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The jpiM is delivered each morning by 5 a.m. Eastern. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. THOROUGHBRED Saturday, at DAILY NEWS™ August 14, 1999 ☆ INTERNATIONAL ☆ VICTORY GALLOP RETIRED YAGLI CONTINUES MARCH ON ECLIPSE Prestonwood Farm's Victory Gallop (Cryptoclearance Yagli (Jade Hunter), runner-up in the Gl Breeders' Cup --Victorious Lil, by Vice Regent) tore a suspensory Turf and Gl Hollywood Turf Cup last year, has stamped ligament in his left front leg, possibly during his game himself as the top U.S. turf horse this season, but to score over Behrens in the Aug. 1 Gl Whitney H. at day's Gl Sword Dancer Invitational at Saratoga should Saratoga, and has been retired from racing. "(Thursday) be his toughest test to date. Trainer Bill Mott had been morning he had a little filling behind his pastern," trainer giving Yagli plenty of time between races, but his star Elliott Walden said. "He had an ultrasound and it re will be running on only two weeks rest after a 1 Vi- vealed a tear in his suspensory. He's too valuable a length win as the 1-10 choice in the July 31 Gl United horse to try to rehabilitate, and it would have been a Nations H. at Monmouth. The six-year-old has taken six-month process. We decided to retire him fairly three straight Grade I races and has been out of the quickly. After doing the homework, it was the right money only once in 19 career turf starts. Honor Glide thing to do." Walden insisted that the cough which had (Honor Grades) may be returning to his three-year-old form, where he won Arlington's Mid-America Triple. His kept Victory Gallop from shipping to California for the last run was a win in the Gil Bowling Green H. at Gl Pacific Classic was not a smoke screen to cover the Belmont July 10, which followed an allowance second injury. "People might think the cough was a mirage, but at Belmont and a trainer change to Christophe Clement. it wasn't," he said. "He did cough (after the Whitney). Finishing third (disqualified to fourth) to Honor Glide in We got the cough cleared up and he had only galloped the Bowling Green was favorite Federal Trial (Skip two days since the Whitney. (The injury) didn't really Trial). He had been first or second in his previous nine show up until he had a couple of days of galloping. starts, and chased Yagli home in the Gl Manhattan H. That's what happens with a soft tissue injury. It might June 5 at Belmont. Supreme Sound (Superlative {GB}) separate and tear during the race, but when they do made his U.S. debut in the United Nations, leading from something on the track (after the race), that's when the the start, but Yagli ran him down fairly easily and he actual hemorrhage comes." Victory Gallop, who had to settle for second. thwarted Real Quiet's Triple Crown bid with his nose triumph in the 1998 Gl Belmont S. after finishing sec Today, Saratoga, post time: 4:50 p.m. EOT ond in both the Gl Kentucky Derby and Gl Preakness, SWORD DANCER INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $400,000, retires with a record of nine wins, five seconds and a 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT third in this year's Gl Dubai World Cup from his 17 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS starts. He earned $3,505,895. The four-year-old will 1 Comic Strip Howard Gryder 15-1 stand stud at Prestonwood Farm in Versailles, Ken 2 Honor Glide Clement Santos 5-1 tucky. His stud fee has not yet been determined. "The 3 Casey Tibbs (Ire) Clement DeCarlo 30-1 fact is, he's done enough in his career to make a great 4 Fahris (Ire) McLaughlin Velazquez 20-1 stallion prospect," co-owner Art Preston said. 5 Chorwon Wiggins Day 20-1 6 Federal Trial Goldfine Sellers 5-1 CURRENCY CONVERSIONS 7 Supreme Sound (GB) Dickinson Smith 12-1 8 Yagli Mott Bailey 4-5 US$/unit GB£/unit 9 Crowd Pleaser Sheppard Samyn 30-1 British pound 1.60480 1.00 10 Val's Prince Picou Chavez 12-1 Canadian dollar 0.676860 0.421773 French franc 0.161053 0.100357 Weekend Preview cent. p2 German mark 0.540149 0.336584 Irish punt 1.34140 0.835870 Ail horses in the International TDN were bred in North U.S. dollar 1.00 0.623132 America unless otherwise indicated. Exceptional Champion sire of MORE THAN READY Ashford Stud Asling Cross,Dermot Ryan or Stuart Rtzgibbon SOUTHERN HALO Tel: 606-873-7088. Fox; 606-879-5766. At Saratoga his only colt soldfor $280,000 and his only filly made $150,000 TDN INTERNATIONAL « 8/14/99 * PAGE 2 Today, Deauville, France, post time: 2:00 p.m. ☆ PREVIEW ☆ PRIX GUILLAUME D'0RNAN0-G2, FF510,000, 3yo, 1 1/4mT Today, Del Mar, post time: 5:30 p.m. PDT SC (PP) HORSE (Sire) TRAINER PAT O'BRIEN H.-GII, $150,000, 3yo/up, 7f 1 (5) Alrassaam (GB) (Zafonic) Jarvis PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 2 (2) The Mask (Fr) (Saint Estephe {Fr}) Fabre 1 Sun Bull Huffman Garcia 30-1 3 (1) Val Royal (Fr) (Royal Academy) Fabre 2 Young At Heart Whittingham Floras 12-1 4 (3) Commander Collins (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) Chapple-Hyam 3 Bet On Sunshine McGee Desormeaux 10-1 5 (4) Port Bayou (Ghazi) Weld 4 Early Pioneer Cerin Pincay 10-1 All carry 123 pounds. 5 Christmas Boy Sadler Nakatani 2-1 Alrassaam was an excellent winner of the G3 Prix 6 Son of a Pistol Headley Soils 5-2 Daphnis at Chantilly July 27 and will seek to confirm 7 Big Jag Pinfield Valdivia 5-2 the placings of that race with Val Royal and The Mask, 8 Regal Thunder Canani Antley 12-1 who were second and third, respectively. Val Royal is 9 Lakota Brave Headley Stelner 5-2 three pounds better off on this occasion, but such was Christmas Boy (Well Decorated) was a five-length the authority of Alrassaam's 3/4-length win, it is hard winner of the six-furlong Gil Bing Crosby Breeders' Cup to imagine that the form can be turned around, al H. July 25 at this track, going wire-to-wire in a very though the extra furlong might be in Val Royal's favor. quick 1:08. Second that day was Son of a Pistol (Big The Mask will also have a difficult task to improve his Pistol), a very consistent sort at this level, who had position. Commander Collins, like Alrassaam, is trained won the Crosby in 1998 and hasn't been worse than in England. He won last year's G1 Racing Post Trophy third in four starts at this distance. Bet On Sunshine at Doncaster, but has disappointed this season. He was (Bet Big) almost won last year's Breeders' Cup Sprint, 11th in the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket May 1, finishing third by three-quarters of a length, but has with Alrassaam in arrears. He has a penchant for soft been a bit of a disappointment this year. He may be underfoot conditions and has the ability to figure if rounding into shape with a hard-fought nose victory in reproducing his best form. the July 17 Don Bernhardt S. at Ellis Park in his last. Big Jag (Kleven) was a big bust as the 7-5 choice in the Today, The Curragh, Ireland, post time: 4:15 p.m. Crosby, beaten 10 length while running fourth in what ROYAL WHIP S.-G2, lr£39,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT was his first appearance in nearly four months. Before SC(PP) HORSE (Sire) TRAINER WT that, he had absolutely sparkled, winning eight of nine 1 (6) Make No Mistake (Ire) (Darshaan{GB}) Weld 134 starts, including three straight Grade lls at Santa Anita 2 (9) Zomaradah (GB) (Deploy {GB}) Cumani 131 just before the layoff. 3 (5) Campo Catino (Ire) (Woodman) C O'Brien 129 4 (1) Golden Rule (GB) (Emarati) Crowley 129 Today, Newbury, England, post time: 3:00 p.m. 5 (3) Risk Material (Ire) (Danehill) A O'Brien 129 GEOFFREY FREER S.-G2, £65,000, 3yo/up, 13f 61ydsT 6 (7) Sunshine Street (Sunshine Forever) Meade 129 SC (PP) HORSE (Sire) TRAINER WT 7 (2) Polaire (Ire) (Polish Patriot) Prendergast 122 1 (1) Silver Patriarch (Ire) (Saddlers'Hall {Ire}) Dunlop 135 8 (8) High King (Ire) (Fairy King) A O'Brien 120 2 (4) Churlish Charm (GB) (Niniski) Hannon 132 9 (4) Strategic (GB) (Caerleon) Oxx 120 3 (3) Craigsteel (GB) (Suave Dancer) Cecil 132 This is a very competitive Group 2 contest, with no 4 (2) Blueprint (Ire) (Generous {Ire}) Stoute 129 obvious favorite, although, now back to racing over his 5 (5) Sadian (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}) Dunlop 129 best trip, last year's winner Make No Mistake may take Craigsteel bids to set the seal on Richard Quinn's that position. He posted an easy four-length defeat of appointment as next season's stable jockey for the Irish 2000 Guineas winner Saffron Walden (Fr) over this powerful Henry Cecil stable and has an excellent track and distance July 23. In that race. High King and chance to add another group race to his portfolio. On Polaire, winner of the G2 Pretty Polly S. in June, were his last start, he broke the track record when winning both well beaten.