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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 D™ SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1997 P•R•E•A•K•N•E•S•S STAKES Saturday, Pimlico TRIPLE THREAT: IT'S "SILVER" BY A PREAKNESS S.-GI, $751,000, PIM, 5-17, 3yo, SLIVER IN THE PREAKNESS You can't ac 1 3/16m, 1 :54 4/5, ft. cuse Silver Charm (Silver Buck) of being camera shy. 1--SILVER CHARM, 126, c, 3, Silver Buck--Bonnie's Just a head in front at the wire in the Kentucky Derby Poker, by Poker. ($16,500 yrl '95 OBSAUG; two weeks ago, the gritty grey found himself involved in $100,000 2yo 1996 OBSAPR). 0-Lewis Beverly J & yet another photo finish at Pimlico yesterday afternoon. Robert B; 8-Wootton Mary Lou (FL); T-Bob Baffert; He grabbed the spotlight once again, getting a head in J-G L Stevens; $488, 150. Lifetime Record: 8-5-3-0, front of Free House (Smokester) in the final strides to $1,632,300. take the second jewel in the Triple Crown, the GI 2--Free House, 1 26, c, 3, Smokester--Fountain Lake, by $500,000 Preakness S. "This was the tough one," said Vigors. O/B-John Toffan & Trudy McCaffery (CA); trainer Bob Baffert. "I'm still numb. I wasn't sure he had $150,200. won. I can't even think about the Triple Crown; I have 3--Captain Bodgit, 126, c, 3, Saint Ballado--Answering to treat it like just another race. (Owners Bob and Echo, by Greek Answer. 0-Team Valor; 8-Wiest Beverly Lewis) dream in Technicolor, but I dream in Edward (FL); $75, 100. black and white." The race set up much as the Derby Margins: HD, HD, 1 1 /4. Odds: 3.10, 2.40, 2.10. did, with Free House following pacesetter Cryp Too Also Ran: Touch Gold, Frisk Me Now, Concerto, Hoxie, (Cryptoclearance) (ninth) to the far turn before taking Wild Tempest, Cryp Too, Jack At the Bank. command as those early fractions took their toll. Silver As they had in the GI Santa Anita Derby April 5, Silver Charm came to him as they hit the top of the stretch, Charm and Free House hooked up for the final drive in but this time Free House, who faded to third in the yesterday's second leg of the Triple Crown and for a Derby, refused to fold. It looked like it would be those furlong it looked like an instant replay. Resolute along two to the wire and if that had been the case, racing the rail, Santa Anita Derby victor Free House refused to might not be sitting on its first Triple Crown challenge give in, but when Captain Bodgit came flying on the since 1989. Winning his first Preakness ever, jockey outside, Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm, Gary Stevens credited the late surge of Derby runner-up sandwiched between the two, displayed the heart of a Captain Bodgit (Saint Bailado) with lighting the spark hero to win the Preakness by a head. "It's so thrilling," which fired his colt past Free House in the last jump. said owner Bob Lewis. "We have two legs accomplished "My horse started to get tired," he said. "I didn't know --may the best horse win at Belmont, but I'm thinking whether I was going to get by Free House or not. But positively of Silver Charm." As for the gutsy runner-up, once Captain Bodgit came and (Silver Charm) saw him, jockey Kent Desormeaux said, "I asked him at about the he just put it in another gear." It has been 1 9 years three-sixteenths pole and he gave it. But in the last 70 since Affirmed outgamed Alydar to take the Triple yards, Silver Charm came again. It kind of caught my Crown in 1978; it has been eight years since Sunday horse off guard. I needed one more surge at the end, Silence carried two-thirds of the Triple to Belmont Park, but I couldn't find it." Running against the bias, Derby only to be beaten in the final jewel by arch rival Easy runner-up Captain Bodgit just missed. "He didn't break Goer. With a $5 million bonus on the line and the hopes real sharp," said his trainer, Gary Capuano. "He was of the sports world on Silver Charm's back, the 1997 way back going down the backside. But boy, what a Visa Triple Crown Challenge continues in the GI Belmont late run. It looked like there was no way to catch up, Stakes June 7. but at the sixteenth pole, he was really coming. There is no question that he's a champ, but the other two horses are champs, too." TOUCH GOLD (Deputy Minister), STAKES CLOSINGS runaway winner of the Gii Lexington S. last out, stum TOMORROW. MONDAY. MAY 19: bled badly leaving the gate, was steadied at the half 5-31 $ 300, 000 Massachusetts H. -Giii, Sul, mile pole, then rallied to reach contention midstretch 3yo/up, 9f ( $100) before being steadied again inside Free House near the 5-31 $ 125175, 000 Suffolk Downs Breeders' eighth pole. He finished with good courage to be fourth, Cup H., Suf, 3yo/up, 6f ($100) • but grabbed his left front quarter badly at the break. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-18-97 Today, Hollywood Park PREVIEW RAILBIRD S.-Gll, $100,000a, 3yo, f, 7f • • PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Today, Longchamp, France 1 a Tough Sport Arterburn Flores 6-1 PRIX SAINT-ALARY-G1, $117,708, 3yo, f, 10fT 2 Alzora McAnally Solis 3-1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. 3 Montecito Lukas Douglas 20-1 1 Gazelle Royale (Fr) Hammond Thulliez 1 26 4 Really Happy Hollendorfer Desormeaux 8-5 2 Family Tradition (Ire) O'Brien Asmussen 126 5a Frantic Frances G Hofmans Almeida 6-1 3 Gracie Lady (Ire) Collet No Rider 1 26 6 I Ain't Bluffing Ellis Delahoussaye 5-2 4 Fleeting Glimpse (GB) Fabre Jarnet 1 26 7 Soiree Moreno Garcia 6-1 5 Brilliance (Fr) Bary Peslier 1 26 Really Happy (Avenue of Flags) won the Mar. 22 Gill 6 Darashandeh {Ire) de Royer-Dupre Masse 1 26 Bay Meadows Oaks on dirt and then ran fourth in the 7 Yxenery (Ire) Head Doleuze 1 26 Apr. 25 Senorita S. at Hollywood in her turf debut. I Brilliance (Fr) (Priolo) is two-for-two on the year, tak Ain't Bluffing (Pine Bluff) came off of a 1 0-month layoff ing the G3 Prix Penelope by a neck over Darashandeh to win a Mar. 13 Santa Anita allowance race by 10 (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}) last out April 17. The runner-up lengths in her previous start. that day was making only her second start and her first since breaking her maiden at Evry last December. Today, Longchamp, France PRIX VICOMTESSE VIGIER-G2, $88,281, 4yo/up, 1 5f Today, Milan, Italy 11 OydsT OAKS D'ITALIA-G1, $224,310, 3yo, f, 11fT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. 1 Mongol Warrior Lord Huntingdon Head 1 27 1 Lady Bi (Ire) Brogi Bietolini 1 23 2 Fairhonor (Fr) Fabre Jarnet 123 2 Nicole Pharly (GB) Verdesi Dettori 123 3 Prussian Blue Laffon-Parias Doleuze 1 23 3 Orange Jasmine (Ire) O'Brien Heffernan 123 4 Philanthrop (Fr) Gallorini Gillet 1 23 4 Bedside Story (GB) G Botti E Botti 123 5 Grey Shot (GB) Balding Peslier 127 5 Simi! Caruso Panici 1 23 6 Stretarez (Fr) Sepulchre Sanchez 1 23 6 Sopran Mariduff (GB) Rossini Reid 1 23 7 Nononito (Fr) Lesbordes Masse 130 7 Slipping (GB) G Botti S Dettori 123 Sires: Mongol Warrior (Deputy Minister), Fairhonor (Fr) 8 Alfa Daisy (Ire) Camici Demuro 1 23 (Hero's Honor), Prussian Blue (Polish Navy), Philanthrop 9 Attitre (Fr) Brittain Roberts 1 23 (Fr) (Machiavellian), Grey Shot (GB) {Sharrood), Stretarez 10 Clara House (GB) Valiani Jovine 1 23 (Fr) (Saumarez {GB}), Nononito (Fr) {Nikos {GB}). Sires: Lady Bi (Ire} (Alzao), Nicole Pharly (GB} (Pharly {Fr}), Orange Jasmine (Ire} (Masterclass), Bedside Story (GB) (Mtoto {GB}), Simil (Apalachee), Sopran Mariduff NEW YORK (GB) (Persian Bold {Ire}), Slipping (GB) (Slip Anchor • • {GB}), Alfa Daisy (Ire} (law Society), Attitre (Fr} (Mtoto Yesterday's Results: {GB}), Clara House (GB} (Shirley Heights {GB}). GENUINE RISK H.-Gll, $108,400, BEL, 5-17, 3yo/up, f/m, 6f f 1 :09 2/5 f ft. Today, Belmont Park 1--MISS GOLDEN CIRCLE, 120, m, 5, Crafty Prospector PETER PAN S.-Gll, $150,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m --River Missy, by Riverman. ($82,000 yrl '93 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. ODDS FTSAUG). 0-Kimmel Caesar P & Solondz Philip; 1 Jack Flash Zito Perret 11 3 5-2 B-Riordan Michael (KY); T-John C Kimmel; J-R 2 Prince Guistino Domino Santos 11 3 1 2-1 Migliore; $65,040. Lifetime Record: 28-9-10-4, 3 Activist Frankel Velazquez 113 9-2 $698,964. 4 Banker's Gold Jerkens Maple 11 3 8-5 2--Start At Once, 111, f, 4, Gone West--Ready Jet Go, 5 Zede Mott Bailey 1 20 3-1 by Northjet (Ire). 0-Pin Oak Stable; B-Pin Oak Stud Banker's Gold (Forty Niner) has won all three starts by (KY); $21,680. a neck or less; he makes his stakes debut. Jack Flash 3--Nappelon, 110, m, 5, Bold Revenue--Sally Go Gray, (Sovereign Dancer) looks for his first stakes victory after by Wise Exchange.