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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~~I~~UN~~~RE DM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1 6, S•T•A•K•E•S RESULT MONMOUTH INCREASES PURSES AGAIN JUDDMONTE INTERNATIONAL S.-G1, $436,066, York, Purses at Monmouth Park's 1995 race meet have been England, 8-15, 3yo/up, 1 Of 85ydsT, 2:06.42, gd/fm. raised for the fourth time with the announcement of an 1--HALLING, 132, c, 4, Diesis (GB)--Dance Machine additional $10,000 in purse monies offered daily until (GB) (SW-Eng), by Green Dancer. 0-Godolphin; the end of the meet September 3. The increase is effec B-Cyril Humphries; T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-W. tive beginning with Friday's card. Overnight purses will Swinburn; $265, 115. average $215,000 a day, a new all-time high for New 2--Bahri, 123, c, 3, Riverman--Wasnah, by Nijinsky II. Jersey and Monmouth Park. Overnight purses have 0-Hamdan al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm Inc; $97,508. risen 34 percent since the meet started May 31. They 3--Annus Mirabilis (Fr), 1 23, c, 3, Warning (GB)--Anna began at an average of $160,000 a day. "The increases Petrovna (Fr), by Wassl (GB). 0-Sheikh Mohammed; will range from $500 to $2,000," said Michael P. B-Darley Stud Management Co.; $46,295. Dempsey, Monmouth's director of racing. "Four purse Margins: 3 1 /2, 1 3/4, % . Odds: 9/4, 11 /4, 10/3. increases at a Monmouth Park meet is unprecedented, Also Ran: Needle Gun (Ire), Eltish, Ela-Aristokrati (Ire). but the business and the horsemen's support certainly ElTISH (Cox's Ridge) set the pace in the initial stages justifies it. This has to bode well, not only for the re of the race, with NEEDLE GUN (IRE) (Sure Blade) and mainder of this meet but for the strong momentum we Halling behind him. Annus Mirabilis was fourth, with should carry into the Meadowlands." ELA-ARISTOKRATI (IRE) (Danehill) fifth and G1 St. James Palace S. winner Bahri sixth. The order re MACOUMBA RETIRED Macoumba (Mr. Prospec mained the same until the 1'2-mile pole, when Needle tor), winner of last October's G 1 Prix Marcel Boussac at Gun started to go on from Eltish. With three furlongs to Longchamp, has been retired due to a foot injury. The go, Bahri came with a challenge but by this time Halling three-year-old bay filly suffered a chipped knee follow was poised to take the lead. With 2 %-furlongs left it ing her Longchamp score. But after undergoing success was a one-horse race, and Halling went on to win in ful surgery, she came back this spring to win the April impressive style. Halling is the third horse to win the G 1 1 5 Prix Imprudence at Evry. Since then, however, she Coral Eclipse S. and the G1 Juddmonte lnt'I in the same has failed to find the winners' circle, finishing sixth in year, following in the footsteps of Ezzoud (Ire) (Last the British 1 000 Guineas and last in both the Corona Tycoon {Ire}) last year. Winning jockey Walter tion S. at Royal Ascot and the July 30 Prix d' Astarte at Swinburn said, "There were no particular race plans Deauville. Trainer Criquette Head said, "Unfortunately, today. The pace was just right; it was a brilliant result. Macoumba broke a bone in her foot on her last run and Halling is just the most willing partner you could wish to will not be able to race again. It's a real shame; she find." This was Halling' s eighth win in a row; he will was top-class on her day." Out of the Green Dancer head next for the Dubai Champion S. at Newmarket in mare Maximova (Fr), Kentucky-bred Macoumba is a October. Sheikh Mohammed, who is behind the half-sister to Graded/Group winners Septieme Ciel (Se Godolphin operation, said wintering the horse in Dubai attle Slew) and Maxigroom (Blushing Groom {Fr}). had undoubtedly helped him, and that he may travel to compete in the Breeders' Cup Classic and then possibly JOCKEY CLUB PROJECTS FOAL CROP return to Dubai to race. "He was very weak when in training (in Europe) last year, but improved a lot in INCREASE FOR 1996 The Jockey Club is projecting Dubai," said Sheikh Mohammed. "He will almost cer a 1996 registered foal crop of 35, 700, a slight increase tainly go to the Champion S. next before we think about over the 1995 estimate of 35,200 and the second preparing him for the Breeders' Cup." straight increase in annual foal crop numbers following eight consecutive years of decline. The projection, traditionally announced at the time of The Jockey Club ST AKES RESULT ............ Round Table Conference, is computed from Reports of STAKES PREVIEW 2 Mares bred received for the 1995 breeding season. The North American registered foal crop reached an all-time RACING REPORTS . 2,3 high of 51, 293 in 1 986 and decreased each year until TOTAL PAGES ................ 4 1994, for an eight-year decline of 33 percent. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-16-95 Saturday, Saratoga: PREVIEW TRAVERS S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo, 1 1/4m • • Gii Jim Dandy winner Composer (Easy Goer) completed Today, York, England: his final preparations for the Travers Tuesday at Saratoga. "We worked him on the main track," said ASTON UPTHORPE YORKSHIRE OAKS-G1, trainer Bill Mott yesterday. "I caught him going five £ 100,000a, 3yo/up, f/m, 11f 195ydsT eighths in 1 :01 and change, but the clockers caught PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT him going three-quarters in 1: 14 and change. He did it 1 Royal Ballerina Kauntze O'Connor 130 very well and looked good. He was relaxed enough and 2 Pure Grain Stoute Reid 1 20 did everything we wanted him to. Now he'll just gallop 3 La Confederation Loder Kinane 130 into the race." Trainer Alfredo Callejas reported Tuesday 4 Wind In Her Hair J. Hills R. Hills 130 he is pleased with the way Jim Dandy runner-up Mal 5 Phantom Gold Huntingdon Pat Eddery 120 thus (Temperence Hill) is training for the Travers. "We 6 Magical Retreat Cyzer Biggs 130 worked him five furlongs on the main track (Tuesday)," said Callejas. "He finished in 1 and galloped out 7 Dance a Dream Stoute Swinburn 1 20 :00 2/5, in 1: 13 3/5. He did it so easy. He came back feeling 8 Noble Rose Cumani Weaver 130 very good and I am now more happy with his training Trainer Luca Cumani, successful in the last two after this work than I was when he finished second in runnings of the G1 Yorkshire Oaks with Only Royale the Jim Dandy. He definitely improved off that race." (Ire) (Caerleon), banks this year on Noble Rose (Ire) (Caerleon). The Newmarket-based trainer had in tended to run listed stakes winner Larrocha (Ire) NEW YORK (Sadler's Wells), also owned by Sheikh Mohammed, here. But she has been switched to Thursday's • • Today, Saratoga: Galtres S., a move which enables her to avoid an YADDO H., $75,000a, NY-Breds, 3yo/up, f/m, 9fT other clash with Irish Oaks heroine Pure Grain (GB) Seven-year-old Irish Linnet (Seattle Song), a millionair (Polish Precedent). The Sheikh is also represented by ess who took the Gii New York H. over the Belmont turf La Confederation (GB) (Nureyev), winner of last July 9, will be trying for her fourth straight Yaddo vic year's G2 Sun Chariot S. at Newmarket, from David tory. The Leo O'Brien-trainee, who won this event in Loder's stable. 1991, '92, '93 and '94, will carry highweight of 124 pounds in today's running, spotting her six rivals from SCOTTISH EQUITABLE GIMCRACK S.-G2, 11 to 18 pounds. £75,000a, 2yo, 6fT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT FRESHMAN SIRE REPORT: 1 Royal Applause B. Hills Swinburn 1 26 CORPORATE REPORT, 1988, Private Account--Ten 2 Tumbleweed Ridge Meehan Doyle 123 Cents a Kiss (Key to the Mint) 3 Gothenberg Johnston Holland 123 Stands at Overbrook Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. 4 Take A Left Ramsden Fallon 123 1995 Stud Fee: $6,000 Live Foal. 5 Tamhid H.T. Jones R. Hills 123 Race Record: GI, 10-3-5-0, $1,067,908. Royal Applause (GB) (Waajib {Ire}), winner of Royal 2YO'S RNRS WNRS (SW) EARNINGS Ascot's G3 Coventry S.June 20, puts his unbeaten 37 5 1 (0) $14,609 record on the line in the Gimcrack S. Trained by Barry Hills, the bay colt will face only four rivals, but the ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. opposition may prove a lot stronger in quality than This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or quantity. GSP Take A Left (GB) (Formidable), repre by any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior senting the same stable as last season's winner written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. Chilly Billy (GB) (Master Willie {GB}), and Tamhid Information as to the races, race results and earnings (Gulch), an Ascot maiden scorer in his debut last was obtained from results charts published in Daily month, are both highly-rated by connections. Racing Form and utilized herewith with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. Stallions at Stud: Australia's International Stud • Brocco (USA) • Catrail (USA) • Chief's Crown (USA) ----- ------------~ • Danehill (USA) • Royal Academy (USA) • Shalford (IRE) ARROWFIELD • Kenmare (FR) • Bellotto (USA) • Geiger Counter (USA) Contact: John Messara • Danzero (AUS) • Snippets (AUS)• Agincourt (USA) Phone: (61-2) 223 8277 Fax: (61-2) 223 5795 • Coronation Day (A US) GPO Box 3500 Sydney NSW 2001, Australia PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-16-95 VAGUELY GAY (Bering {GB}) showed the way early, FOREIGN with ROYAL SOLO (IRE) (Sadler's Wells) second, • • Montjoy third and Warning Shadows fourth.