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~~I~~UN~~~RE DM THURSDAY, JULY 2 7, 199 5 S•T•A•K•E•S RESULT TOTAL HANDLE SOARS DURING SPA'S SUSSEX S.-G1, $299,093, Goodwood, England, 7-26, OPENING WEEKEND Total handle (commingled) 3yo/up, 1 mT, 1 :36.17, fm. zoomed 16.8 percent while on-track handle was up 1.8 1--SAYYEDATI (GB), 130, m, 5, Shadeed--Dubian (GB) percent during the opening weekend of the 1 995 (Ch. Older Mare in Italy, G1-lty, G3-lre, MGSP-Eng), Saratoga meeting. The total handle of $43,036,466 by High Line (GB). 0-Mohammed Obaida; was up from $36,856, 121 last year, while the on-track B-Gainsborough Stud Management; T-Clive Brittain; handle of $9,448,953 was up from $9,282,653 in '94. J-B. Doyle; $182,328. The figures do not include twilight simulcasting. At the 2--Bahri, 1 25, c, 3, Riverman--Wasnah, by Nijinsky II. same time, however, the on-track attendance of 63,384 0-Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm Inc.; represented a 7. 7 percent decrease from the 1 994 $68,628. opening weekend. "We're gratified with the upward 3--Darnay (GB), 133, c, 4, Darshaan (GB)--Flawless surge in handle," said New York Racing Association Image, by The Minstrel. 0-Godolphin; B-Sheikh Director of Communications and Development Steven Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum; $33,290. Crist. "The response to Saratoga nationwide has been Margins: neck, 3 Yz, 3 Yz. Odds: 11-2, 1-1, 9-1. terrific. To be up over six million dollars in four days of Also Ran: Nicolotte (GB), Soviet Line (Ire), Sulb. *Soviet racing is tremendous. At the same time, we're ex­ Line finished 4th, but was DQ'd and placed 5th. tremely happy that the on-track handle and per capita Sayyedati, winner of the 1 993 British 1 000 Guineas wagering is up. When you also take into account that had been unlucky twice before in the Sussex S., finish~ we have run two less live races, it proves that the ing 2nd in '93 and 4th in '94. As expected, SULB (El product being presented is very attractive to our cus­ Gran Senor), acting as pacemaker for St. James' s Pal­ tomers both here and across the nation. At the same ace S. winner Bahri, made the running, setting a blister­ time, we are not surprised by the dip in attendance. ing pace. Darnay followed closely in second and Bahri in Basically, we knew that some Sundays during the meet third with NICOLOTTE (Night Shift) in fourth. Turning would not match up with last year's attendance figures. into the straight Bahri began to make progress, battling In 1994 on the opening Sunday, nine cars were given it out with Darnay in the center of the course. away. We couldn't match that." Sayyedati then came with a late burst of speed to catch Bahri at the line. "That was a great performance," said SECRETARIAT NAMED CHEF DE RACE Secre­ winning trainer Clive Brittain. "It is what I have seen her tariat (Bold Ruler), Horse of the Year in 1972 and 1973, do at home; she will work with something and then at the last minute go straight past it. It was never a ques­ has been elected an intermediate/solid chef de race by tion that she would not battle; she is very willing. I the Advisory Committee on Dosage. The announcement never had any doubts about putting (her regular exer­ was made in the August 1995 issue of Owner•Breeder, cise rider) Brett Doyle on her. At 22 years old to be a monthly journal which serves the Thoroughbred prepared to sit and wait at the back and then come breeding industry. Secretariat was nominated by Robert through the field like that shows great maturity. D. Fierro, editor of the New York Record and a member Sayyedati will be trained now for Deauville' s Prix of the committee. In his report, Fierro compares Secre­ Jacques Le Marois next month. She will then go tariat's influence with that of *Princequillo, who is straight to the Breeders' Cup Mile--we won't run her in Secretariat's broodmare sire and also an intermedi­ the Queen Elizabeth as she doesn't like Ascot--and I'd ate/solid chef de race. Fierro cited Secretariat's excel­ love to see her stay in training as a six-year-old if her lent record as a sire of 55 stakes-winners and as a owner agrees to it." broodmare sire to argue that "he is qualified on the record to date and in the historical context of such appointees" to be accorded chef-de-race status. Secre­ ST AKES RESULT 1 tariat's finest races--including his 31-length victory in the Belmont S.--were run in 1973. He first stood at stud STAKES PREVIEWS .......... 2 in 1974 and died in 1989. Other members of the com­ RACING REPORTS . 3,4,5 mittee unanimously agreed with the appointment and with the classification. TOTAL PAGES ................ 6 PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-27-95 Sunday, Saratoga: PREVIEW JIM DANDY S.-Gll, $125,000a, 3yo, 9f • • According to trainer Willard Freeman, everything is Today, Goodwood, England: going according to plan with Gii Dwyer S. winner Hoolie RICHMOND S.-G2, $65,574a, 2yo, 6fT (Criminal Type) as he prepares for the Jim Dandy. PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT "We're right on schedule; he's doing great," said Free­ 1 Norwegian Blue Jarvis Thomson 1 23 man. "All I hope for is a very fast track on Sunday." 2 Polaris Flight Chapple-Hyam Reid 1 23 Trainer Pete Vestal said yesterday that Peruvian (Con­ 3 Wisam Hannon Swinburn 123 quistador Cielo) will start next in the Gii event. The 4 Kuantan Cole Quinn 1 23 chestnut colt won the Giii Iroquois S. and Ellis Park 5 Mubhij B. Hills R. Hills 1 23 Juvenile S. last year, but is winless in two allowance 6 Kahir Almaydan Dunlop Carson 1 23 tries at three. "We breezed him (Tuesday) and he did Kuantan (Gone West), a $85,000 Keeneland Sep­ very well," said Vestal. Daily Racing Form clockers tember yearling, won his only prior start at Royal caught Peruvian in a bullet :59 3/5 for five furlongs over Ascot June 23; the Virginia-bred will be stretching Saratoga's main track. "We'll most likely gallop him into out from five to six furlongs. Polaris Flight (Northern the race and if I don't see anything wrong with his Flagship), successful against listed stakes company performance then we're definitely going to go. I think in the July 1 5 Doncaster Sales Rose Bowl S. at it's a pretty wide open field. I really believe that this race is a good opportunity for this horse." Newbury, was also sold at auction, bringing $70,000 as a weanling at the 1993 Keeneland November Sunday, Fort Erie: Breeding Stock Sale. The Richmond S. has been won PRINCE OF WALES S.-GIC, $100,000a, Canadian­ over the past 20 years by the likes of multiple cham­ Breds, 3yo, 9 1/2f pions J.O. Tobin and Warning (GB). Regal Discovery (Regal Classic), 1 %-length winner of the Queens Plate July 9, will attempt to sweep the first Sunday, Monmouth Park: two jewels of the Canadian Triple Crown when he goes HASKELL INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $500,000,3yo, 9f to the post Sunday. The Roger Attfield-trainee drilled Jockey Pat Day has picked up the mount on MGSW five furlongs in : 59 flat at Fort Erie yesterday. "I could­ Suave Prospect (Fortunate Prospect) for the Haskell. n't be happier with this horse," said Attfield. "He could Trainer Christophe Clement reported from his very well move on from the Plate. As far as I'm con­ Belmont Park base that Blu Tusmani (Afleet), winner cerned his work couldn't have been better. He really of the Gii Withers S. May 3, turned in his final came the last eighth of a mile smartly and he galloped Haskell prep yesterday. "He worked a half-mile in :47 out really, really strong." Queens Plate runner-up Free­ 4/5 on the Belmont main track," Clement said. "The dom Fleet (Afleet) also breezed yesterday, covering six work was a good one. I think we'll either ship him furlongs in 1 : 17 over Fort Erie's training track. "He's the night before or early on the morning of the race." not really what you'd call a good work horse," admitted Breezing at Saratoga Wed. was Giii Round Table S. trainer Danny Vella. "But the training track seemed winner Kingdom City (Cryptoclearance). "He worked slower than usual this morning. This horse is better now five-eighths in 1 :02 and change and ran the last than going into the Plate. He's put on at least 25 eighth in : 11 4/5 on the main track," said trainer pounds." Mt. Sassafras (Mt. Livermore), third in both Elliot Walden. "(Jockey Craig) Perret worked him and the Queens Plate and the Plate Trial S., worked a half­ he thought he went well. This horse is not a real mile Wed. in :48, galloping out five furlongs in 1 :01. strong work horse. This is as good as he's ever Also working for the Prince of Wales yesterday were gone." New York-bred John and Pat (Shimatoree), Kiridashi (Bold Ruckus), fourth in the Queens Plate, who unbeaten in three starts this year, had his final prep drilled a half-mile in :47 4/5; Counter Combo (Geiger Counter), who covered the same distance in :48 4/5; for the Grade I event at Monmouth yesterday.