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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-747-8060. T~9I~~UN~~~RE DM WEDNESDAY, JULY 31,1996 SeTeAeKeEeS PREVIEW OJC REACHES UNION SETTLEMENTS The On Today, Goodwood, England: tario Jockey Club announced Tuesday that it has SUSSEX S.-G1, $194.613, 3yo/up. 1mT reached a memorandum of settlement with each of its PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS three union bargaining units, all with the Service Em 1 Heart Lake (GB) Suroor J Reid 25-1 ployees International Union, Local 204. Those three 2 Mistle Cat S Woods W Woods 14-1 units are security guards, Fort Erie maintenance and Fort 3 Cayman Kai (Ire) Hannon Quinn 25-1 Erie housekeeping. The memorandum of agreement with 4 Sorbie Tower (Ire) Kelleway R Hughes 11-2 the security guard unit was reached late Monday night 5 Restructure (Ire) J Cecil Paul Eddery 16-1 and is subject to ratification by the approximately 100 6 Ali-Royal (Ire) H Cecil Pat Eddery 10-1 union members of the unit, who are located at Wood 7 Charnwood Forest Suroor M J Kinane 5-4 bine. Mohawk, Fort Erie and Greenwood teletheatre. 8 Alhaarth (Ire) W Hern W Carson 14-1 Likewise, the Fort Erie maintenance and housekeeping 9 First Island (Ire) G Wragg M Hills 4-1 units also reached their memoranda late Monday night 10 Matiya (Ire) Hanbury R Hills 7-1 and will be arranging ratification meetings shortly. The Charnwood Forest (Ire) (Warning {GB}l. hero last time settlements mean that preparations for the 1996 Breed out of Royal Ascot's G2 Queen Anne S., is a hot favor ers' Cup Championship, scheduled for Oct. 26 at Wood ite to make a successful step up in grade. He will get bine in Toronto. can now proceed as planned. the fast ground he prefers, but faces a strong field. TINNERS WAY TO VINERY IN 1997 Mr. and Mrs. Today, Saratoga: Ben P. Walden Jr.'s Vinery announced yesterday that HOI\lORABLE MISS H.-Gill. $75.000a. 3yo/up, flm. 6f triple Grade I winner Tinners Way (Secretariat) will enter The field of eight, in post position order, is as follows: stud at the Midway, Kentucky farm in 1997. Winner of Fresa (Strawberry Road {Aus}), Day; Stormy Krissy the $1 million Pacific Classic in both 1994 and 1995, (Storm Cat), Chavez; Twist Afleet (Afleet), Smith; Tinners Way will continue to race in 1996 for his Mybride Barbara (Medieval Man), J. Velazquez; Cana owner/breeder Juddmonte Farms Inc. and is scheduled (Stutz Blackhawk), C. Velasquez; Broad Smile (Broad to make his next start in the 1996 Pacific Classic, to be Brush), Krone; In Conference (Dayjur), Bailey; Dust run Aug. 10 at Del Mar. A multiple stakes-winner at Bucket (Spend a Buck), Davis. three in England. Tinners Way also won the GI Califor nian S. in his 1996 debut. He is from the last crop by Today, G&odwood, England: Secretariat out of Devon Diva (The Minstrel). and is a LANSON CHAMPAGNE VINTAGE S.-G3. $54,492. 2yo, half-brother to Western Approach (Gone West), a 7fT stakes-winner of $177.220. "We're honored that The field of eight, in post position order. is as follows, Juddmonte has considered us a worthy home for an Imperial President (GB) (Known Fact), Air Express (Ire) other of their sire prospects." said Ben Walden Jr. (Salse), Grapeshot (Hermitage)' Belgravia (GB) (Rainbow "Marquetry has been an extremely popular stallion for Quest), Fun Galore (Gone West), Putra (Dixie Brass), us and Tinners Way certainly fits the profile at Vinery. Equal Rights (Ire) (Royal Academy), Sahm (Mr. Prospec where our emphasis rests on legitimate racing class." tor). All carry 123 pounds. Sahm. with two easy York wins already to his credit, Bilinski Resigns, News Continued. p. 2. bids to underline his prospects for next year's 2000 Guineas by completing a hat-trick here. The John Dunlop-trained colt is offered at around 20-1 for the STAKES CLOSINGS 1997 Classic so will need to collect again to justify TODA Y, WEDNESDA Y, JUL Y 31: those odds. Fun Galore and Putra are also unbeaten and 8-10 $75/75,000 Thistledown Breeders' Cup that pair, along with the dual winner Imperial President, H. -Gill, Tdn, 3yo/up, 9f ($100) probably represent the biggest hurdles for Sahm in an 8-19 $ 100,000 Bison City-GIC, FE, 3yo, f, event won last year by European champion juvenile 8.5f ($100) Alhaarth (Ire) (Unfuwain). 8-25 $500,000 Secretariat-GI, AP, 3yo, 10fT ($1000) Stakes Preview Continued. p. 2. PAGE 2· THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 7-31-96 Stakes Preview Continued. ARLINGTON'S REQlJEST FOR FIVE-DAY Sunday, Monmouth Park: RACING WEEK IN LIlVIBO Arlington International HASKELL INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $750,000, 3yo, 1 118m Racecourse's attempt to reintroduce the five-day racing Gil Swaps S. winner Victory Speech (Deputy Minister) week appears to be in limbo because of objections from galloped at Saratoga Tuesday morning for trainer D. Harness and Thoroughbred horsemen. An Illinois Racing Wayne Lukas. "He is dead fit right now," Lukas said. Board teleconference scheduled for Tuesday to vote on "We just asked him to pick it up a little in the stretch to the proposed change from a six-day racing week was get some air into him." Victory Speech will van to cancelled in view of the controversy surrounding the Monmouth from Saratoga Friday. Another Lukas trainee request. The Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association pointing to the Haskell, Long Branch S. winner Dr. objected to the loss of one day of inter-track revenue Caton (Seattle Slew), worked five furlongs in 1 :00 yes and to the loss of purse money. Even though Illinois terday at Monmouth with jockey Joe Bravo in the irons. Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association President Chris "He keeps impressing me with the way he's trained for tine Janks agreed to support Arlington's request in the race," said Lukas assistant Mike Maker. "I expect return for purse and recapture clause concessions from him to make a good account of himself in the Haskell." the track, some of her constituents have expressed their Ohio Derby winner Skip Away (Skip Trial), 124-pound desire to continue racing six days. starting highweight for the Haskell, drilled five furlongs from the gate Monday in a bullet :59 3/5. "He's ready GRINDSTONE GIVES SOMETHING BACK TO to run; let's get on with the show," said trainer Sonny DERBY MUSEUM Kentucky Derby Museum President Hine. Long Branch S. fourth Foolish Pole (Polish Num Carl Pollard has announced that W.T. Young is donating bers) also worked Monday, breezing five furlongs in a stallion season for his 1996 Derby winner Grindstone 1:004/5. "He worked perfect for me, just what I (Unbridled) to the museum. The money raised from wanted," said trainer Buddy Raines. "I didn't want him Grindstone's stud fee will help benefit the equine educa to go too fast. I want him to have some juice left for the tion program at the museum. A similar donation of a Haskell." Devil's Honor (Devil's Bag), second in the Long 1992 season to Kentucky Derby winner Unbridled was Branch, had his final Haskell workout Tuesday at previously purchased by Young; Young used the season Monmouth. The six-time stakes-winner went a half-mile for his mare Buzz My Bell and the resulting foal was the in :46 2/5, galloping out five-eighths in :59 4/5. Also second generation Derby winner Grindstone. "We are pointing to the Haskell are Hesabull (Dispersal) and Slew honored and excited by I\IIr. Young's gesture," said o Mink (Slewacide), winner of the Gill Round Table S. David Wagner, executive director for the museum. "Mr. at Arlington July 6. Young has always been a strong supporter of the Mu seum and his generosity is always appreciated." News Continued. NEW YORK STATE RACING AND WAGERING HOUGHTON SELECTED YEARLING SALE BOARD CHAIRMAN RESIGNS New York State CATALOGUE ANNOUNCED Tattersalls Ltd. yester Racing and Wagering Board Chairman Dr. Jerry day released the details of its 1 996 Houghton Selected Bilinski resigned Tuesday amid charges by the state Yearling Sale, to be held October 1, 2 and 3 at Ethics Commission that he still owned stallion shares Newmarket. There have been 285 yearlings catalogued and that a trip he took to Florida was paid for by New representing 77 top international sires. American-based York taxpayers. Bilinski, who accepted the position of sires represented include EI Gran Senor, Gone West, chairman in May, 1995, was required to sever all ties Kingmambo, Nureyev, Storm Bird, Storm Cat, Theatrical with his breeding, racing and veterinary businesses in (Ire) and-VYoodman. Top European-based sires with order to fulfill his new role. However, an ad for two of yearlings in the sale include Caerleon, Danehill, Kris his former stallions later appeared in an industry publi (GB), Rainbow Quest and Sadler's Wells. Catalogues will cation; the phone number of his state office was be mailed to the U.S. August 20. listed in the ad, prompting the Ethics Commission investigation. Bilinski yesterday told Governor Pataki © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. 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