10 Lnvitato Mio (Brz) Mandella Stevens 4-1 Discuss Their Strategy with the Horse's Connections
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W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW CHURCHILL UNVEILS DERBY POST DRAW Today, Santa Anita RULES Churchill Downs has established an official set SAN PASQUAL H.-Gll, $200,000, 4yo/up, 1 1 /16m, of rules for the new Kentucky Derby post position draw. post time 3:47 p.m. PST Beginning with the 1 24th running of the Derby, a random PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS draw will determine not the post positions themselves, 1 Old Chapel Hofmans Mccarron 1 2-1 but the order in which participants will choose their 2 Trafalger Lukas Flores 1 2-1 preferred posts from those left when their turn comes 3 Awesome Daze Vienna Delahoussaye 8-1 up. Under the new rules, Derby entrants must designate 4 Northern Afleet Hofmans Nakatani 5-2 an "authorized agent" who will select the horse's post 5 River Keen (Ire) Hess Desormeaux 8-1 position and announce the selection. The agent must be 6 Slightly Speedy (Ire) Avila Alvarado 30-1 in attendance at the draw, which this year will be held 7 Hal's Pal (GB) Cecil Blanc 30-1 at 5 p.m. ET Wednesday, April 29 at the Kentucky 8 Boggle Houta Douglas 30-1 Derby Museum. After the random draw for selection 9 Malek (Chi) Mandella Solis 5-1 order is completed, the agents will have 1 0 minutes to 10 lnvitato Mio (Brz) Mandella Stevens 4-1 discuss their strategy with the horse's connections. 11 Flick (GB) Mettee Black 12-1 Each agent will then, in his turn, be given 60 seconds to Northern Afleet (Afleet), who captured last year's Giii choose a post; if any agent fails to make a decision in San Diego H. at Del Mar at today's distance, stretches the time allowed, his horse will drop to the bottom of back out after a seventh-place finish in the Nov. 8 GI the selection order. Both the random draw and the post Breeders' Cup Sprint. Both Malek (Chi} (Mocito Guapo position selections will be televised live on ESPN. {Arg}) and lnvitato Mio (Brz) (Fast Gold) won Hollywood allowance races in their previous starts for Richard Mandella after beginning their careers in South America. MR PURPLE PRIMED FOR '98 SEASON After River Keen (Ire) (Keen {GB}), who won last year's Gii experiencing fertility problems in 1997, second-year sire Californian S. at Hollywood in his American debut, Mr Purple (Deputy Minister) is back at Calumet Farm in makes his return off a five-month layoff; he was fifth in Lexington and is ready for the '98 season. Following the the Aug. 9 GI Pacific Classic last time out. '97 breeding season, GISW Mr Purple was sent to Colo rado State University under the care of Dr. Bill Pickett, a Today, Gulfstream Park stallion reproductive specialist. After extensive testing BROWARD H.-Glll, $100,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/16m, post and treatment, the six-year-old responded well and time 5: 10 p.m. EST returned to Kentucky. "From what we've been told, all The field, in post position order, will be: Rod and Staff critical parameters regarding fertility have dramatically (Marsayas), Day, 112; Calca (Unbridled), Fires, 110; improved," said Neil Howard, Calumet's general man Delay of Game (Summer Squall), Samyn, 117; Sea ager. "Dr. Pickett feels that Mr Purple can successfully Horse (Cutlass), Romero, 11 2; Kiridashi (Bold Ruckus), cover a book of mares. We plan to start breeding him Bravo, 116; Black Forest (Broad Brush), Bailey, 113; Sir once a day to a book of 40 mares. Dr. Pickett feels that Bear (Sir Leon), Jurado, 111; City by Night (Slew City after the first month, we can breed him twice a day. If Slew), Sellers, 118; Firecrest (Montagnet), Day, 113. everything goes as well as we hope, we will then in Rod and Staff and Firecrest will run as an entry. City by crease his book." Mr Purple will stand the 1998 season Night breezed three-eighths in :36 2/5 yesterday, while for a fee of $5,000, live foal. Calca went five-eighths from the gate in 1 :01 2/5. CORRECTION: A story in Friday's TDN included Bracco among a group of shuttle stallions returning to the WEEKEND PREVIEW ............ p1 Northern Hemisphere from stud duty in Australia. In fact, Bracco remains at Arrowfield Stud in Australia and NEWS CONT. ............... p2 will miss the 1 998 Northern Hemisphere breeding sea RACING REPORTS ............ p2-4 son, as previously reported. He is expected to breed the Southern Hemisphere season in 1998, returning to TOTAL PAGES ................. 5 Kentucky in 1999. - PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 1-10-98 News cont. Silvery Honey H. cont. FREE HOUSE SIDELINED According to the Daily Lady Carson settled for second in New York allow Racing Form, Free House (Smokester), winner of the GI ance contests in her two previous starts, but improved a Santa Anita Derby and Gii Swaps S. and on the board in position here to pick up her first added-money victory. all three Triple Crown races last year, has suffered a Coming off a two-month break, the favorite sprinted to training setback at Hollywood Park and is likely to miss the front through fractions of : 21 3/5 and :45 1 /5 and the Gii Strub S. February 7. The four-year-old colt has had enough left in the tank to draw away from her rivals been out of action since finishing sixth and last in the GI in the final stages. Super Derby September 28. "He's body sore and I'll go easy on him," trainer Paco Gonzalez told the Form. "We 6th-GPX, $29,000, Alw, 4yo/up, f/m, 6f, 1: 12, ft. didn't find anything wrong. I want to see him 100 per BOLD LADY (f, 4, Bold Ruckus--Regent Lady, by Vice cent and I won't train him on bute. I don't know if he's Regent) captured an Apr. 6 $50,000 Hialeah claiming pulled a muscle or what. I sent him for a nuclear scan, event, was claimed, then went on the shelf for eight but they didn't find any problems." months. Back in action Dec. 6, she won an allowance race at the Meadowlands in her first start for her new connections. Seeking to make it three in a row, the 5-1 FLORIDA third choice was never far back and bested SEA SAGA • • (Afleet) in the stretch drive to win by a head. Lifetime Yesterday's Results: Record: 14-5-4-2, $69, 763. GIRL ON A MISSION H., $52, 700, GPX, 1-8, 4yo/up, O/T-Edwin T Broome. B-Michael A. Colon (KY). f/m, 1 1 /16m, 1 :45 2/5, ft. 1--GOLD MEMORY, 117, m, 5, Crafty Prospector- 5th-GPX, $28,000, Alw, 3yo, f, 8.5f (off turf), 1 :49, ft. Sweet Nostalgia (MSW & GSP, $211,577), by Mr. ONE LAST SALUTE (f, 3, Salutely--Angie's Star, by Lord Redoy. ($50,000 yrl '94 KEESEP; $100,000 2yo '95 Rebeau) finished third in the Dec. 6 Jersey Girl S. at the FTFFEB). 0-Drey Alan; 8-Summerplace Farm (KY); Meadowlands in her previous start and returned to the T-Dennis W Ebert; J-E M Coa; $31,620. lifetime winner's circle for the first time since taking an Oct. 27 Record: 23-10-5-1,$252, 151. Delaware maiden event in the slop three starts back. 2--Relic Rhythm, 119, m, 5, Prospector's Halo--Good The 3-1 second choice raced just off the early leaders Looking Girl, by In Reality. 0-Centaur Farm; $10,013. prior to rallying four-wide leaving the far turn and storm 3--Autumn Slew, 116, m, 5, Slew o' Gold--Summer ing to the front in the drive for a 3 3/4-length tally. Run, by Sharpen Up (GB). 0-Augustin Stable; $6,324. Lifetime Record: SP, 5-2-1-2, $42,330. Margins: 3/4, 4 3/4, HF. Odds: 4.80, 5.00, 9.80. 0-George Strawbridge, Jr. B-Peggy L. Reever (PA). Gold Memory finished seventh in the Dec. 27 seven T-Jonathan E Sheppard. furlong Giii Virginia H. at Calder but stretched out to pick up the triumph here. Looking for her first victory 1st-GPX, $27,000, Msw, 4yo, 11/16m,1:47, ft. since winning an Oct. 5 Arlington allowance, the third (DH)-RISK ALL TAKE ALL (c, 4, Slew o' Gold- choice was rated while setting the pace and was able to Marshua's Secret, by Secretariat) Lifetime Record: fend off the challenge of Relic Rhythm in the stretch. 18-1-7-2, $42,970. 0-Peachtree Stable. B-Cambus Kenneth Farm (KY). T-Flint S Schulhofer. SILVERY HONEY H., $51,700, GPX, 1-8, 4yo, f, 6f, (DH)-WEST COAST VIEW (c, 4, Quest for Fame 1 :09 4/5, ft. {GB}--View of Royalty {MSW, $238,543}, by Native 1--#LADY CARSON, 114, f, 4, Carson City--Heathers Royalty) Lifetime Record: 9-1-2-2, $30,522. O/B-Donald Surprise, by Best Turn. ($35,000 yrl '95 KEESEP). 0-R R Dizney (FL). T-William P White. Ades & C Hine; B-Overbrook Farm (KY); T-H Hine; J-J Risk All Take All, second in an Oct. 24 Aqueduct Bailey; $31,020. Lifetime Record: 10-4-2-1, $105,430. maiden event in his previous start, and West Coast 2--Dance for Thee, 120, f, 4, Sword Dance (lre)--Tea View, fourth in a Dec.