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W•E•E•l(•E•N•D PRE,TIEW THOMAS MELLON EVANS DEAD The New York Today, Belmont Park Times reports that Thomas Mellon Evans, financier and COACHING CLUB AMERICAll\I OAKS-GI, $250,000, Thoroughbred owner and breeder, passed away at his 3yo, f, 1 1 /4m home in Manhattan Thursday due to complications from PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS a recent fall. He was 86. Owner of Buckland Farm, 1 Holiday Ball Capuano Antley 9-2 Evans bought a cattle ranch in Virginia in 1956, but 2 Tomisue's Delight Howard Day 7-5 switched the focus of the operation to Thoroughbreds in 3 Ajina Mott Smith 6-5 1964 and went on to breed champions Pleasant Tap; 4 Key Hunter Hennig Migliore 15-1 Pleasant Stage, winner of the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juve 5 Pleasant Temper Walden Bailey 8-1 nile Fillies; and Pleasant Colony, who took the Kentucky Ajina (Strawberry Road {Aus}), a two-time graded Derby and Preakness in 1 981. Evans is survived by his winner at two, wasn't close in her first four starts at wife, Betty Barton Evans; sons Thomas Jr., Edward and three but sprang back to life with a victory at 1 8-1 in Robert; four grandchildren; and two stepchildren. the June 21 GI Mother Goose S. Tomisue's Delight (A.P. Indy) closes strongly but has not been able to get GARY STEVENS RETURNS TO ASCOT Jockey there in major stakes just yet after a second in the May Gary Stevens will return to Ascot next Saturday to 2 GI Kentucky Oaks and a third in the Mother Goose S.; partner Godolphin's Predappio (GB} (Polish Precedent) in she may be helped by the added distance here. the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. Today, Laurel Park Stevens was on board Predappio when the pair upset FRANK J. DE FRANCIS MEMORIAL DASH S.-Gll, the hot favourite Pilsudski ffre) (Polish Precedent) in the $300,000, 3yo/up, 6f G2 Hardwicke S. over the same track and distance June PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 20, the rider's sole success at the four-day Royal Ascot 1 Political Whit Johnson, Jr. Prado 8-1 meeting. Predappio is expected to face '96 Breeders' 2 Smoke Glacken Carroll Perret 4-5 Cup Turf winner Pilsudski again in the King George; 3 J J'sdream Barnett Guidry 6-1 other probable runners are champion Helissio (Fr} (Fairy 4 Score A Birdie Wolfson Pino 30-1 King), the likely favorite; Japan Cup and Dubai World 5 Capote Belle Peitz Albarado 3-1 Cup winner SingspieI (Ire} (In The Wings {GB}); and 6 Wise Dusty Bailey Mancilla 20-1 1996 Coronation Cup winner Swain (GB) (Nashwan), 7 Elajjud Mclaughlin No Rider 10-1 runner-up in the G2 Princess Of Wales S. July 8. Weekend Preview cont. p2 NEVADA-CALIFORNIA IMPASSE RESOLVED STAKES CLOSINGS Simulcasting of Thoroughbred racing from California to TODAY, SATURDAY, JULY 19: Nevada casinos will resume when the Del Mar meeting 8-2 $350,000 Whitney H.-GI, Sar, 3yo/up, 9f opens July 23 due to an agreement announced Thurs ($350) day. The agreement, reached between the Del Mar 8-2 $75/75,000 Philadelphia Breeders' Cup Thoroughbred Club, the Nevada Pari-Mutuel Association H.-G/11, Pha, 3yo/up, 6f ($50) and Thoroughbred Owners of California, breaks an 8-3 $250,000 Jim Dandy-GI/, Sar, 3yo, 9f ($250)• eight-month impasse over California's share of the bet ting handle at Nevada casinos for races simulcast from TOMORROW, SUNDAY. JULY 20: the state. Under the terms of the new pact, California 8-10 $300,000 Remington Park Derby, RP, 3yo, 9.5f tracks will be compensated on an ascending scale under ($200) which an increase in handle will result in a correspond ing increase in the rate paid by the Nevada casinos. While the arrangement initially applies to the Del Mar RACING ON TV THIS WEEKEND:(] meet, the TOC has agreed to approve the same terms SUNDAY, JIJLY 20: for all simulcasting contracts between NPMA and Cali Racing to the Breeders' cup: Gil swaps s. at fornia tracks for the next year, and the NPMA has Hollywood Park - ESPN, '-f-5 p.m. EDT agreed to offer the same ascending scale to all tracks in the state. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-19-97 DeFrancis Memorial Dash cont. Sunday, Hollywood Park The speedy Smoke Glacken (Two Punch) won the VANITY H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1 /8m June 7 Giii Riva Ridge S. at Belmont and the June 28 The field, in post position order, will be: Jewel Prin Giii Jersey Shore Breeders' Cup S. at Monmouth. The cess (Key to the Mint), 1 23; listening {Night Shift), grey will try and conquer his elders in this spot to add to 11 7; Twice The Vice (Vice Regent), 1 21; Real Connec his resume. GISW Capote Belle (Capote) won the May 3 tion (Vigors), 114; and Biltmore Breeze (Saratoga Six), Giii Humana Distaff H. at Churchill three starts back but 111. Listening worked a half in :49 1 /5 Friday. has been competitive against males in the past with seconds in the Apr. 10 Giii Count Fleet Sprint H. at Sunday, Hollywood Park Oaklawn and in last year's Gii Kentucky Cup Sprint. SWAPS S.-Gll, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1 /8m Another filly, J J'sdream (Glitterman), defeated Capote The expected starters, from the rail out, are: Hello Belle last time out in the June 21 Giii Chicago Breeders' (Ire) (Lycius), 120; Activist (Wild Again), 112; Deputy Cup H. at Arlington. Commander (Deputy Minister), 11 8; Wild Rush (Wild Again), 1 22; Precocity (Aferd), 114; and Free House Today, Monmouth Park (Smokester), 122. Hello breezed a half-mile in :48 yes REEVE SCHLEY, JR. S.-Gll, $100,000, 3yo, f, terday morning. 1 1/16mT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Sunday, Hollywood Park 1 Sagasious Toner Davis 9-2 SUNSET H.-Gll, $400,000, 3yo/up, 1 1 /2mT 2 More Silver Walden Turner 6-1 The field of turf specialists, from the inside, will be: 3 Eliza's Ballerina Allard Wilson 15-1 Marlin (Sword Dance {Ire}), 120; Star Performance 4 Hoochie Coochie Parker Krone 3-1 (Theatrical {Ire}), 113; Seaborg (Argl (Candy Stripes), 5 Victory Chime McGaughey McCauley 6-1 115; Flyway (Fr) (Priolo), 117; Percutant (GB) (Perrault 6 French Buster Croll Velez 8-1 {GB}), 118; Rainbow Dancer (Fr) (Rainbow Quest), 118. 7 Wild Palm Abbruzzese Colaneri 20-1 8 Alarming Prospect Pierce Lopez 1 0-1 Sunday, Arlington International 9 Sue for Ransom St. Lewis Alvarado 1 5-1 PRIMECO AMERICAN DERBY-Gii, $200,000, 3yo, 10 Ascutney Donk Velazquez 7-2 1 3/16mT Hoochie Coochie (His Majesty) ran second, beaten a The eight runners, from the rail out, will be: Worldy half-length, in the June 29 Sands Point H. at Belmont in Ways (GB) (Generous {Ire}), 120; Play Waki For Me her previous start. Ascutney (Lord At War {Arg}), win (Fast Play), 114; Air Power (Lord At War {Arg}), 114; ner of last year's Giii Miesque S. on the Hollywood turf, Daylight Savings (Sky Classic), 114; Crimson Classic finished second in the Apr. 25 Giii Senorita S. at Holly (Sky Classic), 114; Shaka (GB) (Exit To Nowhere), 120; wood and fifth in the May 31 Suffolk Downs Oaks last Brave Act (GB) (Persian Bold {Ire}), 120; and Honor time out. Lightly raced Sagasious (Quest for Fame {GB}) Glide (Honor Grades), 1 20. is two-for-three on the turf with a third-place finish in the Sands Point H. in her previous outing. Tattersalls Sales Abbreviations Today, Frankfurt, Germany TAAPR .... Breeze Up FRANKFURT-POKAL UM DEN PREIS VON LOTTO TAAUl.. .. Autumn Horses in Training HESSEN-G3, $58,932, 3yo/up, 1 1 /4mT TAAU2 .... Autumn Yearlings The field, in post position order, will be: Autriche (Ire) TADEF .... December Foals (Acatenango {Ger}), P Schiergen, 112; Turbo Drive (GB) (Be My Chief), N Grant, 115; Devil River Peek (Silver TADEM ... December Mixed Hawk), A Starke, 127; Lucky Power (Ire) (Waajib {Ire}), TADEY .... December Year lings A Helfenbein, 122; Aerleon (Ger) (Dashing Blade {GB}), TAHOU. ... December Houghton Yearlings D Eddery, 115; Narrabeth (Ire) (Shaadi), M Larsen, 127; TAJUL ...... July Pyromaniac (Forty Niner), E Ahern, 115; Shebar TAOCT .... October Yearlings (Alysheba), S Davies, 125; Sambakonig (Gerl (Turfkonig TASEP ..... September Mixed {Ger}), G Huber, 127; Metaxas (GB) (Midyan), A Brockhausen, 1 27. HOUSEBUSTER Sire of 3YO SW in Japan on 7/12 Lexington, Kentucky Midnight Bet (606) 255-8537 FAX 233-2373 PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-19-97 6th-BEL, $34,000, Msw, 2yo, 5 1 /2f, 1 :03 {ETR), gd. NEW YORK +GRAND SLAM (c, 2, Gone West--Bright Candles • • {MSW & MGISP, $405,091}, by El Gran Senor) cruised Yesterday's Results: to victory in his debut as the 9-5 second choice. The 8th-BEL, $46,000, Alw, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 mT, 1 :34 1 /5, $300,000 KEESEP yearling purchase gained the early fm. advantage before pulling away in the stretch to win by 1--SMOOTH QUEST, 114, m, 5, Beau Genius- 11 lengths. He is a Yz to Leestown (Seattle Slew), MSW Minnesota Babe (SW, $144,481), by Minnesota Mac. & GSP, $297,381. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $20,400. 0-Evans Johnny; 8-Dimare James (FL); T-Jeffery 0-8aker R C & Cornstein D & Mack W L. 8-0verbrook Morris. Lifetime Record: MSP, 35-7-5-5, $170,499. Farm (KY). T-D Wayne Lukas. 2--Ultimate Strike, 11 4, m, 5, Crafty Prospector--Last Cause, by Caucasus.