't trade and had capped off his seaside string with a win in the horses with anyone in the country." The origin of his Gil Sapling August 17. But the grey was not expected name is still a mystery, but the Maryland-bred colt will to offer a strong challenge to the crowd's overwhelming now likely point for the GI Futurity at Belmont Park choice, 4-5 KELLY KIP (Kipper Kelly), and was let go at September 15. Plans for the obscurely bred Kelly Kip are generous odds as the third favorite in the field. On the up in the air. The Allen Jerkens charge, who could have pace in all of his previous outings, the 7-1 chance did been had for $35,000 in his first start against maiden not take b...ack this time, dueling the top pick through claimers, tired badly and beat just one horse, finishing fast early fractions; Kelly Kip was done after the half, more than 26 lengths behind victor. "It's hard to believe leaving Smoke Glacken to strut his stuff down the he gave it up so early," said Jerkens. "He has been stretch unchallenged. "He was well within himself," said training so well. I'm very disappointed and I don't know jockey Craig Perret. "We were going in :21 and :44, but what I'm going to do with him now." it was easy for him. He's a big, long-striding horse- other horses have to work to go that fast, but he EXOTIC WOOD INJURED Top distaffer Exotic doesn't." The favorite, who had recorded two of his Wood (Rahy) suffered an injury to her left foreleg during three victories over wet tracks, had nothing left for the morning exercise Friday which will force her to miss this finish. "I knew going into the turn I was in trouble," afternoon's Chula Vista H. at Del Mar. The four-year said jockey Jean-Luc Samyn. liThe track being so dry old, front-running winner of the GI Go For Wand S. at today probably didn't help him." Saratoga in her latest start and eight-for-nine lifetime, was the heavy favorite in the Grade II event. "She WEEKEND RESULTS ........... p1-2 strained something, probably while galloping (Friday)," said her trainer, Ron Ellis. "There's swelling at the ankle WEEKEND PREVIEW ........... p2-3 of the left front leg. She couldn't gallop (Saturday). -IJ') RACING REPORTS ............ p3-6 We're treating her with anti-inflammatories." The filly will be x-rayed to determine the exact nature of the Z TOTAL PAGES ................. 8 injury. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 9-1-96 Weekend Results cont. Today, Baden-Baden, Germany Saturday, Del Mar GROSSER PREIS VON BADEN-G1, $371,621, 3yo/up, DEL MAR INVITATIONAL H.-Gil, $250,000, DMR, 8-31, 12fT 3yo/up,1 3/8mT, 2:13 4/5, fm. PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 1--DERNIER EMPEREUR, 116, h, 6, Trempolino--Dear 1 Germany Schutz Dettori 132 Colleen (MSP), by In Reality. O-Gary Tanaka; 2 Surako (Ger) Jentzsch Hammer-Hansen 121 B-Mayland's Stud Co. Ltd (Ky); T-B D A Cecil; J-P 3 Sunshack (GB) Fabre Guillot 132 Valenzuela; $150,000. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo 4 Protektor (Ger) Lowe Hellier 132 & Older Horse-Fr at 9.5-11 f, 28-7-5-4, $1,021,332. 5 Pilsudski (Ire) Stoute Swinburn 132 "* Y:z to Desert Force (Tsunami Slew), SW, $215,509. 6 Hollywood Dream (Ger) Ostmann Reid 128 2--Talloires, 119, h, 6, Trempolino--Logical (GB), by 7 Definite Article (Ire) Weld Kinane 132 Known Fact. O-Allred & Haras du Mezeray & 8 Poliglote (GB) Head F Head 132 Hubbard; B-Marystead Farm (Ky). $50,000. 9 Luso (GB) Brittain Quinn 132 3--Party Season (GBl, 117, g, 5, Shirley Heights (GB)- 10 Agnelli (Ger) Jentzsch Schiergen 121 Dabbiana, by Fappiano. O-Heerensperger Dave; Luso (GBl (Salse) ventured to Germany for the first B-Locke P (GB). $30,000. time in his most recent start August 1 8 and came away Margins: Y:z, 2 1/4,2. Odds: 6.50, 0.60, 8.90. with a 1 3/4-length score in the G1 Aral-Pokal at this Also ran: Bon Point (GB)' Draco (Ire), lanomami (Ire), distance. A champion in Italy last year at 11 to 14 fur Urgent Request (Ire). longs, the well-traveled four-year-old is also a G 1 winner Dernier Empereur, a champion in France, was win in Italy, G3 winner in England and twice G 1-placed in less in his first four Stateside starts before breaking France. throl.1gh with a victory in the restricted Escondido H. over this course and distance last time out. Showing Today, Saratoga Race Course his affinity for the route once again, the chestnut DIANA H.-Gil, $200,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 9fT bided his time in sixth for a mile as URGENT RE PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS QUEST (IRE) (Rainbow Quest) set the pace with as 1 Chelsey Flower Zito Chavez 6-1 many as 12 lengths on the field early; moving to third 2 Future Act Moubarak Krone 10-1 as they straightened for home, he wore down the 3-S 3 Upper Noosh P J Kelly Samyn 20-1 favorite Talloires late to take his second in a row. 4 La Turka Tagg Day 12-1 5 Danish (Ire) Clement Santos 7-2 "They told me before his last race that if he didn't run 6 Apolda Mott Bailey 3-1 good, they were going to retire him," said winning 7 Electric Society (Ire) Kimmel Smith 5-1 jockey Pat Valenzuela. IIAfter he won there, I said, 8 Caress Jerkens Davis 8-1 'don't you dare!' He really has that kick the last 9 Fashion Star P J Kelly Leon 15-1 quarter. It feels great." Trainer Ben Cecil said the six 10 Powder Bowl Sheppard Rice 10-1 year-old would now head for the $1 million Canadian La Turka (Turkoman) is in with a feather, getting 11 International at Woodbine September 29, with an eye pounds from favored Apolda (Theatrical {Ire}) and nine towards the GI Breeders' Cup Turf October 26. from second choice Danish (Ire) (Danehill); the six-year old is three-for-four over this course and has been first or second in five-of-seven at the distance. Winless since PREVIEW teaming up with today's rider Pat Day in a Hialeah al • • lowance in March, the dark bay was second by just a Today, Del Mar head to Clmadian champ Bold Ruritana in the GIC Dance CHULA VISTA H.-GIL $300,000a, 3yo/up, flm, 8.Sf Smartly H. two starts back and a rallying third going a PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS mile in a Saratoga allowance last out. 1 Different (Arg) McAnally Delahoussaye 6-5 2 Exotic Wood SCR SCR SCR Monday, Saratoga Race Course 3 Cat's Cradle Hofmans Antley 4-1 FOREGO H.-Gil, $150,000, 3yo/up, 7f 4 Top Rung Proctor Flores 3-1 The field, in post position order, will be: Lite The Fuse 5 Borodislew Shirreffs Nakatani 9-5 (Buckaroo), 121; Top Account (Private Account), 115; Argentine champion Different (Arg) (Candy Stripes), Cold Execution (Eskimo), 112; Reality Road (Believe It), seven-for-eight, is perfect in two U.S.