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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. ··r Ho Ro u G H BR E DTM D•A•I•L•Y ,N•E•W•S ~---- SATURDA-ti, MARCH 7, 1998 ~~ $2 Daily N•E•W•S W•E•E•K•E•N•D TODAY RESULTS SILVER CHARM OUT OF BIG 'CAP Eclipse Today, Santa Anita champion Silver Charm (Silver Buck) will miss the • SANTA ANITA H.-GI, $1,000,000, 4yo/up, 1 1 /4m, anticipated showdown with Gentlemen (Arg) (Robin post time 4: 17 p.m. PST PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS des Bois) in today's $1 million Santa Anita H. due to a 1 Malek (Chi) Mandella Solis 8-1 bruised right front hoof. The bruise was discovered 2 Silver Charm SCR SCR SCR following the colt's gallop Friday morning. "It's the 3 Gentlemen (Arg) Mandella Day 1-9 kind of thing that might go away by this afternoon or 4 Don't Blame Rio Peterson Desormeaux 20-1 tomorrow," said trainer Bob Baffert Friday, "but since 5 Bagshot Gonzalez Nakatani 10-1 we don't know for sure, we had to put in the scratch. The Big 'Cap was scheduled to feature the much The bruise is to the inside quarter of his right front anticipated face-off between the best of the West: foot. It's something that has been brewing. The ofher Silver Charm (Silver Buck) and Gentlemen (Arg) (Robin day he had it on the left foot a little bit, but we took des Bois), but Kentucky Derby and Preakness S. winner the nails out of his shoe and it went away. If I had a Silver Charm was injured and had to be scratched (see few more days, I could do it--get him ready to run- News Today). Now the overwhelming favorite, Gentle but I can't do it this weekend, especially with a horse men (Arg), winner of last year's GI Pimlico Special H., like this." The four-year-old was the 4-5 favorite on GI Hollywood Gold Cup and GI Pacific Classic in succes the Big 'Cap morning line. "I feel bad for Santa Anita, sion, cruised home a six-length winner of the Feb. 7 Gii all the fans who were going to come out here and San Antonio H. in his return off a five-month layoff last everything else," said Baffert. "But the main thing is, time out. "He's doing great," trainer Richard Mandella I've got to take care of the horse. We've had two said. "He had a skin rash about eight or nine days ago, veterinarians come in and we're trying to pinpoint but it's no problem. He's training good." Bagshot what's wrong. Right now, we're just soaking his feet (Smokester) may have the best chance of pulling off the in hot water and Epsom salts. I think we've had all of upset after finishing third in the Strub S. in his second this rain, and the feet get to pounding in all of the. start off a nine-month break. sand ... and wet sand is very hard on a horse." As for when Silver Charm might be back in action, his traiiner Today, Gulfstream Park said, "I have no idea when he'll run. We just have to PAN AMERICAN H.-Gll, $250,000, 3yo/up, 1 1 /2mT, take care of his feet." Santa Anita track handicapper post time 5: 10 p.m. EST PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Jeff Tufts has changed the early odds, making Gentle 1 Lafitte The Pirate (GB) Attfield Samyn 12-1 men the 1-9 favorite in the race. Tufts added that he 2 Love View Bell Santos 20-1 has made only one previous morning-line favorite 1-9 3 African Dancer Mott Smith 5-1 and that horse, Althea, finished second in the 1 98,3 4 Buck's Boy Hickey Fires 8-1 Anoakia S. Trainer Richard Mandella was not overf 5 Flag Down Clement Santos 5-2 joyed at the news of Silver Charm's defection, sayring, 6 South Salem Bond Bravo 8-1 "It's devastating. Naturally it takes away some of lmy 7 Casey Tibbs (Ire) Kimmel Coa 20-1 fears, but at the same time I feel terrible for Bob 1 8 Copy Editor Wolfson Bailey 6-1 Baffert and Bob and Beverly Lewis. I know this rade 9 Awad Dank Velazquez 3-1 meant a lot to them, and it would have been real 1 O Royal Strand (Ire) Walden Sellers 12-1 exciting to see the two big horses hook up." Flag Down (Deputy Minister) put in his usual late kick to win the Feb. 14 Gii Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup H. ST AKES CLOSINGS in his previous trip to the post. The veteran campaigner Awad (Caveat), second in the Dec. 14 GI Hollywood TODAY, SATURDAY, MARCH 7: Turf Cup last time out, has not had his picture taken 3-21 $200,000 Widener H.-G/11, Hia, 3yo/up, 9f ($300) since scoring in the Aug. 9 GI Sword Dancer H. at 3-21 $150, 000 Gotham-GI/I, Aqu, 3yo, Bf Gulfstream six starts back. He will try and turn the ($150) tables on his archrival Flag Down, who has beaten him • in six of their nine career meetings. -PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-7-98 News cont. FLORIDA DERBY HOPEFULS WORK Lil's Lad DETROIT RACE COURSE TO CLOSE Rumor has (Pine Bluff), winner of the Gii Fountain Of Youth S. at become reality in Detroit. late Friday afternoon, Tony Gulfstream Park February 21, worked six furlongs in Mediate from corporate public relations for lad broke in 1 : 1 3 2/5 yesterday. The colt, now three-for-three on the Pittsburgh, confirmed that ladbroke Detroit Race Co!Jrse year, will make his next start in the GI Florida Derby would be sold to private developers from the Detroit March 14. "He finished up beautifully," said trainer Neil area and converted into an upscale industrial park. "l'm Howard of the move. "This horse is genuine. He's hon not at liberty to name the developers now, but a press est. From a trainer's stand point, you go by one rule of release will be sent out on Saturday with all the details," thumb--stay out of his way. Don't mess anything up." said Mediate. The track will conduct its final season,: Coronado's Quest (Forty Niner), runner-up in the Foun running March 28 through November 22. Once the tain Of Youth, also worked Friday. "He breezed five season is over, the facility will be torn down. Ladbrore, eighths in 1 :01 and change and galloped out six fur a London-based racing conglomerate, claims to have, longs in 1: 14 and change ( 1: 14 4/5)," said trainer Shug lost $18 million since taking over DRC in 1985. The* McGaughey. "I think we're on the right track with him." blame the losses on declining interest and competititjn from Casino Windsor, across the river in Canada. Fa~id Weekend Preview cont. Seta, president of the Michigan Horsemen's Benevol~nt Today, Santa Anita and Protective Association, said, "The Michigan HB~A is ARCADIA H.-Gll, $150,000a, 4yo/up, 1 mT, post time very shocked and disappointed by ladbroke's decisi~n 1 :49 p.m. PST to abandon Thoroughbred racing after the great prog~ PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS ress that has been made over the last three years." I, 1 Shellbacks Inda Matos 30-1 Sefa's secretary Linda Partee put it another way. "dos 2 Joe Who (Brz) Baffert Alvarado 30-1 ing down was last year's rumor. It's this year's trag-1, 3 A Magicman (Fr) McAnally Mccarron 5-2 edy." · 4 Via lombardia (Ire) Drysdale Desormeaux 5-1 5 Pinfloron (Fr) Greenman Flores 6-1 THISTLEDOWN STAKES SCHEDULE I 6 Hawksley Hill (Ire) Drysdale Day 20-1 RELEASED The 1998 Thistledown stakes schedult, 7 Northern Afleet Hofmans Ramsammy 10-1 highlighted by the 64th running of the $300,000 Gil . 8 Rainbow Blues (Ire) Whittingham Stevens 7-2 Ohio Derby and the $1 50,000 Giii Thistledown Breep 9 Kirkwall (GB) Frankel Solis 9-2 ers' Cup, was unveiled yesterday. The Ohio track wi1ll 10 Crafty Friend Dollase Nakatani 15-1 offer a total of 28 stakes with purses totaling 11 Trafalger Lukas Delahoussaye 20-1 A Magicman (Fr) (The Wonder {Fr}), winner of the $1,520,000. The nine-furlong Ohio Derby will be ru~ 1 996 G 1 Prix de la Foret in France, defeated a top-class July 19 and the Thistledown Breeders' Cup, a nine- I field in a Feb. 13 Santa Anita allowance contest when furlong test for three-year-olds and up, is scheduled '1tor making his second American start. Rainbow Blues (Ire) August 9. The Summit Meet (March 21-April 28), thje (Bluebird), who captured last year's Gii San Gabriel H. first of four meetings, will have four stakes races total over this course, was beaten a nose by A Magicman ing $130,000 in purses. The Thistledown Meet (Apdl Feb. 13 in their previous encounter. Kirkwall (GB) 29-July 22) has 11 stakes scheduled with a total of i (Selkirk), a MGSW in France, makes his U.S. debut in $780,000 in purses. The Thistledown Breeders' Cu~ this spot off a seven-month layoff.

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