The Thorougk1>red Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. "THOROUGHBRED™ D•A•I•L•Y N•E•W•S _.:!litJI' ____ TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1998 .,..~ $2 Daily S•T•A•K•E•S PREVIEW SARATOGA SALES CATALOGUES AVAILABLE Today, Newmarket, England Catalogues for Fasig-Tipton's 1998 Saratoga Yearling PRINCESS OF WALES' S.-G2, $91,927, 3yo/up, Sales are now available. A total of 242 selected 1 1 /2mT yearlings--142 colts and 100 fillies--will be offered PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. during the 78th edition of the Saratoga Sales, to be 1 Germano (GB) Wragg Eddery 128 held August 11-13 in Saratoga Springs, New York. 2 Single Empire (Ire) Chapple-Hyam Reid 1 33 The three sessions of the auction will begin at 8 p.m. 3 Fruits Of Love Johnston Hills 11 5 4 Garuda (Ire) Dunlop Quinn 1 28 nightly. Leading sires represented in the catalogue 5 Eaton Square Cecil Kinane 11 5 include Crafty Prospector, Deputy Minister and Wild 6 Multicoloured (Ire) Stoute Swinburn 1 28 Again, as well as first-crop sires Go for Gin, Tabasco 7 Sabadilla Gosden Dettori 1 28 Cat and Thunder Gulch. For more information, contact Sires: Germano (Generous {Ire}), Single Empire (Kris Terence Collier at (606) 255-1555. {GB}), Fruits Of Love (Hansel), Garuda (Danehill), Eaton Square (Nureyev), Multicoloured (Rainbow Quest), SHAAMIT TO SOUTH AFRICA Khalifa Dasmal's Sabadilla (Sadler's Wells). 1996 Epsom Derby winner Shaamit (Ire) (Mtoto {GB}) Germano (GB), four-for-14 lifetime, started the season will become not only the first Epsom Derby winner to with a win in the G3 Gordon Richards S. in April and shuttle to South Africa for the Southern Hemisphere was most recently second, beaten a half-length, in the breeding season, but also the first British-based stal­ G2 Hardwicke S. at this distance June 19. Undefeated lion to stand ih that country later this month. Based at Eaton Square was unraced at two, breaking his maiden The National Stud in Newmarket, England during the on his debut at Newbury in May going a mile and win­ Northern Hemisphere season, Shaamit, whose first ning a 1 1 /4-mile allowance race at Goodwood June 3. crop of foals arrived this year, will be based in a spe­ He makes his first stakes start. Last year's G1 Italian cially created 'free zone' at Kenilworth racecourse in Derby hero Single Empire (Ire) makes his first appear­ Cape Town so that he can return directly to Europe ance since finishing 11th in the '97 Epsom Derby 13 after the season without having to endure months of months ago. quarantine in another country. Today, Newmarket, England VICTORY GALLOP BREEZES AT CHURCHILL CHARLES HEIDSIECK CHAMPAGNE CHERRY HINTON GI Belmont S. winner Victory Gallop (Cryptoclearance) S.-G2, $~6,856, 2yo, f, 6fT JOCKEY PP HORSE TRAINER WT. worked five furlongs in 1 :03 1 /5 at Churchill yester­ 1 Pesdra (Ire) Head Doleuze 1 21 day morning. It was his second breeze since his nose I 2 Hast'{ Words (Ire) B W Hills M Hills 1 21 victory in the final leg of the Triple Crown June 6. 3 Spirit I Willing (Ire) Loder Fallon 1 21 "He went good," said trainer Elliott Walden. "We're 4 Black Rocket (Ire) Mahdi No Rider 1 21 1 going to come back and work him three-quarters next 5 Aunt iFlo (Ire) Bell Eddery 1 21 week in company and we'll go from there." The three­ 6 Blue Melody Loder Dettori 1 21 year-old will make his next start August 9, either in 7 Wanrlabe Grand (GB) Noseda Swinburn 1 21 the GI Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park or the 8 Rose iOf Mooncoin (Ire) Banks Rimmer 121 Gii Jim Dandy S. at Saratoga. 9 Kalidasa Chapple-Hyam Reid 1 21 1 O Pipalong (Ire) Easterby Charnock 121 STAKES CLOSINGS Sires: Pescara (Common Grounds {GB}), Hasty Words (Polish Patriot), Spirit Willing (Fairy King), Black Rocket TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8: (Perugino), Aunt Flo (Royal Academy), Blue Melody 7-19 $350,000 Sunset H.-GI/, Hof, (Dayjur), Wannabe Grand (Danehill), Rose Of Mooncoin 3yo/up, 12fT ($300) (Brief Trube), Kalidasa (Nureyev), Pipalong (Pips Pride 7-26 $200,000 Hong Kong Jockey C/ub­ {GB}). I GIC, Wo, 3yo/up, 11fT ($200) • Stakes Prtview cont. p2 ' PAGE"2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-7-98 Cherry Hinton S. cont. 4th-ELP, $22,370, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 1: 12 1 /5, ft. Blue Melody, a winner in her first start June 1, is a +REAL CRAFTY BELLE (f, 3, Crafty Prospector--Green's half-sister to 1 995 English champion two-year-old filly Belle {GB} {SW-Eng}, by Night Shift), bet down to 9-2 Blue Duster (Danzig), as well as G 1 SW Zieten (Danzig). in her first start after recording a series of solid works, She makes her second start. Pipalong (Ire) won her first showed good speed to lead this field from gate to wire two outings before running second in the G3 Queen for a three-quarter length score. Lifetime Record: Mary S. to the highly regarded Bint Allayl in her latest 1-1-0-0, $14,585. June 1 7. Spirit Willing (Ire), a seven-length winner in her 0/8-Randal A Hendricks (Ky). T-W N Million. last effort June 20, is a half-sister to 1987 Irish cham­ pion three-year-old filly Unite (Ire) (Kris {GB}), winner of Local News: Churchill Downs both the English and Irish Oaks. Giii Fair Grounds Oaks winner Lu Ravi (A.P. Indy), who came back after a 3 1 /2-month layoff to take a Churchill allowance June 27, worked five-eighths in RESULTS 1 :01 yesterday. Also on the work tab, undefeated Sister • • Act (Saint Ball ado), four-for-four with a graded-stakes Sunday, San Isidro, Argentina win to her credit, clocked the exact same time for that GRAN PREMIO GRAN CRITERIUM-G1, $63,900, distance, and GISW City Band (Carson City) went a half Hipodromo De San Isidro, Argentina, 7-5, 2yo, c, 8fT, in :51. 1 :35.66, yld. 1--SENOR JUEZ (ARG), 123, c, 2, Cipayo (Arg)-­ Cosquillosa (Arg), by Oak Dancer (GB). 0-Stud EAST Raffaella; 8-Pablo Calistri; T-E Clerc; J-J Noriega; • • $45,000. local News: Monmouth Park 2--Team (Arg), 123, c, 2, Southern Halo--Teocratica With 40,579 coming through the turnstiles, (Arg), by Farnesio (Arg). 0-Las Telas; 8-Haras La Monmouth Park led all U.S. racetracks in on-track atten­ Ouebrada; $10,800. dance over the three-day Fourth of July weekend. On­ 3--lberal (Arg), 1 23, c, 2, Ibero (Arg)--Lady Manners track handle for the weekend was $6,408, 752, while (Arg), by Good Manners. 0/8-Haras San Pablo; the total handle was $15,578,926. $5,400. Margins: 3/4, 6. Winner's Odds: 32.60. Undefeated coming into this race, Team (Arg) set a I+ So. CALIFORNIA + fast pace like always and when everybody thought that he was going to do it again, Senor Juez (Arg) came Local News: California from far back to beat him 30 meters from the finish line. Cavonnier (Batonnier), who was beaten a nose in the Team lost for the first time in seven starts. The winner 1 996 Kentucky Derby and has not raced since he 1 is by top sire Cipayo (Arg), 24, who has produced 22 bowed a !endon in the '96 Belmont S., is scheduled to Grade 1 winners including Toda Una Dama (Arg) and return to rainer Bob Baffert's barn next week. He had Pranke (Arg), Grade I winners in the U.S. been exp. cted back at the track today, but his return has been :delayed a week. Now five, the gelding has been undergoing an experimental enzyme treatment at MIDWEST owners Rbbert and Barbara Walter's Vine Hill Ranch in • • Sebastaphl, California in an attempt to rehabilitate his Yesterday's Results: injured terdon. Winner of the GI Santa Anita Derby at 8th-HAW, $32,400, Alw, 3yo/up, 6 1 /2f, 1: 16 2/5, ft. three, Cayonnier has a record of six wins, three seconds TAKE NOTE OF ME (c, 4, Notebook--Von Der Sonne, by and two thirds in 1 6 starts for earnings of $1, 1 39 ,397. Dust Commander) was a perfect three-for-three last I year, taking the Kentuckiana S. by a nose in his final A # will gistinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will start of the season August 1 6. Making his first start indicate flrst-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de­ since, the chestnut sprinted to the lead and led every note win~ers who are first-time starters, an (S) will be step en route to a 2 1 /4-length victory as the 2-1 sec­ used for state-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden­ ond choice. Lifetime Record: SW, 4-4-0-0, $71,400. claiming riaces and an (R) will be used for other re­ 0-S Holland & B Shipp. B-B Shipp (FL). T-G A Cilio. stricted r~ces. His 40th stakes winner is 2-y-oi filly, ROUND ROBIN, winner of Astoria Stakes CAINE SWAY Graham J. Beck, President Inquiries: Michael Hernon 606-293-2676 El7 MT. LIVERMORE Fax 606-299-9371 America's youngest sire of ~ive millionaires. $50,000 LF. Booked Full. PAGE 3 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-7-98 Sihafi, g, 5, Elmaamul--Kit's Double (GSW, $297,693), FOREIGN by Spring Double.