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W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW HASKELL HOPEFULS WORK Getting ready for Saturday, Saratoga: Sunday's $1 million GI Buick Haskell Invitational at WHITNEY H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, 9f Monmouth Park, top prospects Victory Gallop Tale of the Cat (Storm Cat) worked five furlongs (Cryptoclearance) and Coronado's Quest (Forty Niner) Tuesday morning in 1 :00 2/5 at Saratoga with jockey worked yesterday morning at Saratoga. Breezing over Julie Krone aboard. Also Tuesday at the Spa, Mr. Sina the Oklahoma training track, Coronado's Quest worked tra (Mining) breezed five furlongs in 1 :01 1 /5. five furlongs in 1 :02. "That's just about as good as The Whitney H. will be featured on the NTRA Racing you're going to do over that track and with an exercise to the Breeders' Cup series on ESPN Saturday from 5-6 rider," said trainer Shug McGaughey. "I was very p.m. ET. pleased. I hope that will be good enough to make him sharp and ready for Sunday." The colt was on a van Sunday, Saratoga: bound for Monmouth late yesterday morning, arriving at JIM DANDY-Gil, $250,000, 3yo, 9f the track just after 3 p.m. "He's no problem shipping at Reigning Horse of the Year Favorite Trick (Phone all," said McGaughey's assistant, Buzzy Tenney, who Trick) worked five furlongs yesterday in 1 :01 1 /5 over accompanied the three-year-old from upstate New York. Saratoga's Mellon turf course. With the dogs up, the "He only gets ornery for 1 5 minutes about every three three-year-old colt went his first three-eighths in :38 4/5 weeks--just when you put the tack on him for a race. He and finished with a quarter-mile in :22 2/5. "He went has a lot of class, a lot of quality. We hope all his boy well and finished up good this morning," trainer Bill Mott ish, childish antics are behind him." Belmont S. winner said after the move. Victory Gallop breezed on the Saratoga main track yes terday, going a half in :50. "He went the last eighth in News Cont. : 11 and galloped out in 1 :02," said trainer Elliott NTRA, BREEDERS' CUP IN JOINT VENTURE Walden. "His last two works were really strong and fast National Thoroughbred Racing Association Commis for him. I didn't want a real sharp blowout for this race. sioner Tim Smith and Breeders' Cup Ltd. President D.G. He was within himself. I was really happy with it." Van Clief Jr. announced yesterday that the boards of Victory Gallop will ship to Monmouth this morning. directors of both organizations have approved the explo Monmouth Vice President Bob Kulina said yesterday ration of joint venture to pursue business activities that a field of five is expected for the Haskell, listing designed to promote and market Thoroughbred racing. Ian's Thunder (Gulch), Grand Slam (Gone West) and The two rganizations have agreed to expand their Arctic Sweep (Eskimo) as definite. Gii Swaps S. winner cooperati e merchandising and licensing initiative to Old Trieste (A.P. Indy), however, has declined his invita include a program spotlighting the '98 Breeders' Cup at tion. "(His connections) didn't feel he was up to a race Churchill. Upcoming phases of the NTRA/Breeders' Cup like this quite yet," said Kulina. The colt worked five merchan ise program are expected to include a com furlongs in 1 :02 4/5, handily, at Del Mar yesterday bined catalog for distribution via Thoroughbred trade morning. publications. COMPTON PLACE RETIRED Compton Place !GB) ST AKES CLOSINGS (Indian Ridge {Ire}), successful in last year's G1 July TOMORi OW. FRIDAY AUGUST 7: Cup at Newmarket, has been retired to stud. The four 11-27 $ ~oo,ooo Hollywood Turf Express-Gill, year-old, owned throughout his racing career by the Hi 1/, 3yo/up, 5.5fT ($200) Duke Of Devonshire, will take up stallion duties at 11-27 $ 1)00,000 Miesque-Glll, Hof, 2yo, f, Whitsbury Manor Stud. His trainer James Toller said, "I 81 T ($200) am lucky to have trained such a good horse. There's no 11-28 $. S00,000 Citation H.-Gll, Hof, 3yo/up, 9fT• ($200) doubt he was, whatever anyone says. His July Cup 11-28 $. V50,000 Generous-GI/I, Hof, 2yo, 8fT ($200) form was the best last year by a sprinter." Compton 11-29 $ tl00,000 Matriarch-GI, Hof, 3yo/up, f/m,, 10fT Place, who cost $143,520 as a yearling, won three of ($ 1,000) 12 lifetime starts, was second four times and earned 11-29 $ 1500,000 Early Times Hollywood Derby-GI, Hof, $232,929. His stud fee has not yet been decided. 31 o, 9fT ($500) PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-5-98 8th-SAR, $42,000, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT, 1 :54 NEW YORK 3/5, fm. • • 1--ZEPHYR, 117, m, 5, His Majesty--l'S Right (MSP), by Yesterday's Results: Deputy Minister. 0-Lovinger Jeffrey S; B-Sheehan Farms, Ltd (CAN); T-Richard A Violette Jr. Lifetime HONORABLE MISS S.-Glll, $81,275, SAR, 8-5, 3yo/up, Record: GSP, 19-4-2-4, $139,490. f/m, 6f, 1 :11 1/5, ft. 2--Riscay, 117, f, 4, Rahy--Sea Basque, by Seattle 1--#@FURLOUGH, 113, f, 4, Easy Goer--Blitey (MGSW, Slew. $297, 746} by Riva Ridge. 0-Phipps Ogden; B-Phipps 3--lf Angels Sang, 117, f, 4, Seattle Slew--Chapel of Stable (KY); T-Claude McGaughey Ill; J-M E Smith; Dreams, by Northern Dancer. $48, 765. Lifetime Record: 18-6-5-2, $224,438. * 1 /2 Margins: 1 3/4, 3/4, NO. Odds: 7 .00, 13.30, 5.10. to Dancing All Night (Nijinsky II), GSW, $185,420; A habitual closer, Zephyr hadn't won a race since Dancing Spree (Nijinsky II), MGISW, $1,470,484; taking an April 1 9 Hialeah turf allowance four back, and Fantastic Find (Mr. Prospector), GISW, $335,41 0. came into this off an off-the-pace second at Belmont 2--Angel's Tearlet, 114, m, 5, Silver Deputy--Willowy July 3. Zipping straight to the front here, however, she Miss, by Dust Commander. 0-0'Brien F & P; B-Dr P found she enjoyed making all the pace and wired the O'Brien & F O'Brien (CAN); $16,255. field for a comfortable win. The 4-5 favorite, 3--Dixie Flag, 119, f, 4, Dixieland Band--Thirty Flags, by STONELEIGH (Affirmed), winner of last year's Boiling Hoist the Flag. 0-Bohemia Stable; B-Dupont Richard C Springs H. at the Meadowlands but still looking for her first '98 win, tired to be fourth. Mrs (MD); $8,940. Margins: 2, 5HF, 2. Odds: 6.20, 27.75, 0.90. 6th-SAR, $37,000, Alw, 2yo, 6f, 1 :11 1/5, ft. Also Ran: Sky Blue Pink, Hurricane Bertie, Tate. PUNCHER {c, 2, Two Punch--Oystercatcher {SP}, by Scratched: Stop Traffic. Proud Birdie) broke his maiden by 7 1 /4 lengths in his Furlough, a winner of an allowance two back and second start June 20 at Belmont, but followed that up second in the June 27 Giii Vagrancy H. at Belmont in with a sixth-place finish last time out after contesting her last start, rated the third choice in this speed-laden the pace in the July 4 Tremont S. Getting Lasix for the race. Although she was over 14 lengths off the lead first time,i the 6-5 favorite rode the rail and wired the after the first quarter, Mike Smith said, "I wasn't really field for al tour-length victory. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, concerned that I was that far back because she's got a $50,200.1 tremendous turn of foot." With HURRICANE BERTIE 0-Sullimar Stable. B-Mrs Robert Sullivan (MD). T-Philip (Storm Boot) and SKY BLUE PINK (Strawberry Road G Johnsoh. {Aus}) dueling for the lead, Furlough sat well off the pace, was already rolling at the quarter-pole, swung to 2nd-SAR, $36,000, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1 /8m, 1 :54 the outside and won going away. Explained trainer Shug 2/5, ft. McGaughey, "With a pace like that, they can back up in CAJUN SEASON (f, 3, Gilded Time--Blackened {GSP, your face and Furlough kicked in hard today. I'm proud $106,075}, by Mamaison} registered the best finish of of her because this is her first stakes win." She will her caree when second July 1 8 at Belmont, but re probably go next in the GI Ballerina at Saratoga August turned to finish sixth in her turf debut July 25. The 11-1 23. Odds-on favorite Dixie Flag broke slowly and was outsider iWmped out to the early lead and never looked crowded in the stretch. back in a seven-length romp. Lifetime Record: 9-1-1-1, $36,480 0-Roc Ocala Stable. B-Kathy Brown (TX). T-Richard ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. O'Connel. This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Local Ne1~s, Saratoga: written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. Olympic gold-medal winning skater Tara Lipinski will Information as to the races, race results and earnings visit Saraltoga Racecourse today. In town to accept an was obtained from results charts published in Daily award from a local Catholic organization, she will pres Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission ent the trophy to the winner of the day's second race.