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~9I~~UN~~~RE DM M 0 ND A Y, MAY 8, 1 9 9 5 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS Sunday, Newmarket Derby winner KENTUCKY DERBY WRAP-UP MADAGANS 1000 GUINEAS-G1, $294,991, Thunder Gulch (Gulch) and his stablemate, third-place Newmarket, England, 5-7, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1 :36.72, gd/fm. finisher Timber Country (Woodman), both came out of 1--HARAYIR, 126, f, 3, Gulch--Saffaanh, by Shareef yesterday's "Run for the Roses" in good order and will Dancer. 0-Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum; B-Shadwell ship to Pimlico Wednesday to get ready for the Farm Inc. (Ky); T-Major Dick Hern; J-R Hills; Prea~ness .. Pacesetter Serena's Song (Rahy) (16th) will $177,863. be given a little break before getting ready for a sum­ 2--Aqaa~id, 126, f, 3, Nashwan--Ashayer, by Lomond. mer an_d fall campaign. Tejano Run (Tejano) was tired O-She1kh Hamdan al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm Inc. after his second-place effort. "He didn't show much (Ky); $65, 771. sign of life and he didn't eat up," said Mike Porter 3--Moonshell (Ire), 126, f, 3, Sadler's Wells--Moon a_ssist?nt to trainer Ken McPeek. "The horse is w~lking Cactus (GB), by Kris (GB). 0-Sheikh Maktoum al fine ... 1f he goes back to eating in a couple days like he Maktoum/Godolphin; B-Sheikh Maktoum al Maktoum w~s before th~, Derby, the Preakness would be likely." (Ire); $31,522. Said McPeek, I want to point to the Belmont, and if I Margins: 1 1 /2, 3/4, 2. Odds: 5-1, 3-1, 5-1. feel running in the Preakness would compromise the Also ran: Hoh Magic (GB), Epagris (GB), Macoumba, Belmont, we'll skip the Preakness. It just depends on Gay Gallanta, Myself (GB), Bring On The Choir (GB), what he tells us the next few days." Jumron (GB) Autumn Affair (GB), Queenfisher (GB), Menas Gold (Sharpo {GB}), fourth in the Derby, came out of the (GB), Fleet Hill (Ire), All Time Great (GB). race somewhat the worse for the wear and is now EPAGRIS (Zalazl) led from BRING ON THE CHOIR likely to miss the Preakness. "He grabbed his (left (Chief Singer {Ire}), MENAS GOLD (Heights Of Gold front) quarter and hit himself in a couple of spots. The {GB}) and Moonshell until a quarter mile from home qu_arter _he grabbed was a lot deeper than I thought," when Harayir came through to take the lead and dr~w said trainer Gary Lewis. "He'll leave for California clear; she was chased hard by Aqaarid and Moonshell Tuesday." Lewis said the Swaps S. at Hollywood b~t was a_lways in command and won comfortably to would probably be next for the colt. Probable for the give her sire, Gulch, his second Classic winner of the Preakness are Eltish (Cox's Ridge) (6th), Talkin Man weekend. Said winning trainer Major Dick Hern, 74, (With Approval) (12th) and Ski Captain (Storm Bird) ~ho has been confined to a wheelchair since breaking (14th); Citadeed (Shadeed) (9th) is also a possible. his_ back in a riding accident several years ago, "I'm Mecke (Maudlin) (5th) will point for either the thrilled. She did everything right. We'll have to think Preakness, the Jersey Derby (May 27) or the Ohio seriously about the Oaks after this." Jockey Willie Derby (June 17). Knockadoon (Dixieland Band) (7th) Carson had his choice of the top two finishers but and Dazzling Falls (Taylor's Falls) (13th) will skip the chose wrong and ended up second aboard Aqaarid. Preakness but could return to the Triple Crown trail for "I'm happy for Major Hern but obviously disappointed the Belmont. Afternoon Deelites (Private Terms) (8th) for myself," he said. "The difference was that, while v:as scoped after the race and found to have pharyngi­ Harayir quickened on the fast ground, my filly could tis; the Preakness has not been ruled out. not." The top three are expected to point for the Ep­ som Oaks; most bookmakers have the top two as 4-1 CIGAR EARNS TOP WEIGHT FOR PIMLICO joint favourites, with Moonshell at 5-1. SPECIAL Allen Paulson's Cigar (Palace Music) will Weekend Results cont. p2 shoulder high weight of 1 22 pounds when he bids for his seventh straight victory in next Saturday's GI Pim­ lico Special. The five-year-old carried 1 21 to victory in WEEKEND RESULTS . p1-2 t~e GI ?aklawn H. last out; Concern (Broad Brush), NEW CONT. p2-3 h1ghwe1ght at 1 22 when third in that race, has been assigned 1 21 for Pimlico. -tl'l RACING REPORTS . p3-6 z TOTAL PAGES ................ 8 News cont. p2 .PAGE .2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 5-8-95 Weekend Results cont. RECORD HANDLE AT GOLDEN GATE A busy Sunday, Belmont Park Kentucky Derby Day at Golden Gate Fields resulted in a ACORN S.-GI, $150,000, BEL, 5-7, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:37 record Northern California handle of $7,093,420.80. 2/5, ft. Golden Gate offered nine live races, full-card simulcast­ 1--CA~'S CRADLE, 121, f, 3, Flying Paster--Tangled, in.g from Woodbine, Hollywood and Hong Kong's Sha by Linkage. 0-Ridder Georgia B; B-Ridder Thorough Tm Racecourse, and six races from Churchill Downs. bred Stable (CA); T-David Hofmans; J-C W Antley; Th~ ha".dle easily topped the previous high in Northern $90,000. Lifetime Record: 12-7-2-1, $510,350. California, $6,685,040, which was set on Kentucky 2--Co.untry Cat, 121, f, 3, Storm Cat--La Affirmed, by Derby Day, 1990. Affirmed. 0-Young William T; B-Harbor View Farm (KY); $30,000. 3--Lucky Lavender Gal, 121, f, 3, Carson City--La Reine FORTY NINE~ DAYS RETIRED Forty Niner Days Rouge, by King's Bishop. 0-Worswick Delores· {Conquistador C1elo), Northern California's Horse of the B-Worswick Ronald (KY); $16,500. ' Year in 1991 and a career earner of $1,009,625, has Margins: 2 3/4, 10, HD. Odds: 0.85, 4.00, 18. 70. been retired. The eight-year-old gelding made his last Also Ran: Khalifa of Kushog, Nappelon, Incredible start Wednesday at Golden Gate and checked in last in Blues, Noraquilon. the 1 1 /16-mile test for $25,000 claimers. "He's run Defeated just twice this year, each time at the hands to? m~ny r~ces and just doesn't have it any more," of Serena's Song, Cat's Cradle proved in her last start said his trainer, Roger Stein. "The horse has made $1 she could win outside of California with a front-running million and there's no sense in cheapening him up any­ four-length win in the Gii Fantasy at Oaklawn. The more than we already have." The grey was vanned to odds-on favorite sat just off the pace of NORAQUILON Rancho Del Charro in Pleasanton, California last Thurs­ (Deputy Minister), moved on the turn and won under day. Said jockey Ron Warren Jr., aboard for the mil­ steady urging. "She relaxes real good when she doesn't lionaire's last race, "He's still sound and he travels run against Serena's Song," said winning trainer David good--he just doesn't care about racing any more. Hofmans. "Basically, she's a sprinter, but I've been When it came time to pick it up, he just kept going at teaching her to rate. Her advantage is that it only takes the same pace. It was like he said, 'forget it, this is too her three jumps and she's already opened up on you." much work'." Hofmans said the filly would remain in New York to run in the second leg of the Filly Triple Tiara, the June 9 BREEDERS' CUP BILL STALLED IN FLORIDA Mother Goose S. at Belmont. The. ch~nces of the Breeders' Cup returning to South Florida 1n the near future are growing dim. The Florida News cont. legislative session ended Friday, May 5, and Represen­ tative Steve Geller (D-Hallandale) took steps to ensure CELTIC SWING OUT OF EPSOM DERBY? Celtic that the Breeders' Cup bill would not get out of the Swing (GB) (Damister), who suffered his first career House. The Senate version of the bill, which includes lo~s when second in Saturday's 2000 Guineas, may an amendment to rotate the prime winter dates be­ skip a rematc:h with Guineas winner Pennekamp (Bering tween Hialeah and Gulfstream, passed by a vote of {GB}) and point for the French Derby instead. "I still 36-1 . Geller claims he had to kill the House bill before very much want to take on Pennekamp again, but feel the dates amendment, added by Senator Roberto Casas th~ hill at Epsom is not going to be ideal for my horse," (R-Hialeah), was attached. 'Tve said all along that the said owner Peter Savill. "I think that if the ground was Hialeah amendment would kill the bill. Now we have soft or on the easy side of good, we wouldn't be too demonstrated that's the case," said Geller. There is a worried and would go to the Derby. But if it looked like slim chance that Governor Lawton Chiles will add the being firm, we might have to think of other possibilities. Breeders' Cup bill to a short list of budget matters that The French Derby would obviously be an alternative, legislators have to clean up in Tallahassee next month.