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T~?I~~UN~~~RE D™ S A T U RD A Y, A U G U S T 1 2, 1 9 9 5 W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW TRA MAKES PLANS FOR FUTURE The Thorough Today, Monmouth Park bred Racing Associations' Board of Directors met for an SAPLING S.-Gll, $200,000, 2yo, 6f hour and a half yesterday in Saratoga Springs and ap PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. proved the recommendation of its Executive Committee 1 Cold Snap Lukas Luzzi 1 22 to close the Commissioner's National Office August 31. 2 Built for Pleasure Heard Jr. Valles 122 Also approved during the session was a plan to restruc 3 Cashier Coyote Stodghill Wilson 122 ture the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau; the 4 Page Road Handy Turner 11 7 plan will implement cost-cutting measures while main 5 Hennessy Lukas Barton 1 22 taining the organization as an effective national investi 6 I C Andy Barbara Santagata 1 22 gative force. The Directors will formulate a 1996 busi 7 Foolish Pole Raines McCauley 1 22 ness plan which will continue the initiatives of the Na Undefeated Foolish Pole (Polish Numbers) blew out for the race Thursday, going three-eighths in :35 flat. "He tional Office, including the ESPN2-aired "2Day at the 11 Races, 11 the discussion of a possible racing series struc looked real impressive, said trainer Buddy Raines, who tured around selected three-year-old races, and the saddles the colt for his first graded stakes start after exploration of sponsorship opportunities. taking the Tyro over the track in impressive fashion. He will face a tough one in Team Lukas' GSW Hennessy (Storm Cat), who flies in from the West Coast looking NEW SPONSOR FOR ST. LEGER Pertemps, one of to give his trainer a sixth Sapling victory. Lukas has Britain's biggest recruitment agencies, has stepped in to taken five of the last eight runnings, including the '94 support the St. Leger only days after the world's oldest edition with Boone's Mill. Classic lost its previous sponsor. Officials at Doncaster announced last weekend that TeleConnection (UK), Today, Saratoga with whom they had signed a deal for three years, had ALABAMA S.-GI, $200,000, 3yo, f, 1 Of pulled out of their main event due to financial problems PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS and with the race set for September 9, prospects of 1 Rogues Walk Cordero Jr. Velazquez 12-1 making alternative arrangements seemed bleak. But 2 Friendly Beauty Tesher Krone 15-1 Pertemps stepped into the breach yesterday, offering a 3 Kathie's Colleen Keough McAleney 5-1 four-year sponsorship which guarantees added prize 4 Gal In A Ruckus Ward Jr. McCauley 5-2 money of £200,000 each season until 1998. 5 Forested Callejas Chavez 20-1 6 Golden Bri Kimmel Santos 6-5 ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AT DEL MAR A 38-year 7 Conquistadoress McGaughey Day 10-1 old man ran onto the track 50 yards from the finish line 8 Clear Mandate Arnold Bailey 1 2-1 during the feature race at Del Mar Thursday in an appar 9 Pretty Discreet Terrill Smith 1 5-1 ent suicide attempt. But, thanks to the skill of the jock Clear Mandate (Deputy Minister) tries a mile and a eys and a lot of luck, the horses were able to steer quarter in her very first stakes start. The Rusty Arnold clear, and no one was injured. Russell Howard Caputo trainee has dominated allowance foes her last two, tried to escape into the infield after the incident but was taking a mile test at Belmont by an eye-catching 28 taken into custody by track security, who turned him lengths, then stretching out to a mile and an eighth to over to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. prove best at Saratoga by 6 1 /2. GISW Gal In A Ruckus Caputo was later sent to the county's mental health (Bold Ruckus) suffered her first defeat of the campaign facility for 72 hours observation. last time out, running second while giving nine pounds to Kathie's Colleen (Woodman) in the Gii Monmouth Oaks. The morning-line second choice had previously L.U WEEKEND PREVIEW . p1-2 picked up wins at Keeneland, Churchill and Woodbine Cl NEWS CONTINUED ........... p2 before her visit to New Jersey; she tries 1 0 furlongs for the first time. All Alabama starters carry 1 21 . ti) RACING REPORTS . p2-4 z TOTAL PAGES . 5 Weekend Preview cont. p2 P,AGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-12-95 Weekend Preview cont. GENEROUS OFFER ACCEPTED Generous !Ire) Today, Newbury (Caerleon), winner of the 1991 Epsom and Irish Derbys, TRIPLEPRINT GEOFFREY FREER S.-G2, $81,967a, is virtually certain to leave Britain and continue his stud 3yo/up, 13f 61 ydsT career in Japan. A bid from the Japan Racing Associa PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. tion, valuing the seven-year-old stallion at nine million 1 Royal Circle Charlton Darley 114 pounds, has been accepted by a majority of sharehold 2 Burooj Morley Carson 129 ers. Only unfavorable reports from Far Eastern veteri 3 Right Win Hannon Quinn 132 narians can now prevent the chestnut horse from join 4 Midnight Legend Cumani Weaver 129 ing the exodus of high-class European and North Ameri 5 Presenting Gosden Reid 117 can stallions. The JRA made an offer for Generous 6 Don Corleone Charlton Harrison 117 earlier this year but was turned down. However, this Presenting (GB) (Mtoto {GB}), third in the Epsom week's new bid--putting a value of £200,000 on each Derby, takes on older horses. The three-year-old earned of 45 shares--seems to have secured his services. Philip his first Group victory in the G3 Westminster Taxi Insur Mitchell, manager at Banstead Manor Stud where Gen ance Gordon S. at 12 furlongs in his latest; he is now erous currently stands, said, "I can confirm the offer five-for-eight lifetime. has been accepted by the required 75 percent of share holders. It's now subject to contract and the necessary Sunday, Saratoga veterinary tests from Japan." Generous, voted Horse of BALLERINA S.-GI, $1 50,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 7f the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old in Ireland in PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. 1991, raced in the colors of Fahd Salman before retiring 1 Laura's Pistolette M Johnson Bailey 112 to stud in 1992. His first crop to race is now two; from 2 Classy Mirage Jerkens Krone 119 four starters he has not yet sired a winner. Losing his 3 Inside Information McGaughey Smith 126 services to Japan is sure to be seen as bad news in 4 Low Key Affair Lukas Day 11 5 European breeding circles as it means the last four 5 Unlawful Behavior Martin Pezua 110 Epsom Derby heroes (including Dr. Devious, 1992; 6 Madder Than Mad Jerkens Sellers 11 2 Commander In Chief, 1993; and Erhaab, 1994) have Inside Information (Private Account) shoulders top been taken away by the power of the yen. weight off victories in the Monmouth Park Budweiser Breeders' Cup and Molly Pitcher H. at the Shore; she drops back to a sprint off the pair of distance efforts. FOREIGN "One thing Inside Information does have is speed," said trainer Shug McGaughey. "I can back down on her and • • Yesterday's Results: get her ready to sprint again even though she's coming off a mile race and two two-turn races. I don't think it'll HUNGERFORD S.-G3, $61,967, Newbury, England, be any problem at all. I think it'll be fun to watch her 8-11, 3yo/up, 7f 64ydsT, 1 :28.30, gd/fm. run. I know I'm looking forward to it." 1--HARAYIR, 125, f, 3, Gulch--Saffaanh, by Shareef Dancer. 0-Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum; B-Shadwell News cont. Farm Inc. (Ky); T-Major Dick Hern; J-W. Carson; DANZIG SEASONS TOP STALLION ACCESS $37,869. SALE A pair of 1 996 No Guarantee Nominations to the 2--Nijo (GB), 126, g, 4, Top Ville (lre)--Nibabu (Fr), by exceptional stallion Danzig topped last night's Stallion Nishapour (Fr). 0-Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed al Access Champagne Sale of Selected Seasons and Maktoum; $14,213. Shares at Saratoga Springs. The first Danzig nomination 3--Darnay (GB), 131, c, 4, Darshaan (GB)--Flawless offered brought a bid of $125,000, while a second did Image, by The Minstrel. 0-Godolphin; $6,861. not reach its reserve of $1 24,000; the third Danzig Margins: 3/4, head, 1 1 /4. season was knocked down for $109,000. In all, a total Also Ran: Fraam (GB), Easy Dollar (GB), Green Perfume, of 51 seasons sold for a gross of $1, 1 35 ,000, an aver Raah Algharb, Brief Glimpse (Ire), Jafeica (Ire). age of $22,269. The total gross of $1,207, 700 for the This was the first success in four starts since her sale included the one share sold; a share in Phone Trick British 1000 Guineas triumph for the filly Harayir, who was purchased for $72,000. Numbers were up for the took the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and sale; last year, a total of 57 seasons and shares sold for galloped on well to win comfortably. Nijo caught Darnay $1,080, 100, an average of $18,949.