The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please call90B-747-B060. T~9I~~UN~~~RE DM TUESDAY, APRIL 23,1996 $2 Daily SeTeAeKeEeS RESULTS OBS APRIL SALE SHOWS GAINS The Ocala Monday, Santa Anita Park Breeders' Sales Company completed the first session of SAN SIMEON H.-Gill, $104,200, SAX, 4-22, 4yo/up, the four-day OBS April Spring Two-Year-Old In Training a6 112fT, 1: 13 4/5, fm. Sale Monday, with a total of 172 horses sold for 1--SKI DANCER, 114, f, 4, Baldski--Dance Song, by Run $2,589,700. The gross showed an increase of Dusty Run. ($85,000 2yo 1994 FTFFEB). $738,100 over the opening session a year ago; the O-Kallenberg Thoroughbreds Inc; B-Farnsworth Farms average rose more than 12 percent, at $15,056 in '96 (FL); T-Gary Jones; J-G L Stevens; $64,200. Lifetime as compared to $13,417 for the '95 opener. There were Record: 16-6-2-3, $425,700. * 112 to Southern 76 buy-backs, 30.6 percent of the total offered. The Tradition (Family Doctor), MGSW, $379,125. session-topper was a filly by Summer Squall out of GSW 2--Daggett Peak, 115, h, 5, It's Freezing--Etheldreda, by Weekend Delight (Clever Trick). who brought a bid of Diesis (GB). ($30,000 yrl '92 KEESEP; $135,000 2yo $122,000 from Bea and Robert Roberts; consigned by 1993 BESMAR). O-Evergreen Farm; B-Mill Ridge Farm, AbraCadabra Farms, agent, the bay had breezed three Ltd (KY); $20,000. furlongs in :35 2/5. The sale continues through Thurs­ 3--Boulderdash Bay, 118, h, 6, Spotter Bay--Perturb, by day. Agitate. O/B-Robert A Canning (I\lM); $12,000. Margins: 3/4, HD, 3HF. Odds: 1.70, 16.30,3.10. Also Ran: Chilly Billy (GBl, Samah (GBl, FASIG-TIPTON TWO-YEAR-OLD SALE SET M akinanhonestbuck. FOR MONDAY Fasig-Tipton Kentucky will conduct its Scratched: Expelled. annual Two-Year-Olds In Training and Horses of Racing She was the final starter of what has been a stellar Age Sale Monday, April 29 at Newton Paddocks in career, and Ski Dancer did not let trainer Gary Jones Lexington. The auction, scheduled to begin at 3:00 down. Coming off back-to-back wins over this course p.m., will offer a total of 159 two-year-olds and horses and distance, the hard-knocking filly this time took on of racing age. This year's under-tack show will take the boys and proved up to the task; she rated off the place Sunday, April 28 at 10:00 a.m. and will be video­ pace to the top of the lane, then came running to taped. The videos can be reviewed prior to and during outfinish longs hot Daggett Peak under a determined the sale. jockey Gary Stevens. It was the second graded stakes win of Jones' final weekend with a stopwatch after he EDDERY TURNS DOWN DANEHILL DANCER saddled Auriette (Ire) to victory in the Gil Santa Barbara Pat Eddery, 10 times Britain's champion jockey, has H. Saturday. IIFirst of all, I'd like to thank (owners) Jeff turned down the chance to take the mount on Danehill and Sandy Kallenberg. I'm pretty emotional," said Jones Dancer (Ire) (Danehill) in the British 2000 Guineas. The after the race. III never thought I would get this way, 44-year-old Irish-born rider partnered Michael Tabor's but I did. You always want to go out a winner.1I Jones colt to wins in two Group One races last season and also credited Stevens with a great ride. IIWhen Gary was in the saddle when Danehill Dancer made an im­ (Stevens) came into the paddock, I knew I was going to pressive first appearance for 1996 in Saturday's G3 get the ride of a lifetime. He was saying 'We've got to Greenham S. over seven furlongs at Newbury. Eddery win this race, we've got to win this race'," Jones re­ has, however, chosen to partner Henry Cecil-trainee counted. "He rode her like it was the Kentucky Derby-­ Storm Trooper {Diesis {GB}) in the Newmarket Classic you would have thought it was the last ride of his May 4. Mick Kinane will now substitute on Danehill career. II Dancer. Tabor said, "Henry has a far bigger outfit than me and, obviously, Pat is keen to maintain their suc­ cessful relationship. But he has done all the ground STAKES RESULTS ............. p1 work on Danehill Dancer and will be back on board as TRIPLE THREATS .............. p2 soon as possible." Eddery's 1000 Guineas partner--the Cecil-trained Bosra Sham (Woodman)--now rates the 2-5 -V'l RACING REPORTS ............ p2-4 favorite after confirmation that Blue Duster (Danzig) will Z definitely miss the May 5 event. - TOTAL PAGES ................. 5 F AGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 4-23-96 .TRIPLE THREATS. • EAST Saturday. May 4, Churchill Downs Local News: Middleburg, Virginia • KENTUCKY DERBY-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 114m Spoiling Irish Approach's (Irish River {Fr}) attempt to A total of nine Derby prospects worked at Churchill take the first Steeplechase Triple Crown, Vesta Downs Monday morning. Trainer D. Wayne Lukas sent Balestiere's Rowdy Irishman (Erin's Isle {Ire}) took out four prospects yesterday: Victory Speech (Deputy Saturday's $75,000 Gil Temple Gwathmey S. at the Minister)--six furlongs in 1: 13, Honour and Glory Middleburg Spring Races in Virginia. The seven-year-old, (Relaunch)--six furlongs in 1: 12 2/5, Grindstone with jockey Jonathan Smart in the irons, took the lead (Unbridled)--a half in :50, and Editor's Note (Forty after the final fence and held off Irish Approach's late Niner)--seven furlongs in 1 :27 3/5. Jockey Donna Barton charge to win the second Jeg of the Steeplechase Triple was aboard all four. "/ was pleased," said Lukas. "I by a length and a half, with To Ridley (Steady Growth) didn't expect anything less. They're all right on tagret." third. The winner, hero of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Lukas is also planning to run Lexington runner-up Prince Grand National, was purchased by trainer Bruce Haynes Of Thieves (Hansel) in the Derby; if all five go, it would for $1,500 in 1993 and turned to steeplechasing in be the largest contingent from a single trainer in the 1994 after going O-for-17 on the flat; he has now race's history. James Rowe Sr. holds the current record, earned over $250,000. He will make his next start in saddling a quartet in 1923 (his best finish in that edition the May 11 GI Iroquois S. at at Nashville, Tennessee, was a sixth); Lukas has had three runners four times where he will face three-time Eclipse winner Lonesome previously--1983, '87, '90 and '95. Glory (Transworld). "The three miles at the Iroquois will Trainer Nick Zito sent out Diligence (Miswaki) to go help my horse," said jockey Smart. "Lonesome Glory five-eighths in 1 :03 2/5, and stablemate Louis Quatorze won't, but we'll be ready." (Sovereign Dancer) went the same distance in 1 :02 2/5 Monday. "I'm trying to get (Diligence) over that race (a Local News: Fort Erie Race Track fifth-place finish in the Blue Grass). Sometimes a bad The Ontario Jockey Club has announced the appoint­ experience can be traumatic," said trainer Nick Zito, ment of Mike Robitaille to the position of general man­ adding, "Louie went fabulous. He's starting to come ager of Fort Erie Race Track. Robitaille, 47, succeeds around. " David Gorman, who will continue as an executive vice Halo Sunshine (Halo) went a half-mile in :49 3/5 with president with the OJC; Robitaille has served as the jockey Joe Deegan in the irons, and Semoran (Phone track's director of marketing/public relations since 1993. Trick) went five furlongs in 1 :01 4/5. Blow Out (Marfa), a Derby possible, went five fur­ longs in 1 :01 Monday; trainer James Keefer and co­ MIDWEST owner Walter "Buddy" New have voted to take a run at • • the roses, but Bill Heiligbrodt and R.E. "Teddy" Keefer, Local News: Churchill Downs the other two-thirds of the owner partnership, have not Dr. Caton (Seattle Slew)' who underwent surgery to yet made a commitment to the race. correct an entrapped epiglottis April 10, has recovered After a slight delay in his original plans, Arkansas well from the operation and should be back on the work Derby winner Zarb's Magic (Zarbyev) is scheduled to tab in about a week, according to trainer D. Wayne arrive at Churchill this morning. Wood Memorial runner­ Lukas. The colt, who had been considered a possible up In Contention (Devil's Bag) vans down from New Kentucky Derby starter, finished off the board for the York Wednesday, while California invaders E C's Dream first time..in his four starts when seventh in the Gil Jim (Incinderator) and Alyrob (Alysheba) will fly in Friday. Beam S. March 30. FOALING NEWS: FOALING NEWS: DANLU, 11, Danzig--Lulu Mon Amour (Tom Rolfe) WON'T SHE TELL, 12, Banner Sport--Won't Tell You Foal born 4-3-96, a colt by Alleged. (Crafty Admiral) Will be bred back to Gulch. Foal born 4-13-96, a colt by Red Ransom. Owned by M. Arbib. Will be bred back to Storm Bird. Boarded at Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington, Ky.