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The Jheroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. THOROUGHBREDTM J- D*A*I*L*Y N*E*W*S SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1999 $2 Daily N*e«w*S W'E'E'K'E'N'D TODAY PREVIEW Today, Santa Anita, post time 3:36 p.m. PST: KEENELAND TO BUY TURFWAY PARK SAN FERNANDO BREEDERS' CUP S.-GII, $300,000, Keeneland Association, Inc. yesterday announced it 4yo, 1 1/16m has reached a tentative agreement to purchase PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Turfway Park and all of its related assets for $37 1 Event of the Year Mandella Nakatani 9-5 million. Keeneland will manage the track on behalf of 2 Old Topper Threewitt Pincay 30-1 the newly formed Turfway Park LLC, which is con 3 Hanuman Highway (Ire) Walsh Solis 20-1 trolled equally by Keeneland; Dreamport Inc., a 4 Artax Bradshaw McCarron 2-1 wholly owned subsidiary of GTECH Corporation; and 5 Run Man Run Margotta Luzzi 3-1 Dusty Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of 6 Yarrow Brae Lukas Stevens 12-1 Harrah's Entertainment Inc. Turfway has been owned 7 Dixie Dot Com Morey Flores 8-1 and operated by a group led by Jerry Carroll for the 8 Mail Coach (Chi) Puype Delahoussaye 20-1 past 13 years. "What we are announcing today is Dixie Dot Com (Dixie Brass) will be no better than very much about the future of racing in Kentucky," fourth choice this afternoon, but he appears primed to said William Greely, president and CEO of Keeneland pull the upset over some big names here. The bay colt, Association. "Keeneland exists to strengthen and laid off from February to September, finished a neck promote Thoroughbred racing in our state. For that to second in the Oct. 3 Indiana Derby in his second race be accomplished we must remain a strong racing back, then ran second in the Gill Lazaro Barrera H. at circuit. Jerry Carroll and Mark Simendinger have ably Hollywood Nov. 14. He most recently checked in a managed Turfway Park for the past 13 years. Their gutty second after setting the pace over a yielding turf contribution has been significant. As the current course in the Gl Hollywood Derby Nov. 29. Back on his management moves on to pursue other interests, we preferred surface here, he has been preparing for this felt it imperative that Turfway continue as a vital link with local bullets in the morning. Artax (Marquetry), in Kentucky's racing circuit." Turfway will continue who finished second in the Dec. 26 Gl Malibu last time, to operate with a management team that includes may use his speed to control this race if no one else most of the current personnel. The agreement is decides to contest the pace with him. Event of the Year subject to financing, due diligence provisions and (Seattle Slew), who has recovered from a slab fracture approval of the Kentucky Racing Commission. of the knee which occurred just before the Kentucky Derby, ran a solid third in the Malibu in his comeback CONCERTO RETIRED Five-year-old Concerto effort. He will be formidable if he can return to his top (Chief's Crown-Undeniably, by In Reality), winner of three-year-old form. nine stakes and $1,308,118, has been retired from Today, Santa Anita, post time 2:03 p.m. PST: racing and will stand the 1999 breeding season at SAN GORGONIO H.-GII, $150,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 9fT Ocala Stud Farms near Ocala, Florida as property of JOCKEY ODDS owner/breeder Kinsman Stable. The Kentucky-bred won PP HORSE TRAINER 15-1 the Gill Brown & Williamson Kentucky Jockey Club S. 1 Verinha (Brz) Lukas McCarron Stevens 6-1 at two and the Gil Jim Beam, Gill Clark H. and GIN 2 Palme d'Or (Ire) Ellis Solis 8-5 Federico Tesio H. at three. A two-time stakes winner 3 Sonja's Faith (Ire) Jory last season, he captured 10 of his 21 career outings 4 Champagne Royal Scanlan Blanc 6-1 Desormeaux 2-1 with four seconds and two thirds. His 1999 stud fee 5 See You Soon (Fr) Frankel has been set at $3,500 live foal. 6 India Divina (Chi) Inda Gomez 4-1 San Gorgonio H. cont. p2 WINTER CANCELLATIONS CONTINUE Live STAKES CLOSINGS racing was called off at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York and at Philadelphia Park in Pennsylvania yesterday TODAY. SATURDAY. JANUARY 76: after yet another winter storm hit the East Coast. Both tracks remained open for simulcasting and are expected TRIPLE CROWN NOMINATIONS (600) to be back in action this afternoon. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 1-16-99 News cont. BREEDERS' CUP RELEASES 1999 STAKES KEENELAND JANUARY WRAP-UP The six SCHEDULE The first half of the 1999 Breeders' Cup year-old mare Miss North Beach {Northern Baby), stakes schedule offers 52 graded races and purses selling as a racing or broodmare prospect, attracted a totaling $16.25 million. The program kicks off with bid of $182,000 to top yesterday's final session of today's Gil San Fernando Breeders' Cup S. at Santa the Keeneland January Horses of All Ages Sale in Anita. Now in its fourth year, the Breeders' Cup Na Lexington. Consigned by James B. Keogh tional Stakes Program is a series of 91 stakes funded (Grovendale), agent, the stakes-winning half-sister to by Breeders' Cup Ltd. and the 46 participating race stakes winner Lonely Fact (Known Fact) and Sha Tin tracks. A total of 26 races will receive $100,000 sup Vase hero Victory Mount (Cure the Blues) was pur plements from Breeders' Cup this year, three more than last year. Five new stakes have been added to the chased by Twin Hopes Farm, Inc. She has won five program, one of which will be run during the first half races and earned $149,053 to date. The top-selling of '99~the $300,000 Gil San Francisco Breeders' Cup yearling on closing day of the sale was a colt by 1999 Mile at Golden Gate Fields Apr. 25. freshman sire Mr. Greeley out of Peaceful Kingdom (Our Native). Also consigned by James Keogh, agent, San Gorgonio H. cent. the chestnut was purchased for $70,000 by Tod Gl Ramona H. winner See You Soon (Kaldoun {Fr}) Wojciechowski. finished second behind Sonja's Faith (Sharp Victor) in the Gil Las Palmas H. over this distance and surface TOP THREE BROODMARES Oct. 12, then finished second, but was disqualified to Hip# Name Covering Stallion Price fourth, behind probable champion Fiji (GB) in the Gl 1455 MISS NORTH BEACH Racing/B'mare Prospect $182,000 Yellow Ribbon Nov. 8. She faded to last after setting 6yo, Northern Baby—Lonely Beach (Kennedy Road) the pace in her latest, the Nov. 29 Gl Matriarch, which Consigned by James B. Keogh (Grovendale), agent was run over a yielding course she didn't care for. She Purchased by Twin Hopes Farm, Inc. should be able to turn the tables on one-dimensional 1578 SWIMMING Louis Quatorze $170,000 speedster Sonja's Faith, who had her own way on the 10yo, Nijinsky ii-FHppers (Coastal) lead in the Las Palmas. The five-year-old mare was Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, Agent LVIII most recently second in the Gil Dahlia H. Dec. 13. Purchased by McKee Stables, Inc. 1602 TRYST RacingjB'mare Prospect $87,000 Today, Golden Gate, post time 3:45 p.m. PST: 4yo, Cryptoclearance—Wedding Band (Mighty Appealing) GOLDEN GATE DERBY-GIII, $150,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m Consigned by Mrs. Charles M. Boone, agent PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Purchased by B. C. Jones 1 Absolute Harmony Hollendorfer Lopez 7-5 2 Halo Romeo Van Berg Radke 15-1 3 Brave Gun West Valdivia 10-1 KEENELAND JANUARY STATISTICS 4 The Chang Stute Warren 5-1 ^ FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1999 5 Epic Honor Bonde Meche 5-2 KEBNEIAhD. 6 Voice Of Destiny Hollendorfer Meza 7-5 7 Blue Tune Bonde Baze 5-2 SESSION TOTALS 1999 8 Company Approval Dominguez Gonzalez 7-2 No. Sold 198 Sires: Absolute Harmony (Seeking the Gold), Halo Gross $2,357,600 Romeo (Prospector's Halo), Brave Gun (Boundary), The Average $11,907 Chang (Bertrando), Epic Honor (Honor Grades), Voice Median $7,000 Of Destiny (Mane Minister), Blue Tune (Prospector's Music), Company Approval (With Approval). Voice of Destiny comes into this off a three-race win CUMULATIVE TOTALS 1999 streak, including the Gill California Juvenile at Bay No. Sold 1,203 Meadows in his last Nov. 14. His main competition will Gross $42,410,900 be another Hollendorfer trainee. Absolute Harmony, Average $35,254 winner of two in a row on the front end. His last was a Median $12,500 2 y2-length score in the Doonesbury S. here Dec. 21. He's Giving Them Something to Talk Ahout vnabell ... thefirst outstanding 2Y0's by VIRGINIA RAPIDS "iirm have 'em talking! Lexington, Kmtud^ (606) 255-8537FAX259-0040 Gl Winner VIRGINIA RAPIDS PAGE 3 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 1-16-99 Weekend Preview cont. Today, Gulfstream Park, post time 5:01 p.m. EST: ♦ Florida ♦ HOLY BULL S.-GIII, $100,000, 3yo, 1 1/16m pp HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Yesterday's Results: 1 Grits'n Hard Toast Smith Davis 15-1 9th-GPX, $34,000, Alw, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 1:24 1/5, 2 Vicar Nafzger Sellers 2-1 ft. 3 Throwthebookatem Olivares Migliore 15-1 QUANAH (f, 4, Lord At War {Arg}-Pecan Bayou, by 4 Doneraile Court Zito Bailey 9-5 Gone West) won her first two starts last fall at 5 Stone Bridge Cesare Coa 5-1 Belmont and was laid off after most recently finishing 6 Senor Fizz Bond Chavez 20-1 second in an Aqueduct allowance Nov.