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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, MAY 4, 199 5 S•T•A•K•E•S RESULTS FRANKEL, BAILEY LEAD 'HALL' THE WITHERS S.-Gll, $112,100, BEL, 5-3, 3yo, 1 m, 1 :35, wf. Trainer Bobby Frankel and jockey INDUCTEES 1--@BLU TUSMANI, 123, c, 3, Afleet--Edelene, by Jerry Bailey will be inducted into Racing's Hall of Fame Nijinsky II. ($23,000 wing '92 KEENOV; $15,000 yrl in Saratoga Springs, New York August 7, it was an '93 KEESEP). 0-Sidney L. Port; B-White Fox Farm nounced yesterday. Frankel, who has won over 1,500 (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J-J A Santos; $67,260. races and earned over $64 million in purses, and Bailey, Lifetime Record: 6-4-1-0, $151,974. who has won over 3,400 races and over $100 million 2--Pat N Jae, 123, c, 3, Pentelicus--Arts and Clover, by in purses, will share the spotlight with this year's Arts and Letters. ( $65,000 2yo 1994 OBSMAR). equine inductees, who include: Foolish Pleasure (What 0-Nancy Kelly & Sabine Stable; B-Rustlewood Farm, a Pleasure), the undefeated two-year-old champion of Inc (FL); $22,420. 1974 who went on to win 16 of 26 starts and 3--Northern Ensign, 1 23, c, 3, Blue Ensign--Thalie $1,216, 705, including the Kentucky Derby; La Style, by Northern Dancer. ( $30,000 2yo 1994 Prevoyante (Buckpasser), Horse of the Year in her OBSMAR). 0-Jay Cee Jay Stable; B-Rosegrove native Canada as a 2-year-old as well as the juvenile Thoroughbred Farm, Inc (FL); $12,331. filly Eclipse winner in North America in 1972; and Cru Margins:neck, head, neck. Odds:B.20, 13.60, 12.20. sader (Man o' War) as the horse of yesteryear, who Also Ran: Slice of Reality, Sierra Diablo, Larchmont, was named Horse of the Year in 1926 after winning Devious Course, Blissful State, El Alpino. nine stakes including the Belmont S., Jockey Club Gold Blue Tusmani, the Highweight Colt at 2 in Italy, won Cup and Suburban H. 2 stakes and was graded stakes placed in Italy last year. Making his first start outside that country and off OJC APPROVES AGREEMENT TO SELL the turf and coming off a 7-month hiatus, the chestnut GREENWOOD An agreement to sell Greenwood colt was pinched back at the start, raced far back for a Racetrack in Toronto was approved yesterday by the half-mile, rapidly gained while circling five-wide into the Board of Trustees of The Ontario Jockey Club. The lane, drew on even terms with the leaders in midstretch property is being sold to EMM Financial Corp., which is then prevailed in a hard drive for his first graded stakes controlled by developers Marco Muzzo and Fred victory. "I know that this horse has potential but I DeGasperis. The transaction was arranged by DS Marcil never knew he would run such a big race today; he Inc. acting as financial advisor to the OJC. "The sale of really surprised me," said winning jockey Jose Santos. Greenwood is in the best interests of the horse racing "I think the best thing that could have happened to him industry in Ontario," said Mr. Pat Keenan, president and was getting shut out of the gate; I just wanted him to CEO of the OJC. "This transaction will allow The On get comfortable. When I made my move at the half tario Jockey Club to reduce its unacceptably high debt mile I knew I was in good shape. He really finished levels and to concentrate its effort to develop, at its strong. He is a good horse." Trainer Christophe Clem racetracks, a world class horseracing entertainment ent added, "We will wait to see how he comes out of product." Mr. Keenan pointed out that the agreement this and most likely go in the Peter Pan." Also likely for provides for the continued operation of the existing the Peter Pan is runner-up Pat N Jae. Champions Off-Track wagering facility at Greenwood. The continued operation of this off-track wagering Stakes Results Continued, p. 2 facility, which employs 250 people and accounts for 15 percent of all wagering in Ontario, is critical to the ongoing financial viability of the Ontario horse racing STAKES RESULTS ........... 1,2 industry and its 28,000 jobs. The agreement also speci TRIPLE THREATS . 2 fies that the site will not be developed with single user WEEKEND PREVIEW . 2 ti'} buildings commonly referred to as "big box" retail oper- - NEWS CONTINUED . 3 ations. z RACING REPORTS . 3,4,5 News Continued, p. 3 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 5-4-95 Stakes Results, Continued. Eltish (Cox's Ridge) cleared quarantine Tuesday afternoon and celebrated with a jog around Chur THE VAGRANCY H.-Glll, $77,381, BEL, 5-3, 3yo/up, chill's main track Wed. morning. "There was one f/m, 7f, 1 :21 2/5, wf. turn where he shied away a little bit, but it was his 1--SKY BEAUTY, 125, m, 5, Blushing Groom (Fr)- first time," said Paul Morgan, who was aboard. Maplejinsky (MGI, $293, 196), by Nijinsky II. Grant Pritchard-Gordon, racing manager for Prince ($355,000 yrl '91 FTSAUG). 0-Georgia Hofmann; Khalid Abdullah' s Juddmonte Farms, said the Prince B-Sugar Maple Farm (KY); T-H. Allen Jerkens; J-M. has been looking for a Derby horse for a long time. Smith; $47,865. "It's the goal of every horseman to win the Kentucky Lifetime Record: 19-15-1-1, $1,292,760. Derby," he said. "We've just been waiting for the 2--Aly's Conquest, 111, f, 4, Alydar--Am Capable, by right horse." lcecapade. 0-Rutledge Farm; B-Hermen Greenberg (VA); $15,955. Europe's other Derby hopeful, Citadeed (Shadeed), 3--Through the Door, 110, m, 5, At the Threshold- who has never been on the dirt and never been be Hope From Above, by Great Above. ($4,000 yrl '91 yond seven furlongs, will likely be ridden by jockey OBSAUG; $13,000 2yo 1992 OBSAPR). 0-Minassian Eddie Maple, according to the colt's connections. Zaven; B-Dr. L.D. Burbank (FL); $8, 775. Knockadoon (Dixieland Band) worked a half-mile in Margins: 4, 8, 19. Odds: 0.35, 5.30, 12.10. :48 1 /5 yesterday at Churchill Downs, galloping out Also Ran: Triumph At Dawn. Scratched: Sapor. 5/8ths in 1 :02 1 /5, pleasing trainer Tony Reinstedler. Last year's Champion Older Mare Sky Beauty, who "A lot of people don't realize that he doesn't have a took the '94 Vagrancy H. in 1 :21 3/5, has improved jock on his back. We're talking about a 150-pound with age. Returning from a 6-month layoff, she exercise boy," said Reinstedler. broke slowly under regular rider Mike Smith, raced Mecke (Maudlin) worked Y2-mile in :4 7 2/5 for up close along the rail, was eased back to be 4th and trainer Manny Tortora. "He worked really good, well last on the far turn, angled four wide while rallying within himself," said Tortora. "He looks like a million into the stretch then drew away in hand. "I'm and really seems to have done well since he arrived pleased, how could I not be especially when every here." one's been winning on the rail today and she comes on the outside, around everyone pretty easily," said winning trainer H. Allen Jerkens. "She's a nice filly W•E•E•K•E•N•D and I'm glad to have her back. I was a little worried that we were giving away weight and this being her PREVIEW first race back, but she's a good filly." When asked Friday, Churchill Downs: what's next for Sky Beauty, Jerkens replied, "The KENTUCKY OAKS-GI, $300,000a, f, 3yo, 9f Shuvee Handicap (Saturday, May 20) will be next. I PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT know Heavenly Prize will be running in there and it 1 Naskra Colors Reinstedler Gryder 1 21 will be a tough race." 2 Forested Callejas Bailey 1 21 3 Gal in a Ruckus Ward McCauley 121 4 Urbane Mayberry Delahoussaye 121 T•R•l•P•L•E 5 Sneaky Quiet Howard Smith 1 21 6 Post It Allen S. Maple 121 THREATS 7 Scratch Paper Nunley Fontenot 1 21 8 Cat Appeal Lukas Day 1 21 KENTUCKY DERBY NOTES: Urbane (Citidancer), has been beaten in three of her Japan's first Derby horse, Ski Captain (Storm Bird), six lifetime starts, each one of them coming at the along with trainer Hideyuki Mori, arrived at Louis hands of Serena's Song (Rahy). In her most recent ville's Standiford Field airport at 12:45 Wednesday start, she was an easy four-length winner of the GI morning and was bedded down in the Churchill quar Ashland at Keeneland. The heavy morning-line favorite antine barn by 1 :45 a.m. The required bloodwork will be challenged by Post It (Notebook), five-for-nine was done when Ski Captain cleared customs in Chi lifetime with wins in the Alcibiades as a two-year-old cago. The colt's connections were optimistic he and third to Urbane in the Ashland last out; and Sneaky would clear quarantine by Thursday morning. Quiet (Seeking the Gold), who won the Florida Oaks at Tampa Bay Downs in her last start.