The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~9I~~UN~~~RE DM WEDNESDAY, MAY 1 4, 1997 T•R•I•P•L•E THREATS BARRETTS GROSS UP 44 PERCENT The first PREAKNESS NOTES session of Barretts Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Kentucky Derby runner-up Captain Bodgit (Saint Training in Pomona, California Monday, recorded a Bailado) worked a half-mile at Bowie Tuesday in :48 marked increase in gross sales from last year's corre­ 2/5. Trainer Gary Capuano said the colt's eighth-mile sponding session. Ninety five horses sold Monday for a fractions were : 12, :24 and :36 1 /5. "It was perfect," total of $3,492,000. That's up 43. 7 percent from last Capuano said. "It was a nice easy breeze." year's total of $2,430,000 when 101 horses sold on Free House (Smokester) blazed through a half-mile the sale's first day. The first-day average increased 5.3 work in :45 3/5 yesterday morning at Pimlico. "It was percent, from $24,059 in 1996 to $36, 758 this year. very fast," trainer Paco Gonzalez said. "I was looking for The session topper was hip number 113, a bay filly by :48 or :49. The track did appear fast today and he Unbridled out of Real Display (In Reality). The filly, con­ seemed to do it easy enough." The grey colt, third in signed by Donna M. Wormser, Inc., agent, brought a the Derby, was timed in splits of : 11 3/5, :22 3/5, :33 final bid of $200,000 from B. Wayne Hughes. The two­ 3/5 and galloped out five furlongs in :58 1 /5. Wild Tempest (Summer Squall) worked five furlongs day Barretts sale concluded Tuesday night and results will be published in tomorrow's TDN. additional Barretts yesterday at Pimlico in 1 :01 1 /5 with jockey Joe Bravo up. The colt, seventh in the Gii Wood Memorial, is com­ results p.2 ing off a Churchill allowance win against older horses BELMONT OPENS TODAY Racing returns to May 2. Belmont Park today, as the 92-year-old track begins its Touch Gold (Deputy Minister) worked a steady half­ 50-day spring/summer meet. New York Racing Associa­ mile in :48 seconds at Pimlico Tuesday morning. "Actu­ tion management has made several improvements to the ally, I was expecting a little slower, maybe :49, but I track, designed to make it more user-friendly for new­ think the track was pretty tight this morning," said comers to the sport. Among the innovations is "The trainer David Hofmans. Training Track," a special area to help first-time visitors Frisk Me Now (Mister Frisky) was scheduled to work and neophyte fans better understand the sport of Thor­ yesterday after arriving from Monmouth Park Monday oughbred racing and the "Sports Center," a designated afternoon, but the work was postponed after the colt section on the second-floor grandstand that will offer "coughed a couple of times," Tuesday, according to televisions and easy access to race replays. Racing trainer Bob Durso. If all goes well, the colt will work highlights include the 1 29th running of the GI Belmont Wednesday morning. S. on June 7 and the May 26 GI Metropolitan H. Racing Concerto (Chief's Crown) drilled five furlongs in 1 :00 is offered five days a week until July 20. 1 /5 Tuesday morning at Pimlico under jockey Mike Smith. Trainer John Tammaro Ill reported, "He couldn't STAKES CLOSINGS • have gotten much closer to what I was looking for--a TODAY. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14: • minute. I wanted to change a little something in his 5-14 $500,000 Preakness-GI, Pim, 3yo, 9.5f I ~I training after the Derby. I haven't usually worked him ($100,000s) this fast because we know he can run, but I wanted to 5-25 $100,000 Equipose Mile H.-G/11, AP, pick him up a little." 3yo!up, Bf ($100) 5-26 $400,000 Hollywood Turf H.-GJ, Ho/, 3yo/up, 10fT ($400) 5-26 $75175,000 Soviet Problem Breeders' Cup H., GG, TELL IT TO THE TON ... 3yo/up, f/m, 6f ($75) Want to send a "Letter to the Editor" of the 5-31 $100,000Se/ene-GIC, Wo, 3yo, f, 8.5f($75) Thoroughbred Daily News? Our address is 811 12-13 $150, 000 Hollywood Starlet-GI, Ho/, 2yo, f, 8. 5f River Rd., Fair Haven, NJ, 07704; or send a fax to: ($200) 12-14 $250,000 Hollywood Futurity-GI, Ho/, 2yo, 8.5! (908) 747-8955; or an e-mail to: MediaVista ($250) @AOL.com. TOMORROW, THURSDAY, MAY 15: CANADIAN TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATIONS, ($15,000s) PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-14-97 Barretts Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds Results cont. BARRETTS SESSION 1--TOP SIX TWO-YEAR-OLDS PREVIEW HIP# SEX SIRE DAM PRICE • • 113 f Unbridled Real Display $200,000 Today, York, England: ($85,000 wnlg '95 KEENOV; $80,000 yrl '96 FTSAUG) GROSVENOR CASINOS DANTE S.-G2, $129,681a, 3yo, Consigned by Donna Wormser, Inc, agent 10f 85ydsT Purchased by B. Wayne Hughes PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT 11 5 c Miswaki Religiosity $190 ,000 1 Crimson Tide (Ire) J Hills R Hills 1 23 Consigned by Jerry Bailey Sales Agency, agent 2 Kingfisher Mill Mrs J Cecil Pat Eddery 1 23 Purchased by Can-Am Bloodstock Services 3 Monza Chapple-Hyam J Reid 1 23 074 c Copelan One for Dorothy $175,000 4 Benny The Dip J H M Gosden 0 Peslier 1 23 ($70,000 yrl '96 OBSAUG) 5 Apprehension (GB) D R Loder K Darley 1 23 Consigned by Nick de Meric, agent 6 Yorkshire (Ire) P F I Cole T Quinn 123 Purchased by Alex Y. 0. Wong 7 Desert Story (Ire) M R Stoute M Kinane 1 23 138 f Mountain Cat Sentimentallysweet $150,000 8 Medaaly (GB) S Bin Suroor L Dettori 1 23 ($70,000 yrl '96 KEESEP) 9 Musalsal (Ire) B W Hills M Hills 1 23 Consigned by Havens Bloodstock Agency, Inc, agent for Sires of Runners: Crimson Tide (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), H & E Ranch Kingfisher Mill (Riverman), Monza (Woodman), Benny Purchased by Chasen's Racing Stable & O'Leary The Dip (Silver Hawk), Apprehension (GB) (In the Wings 147 c Jade Hunter Silver Clover $135,000 {GB}), Yorkshire (Ire) (Generous {Ire}), Desert Story (Ire) Consigned by Jerry Bailey Sales Agency, agent for (Green Desert), Medaaly (GB) (Highest Honor {Fr}), Bailey-Ellenberg Select Musalsal (Ire) (Sadler's Wells). Purchased by Sid Craig, Halo Farms & J. Hollendorfer The Dante S. is a serious Epsom Derby trial, won by 174 f Salt Lake Sunrise Lady $135,000 such Derby winners in the recent past as Erhaab, Refer­ ($60,000 wnlg '95 KEENOV; $115,000 yrl '96 ence Point and Shahrastani. This year's edition features FTSAUG) a number of colts with Classic aspirations--Godolphin's Consigned by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds Medaaly, winner of the G 1 Racing Post Trophy last Purchased by Bruce Headley October; Desert Story, winner of the G3 Craven S. in mid-April and then sixth in the British 2000 Guineas NYRA OFFICIALS UNLIKELY TO FACE May 3; Benny The Dip, who won the G2 Royal Lodge S. CHARGES New York State's attorney general said last September; and Yorkshire, a highly-rated winner of Tuesday it appears no criminal charges will be filed his only start, a maiden at Salisbury last October. against current New York Racing Association officials, the Associated Press reported yesterday. Dennis Vacco's office has been investigating several million NEW YORK dollars in contracts awarded by NYRA for which, in one • • case, the work may never have been done and, in an­ Local News, Belmont Park: other, for which NYRA appeared to have been over­ The New York Racing Association has postponed charged. "While we haven't formally wrapped up the implementation of the NYRA One Plus awards program NYRA piece of this probe ... I do not anticipate filing any which was scheduled to begin tomorrow with the open­ criminal charges aginast any NYRA official," Vacca told ing of Belmont Park. Postponement comes after the the Associated Press. New York State Racing and Wagering Board tabled FASIG-TIPTON NEW YORK SALES RESULTS discussion on the cash awards portion of the promotion pending further study. "The program is designed to be a The four-year-old gelding Mixed Count (Polish Numbers) topped yesterday's Fasig-Tipton Horses of Racing Age fully integrated awards program," said NYRA president Sale at Belmont Park. The chestnut, third in the Giii and COO Terry Meyocks. "We will not be able to move forward with just the portion that was approved at this Federico Tesio last year, was consigned by the Estate of time. We plan to continue to work with the Racing and Leonard Pearlstein, Ron Benshoff, agent, and brought a final bid of $37,000 from Hermes Vargas. In all, 53 Wagering Board in an effort to gain full approval of the NYRA One Plus program." In its original format, the horses were sold for a total of $494, 100, down 40.6 percent from last year's total of $832, 100 when 81 program would give cash and prizes to regular costum­ horses were sold. The average price was $9,323, down ers who earned points for wagering on NYRA's three 9.2 percent from last year's average of $10,273.