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S~D™ TUESDAY DECEMBER 23 1997 $2 Daily S•T•A•K•E•S RESULTS The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. T t-!}?1J:lLS UN~~~s~D™ TUESDAY DECEMBER 23 1997 $2 Daily S•T•A•K•E•S RESULTS COOLMORE TO SPONSOR LEXINGTON Wirnkend Results: STAKES Coolmore, the Irish stallion station which is ARIMA KINEN-G1 Jpn, $1,989,284, Nakayama Race­ home to some of the world's best sires, has underlined course, Japan, 12-21, 3yo/up, 12.5fT, 2:34.80, fm. its commitment to American racing and breeding with 1--SILK JUSTICE (JPN), 121, c, 3, Brian's Time--Yuwa an agreement to sponsor the Gii Lexington S. at Meld (Jpn), by Satingo (Ire). 0-Silk Co. Ltd.; B-Hayata Keeneland. The Coolmore Lexington, a race for three­ Farms (Jpn), T-M Okubo; J-S Fujita; $1,052,073. year-olds at a mile and a sixteenth to be run April 19, Lifetime Record: 16-5-2-2. will carry a purse of $325,000, up from $175,000 in 2--Marvelous Sunday (Jpn), 123, h, 5, Sunday Silence-­ 1 997. "Coolmore is delighted to be associated with Momiji Dancer (Jpn), by Viceregal. 0-S Sasahara; Keeneland as a sponsor of the Lexington S.," said Dr. B-Hayata Farms (Jpn); $419,289. Barry Simon, general manager of Coolmore's American 3--Air Groove (Jpn), 121,. f, 4, Tony Bin (lre)--Dyna division, Ashford Stud. "In addition to being an impor­ Carle (Jpn), by Northern Taste. 0-Lucky Field Co. tant race in its own right, the Lexington serves as a Ltd.; B-Shadai Farms (Jpn); $260, 118. prestigious and timely prelude to America's classic Margins: HD, NK, 2 1 /2. Odds: 8.10, 3.00, 3.80. events each spring." Touch Gold, winner of this year's Also Ran: Rosen Kavalier (Jpn), Osumi Tycoon (Ire), Lexington, went on to take the 1997 GI Belmont S. T.M. Oarashi (Jpn), Mountain Stone (Jpn), Mejiro Dober (Jpn), Taiki Blizzard, Inter Unique (Jpn), Meiner Bridge RAINTRAP TO STUD Raintrap (GB) (Rainbow Quest), (Jpn), Aloha Dream (Jpn), Sunday Branch (Jpn), Dance a champion and Group 1 winner in France and two-time Partner (Jpn), Meiner Max (Jpn), Kanetsu Cross (Jpn). Grade I winner in North America, has been retired and The last Group 1 race on the 1997 Japanese racing will stand the 1 998 breeding season at La Station calendar gave Silk Justice (Jpn) his fifth win of the d'Etalons at Haras des Chartreux in France. The seven­ campaign. Fifth in the G 1 Japan Cup in his latest, he year-old began his career in Europe, winning six of 1 2 was rated off the pace early but came with a bold bid starts including the G 1 Prix Royal Oak and G2 Prix in the final strides that carried him to a narrow victory Kergorlay; he was named highweight three-year-old in in a three-way photo. "We were an unlucky loser both France at 14 furlongs and up. Shipped to America, he in the Japanese St. Leger (fifth as the heavy favorite captured the 1 994 GI Rothmans International and the November 2) and the Japan Cup," said winning 1996 GI San Juan Capistrano H. The dark bay started jockey Shinji Fujita, who thought he might lose the just twice this year, finishing fifth in the Gii Elkhorn S. mount on Silk Justice if he did not find running room at Keeneland April 25 in his final start. Raintrap goes to this time. "In both races, we didn't get a clear run. It the breeding shed with a record of nine wins from 28 starts and earnings of $1,279,467. He will stand for a was frustrating for me." Favored Marvelous Sunday fee of 30,000 French francs (approximately $5,060). (Jpn), winner of the G 1-Jpn Takarazuka Kin en in J~ly but unraced since due to injury, closed on the outside, took the lead late and just failed to hang on. Air Groove (Jpn), runner-up in the Japan Cup last out, sat ATTENTION TDN SUBSCRIBERS! fifth through the opening fractions, moved to put a The TON office will be closed for the holidays head in front at the eighth pole, but was outfinished Wednesday, Dec. 24 and Thursday, Dec. 25. by the top two. TAIKI BLIZZARD (Seattle Slew), sixth THE THOROUGHBRED DAILY in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic in his most recent appearance, pressed the pace, took over three fur­ NEWS WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED longs from home, but tired to be ninth. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 25 AND - FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26! .STAKES CLOSINGS will All news and race results from these days appear TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24: in the Saturday, December 2 7 issue. 1-3 $100,000 Monrovia H.-G/11, SA, 4yo/up, Happy Holidays! f/m, 6. 5fT ( $100) • PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 12-23-97 Stakes Results cont. FAIRY S.-G3 Jpn, $478,800, Nakayama Racecourse, NEW YORK Japan, 1 2-20, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1: 10.40, fm. • • 1--#LADY STELLA, 117, f, 2, Crafty Prospector--Maggie Yesterday's Results: J. Jones, by Angle Light. ($400,000 2yo '97 8th-AQU, $41,000, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, a1 m70yd, 1 :43 BESMAR). 0-Royal Farm U.; B-Thomas C. Mueller 2/5, ft. (Ky); T-Y lkee; J-N Yokoyama; $252,073. Lifetime 1--0N THE TREE TOP, 115, f, 4, Tasso--Toque Rouge Record: 6-4-0-1 . (Ire), by Tarboosh. 0-Roberts Bea & Robert H; 2--Storm Tigresse (Jpn), 11 7, Storm Cat--lnfantes, by B-Robins Gerald (KY); T-Stanley M Hough. Lifetime Exclusive Native. 0-Teruya Yoshida; B-Shadai Farm Record: 31-6-9-2, $199,481. *1/2 to Fappies Cosy (Jpn); $101,972. Miss (Fappiano), MGSP, $304,885. 3--Princess Carta, 117, f, 2, Caerleon--Dellagrazia, by 2--Shoop, 119, m, 6, Double Sonic--Noble Dream Trempolino. ($175,000 wnl '95 KEENOV; $235,000 Maker, by An Eldorado. yrl '96 KEEJUL). 0-Teruya Yoshida; B-Premier 3--lle de Ann, 117, m, 5, lie de Jinsky--Merle Deane, by Bloodstock (Ky); $62,634. Nalees Man. Margins: 1 1 /4, NK, 3/4. Odds: 4.80, 7 .80, 12.30. Margins: NK, 2, 3. Odds: 2.35, 1.20, 11. 70. A maiden winner in September, Lady Stella came back On The Tree Top was claimed for $50,000 after a to take the listed Momiji S. October 4 but finished sixth winning effort at Belmont in October and picked up a in her first try at the graded level, the G3-Jpn Fantasy fourth and a second in two subsequent Churchill Downs S. November 1 . Rebounding with a win in the listed allowance starts under new management. Back in New Fukushima Sansai S. in her latest November 1 6, the York, the Kentucky-bred dark bay was sent off second chestnut filly put them back-to-back with a wire-to-wire choice and rallied from the back of the pack to get up in score here. "She is definitely a first-class sprinter," said the final jump and take the photo from 6-5 favorite jockey Norihiro Yokoyama. "Nobody else can overwhelm Shoop. her dash and speed." 6th-AQU, $39,000, Alw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1: 12 4/5, ft. RADIO TAMPA HAI SANSAI S.-G3 Jpn, $479,578, KANWIAGA (f, 2, Wild Again--Kanduit (Ire), by Rugged Hanshin Racecourse, Japan, 12-20, 2yo, c/g, 1 OfT, Man), a Yz to Kandaly (Alydar), GSW, $446,518, broke 2:03.80, fm. her maiden at Belmont in June, then came back after a 1--#LORD AX, 119, c, 2, Woodman--Perl, by Graustark. three-month vacation to take a Keeneland allowance ($150,000 wnl '95 KEENOV). 0-Lord Horse Club; October 9. Trying her luck against graded-stakes com­ B-White Fox Farm (Ky); T-K Fujisawa; J-Y Okabe; pany in her latest, the dark bay was fifth over a muddy $252,617. *1/2 to Primal (Maudlin), GISW, track in the Gii Astarita S. October 25 and was given $1,209,530; and Purl One (Give Me Strength), MSW, another two months off. The 3-5 choice on her return, $283,470. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0. she dueled on the front end for a half, opened up a clear 2--King Halo (Jpn), 119, c, 2, Dancing Brave--Goodbye lead on the far turn and cruised home to a handy nine­ Halo, by Halo. 0-Y Asakawa; B-Kyowa Farm Co. Ltd. length score. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $74,585. (Jpn); $102,128. 0-Beale Terry & Cole Mrs Carlton. B-Cole Carlton Mrs. 3--Mori Survival (Jpn), 119, c, 2, Dancing Brave-­ (KY). T-Nicholas P Zito. Topcoat (Jpn), by Karad (Fr). 0-T Morita; B-Tanikawa Stud (Jpn); $62, 712. 3rd-AQU, $31,000, Alw, 2yo, 6f, 1 :11 4/5, ft. Margins: 1 1 /4, 2, 1 /2. Odds: 3.50, 1.40, 6.60. PORT EIGHTY (c, 2, Forty Niner--Vee See Are, by Undefeated Lord Ax, winner of the 1 0-furlong Devil's Bag), impressive in his maiden win at first asking Habotan Sho in his most recent outing November 29, at Saratoga in August, finished off the board in his next settled in eighth early but showed a tremendous turn of two starts before running second in the Morven S. at foot in the stretch, sweeping past his rivals and drawing the Meadowlands last out December 5. The 2-1 second away late.
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