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~9I~~UN~:!~RE DM WEDNESDAY, JULY 10,1996 S-T-A-K-E-S RESULTS LAi\1MTARRA SOLD TO JAPAN Lammtarra (Nijin­ PRINCESS OF WALES'S STAKES-G2, $94,660, New­ sky Ill, unbeaten winner of last year's Epsom Derby and market, England, 7-9, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:28.92, gd. Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, has been sold to a syndicate 1--POSIDONAS (GBL 133, c, 4, Slip Anchor (GB)-- of Japanese owners for a fee believed to be $30 million. Tamassos (GB)' by Dance In Time. O/B-Athos Vetting procedures are now in place and, as soon as Christodoulou; T-Paul Cole; J-T. Quinn; $56,833. they are successfully completed, Lammtarra is expected 2--Singspiel (Ire), 128, c, 4, In The Wings (GB)--Glorious to transfer to the J S Company for a Far Eastern stallion Song, by Halo. O-Sheikh Mohammed; $21,074. career starting in 1997. Justin Wadham, managing 3--Annus Mirabilis (Fr), 128, c, 4, Warning (GB)--Anna director of Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Stud in Petrovna (Fr), by Wassl (Ire). O-Godolphin; $10,148. Newmarket, which stood the four-year-old for just one Margins: 1 1/4, 2 1/2, 2 %. Also Ran: Lear White, Bequeath (GB), Punishment (GB)' season in 1996, revealed, If Agreement has been Wayne County (Ire), Midnight Legend (GB). reached in principal for the sale of Lammtarra to Japan. If Lammtarra's loss to Europe represents another big blow Scratched: Astor Place (Ire). for local breeders. The switching of this triple Group Posidonas (GB), giving at least five pounds to all his One hero--Lammtarra also won Ascot's King George VI rivals, proved a brave winner of yesterday's Princess Of and Queen Elizabeth Diamond S.--means that the last Wales's S. The Paul Cole-trainee had to bear a Group five retired Epsom Derby winners will all be based in One penalty for his win in last year's Gran Premio Japan. Lammtarra, bred in Kentucky, won all four of his d'italia in Milan and, with odds of 20-1 on offer before career starts for earnings of $2,078,797. the start, it was clear most racegoers thought the extra weight would be too much of a burden. However, Posidonas showed by out-slugging SingspieJ (Ire) in a Joseph A. DE FRANCIS RESPONDS TO CHARGES head-to-head battle from two furlongs out that he will De Francis, CEO and President of The Maryland Jockey be worth trying again at the highest level. Trainer Paul Club, the parent company of both Laurel Park and Pim­ Cole sounded almost as surprised as most punters when lico Race Course, has been charged with a single misde­ discussing future plans. He said, "We haven't really ever meanor violation of making political contributions in a thought of him as an Arc horse before this, but we n~me other than his own, as a result of his reimbursing might have to now. Like a lot of Slip Anchor's stock, hIS grandmother, aunt and uncle for contributions they he's getting better as he gets older. He could go for a made to the 1994 Glendening for Governor campaign. In Group One in Germany or a Group Two at a statement released yesterday, De Francis responded Maisons-Laffite for his next start. We'll make lon­ to the charges, stating, "The facts in this case are not in ger-term plans after that." dispute. In October, 1994, my partner held a fund raiser for the Glendening for Governor campaign. In an at­ tempt to help make that fund raiser a success, I asked STAKES CLOSINGS my grandmother, aunt and uncle if they would each TODA y, WEDNESDA y, JUL Y 10: contribute the maximum amount allowable under the 7-21 $700,000 Caesars Turf Champianship­ law. Each of them made an independent decision to Gil, HoI, 3yo/up, 12fT ($25,000s) make his or her contribution. I believed, therefore, as I 7-21 $100,000 Hollywood Juvenile continue to believe, that my reimbursing them would Championship-Gil, Hal, 2yo, 6f ($1OO) not violate any law, and since we are a close-knit fam­ 7-21 $175,000 Equipose Mile H.-GIll, AP, 3yo/up, 8f ily, I decided to do sO ... There was never any intention or ($175) attempt on my part to hide, disguise or otherwise con­ ceal my reimbursement...1 have cooperated fully with the State Prosecutor's Office, and while we are in NEWS CONTINUED ... ....... 2,3 agreement regarding the facts, I am disappointed that STAKES PREVIEW ............. 3 we disagree regarding the legal significance of those facts, and that they have decided to pursue this charge. PEDIGREE PERSPECTIVES . .. 5 My attorney and I are confident that I have not violated TOTAL PAGES ................. 5 any law." PAGE 2· THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 7-10-96 Stakes Results Continued. MR. GREELEY, ROY JOIN LEGION OF HILLSDOWN CHERRY HINTON STAKES-G2, $58,851, SHUTTLE STALLIONS Two more names can be l\Jewmarket, England, 7-9, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1: 11.02, gd. added to the growing list of shuttle stallions. Mr. 1--#@DAZZLE (GBI, 121, f. 2, Gone West--Belle Et Greeley (Gone West), who entered stud in 1996 at Deluree, by The Minstrel. O/B-Cheveley Park Stud; Dixiana Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, will stand the T-Michael Stoute; J-K. Fallon; $35,485. * 1/2 to Southern Hemisphere breeding season at The Independ­ Musical Prospect (Ch. Miler in Slovak Rep, SW-Slov, ent Stallion Station in Victoria, Australia, according to a by Tank's Prospect). story in today's Daily Racing Form. Mr. Greeley won 2--0cean Ridge/ 121/ f, 2/ Storm Bird--Polar Bird (Ire) / five of 16 starts for earnings of $474,452. The four­ by Thatching (Ire). O-R E Sangster; $13/122. year-old won three graded stakes and finished second 3--Well Warned (GBl, 121, f, 2, Warning (GB)--Well by a neck in the 1995 Breeders' Cup Sprint. Leading Beyond (Ire)/ by Don't Forget Me. O-K. Abdullah; Chilean sire Roy (Fappiano), who was purchased by $6,288. Darby Dan Farm from Chile late last year, will shuttle to Margins: 5, 3 1/2, 4. Brazil for the 1996 Southern Hemisphere season on a Also Ran: Eye Shadow (GB), Rich In Love (Ire), Khassah single-season agreement, the Daily Racing Form re­ (GB); Lycility (Ire), Dame Laura (Ire), Connemara (Ire). ported. The 13-year-old stallion, who stood his first Dazzle (GB) is now a firm favorite--at odds as low as North American season at Darby Dan in Lexington, 8-1--for next year's Newmarket 1000 Guineas after a Kentucky this year, will stand at Fragoso Pires' Haras spectacular victory in the Cherry Hinton S. CONNEMARA Santa Ana do Rio Grande in Bage, Brazil. (IRE) (Mujadil) led at a very strong gallop for the first half-mile. Ocean Ridge, an impressive five-length winner BAHHARE MAKES BRILLIANT START Europe's in her debut last month, tried hard to keep tabs and, champion juvenile Alhaarth (Ire) (Unfuwain) beat subse­ after the early pacesetter began to struggle, appeared quent English 2000 Guineas hero Mark Of Esteem (Ire) likely to take this prize. But, making a smooth run (Darshaan) by a neck in last season's Strutt & Parker through a narrow gap just under the far rail, Dazzle Maiden S., so yesterday afternoon's renewal had been sprinted to the front passing the two-furlong pole and much anticipated. Newmarket racegoers were not disap­ went on to win without encouragement. Chris Richard­ pointed, as this seven-furlong contest produced another son, racing manager to the owners, said, "Dazzle is bred colt who could go right to the top of the two-year-old to stay a mile and a quarter, so the Guineas trip should tree. Bahhare (Woodman), a half-brother to last year's be no problem. She is a very strong filly--quite mascu­ star miler Bahri (Riverman), is his name, and after racing line to look at--but she should make a lovely mare even­ prominently throughout, he quickened impressively to tually. At the moment, though, her main target would win by three and a half lengths from another highly­ be the Cheveley Park S. (at Newmarket Oct. 1). She regarded newcomer, Equal Rights (Ire) (Royal Academy), may run beforehand in the Lowther S. at York (Aug. and earn himself early odds of 16-1 for the 1997 22), but we will have to see how she comes out of this Newmarket 2000 Guineas. Trainer John Dunlop was, before making any definite decision about that." hardly surprisingly, not prepared to look that far ahead. But he said, "[ thought he did it well in difficult circum­ News Continued. stances. The way the race was run (with the 11-strong lJ'NBRIDLED'S SONG BREEZES, DECISION ON field splitting into two groups) meant he was in front for NEXT START EXPECTED TODAY Unbridled's a long time. He has been a leggy, slightly shallow horse, Song (Unbridled) breezed a half-mile over Belmont's fast so has a fair amount of improvement still to come. If main track yesterday in :48.29 with jockey Mike Smith aboard. The three-year-old colt completed the first quar­ TATTERSALLS FIRST SESSION RESULTS Tatter­ ter in :24.72 and galloped out five furlongs in 1 :00.23. salls Mixed Sale at Newmarket, England opened yester­ "We hope to run him over the weekend, II said trainer day with 41 horses sold for a gross of $250,901 and an Jim Ryerson, "in either Chicago (Saturday's Arlington average of $6,119.