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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~PI~~UN~~~RE DM FR ID A Y, AUGUST 1 8, 1 9 9 5 W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW TIMBER COUNTRY RETIRED Preakness Saturday, Saratoga: winner Timber Country (Woodman) suffered a tendon TRAVERS S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m tear in his left foreleg during a workout at Monmouth PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Park and will be retired from racing, trainer D. Wayne 1 Composer Mott Bailey 2-1 Lukas said Thursday. "He worked tremendous Sunday 2 Pyramid Peak Ward McCauley 6-1 with everyone watching," said Lukas. "He came back 3 Malthus Callejas Chavez 20-1 with what I thought was a little filling as he was cooling 4 Rank and File Schettino Luzzi 50-1 out. We iced it and the swelling went down. We had it 5 Thunder Gulch Lukas Stevens 4-5 scanned Monday and had Dr. Robert Copelan read it. He 6 Star Standard Zito Day 6-1 confirmed there is a small tear there, two inches above 7 Citadeed Violette Jr. Maple 12-1 the ankle. Those things can heal but it takes forever and All will carry 126 pounds. his career is pretty much enhanced. We're not going to "There are no classic winners in here besides him " try and bring him back." The three-year-old colt had not said trainer D. Wayne Lukas of his Kentucky Derby ~nd run since winning the GI Preakness S. May 20 and was Belmont S. winner Thunder Gulch (Gulch). "Without him being pointed toward the Sept. 4 Jerome H. when the it's a scramble. If he wins it, it moves him forward. If he injury occurred. "I thought he had a tremendous fall in loses, it's a story. The Travers is a tough race to win off front of him," said Lukas. "But he's the two-year-old the Triple Crown. I expect him to run well; I expect him champion, a classic winner, with a nice little bankroll. to win." He's impeccably-bred with a great conformation. What more could you ask?" Lukas said Timber Country, Today, Saratoga: owned by William T. Young, Graham Beck and Bob and DIANA H.-Gll, $125,000a, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/8mT Beverly Lewis, will remain at Monmouth until a decision PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT is made about his future as a stallion. "There are three 1 Northern Emerald Mott Perez 11 5 guys who own him and two of them are breeders," 2 Perfect Arc Penna Jr. Velazquez 113 Lukas said. "There are some things being kicked around, 3 Grand Charmer Howard Day 111 but there will be an announcement soon." The 1994 4 Coronation Cup Miller Bailey 110 Champion Two-Year-Old Colt retires with five wins from 5 Icy Warning Hennig Woods Jr. 110 12 starts for earnings of $1,560,400. Along with the 6 Grafin Mclaughlin Luzzi 108 Preakness, his triumphs include the GI Breeders' Cup 7 Statuette Clement Santos 11 2 Juvenile, GI Moet Champagne S. and Giii Balboa S. 8 Memories Kessinger Sellers 116 9 Danish Clement Krone 118 VISA SPONSORS TRIPLE CROWN CHALLENGE 10 Avie's Fancy Perlsweig McCauley 118 11 Tiffany's Taylor O'Brien Smith 112 Visa U.S.A. has signed an agreement with Triple Crown Burk Kessinger-trainee Memories (Ire) (Don't Forget Productions and ABC Sports to become the Official Me), winner of the Woodbine Budweiser Breeders' Cup Sponsor of the Triple Crown Challenge through the year H. (GIC) in her last start July 23, will be trying for her 2000. As a part of the multi-year agreement, the Ken fourth straight victory in the Diana H. "She can go wire tucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont S. will continue to to-wire or she can win coming from next to last," said be telecast by ABC. With this announcement, Visa Kessinger. "It doesn't matter with her. That's what becomes the "Official Credit Card of the Triple Crown makes her such a joy to train." The four-year-old filly Challenge." Additionally, Visa will receive the rights to breezed three furlongs over the turf Wed. in :37 2/5. conduct national and regional advertising and promo tions using the Visa Triple Crown Challenge and ABC Sports logos. And, of course, Visa will be the only L.L.I WEEKEND PREVIEW . 1 credit card accepted to purchase tickets to the three STAKES RESULTS ............ 2 Triple Crown races. A spokesman for the Chrysler Cor c NEWS CONTINUED . 2 poration told the Daily Racing Form his company de Cl)- cided withdraw its sponsorship of the event because of RACING REPORTS . 2,3,4,5 a change in their target market; Chrysler has also with z TOTAL PAGES ................ 6 drawn from several major golf tournaments. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-18-95 Also ran: Thrilling Day (GB), Baize (GB), Forentia (GB), S•T•A•K•E•S Astuti (Ire), Darling Flame, Home Shopping (GB). RESULTS A comfortable success in the end for the Mr. Prospec tor filly who had been runner-up in her three previous starts, including the G3 Cherry Hinton S. and G3 Queen NUNTHORPE S.-G1, $193,073, York, England, 8-17, Mary S. Said winning jockey Walter Swinburn," She 2yo/up, 5fT, :57.47, gd/fm. loves the fast ground and did the business well. I think 1--SO FACTUAL, 132, h, 5, Known Fact--Sookera (Ch. she should stay seven furlongs or a mile comfortably 2yo Filly-Ire, G1 SW-Eng), by Roberto. 0-Godolphin; enough in the future." B-Juddmonte Farms Inc. (Ky); T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-L Dettori; $118,082. * Yz to Field Dancer (Ire) News Continued. (Northfields), SW & MGSP-lre, MSP-NA. SAFETY VESTS MANDATORY FOR ALL IN 2--Ya Malak (GB), 132, g, 4, Fairy King--La Tuerta (GB), by Hot Spark (GB). 0-G Jabre; B-Mrs. R B Kennard NEW YORK The rule did not come in time to save (GB); $43,262. exercise rider Antonio Vizcarrondo, but the New York 3--Hever Golf Rose (GB), 129, f, 4, Efisio (GB)--Sweet State Racing and Wagering Board yesterday an Rosina (GB), by Sweet Revenge (GB). 0-M P Hanson; nounced that beginning October 11, 1995, all per B-Ronald Popely (GB); $20,402. sons riding horses on the grounds of a Thoroughbred Margins: 1 1 /2, 1 1 /2, 1. Odds: 9-2, 20-1, 4-1. pari-mutuel racetrack in the state will be required to Also ran: Sharp Point (Ire), Millyant (GB), Mind Games wear safety vests. Currently, only jockeys are re (GB), Mill Stream, Mistertopogigo (Ire). quired to wear the vests. The announcement comes Hever Golf Rose and MILLYANT (Primo Dominie {GB}) just two weeks after Vizcarrondo was killed in a train set the early pace, with MIND GAMES (Puissance {GB}) ing accident at Belmont Park; the 47-year-old exercise taking up the running halfway home. But So Factual rider was thrown coming out of the starting gate and soon made his bid from the far outside, taking command died after suffering massive trauma to the chest. The in the final furlong to run out an easy winner. Ya Malak new rule will not become effective immediately as the finished strongly up the rail for second. The winner Board wanted to allow enough lead time for the vests rebounded after disappointing in the July Cup last out. to become available from the manufacturers, but they "The ground was simply too soft for him there," ex recommend that all riders begin wearing them as soon plained Godolphin's Jeremy Noseda. "He needs it hard. as possible. When we saw what conditions were like here, we thought he must have a great chance. We are all de lighted, as So Factual is one of our favourite horses." FOREIGN Jockey Frankie Dettori, riding his first winner since a • spill at Haydock August 5, said, "I felt a slight pain in • Stakes Results: my back just after the start when So Factual jinked a little. But my only feeling inside the final two furlongs GRAND PRIX DE DAX, $41,578, Dax, France, 8-15, was pleasure to be back." 4yo/up, 9f 11 OydsT, time: n/a, gd. 1--#ELECTRIC SOCIETY URE), 127, f, 3, Law Society- LOWTHER S.-G2, $110,607, York, England, 8-17, 2yo, Sofala (Ire) (GSP-Eng), by Home Guard. 0-Florent f, 6fT, 1: 11.59, gd/fm. Couturier; B-Olympic Bloodstock Ltd. & Swettenham 1--#@DANCE SEQUENCE, 123, f, 2, Mr. Prospector- Stud (Ire); T-J Forest; J-F Sauret; $25,586. *Yz to Dancing Tribute (G1SP-Eng, $117,723), by Nureyev. Bourbon Boy (GB) (lie de Bourbon), MGSW-Aus. ($375,000 yrl '94 KEEJUL). 0-Cheveley Park Stud; 2--Smadoun (Fr), 132, h, 5, Kaldoun (Fr)--Mossma (Fr), B-Mr. & Mrs. J C Mabee (Ky); T-Michael Stoute; J-W by Tip Moss (Fr). $8,529. R Swinburn; $66,428. *Full to Shake Hand, SW-Jpn. 3--Windsharp, 127, f, 4, Lear Fan--Yes She's Sharp, by 2--My Melody Parkes (GB), 123, f, 2, Teenoso- Sharpen Up (GB). ($8,500 yrl '92 KEESEP). $4,264. Summerhill Spruce (Ire), by Windjammer. 0-Joseph Margins: 1 /2, 1, Yz. Heier; $24,628. 3--Sweet Robin (Ire), 123, f, 2, Mujtahid--La Romance, A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will by Lyphard. 0-Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum; indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de $11,854.