W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS EDDIE MAPLE ACCEPTS VENEZIA A WARD - METROPOLITAN H.-GI, $500,000, BEL, 5-25, 3yo/up, THEN CALLS IT A CAREER Jockey Eddie Maple 1 m, 1 :33 2/5, my. announced his retirement Monday morning at Belmont 1--WILD RUSH, 119, c, 4, Wild Again--Rose Park Park, where he was accepting the 1 998 Mike Venezia (MSW, $217,839), by Plugged Nickle. ($430,000 yrl Award. The 49-year-old rider, who has notched 4,397 '95 KEESEP). 0-Stronach Stables Inc; 8-Pitfield Ward career victories and earnings of $105,318,593, was C (KY); T-Richard Mandella; J-J D Bailey; $300,000. voted the 10th recipient of the Venezia Award, which Lifetime Record: 12-7-0-2, $1,058,842. honors riders "who exemplify extraordinary sportsman­ 2--Banker's Gold, 115, c, 4, Forty Niner--Banker's lady, ship and citizenship." About his retirement, Maple said, by Nijinsky II. ($325,000 yrl '95 KEESEP). 0-Hofmann "I hinted around to my family for a while, but I guess Georgia E; B-Cox EA Jr (KY); $100,000. they thought I was kidding. But to tell you the truth, I 3--Accelerator, 113, c, 4, A.P. indy--Get lucky, by Mr. really didn't make up my mind until this morning when I Prospector. 0/B-Phipps Ogden Mills (KY); $55,000. was heading out to the tent for the ceremony. I sur­ Margins: 2, 2HF, 2 1 /4. Odds: 4. 70, 10.50, 18. 70. prised everybody, even myself. I haven't had a chance Also Ran: Frisk Me Now, Distorted Humor, Wagon Limit, to tell my father or my brother yet." Maple was the Stormin Fever, Elusive Quality, Western Borders. eighth jockey in history to earn $85 million in purses, After an inconsistent three-year old season that and was the 22nd to ride 4,000 winners, a milestone he showed flashes of brillance (victories in the Illinois and reached in March, 1 992. He counts among his major Remington Park Derbies) and monumental drubbings accomplishments two Belmont Stakes wins, with (such as a 26-length defeat in the Belmont S.), Wild Temperence Hill (1980) and Creme Fraiche (1985). A Rush's connections were trying to place the colt where native of Carollton, Ohio, Maple began his riding career he could reach his full potential. "In hindsight, a mile at Charles Town in 1965 and rode his first winner, and a half (in the Belmont S.) was probably too much Swami, April 13, 1966 when he was 17 years old. for him," recounted assistant trainer Gary Mandella. After stints in Ohio, Maryland, New Jersey and Florida, "He's a horse that has a lot of natural speed and we Maple joined the New York jockey colony in 1971. He now have him where he can utilize that very well." With was aboard for three upsets of Forego: with Arbees Boy a two-length win in the Met, his second consecutive in the 1974 Met Mile; with Foolish Pleasure in the 1976 one-turn, Grade I victory, the talented four-year old Suburban and with Quiet Little Table in the 1 977 Subur­ seems to have found his spot. Breaking from the rail, ban. Maple rode 1982 Horse of the Year Conquistador Wild Rush took well to the muddy going, settling just off Cielo to three of his four stakes wins, but had to watch of ELUSIVE QUALITY's (Gone West) quick pace. He his mount win the Belmont S. from his hospital bed after seized command three-eighths out and drew off while he broke his rib in a spill the day before the race. drifting out in the stretch. Wild Rush began his 1998 campaign April 4, finishing fourth in the lightning fast Gil Potrero Grande Breeder's Cup H at Santa Anita. He SILVER CHARM SIZZLES Silver Charm (Silver then shipped to Belmont to score by a neck in the Buck) took to the fast Churchill Downs track yesterday seven-furlong GI Carter H. May 2. Mandella's long-term for his final "super serious" work before the $750,000- plans now include the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. Post­ added Gii Stephen Foster H. June 13. Exercise rider time favorite DISTORTED HUMOR (Forty Niner) did not Dana Barnes was aboard as the 1997 Kentucky Derby like the wet track and faded after a mild middle move. and Preakness winner chased Rushaway S. winner and stablemate Shot of Gold (Jolie's Halo) through much of the drill before passing his workmate and completing the STAKES CLOSINGS seven furlong distance in 1 : 23 flat. The work was five TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27: seconds faster than the second-best move at the dis­ 6-6 $150,000 Fort Worth H., LS, 3yo/up, tance. "He was awesome," said trainer Bob Baffert. f/m, 9fT ( $0) "He's coming around. It was a nice, cool morning and 6- 7 $ 1 7 517 5, 000 Gamely Breeders' Cup H. - (Track Superintendent) Butch Lehr had the track per- GI, Hof, 3yo/up, f/m, 9fT ($200) 11 6-14 $1501100,000 King Edward Breeders' Cup• H.-Glll, fect. Wo, 3yo/up, 9fT ($250) News Continued, p. 2. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-26-98 Weekend Results Continued. TRIPLEPRINT TEMPLE S.-G2, $100,292, Sandown, HOLLYWOOD TURF H.-Gl, $400,000, HOL, 5-25, England, 5-25, 3yo/up, 5f 6ydsT, 1 :01 .94, gd. 3yo/up, 1 1 /4mT, 2:03, fm. 1--BOLSHOI (IRE), 129, g, 6, Royal Academy--Mainly 1--@STORM TROOPER, 117, h, 5, Diesis (GB}-­ Dry (GB). by The Brianstan (GB). 0-Mrs David Stormette (SP-Ire), by Assert (Ire). 0-Cheveley Park Brown; B-David John Brown; T-Jack Berry; J-C Stud & Salman; B-Robert N Clay & Airlie Stud (KY); Lowther; $61,344. T-Neil Drysdale; J-K J Desormeaux; $240,000. Life­ 2--lochangel (GB), 1 26, f, 4, Night Shift--Peckitts Wells time Record: SW-Eng, 21-7-6-2, $559,533. *Full to (GB), by Lochnager (GB). 0-Mr Jeff Smith; $23,000. Marillette, MG SW-Eng, $109,926. 3--Elnadim, 133, c, 4, Danzig--Elle Seule, by Exclusive 2--River Bay, 121, h, 5, Irish River (Frl--Buckeye Gal, by Native. 0-Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum; $11,083. Good Counsel. ($80,000 yrl '94 KEESEP). 0-Ecurie Margins: 3/4, 1 1 /2, 3. Chalhoub; B-Rosemont Farm, Inc (KY); $80,000. Also Ran: My Best Valentine (G8),, Lord Kintyre (G8), 3--Prize Giving (GB), 116, g, 5, Most Welcome (GB)-­ Compton Place (GB), Tipsy Creek, Proud Native (Ire). Glowing With Pride (GB), by lie de Bourbon. Scratched: Easycall (GB). 0-0ppenheimer Mrs Anthony; B-Hascombe & Valiant A great triumph for young rider Carl Lowther; just out Studs (GB); $48,000. of his apprenticeship and riding in a Group race for the Margins: 3HF, NK, 2HF. Odds: 4.00, 1.00, 26.80. first time, he lands the 1 OOth winner of his career. He Also Ran: Six Zero (Fr), Amerique, Champagne Prince was the first to admit that, at halfway, he thought (GB), Irish Wings (Ire). Bolshoi (Ire) had too much ground to make up as the Runner-up in the Gii San Luis Rey S. at Santa Anita 4-5 favorite Elnadim and Lochangel (GB) had set a fast March 22 and the Giii Hialeah Turf Cup H. April 18, pace. At the eighth pole Lochangel took command, but Storm Trooper opened the year with victories in a Santa then Lowther conjured a strong finish from Bolshoi, who Anita allowance and the restricted San Marino H. and flew home on the outside to land a comfortable victory added his third score of the season here. Graduating to at the wire, his eighth win from 40 lifetime starts. "He the Grade I ranks, the bay enjoyed a ground-saving trip was taken off his feet early on," said Lowther, who has behind a pedestrian pace, came between horses on the spent all his career apprenticed to winning trainer Jack final bend and swept to the lead in the stretch to win Berry. "I was worried that we had too much ground to going away. "I was really high on this horse after I rode make up on the leaders, but this old horse loves a him the first couple of times," said jockey Kent strong pace and a stiff uphill finish and he ran on really Desormeaux, who had not been aboard Storm Trooper well." Bolshoi is expected to head for the G2 King's since his first start of the season, but turned down the Stand S. over five furlongs at Ascot, another track with mount aboard Met Mile winner Wild Rush to ride him a stiff uphill finish and where he has won previously. again. "This horse, his future is unlimited." The even­ money favorite River Bay was last early despite the very News Continued. slow fractions and made up a lot of ground in the PARADE GROUND JOINS BELMONT STAKES stretch, but could not challenge the winner. "We got FIELD Parade Ground (Kingmambo) showed trainer killed by the slow pace, that was the whole story of the Neil Howard enough with his third-place finish in race," said his rider, Alex Solis. "Unfortunately, that's Sunday's Gii Peter Pan S. to merit a shot in the June 6 his style and there wasn't anything we could have done Belmont S. The three-year-old was beaten only three differently. He ran a very courageous race to finish lengths by winner Grand Slam in the Peter Pan after second." The fractions of : 26 2/5, : 51 2/5 and 1 : 1 6 encountering a traffic jam in the stretch.