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S·T•A•K•E•S RESULTS NO ARLINGTON IN '99 According to the Harness Thursday, Saratoga Tracks of America newsletter, Arlington International SANFORD S.-Gll, $110,800, SAR, 7-30, 2yo, 6f, 1 :11 Racecourse will not apply for racing dates in 1999. 2/5, ft. Arlington management decided to take a hiatus after 1--TIME BANDIT, 119, c, 2, Time for a Change--la the 1997 season, saying the track was losing money. Voyageuse (Ch. 3yo Filly & Ch. Older Mare & Ch. Arlington CEO Scott Mord ell told the HTA newsletter, Sprinter Can, MSW, $524,993), by Tentam. "Nothing has changed that would indicate a brighter ($85,0 0 yrl '97 KEESEP). 0-Padua Stables; future for 1999 and beyond. The industry across the 8-Cypre s Farms 1991 (KY); T-D Wayne Lukas; J-P nation is changing. The strong are getting stronger Day; $6 ,480. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $163, 796. and the weak are getting weaker. Illinois needs to * 1 /2 to nnovative (Time for a Change), SP, position itself in a national environment." $357,2 9. 2--Prime D rective, 117, c, 2, Tactical Advantage- VICTORY GALLOP GEARS UP FOR HASKELL Primede ,, by Deputy Minister. ($87,000 yrl '97 FTKJUL)~ 0-Carpentino Noreen; B-lrwin & France Belmont S. winner Victory Gallop (Cryptoclearance), Weiner (FU; s22, 1 GO. getting ready for his showdown with Derby and 3--Texas Glitter, 117, c, 2, Glitterman--Come On Texas, Preakness hQro Real Quiet (Quiet American) in the $1 by Apalachee. ($70,000 yrl '97 OBSAUG). 0-Swartz million Buick Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park Dennis B; 8-Ronald Whiting (fl); $12, 188. August 9, worked five furlongs in a bullet :59 3/5 Margins: NK, NO, HF. Odds: 2.40, 23.10. 4.20. over the Saratoga main track Wednesday morning. Also Ran: Noteasybeingreen, Lucky Roberto: Lecture, "He's doing fine," said trainer Elliott Walden. "We'll King's crown, Color of Smoke, Informal Attire. ship him to Monmouth two or three days before the After a pair of off-the-board finishes in his first two race." Real Quiet, who worked seven furlongs at Del stakes tries Time Bandit bested stablemate Yes It's Mar Wednesday came back from the breeze in good True to tak~ the Giii Bashford Manor S. at Churchill in 1 his latest June 27 and he made it two in a row _as the order, according to trainer Bob Baffert. "He's great," ·t here The chestnut shadowed Texas Glitter 11 f avon e · · h said Baffert. He's all set for the Haskell." As for. the through rapid early fractions, drove to the lead in~ e jockey situation, Baffert said, "The deal I have With stretch and held off the late charge of longshot Pnme Gary Stevens is more for the Gary and two-year-old~. Directive to take the photo and give trainer D. Wayne 1 sat down and talked, and we decided to 1ust leave Lukas his fifth win in this event: "I just wanted to be things the way they were. Kent {Desormeaux) knows one of the top three runners going down_ the b~ck my horse, and Gary knovvs hi~ horse. It was a mutual stretch" said jockey Pat Day. "Texas Glitter did ge11 decision." The Haskell is shaping up as a four-horse away f~om us at the top of the stretch, but I wa~ a .. e race. Coronado's Quest (Forty Niner), ;'ho breezed to urge my horse at the eighth pole to get past him. three-eighths in :37 1 /5 over Saratoga s Oklahoma Stakes Results cont. p3 ·11 ·ve at Monmouth training track Tues d av· wi arn. h f I 'Nednesday. Arctic Sweep (Eskimo), a loca1 o~e u who finished third in the Long ~ra~ch Breeders Cup H. last out for trainer Butch Reid, is the only other STA~!!wc~~!~:s AUGUST ,, •·~ ~'!/''J~ 125,000 A Phenomenon H.-GI/, Sar, definite. 3yoluA, 6f ($125) . Nevvs cont. pZ 8-1 5 $ 300, 000 Sword Dancer /nwtat1onal H. - p1 & 3 GI, Sa):, 3yo/up, 12fT (/NV) 200) STAKES RESULTS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. 8-15 $150,qoo Sorority-G/11, Mth, 2yo, f, ($ H -Giii w 2 ~f NEWS CONTINUED · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . P 8-16 $100/~00,000 Ballston Spa Breeders Cup . , 0 3 4 Sar, 3\to/up, f/m, 8.5fT ($100) STAKES PREVIEW · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ... P - rJ'l 4 7 8-17 $150,000 Adirondack-Gil, Sar, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f - RACING REPORTS · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·' .. p - z 8 ($150) - TOTAL PAGES · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ........ PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-31-98 News cont. SPORT~MAN'S MEET AT HAWTHORNE IN '99 CLENBUTEROL POSITIVES IN CALIFORNIA The Spar sman' s Park Thoroughbred meeting will be The California Horse Racing Board announced yester transferr d to Hawthorne Race Course next year under day that 20 horses, racing at Hollywood Park, Golden terms of ~ lease finalized late Thursday. Sportsman's Gate Fields and Cal-Expo, have tested positive for the will lease! Hawthorne from January 1 to June 30, and bronchial dilator clenbuterol over the period of May 16 plans to cppen the track strictly for simulcasting in Janu to July 11. Split-sample results have come back for all ary, with I racing on weekends beginning in February and but two of the 20 tests, and 1 7 of the 18 were con a five-dal.1 weekly schedule beginning in March. With firmed positive. The CHRB investigators are in the Arlington International Racecourse not applying for process of drafting accusations against the seven 1999 da es by today's deadline, the Sportsman's-Haw trainers whose runners came up positive for the drug. thorne agreement means that in all probability Haw The trainer of the horse whose sample could not be thorne wlll be the only Thoroughbred track operating in confirmed as positive will not be charged. The two Chicago next year. Sportsman's is in the process of positives not yet corroborated by the split sample being converted to a combination automobile and Thor involve two additonal trainers. The names of the horse oughbred facility, but the track's chief operating officer, men involved will not be released until the CHRB has Ed Duffy indicated that negotiations are continuing with finished compiling the accusation packets. The Board Hawthor e and the possibility exists that the 1 999 had issued a press release May 21 warning that the transfer ay evolve into a long-term lease. A long-term state was implementing new laboratory procedures lease wo Id enable Sportsman's to use its new facility which would detect low levels of clenbuterol, which exclusive y for auto racing. Originally, Sportsman's plans called for it to reopen in the fall of 1999, flip-flopping its was legalized for therapeutic use in horses at the be annual s ring meeting with the traditional fall meet at ginning of that month. Hawthor e, one block away, but Hawthorne president Tom Car y objected to that proposal. NYRA AND NEW YORK CITY OTB BATTLE The dispute between the New York Racing Association and New York City OTB over fees paid for in-home simul MEAD WLANDS CUP RETURNS TO STAKES casts escalated yesterday, with NYC-OTB releasing a SCHED LE The $500,000 GI Meadowlands Cup press release which called on the New York State Rac returns t this year's stakes schedule at the New Jersey ing and Wagering Board to institute an immediate re track aft r a one-year absence. The 1 1 /8-mile event, view of whether or not NYRA is fit to hold the franchise set for Fr day, Oct. 16, highlights the 1998 season at to conduct Thoroughbred racing in New York. NYRA the Mea owlands which runs Sept. 11 through Dec. 12. President and COO Terry Meyocks' answer was a curt There ar a total of six graded stakes on the schedule, statement in which he said he would not "dignify that including the $500,000 Gii Buick Pegasus H. for three release with any comment." In what may be a related year-olds going 1 1 /8 miles Sept. 25 and the $200,000 development, the New York City health and fire depart Giii Boili g Springs Breeders' Cup H. for three-year-old ments both held surprise investigations at Aqueduct fillies goi g 1 1 /1 6 miles on the grass Oct. 2. The track yesterday in what might have been viewed as a harass will also ffer a series of overnight stakes on Friday and ment technique to get NYRA to settle with OTB. Ac Saturday nights during the 67-day meet. cording to Meyocks, the fire and health departments found only a few violations, which he termed insignifi TRAC ABBREVIATIONS: cant. NYRA stopped NYC-OTB from broadcasting the CRC alder DEL Delaware Park live pictures of its races over a local cable channel, [)ET Del Mar claiming that the in-home simulcasts have been detri adbroke DRC DMR mental to NYRA's live business. NYRA is seeking $10 HP llis Park HAW Hawthorne million from NYC-OTB for the rights to show the races. HST astings Park LAD Lousiana Downs Yesterday marked the seventh day that NYRA had MTH Monmouth Park PEN Penn National I blocked the in-home simulcasts; talks between the two PHA Philadelphia Park PRM Prairi1e Meadows seem to have broken down. During the first two days of RKM kockingham RPX Remington Park the Saratoga meet, NYC-OTB has been down about I SAR ~aratoga WOX Woodbine $295,000 on Saratoga races as compared to last year.