The Th,oroughbred Daily News Is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 am. For subscription Information, please call 908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE DM SU ND A Y, APRIL 1 7 1994 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS HOLY BULL, BROCCO, IRGUN TO Saturday, Keeneland BLUE GRASS S.-G2, Kee, 4-16, $500,000, 3yo, 9f, ST AR IN KENTUCKY DERBY The principal 1 :50, ft. auditions are over and the starring roles for the 1 20th 1--HOLY BULL, c, 3, Great Above (The Oaks Horse running of the Kentucky Derby have been cast. With Farm Corporation-FL) --Sharon Brown, by Al Hattab. his authoritative victory in yesterday's Blue Grass S., O/T-Warren A. Croll Jr.; T-Pelican Stable (FL.); Holy Bull (Great Above) has earned top billing in this $310,000. year's "Run for the Roses;" he will share the spotlight 2-- Valiant Nature, c, 3, His Majesty (Darby Dan with the speedy but lightly raced lrgun (Sunny's Farm-KY) --Premium Win, by Lyphard. 0-VHW Sta­ Halo), who ran his stakes record to two-for-two with bles; $100,000. a determined wire-to-wire triumph in the Wood Me­ 3-- Mahogany Hall, c, 3, Woodman (Ashford Stud-KY) morial Saturday, and with Santa Anita Derby winner --Glimpse of Heaven, by Majestic Light. 0-Robert Brocco (Kris S.), who will certainly benefit should the Hoeweler; ($120,000 yearling 1992 Keeneland two frontrunners try to upstage each other early at September yearling sale); $50,000. Churchill Downs. The connections of the Derby stars Margins: 3 1 /2, 5, 2 1 /4. have all expressed confidence that going an extra Also ran: Kandaly, Chimes Band, Bonus Money (GB), eighth of a mile the first Saturday in May will be well Warn Me (GB). within reach for their colts. The runner-ups to the top "He would have gone around again today," said three, Valiant Nature (His Majesty), Go for Gin (Cor­ jockey Mike Smith, showing complete confidence that morant) and Tabasco Cat (Storm Cat), respectively, his mount, Holy Bull, is up to the ten-furlong chal­ will co-star in the big event, ready to stand-in should lenge of the Kentucky Derby. The grey, a 1 /2 to the headliners miss a cue. Only two major Derby Winnie D. (Crafty Prospector), SW of $164,500, was preps remain: the Arkansas Derby (Apr. 23) and never threatened in the Blue Grass, striding to the Lexington S. (Apr. 24). front at the start and cruising home under a hand ride to win as much the best and pay $3.20. Smith add­ LAKEWAY PREPS FOR KENTUCKY Undefeat­ ed, "I think he'll go as far as you want to go, and it'll ed three-year-old filly Lakeway (Seattle Slew), wear­ take a champion to ever beat him." ing a bar shoe to protect her bruised foot, worked six furlongs in 1 : 14 2/5 at Santa Anita Saturday and will Saturday, Aqueduct ship to Churchill Downs Tuesday, but trainer Gary WOOD MEMORIAL S.-G1, Aqu, 4-16, $500,000, Jones is still not sure where she will make her next 3yo, 9f, 1 :49, my. start. "She'll work twice (at Churchill); first seven 1--IRGUN, c, 3, Sunny's Halo (Walmac furlongs, then a mile," said Jones. "I'm still leaning International-KY) --Late From Lunch, by Secretariat. toward running her in the Oaks, but where she runs 0-Marianne and Brandon Chase; B-Oak Cliff Stable, depends on how the three-year-old colts do in the Ltd. (KY.); T-Steven W. Young; ($28,000 yearling coming weeks and on how she trains. The main 1992 Keeneland September yearling sale); difficulty that I see with the Derby is that she'd be $300,000. going from a mile and a sixteenth against fillies to a 2-- Go for Gin, c, 3, Cormorant (New York Stallion mile and a quarter against colts. That would be kind Station-NY) --Never Knock, by Stage Door Johnny. of tough. n 0-William J. Condren and Joseph Cornacchia; ($150,000 yearling 1992 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Au­ gust select yearling sale); $110,000. WEEKEND RESULTS . p1-2 3-- Shiprock, c, 3, Ga Hai (Reigle Heir Farm-PA) --Teach, by Crafty Prospector. 0-Susan 8. Thayer; WEEKEND PREVIEW . p2 $60,000. RACING REPORTS ........ p2-7 Margins: 1 1/2, 8 3/4, 6 1/2. Wood Results cont. p2 PAGE 2 e mOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 4-17-94 Wood Results cont. Cal Derby Also ran: Our Emblem, *Crary, *Bay Street Star, Also ran: Dramatic Gold, Bai Brun, College Town, Code Home, Presently, Jesse F. *Dead-heat for fifth. Gracious Ghost. Making only his fourth career start and his first in a The rank outsider in the seven-horse field at 50-1 , GI, lrgun went straight to the lead and held 4-5 Turf Paradise Derby winner Screaming Don closed choice Go for Gin safe through the lane to carry jock­ steadily from fifth to take the lead at the eighth pole ey Gary Stevens to victory and pay $5.60. "He just and dug in at the finish to shock the crowd under keeps jumping the hurdles," said trainer Steve Young. jockey Adalberto Lopez. The winner, 1 /2 to Scream­ "He ran a great race. We all know he has a lot of ing Laura (Cathy's Reject), SW of $157,880, paid ability. He finds his composure when a lot of other $103.60; he is not expected to try for his third Derby horses get fired up, and he'll need that in the coming at Churchill Downs; trainer Lanny Sharp mentioned weeks." The colt is scheduled to leave for Kentucky instead the Colorado Derby in July. Tuesday; Go for Gin is also likely to go to the Derby. Saturday, Oaklawn W· E. E. K. E. N •D OAKLAWN H.-G1, OP, 4-16, $750,000, 4yo/up, 9f, PREVIEW 1:47 4/5, ft. 1--THE WICKED NORTH, h, 5, Far North (Clear View Fanns-CA} --Wicked Witchcraft (MSW, $218,559}, by Good Behaving. 0-Philip and Sophie Hersh Trust; Sunday, Oaklawn Gii B-Edward Zurek (KY.); T-David Bernstein; ($10,000 $250,000 Fantasy S., 3yo, f, 8.5f PP Horse Trainer Jockey Odds yearling 1990 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale); $450,000. 1 Worth Every Penny Peitz Lester 20-1 2-- Devil His Due, h, 5, Devil's Bag (Claiborne 2 Slide Show White Pettinger 8-1 3 Slew Kitty Slew Thomas Arguello Jr. 30-1 Farm-KY) --Plenty O'Toole, by Raise a Cup. 0-Lion 4 Strategic Maneuver Schulhofer Santos 3-1 Crest Stable; ($25,000 weanling 1989 Keeneland Diane's Halo Cross Stevens 5-1 November breeding stock sale); $150,000. 5 3-- Brother Brown, g, 4, Eminency (Oklahoma Stallion 6 Two Altazano Stidman LeBlanc 10-1 7 At The Half Bowman Day 4-1 Station-OK) --Baby's Pet, by J. R.'s Pet. 0-Beverly 8 Shadow Miss Vestal Martinez 6-1 Cohrs and Mike Bowline; $75,000. Eden Isle Bohannan Gomez 15-1 Margins: 1 1 /2, head, 1 /2. 9 1 0 Flying in the Lane Heap Boulanger 6-1 Also ran: Far Out Wadleigh, Myrakalu (FR), Hill Pass, Pistols and Roses, Wallenda, Valley Crossing, Kissin 11 Cut the Charm Bracken Ramos 1 0-1 Diane's Halo (Sunny's Halo) faced the accomplished Kris, Eequalsmcsquared, Glowing Crown. Lakeway in her last start, finishing second by 1 1 /4 in Sent off the odds-on choice, The Wicked North sat the GI Santa Anita Oaks; the Cal-bred has never behind pacesetter Brother Brown to the stretch then drove to the lead and victory with Kent Desormeaux missed a check but has just one win from six starts and makes her first start away from Santa Anita. in the saddle. The disqualified winner of the GI Santa Shadow Miss (Alysheba) has never raced anywhere Anita H., 1 /2 to Wicked Destiny (Top Command), SW of $182,880, had no such problem at Oaklawn, pay­ but Oaklawn, winning three of four tries including the Giii Honeybee at the Fantasy distance last time out. ing off at $3.80. Overlooked at 12-1, MGISW Devil His Due closed from midpack to be second. Saturday, Golden Gate SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DERBY-G3, GG, 4-16, $200,000, 3yo, C·A•L•l •F•O•R•N•I• A 9f, 1:481/5, ft. REPORT 1--@SCREAMING DON, c, 3, Lyphard's Ridge (Dead} --Scream, by Nostrum. 0-Don Heim, Tom Said, and Lanny Sharp; B-Oscar Penn (KY.); T-Lanny Z. Today's Preview: Giii $150,000a Santa Anita Sharp; ($4,000 yearling 1992 Fasig-Tipton Ken­ Budweiser Breeders' Cup H. tucky September yearling sale); $11 0, 000. Six fillies and mares contest a mile on the turf; 2-- Silver Music, c, 3, Silver Ghost (Vinery-KY) Corrazona (El Gran Senor), a MGSW in France, --Music Bell, by Stop the Music. 0-Lauren Cohen; shipped into California and made her NA debut March ($80,000 two-year-old 1993 Ocala Breeders' Sales 16, winning a Santa Anita allowance at this distance. Co. March 2yos in training sale); $40,000. She will face English GSW Lyphard's Delta (Lyphard), 3-- Double Jab, c, 3, Rajab (Bourbon Hills Farm-FL) sixth in the GI Yellow Ribbon Invitational in her only --Juli's Double, by Nodouble. 0-Halo Farms and U.S. stan and off since that Nov. race; and American Jerry Hollendorter; ($27,000 two-year-old 1993 GSW Skimble (Lyphard), a troubled seventh in the GI Barretts March two-vear-olds in training sale); Santa Ana H.