'ihe 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~9I~~UN~~~RE DTM F RID A Y, APR I L 5, 1 9 9 6 W-E-E-K-E-N-D PREVIEW KEENELAND OPENS TODAY Keeneland opens its Saturday, Santa Anita: gates for the 1996 spring meeting this afternoon, offer­ SANTA ANITA DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 118m ing a record stakes schedule with 16 added-money The field of eight, from the rail out, is as follows: events, 12 of them graded, over the 1 5-day meet. Cavonnier (Batonnier), McCarron; Alyrob (Alysheba), Stakes purses total $2,660,000 for the spring season, Nakatani; Matty G (Capote), Solis; EC's Dream which will be highlighted by the $700,000 Toyota Blue Oncinderatorl, Pincay Jr.; Prince of Thieves (Hansel), Grass April 13 and the $500,OOOa Ashland S. April 20; Sellers; Corker (Festin {Arg}), Black; Super Mining (Min­ the track's daily average purse distribution of $466,433, ing), Antley; Honour and Glory (Relaunch}, Stevens. a 20-percent increase over 1995, is also a Keeneland Jockey Gary Stevens, when asked why he chose to record. The opening-day feature is the Gil Beaumont for ride Gil San Rafael S. winner Honour and Glory in the three-year-old fillies; there will be at least one stakes a Santa Anita Derby over Santa Catalina S. winner Prince day through the meet. Keeneland will also feature of Thieves, responded, "Well, they're very difficult to "Breakfast With The Works" Saturday mornings separate. They both had great works last Monday, throughout the meet, providing expert commentary on they're both coming up to the race great, and it was a the morning workouts from 8: 15-9:00 a.m. The decision I was hoping I wouldn't have to make so soon. Keeneland spring meeting ends April 26; Mondays, But I did have to make a decision, and I'm confident in Tuesdays and Easter Sunday, April 7, will be dark days. the horse I'm on this weekend. But I'm also confident in Post time is set for 1:10 p.m. with the exception of Prince of Thieves. I'm worried about him. I think he's Toyota Blue Grass Day, when the first race will go off at going to be difficult to outrun, but I think I'm sitting on 12:30 p.m. the right horse this weekend, especially with the way the draw went. Sometimes it's much easier to get a UNBRIDLED'S SONG WORKS BIG AT BIG A horse to relax when you draw the outside. Fortunately, Early Kentucky Derby favorite Unbridled's Song (Unbri­ that's where we're at." Stevens will be attempting to dled) worked a sparkling six furlongs in 1: 1 0.65 at win the Santa Anita Derby for a record fourth' straight Aqueduct yesterday morning under jockey Mike Smith year Saturday. as he prepares for the Gil Wood Memorial April 13. The work was over two seconds faster than any six furlong Saturday, Oaklawn Park: race run at Aqueduct yesterday. Clockers caught the OAKLAWN H.-GJ, $750,000, 4yo/up, 1 118m colt in fractions of :12.01, :23.56, :35.18, :47.21 and The field of eight, in post position order, is as follows: :59.27; he galloped out seven furlongs in 1 :22.86. "He Luthier Fever (Mt. Livermore}, 114 pounds; Halo's Im­ went very nicely and comfortably," said trainer Jim age (Halo), 116; Scott's Scoundrel (L'Enjoleur), 113; Mr Ryerson. "We got what we wanted out of ito-he was Purple (Deputy Minister), 117; Judge TC (Judge Smells), blowing a little bit, he got a significant work over the 115; Wekiva Springs (Runaway Groom), 119; Geri track and it put us where we want to be. II The three­ (Theatrical {Ire}), 115; Patio de Naranjos (Chi) year-old will have his final work for the Wood next (Gallantsky}, 112. week, going "an easy half-mile." In his last start, Luthier Fever was second to Mr Pur­ ple in the $1,000,000 Santa Anita H. March 2. "I won't STAKES CLOSINGS blow him out for the race Saturday," said Luthier Fe­ TOMORROW, SA TURDA Y, APRIL 6: ver's trainer Ted West. "I didn't blow him out for the 4-20 $150,000/50,000 Excelsior Be H.-Gil, Santa Anita H., so I'm trying to repeat everything for Aqu, 3yo/up, 9f ($200) this race that I did for that one." © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may WEEKEND PREVIEW .......... , 1,2 not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic NEWS CONTINUED ........... 2,3 or mechanical, without prior written permission of the copy­ right owner, Media Vista. Information as to the races, race RACING REPORTS ........... 3,4,5 results and earnings was obtained from results charts pub­ TOTAL PAGES ................. 6 lished in Daily Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 4-5-96 Saturday, Hialeah Park: Today, Aqueduct Racetrack: FLAMINGO S.-GIII, $200,000, 3yo, 1 118m COMELY S.-GII, $1 OO,OOOa, 3yo, f, 1 m The field of 10, in post position order, is as follows: PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Play It Again Stan (Big Stanley), Bravo; Cat On Tour 1 Girton Gate P. Kelly Samyn 20-1 (Tour d'Or), Toribio; Bold lachee (Apalachee), Turner; EI Amante (Wild Again), Perez; Built For Pleasure (Home­ 2 La Rosa N. Zito Krone 3-1 builder), Boulanger; Will's Way (Easy Goer), Perret; 3 Mystic Rhythms J. Dowd Bravo 9-2 Representative (North Prospect), Velez Jr.; Tour's Big 4 Little Miss Fast J. Serey Chavez 4-1 Red (Tour d'Or), Coa; Premier Majesty (Waquoit), 5 Lucky Marty Moschera Pezua 12-1 Nunez; laughing Dan (Premiership), Rodriguez. 6 Gold Sunrise Mott Velazquez 8-1 Built For Pleasure, Cat On Tour, Play It Again Stan 7 Stop Traffic Schosberg Davis 1 2-1 and Tour's Big Red will all carry 122 pounds; the rest 8 JJ'sdream Plesa Jr. Boulanger 7-2 will carry 118 pounds. 9 Mil Kilates Callejas Migliore 15-1 Today, Oaklawn Park: Four fillies in this Comely field last saw action in FANTASY S.-GII, $250,000, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m the seven-furlong, Gill Cicada S. at Aqueduct March PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 17. JJ'sdream (Glitterman) won the Cicada by 2 3/4­ 1 Antespend McAnally Antley 4-5 lengths, with Mystic Rhythms (Citidancer) finishing 2 Dancing On Shadows Trosclair Guillory 20-1 third, Stop Traffic (Cure the Blues) fifth, and Gold 3 Jetto Vance Melancon 6-1 Sunrise (Forty Niner), who came into the race off a 4 Ski Trail Pelletier Simington 12-1 four-month layoff, finishing ninth. 5 In Reverence Barnett Borel 12-1 6 Mama's Pro Holthus Albarado 8-1 7 Escena Mott Day 3-1 News Continued. Antespend (Spend a Buck), owned by Washington LUCKY 13 ON ESPN'S "RACING TO THE Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke, has won seven of BREEDERS' CUP" SERIES ESPN'S 1996 Racing to eight career starts, including the GI Las Virgenes S. and the Breeders' Cup series will present a line-up of 13 GI Santa Anita Oaks in her last two outings. The local Grade I events with purses totaling $7 million. The favorite, Jetto (Easy Goet), is undefeated in three career eight-show series debuts August 3 with the Whitney starts. The chestnut filly took the Gill Honeybee at from Saratoga and concludes October 20 with the Oaklawn by a neck March 10. Escena (Strawberry Road {Aus}) finished second to My Flag in the Gil Bonnie Miss Breeders' Cup Special, a 90-minute preview of the at Gulfstream in her last start March 13. "Her last race top contenders pointing for the seven Breeders' Cup was very good," said trainer Bill Mott. "She was only Championship races October 26 at Woodbine. Racing beaten a length and a half by the filly that won the to the Breeders' Cup, which is sponsored by Breed­ Breeders' Cup (Juvenile Fillies) last year." ers' Cup Ltd. and produced by Winner Communica­ tions of Tulsa, Oklahoma in association with ESPN Today, Keeneland: and SMTI, Inc., will again be hosted by Dave Johnson BEAUMONT S.-GII, $125,000a, 3yo, f, abt 7f and Charlsie Cantey, with analysis from Tom Durkin PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1 Twin Propeller Cilio Romero 8-1 and Bob Neumeier. The complete schedule will be (all 2 Bright Time Perkins Sellers 5-1 times are EDT): 3 Majestic Number Pletcher Bailey 6-1 8/3 Whitney S. 4:30-5:30 p.m. 4 Nic's Halo Badgett Jr. Santos 12-1 8/4 Haskellinv. & Jim Dandy 4:30-5:30 p.m. 5 Golden Gale Zito Smith 4-1 8/10 Pacific Classic & Sword Dancer H. 6-7:00 p.m. 6 Birr Walden Douglas 7-5 8/24 Beverly D & Travers 6-7:00 p.m. 7 Proper Dance Lukas Barton 6-1 8/25 Arlington Million & Iselin H. 6-7:00 p.m. Golden Gale (Summer Squall) broke her maiden by 7 Yz 9/14 Woodward & Man o'War 4-5:00 p.m. at Gulfstream Jan. 28, then followed with a nine-length allowance score and most recently a victory in the 9/15 Woodbine Million, Matron & Futurity 4-5:30 p.m.