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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 FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1 9 9 5 N•E•W•S W•E•E•K•E•N•D TODAY PREVIEW Friday, Oaklawn Park: REMINGTON REOPENS TODAY After cancelling APPLE BLOSSOM H.-GI, $500,000, 4yo/up, f/m, racing Wednesday and Thursday, Remington Park in 1 1 /16m Oklahoma City will be open for racing today. The PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY Wt track cancelled racing the past two days out of 1 Paseana (Arg) McAnally McCarron 1 22 respect for the victims who were injured or killed, 2 Cinnamon Sugar (Ire) Skiffington Santos 114 and the rescue crews, law enforcement personnel 3 Borodislew Shirreffs Borel 111 and multitude of volunteers who worked so valiantly 4 Halo America Barnett Cloninger 11 6 following the tragic explosion at the Federal Building 5 Heavenly Prize McGaughey Day 1 20 in downtown Oklahoma City Wednesday. "We 6 Klassy Kim Stute Garcia 114 obviously sympathize with all the families who have 7 Morning Meadow Barnett Cloninger 11 2 been so tragically impacted by this awful event," said Halo America (Waquoit) and Morning Meadow Remington Park Executive VP David Vance Thursday. (Meadowlake) will be coupled in the wagering as a "We realize we're in the entertainment business, and John Franks-owned and Bobby Barnett-trained entry. over the last few days nobody has felt like being Two champions are featured in this year's Apple entertained, but at some point we have to try to Blossom: '92 and '93 Champion Older Mare Paseana return to a normal routine. We'll start tomorrow, but (Arg) (Ahmad) and '94 Champion Three-Year-Old Filly realize it will be a long time before this community is Heavenly Prize (Seeking the Gold). Eight-year-old back to normal." Remington Park has scheduled a Paseana, who comes into the race off a two-month blood drive for today and racing fans are encouraged rest, started off the year with a pair of second-place to join with track employees in donating blood. finishes in Feb. at Santa Anita in the GI Santa Maria H. and GI Santa Margarita H. Heavenly Prize has NYS RACING AND WAGERING BOARD raced only once since her second-place effort in last CHANGES EQUINE DRUG POSITIVE POLICY November's Breeders' Cup Distaff, finishing second Chairman Joseph P. Neglia of the New York State to Apple Blossom entrant Halo America in the Racing and Wagering Board announced following Oaklawn Park Budweiser Breeders' Cup H. April 2. Wednesday's board meeting that in order to protect Heavenly Prize, who worked a bulled three furlongs the reputation and privacy rights of trainers, the in :34 at Oaklawn Wed., drops a pound off that Board will no longer make any public announcements effort, while Halo America picks up a pound. of equine drug positives until trainers are given responsible opportunities to have independent tests of the split samples. If a trainer has a sample retested, no announcement of the equine drug © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. positive will be made until such time as there is a This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or confirmation of the initial drug positive. The Board by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior also approved a contract between the Las Vegas written permission of the copyright owner, Dissemination Company and the New York Racing Media Vista. Association under which the bets at Nevada race Information as to the races, race results and earnings books would now be commingled with on-track was obtained from results charts published in Daily pools. By encouraging wagering on New York races, Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission the agreement helps New York tracks compete with of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. other tracks for the burgeoning interstate market. News Continued, p. 2 PAGE 2· • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 4-21-95 News Continued. T•R•l•P•L•E SKY BEAUTY READY TO RACE Trainer Allen Jerkens reported yesterday that 1 994 Champion Older THREATS Mare Sky Beauty (Blushing Groom {Fr}) is getting ready for her five-year-old debut in the Giii Vagrancy Saturday, Oaklawn Park: H., to be run Belmont's opening day May 3. "She's ARKANSAS DERBY-Gii, $500,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m doing pretty good," said Jerkens. "Her last work was PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY Wt about five-eighths and she went in a minute." Sky 1 Celestial Star Newcomb Guillory 118 Beauty also made her '94 debut in the seven-furlong 2 Beavers Nose Hebert Bourque 1 22 Vagrancy, winning by three lengths in 1 :21 3/5. 3 Mystery Storm Robideaux Perret 1 22 4a Flitch Badgett Sellers 118 AUSTRALIAN EASTER YEARLING SALES 5 Rich Man's Gold Whiting Day 118 RESULTS This year's Australian Easter yearling sales 6 Dazzling Falls Turco Gomez 122 in Sydney, which ended Thursday, were the second 7a Steprock Bohannan Lester 1 22 best Easter sales on record. The 432 lots sold 8 On Target McAnally Borel 122 returned over $ 31 . 2 million for an overall average of Flitch (Demons Begone) and Steprock (Lively One) $72,250. The only better sale was in 1989 when will be coupled in the wagering as a John Ed Anthony trainer Bart Cummings paid AUS$ 1.5 million for a owned entry. Biscay colt and the average was over AUS$ 106,000. Calumet Farm's Tampa Bay Derby runner-up Top buyer was trainer Gai Waterhouse, who purchased Composer (Easy Goer), who had been pointing to the 34 yearlings for a total outlay of AUS$ 3.1 million, Arkansas Derby, was not entered in the race. "It is while the Domeland Pty Ltd Syndicate (made up mainly the right front ankle, but we think the injury is minor," of people from Hong Kong and Macau) bought 19 said Calumet's Farm Manager Neil Howard Thursday. yearlings for more than AUS$ 2.45 million. "The colt was doing great there. He galloped Waterhouse purchased the sales topper when paying yesterday and appeared to come back fine. But later a AUS$ 575,000 for a Danehill colt out of Quarantieme small swelling developed." X-rays of the colt's ankle (Aus) (Bletchingly {Aus}) for Chinese clients. Danehill, proved negative. now owned outright by Ireland's Coolmore Stud and sire of the recent AUS$ 2 million Golden Slipper Triple Threats Notes: winner Flying Spur, was the top stallion. His 21 lots Trainer Peter Chapple-Hyam, who saddled Dr. averaged better than AUS$ 140,000. There was Devious in the 1992 Kentucky Derby, is making plans plenty of international interest in the sale and South to bring Citadeed (Shadeed) to this year's Derby. African agent Robin Bruss, a frequent buyer at the Chapple-Hyam has been in contact with Horse Sydney sales, paid AUS$ 754,500 for 12 yearlings, America, an equine transporter based in New York, which will go to race in South Africa. according to Mike Hargrave, stall superintendent at Churchill. Hargrave said the plans are in the AUTOTOTE TO OPEN SPORTS COMPLEX IN developing stages. Citadeed, a Kentucky-bred colt CONNECTICUT Autotote Corporation announced who has raced only in England and France, finished yesterday that it will open a sports and entertainment third in the $43, 746 European Free H. at Newmarket complex in New Haven, Connecticut April 27 that will Wednesday in his first start since November. offer on-site pari-mutuel betting on virtually every Petionville (Seeking the Gold) worked a half-mile horse racing event in North America. The four-story over Hollywood's fast main track yesterday in :47 3/5. complex, called Sports Haven, will feature live and In Japan, Ski Captain (Storm Bird) worked a half-mile continuous coverage of Thoroughbred, harness and on his uphill training track in :54 4/5 Wed. at the Ritto greyhound racing from over 40 tracks in the U.S. and Training Center. His next work is scheduled for Canada. Sports Haven's other unique features include Sunday, April 23. Wed., April 26, the colt will move the nation's biggest sports bar (capacity: 2,400 to Japan Racing Association's Miho Training Center, people), a 20-ton cylindrical aquarium stocked with where plans call for him to work Monday, May 1. exotic sharks, a 200-seat restaurant offering fine Trainer Nick Zito is expected to arrive at Churchill dining and an upscale game room featuring pool tables Downs 1 p.m. today with six horses, including Derby and the latest sports video games. hopeful Suave Prospect (Fortunate Prospect). ® SUNSHINE FOREVER DARBY DAN Recent Wlnners... Clneraea BF. Turf winner in Nakayama, Japan. .. Sunsamla 6f winner at Santa Anita... TEL (606)254-0424 Always sunny 6f. Winner at Oaklawn. .. Shine for Tina 8 M f. Winner at Santa Anita... FAX (606) 28 I -661 2 Dance oF sunshine 11f. TurF allowance winner at Gu/Fstream... 3225 OLD FRANKFORT PIKE LEXINGTON, KY 405 1 0 $7,500 (Live Foal) Payable September 1st PAGE 3,• THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 4-21-95 Eltish, making his first start since finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile, held the lead early but lost his advantage to Munwar before the half way mark and failed to show any pace at the end of the race, clearly being outrun by two improving Yesterday's Results: colts. Said Eltish's trainer Henry Cecil, "He was trying to give two potentially useful colts eight CRAVEN S.-G3, $57,313, Newmarket, England, 4- pounds.