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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 M 0 N DAY, AUG U S T 5, 1 996 $2 Daily WeEeEeKeEeNeD RESULTS Sunday, Monmouth Park HELMSMAN OUT OF PACIFIC CLASSIC Helms BUICK HASKELL INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $750,0001 man (EI Gran Senor) will miss next Saturday's GI Pacific MTH, 8-4, 3yol 1 1/8m 1:47 3/5, ft. Classic after suffering a pulled muscle in his back. Ex l 1--SKIP AWAY, 1241 c, 3, Skip Trial--Ingot Way (MSW), plained trainer Wally Dollase, "He actually did it some by Diplomat Way. ($30,000 2yo 1995 OBSFEB). O-C time ago, probably in the (Hollywood) Gold Cup. We H Hine; B-A M Barnhart (FL); T-H Hine; J-J A Santos; gave him some time off; we thought he was okay and $450,000. Lifetime Record: 15-5-5-2, $1,504,860. we were training him back, but after the workout (July 2--Dr. Caton, 115 c, 3, Seattle Slew--Won't She Tell, 27), he was sore again." The injury is not considered / by Banner Sport. ($325,000 yrl '94 KEEJUL). O-B J career-threatening, but the trainer said, "If hels not 110 & R B Lewis; B-Fawn Leap Farm (KY); $150,000. percent, I donlt want to run him. Itls very tempting, 3--Victory Speech, 121, c, 3, Deputy Minister--Ida's with the bonus I but I donlt want to do that. Weill start Image, by Alydar. O-Magnier Mrs John & Tabor lasering him now and really working on it." Helmsman is Michael; B-Entenmann Robert W (NY); $75,000. one of only two horses eligible for the MGM Grand Margins: 11 1, 4HF. Odds: 0.60 6.20, 2.20. Classic Crown participation bonus for running in all three 1 Also Ran: Devil's Honor, Foolish Pole, Natural Selection, legs of the series I which totals $500,000. The other Slew 0 Mink. Scratched: Maria's Mon. horse eligible for the bonus, Luthier Fever (Mt. Skip Away proved once again to be the classiest and Livermore), worked five furlongs in 1 :01 2/5 yesterday most consistent performer among this year's crop of morning. three-year-olds with yet another sterling effort. The steel grey was bet down to 3-5 after taking the Gil Ohio CIGAR SPECIAL ON ESPN "Cigar's Race to His Derby last time out and running a gutsy second in the GI tory/' a special on the reigning Horse of the Year's Belmont Stakes two starts back. Typically a free-runner, quest for his 17th straight victory in the $1 /000,000 the crowd's choice was this time throttled back as Dr. Pacific Classic, will be televised on ESPN at 10:00 p.m. Caton set a lively pace, pressed hard by stablemate and EDT this Friday night, August 9. The half-hour presenta Ohio Derby second Victory Speech, but he drove up to tion, hosted by Tom Durkin and Chris Lincoln, will in challenge on the far turn and would not be denied de clude footage of Cigar's (Palace Music) races and inter spite a gallant effort by the runner-up. "I was anxious views with his connectionsl and a preview of the Pacific the whole race," revealed trainer Sonny Hine, who also Classic field. The race will be televised on ESPN Satur won the 1985 Haskell with Skip Away's sire, Skip Trial, daYI August 10, at 6:00 p.m. EDT. and the 1992 edition with Technology. "We were laying fourth or fifth at one time, but the horse really came CECIL AND ALLAN SPLIT Ten-time British cham through. This is the best horse live ever trained. Maybe pion trainer Henry Cecil and leading Far East-based he's not getting all the accolades he deserves. But who owner Ivan Allan have ended their long and successful are they going to make the three-year-old champion if association. No public reasons have been revealed con not us?" The winner now heads for the Travers August cerning the split. But Cecil has confirmed that one-time 24, as does Dr. Caton. "He ran a great race--you can't Epsom Derby hope Clever Cliche (GBl (Danehilll--the colt ask for more," said Mike Maker, assistant to trainer D. was supplemented for the Classic but did not run be Wayne Lukas. lilt sure looks like the Travers would be cause of firm ground--and a two-year-old son of Kris next. We're not going to back away from anyone, that's (GB) have both left his Newmarket stable. He added for sure." A total of 31 ,455 fans were on hand at that he does "not expect to be receiving any more Monmouth--the second largest crowd in 25 years. horses" from Allan, who is not only a Thoroughbred Weekend Results cont. p2 owner in Britain but has also trained successfully in his own name in both Hong Kong and Singapore. Allan LU WEEKEND RESULTS ........... p1-3 posted a British Classic win in 1984 when Commanche C NEWS CONTINUED ............ 3 Run--trained by Luca Cumani--collected the ,St. Leger at WEEKEND PREVIEW . .. p3 fJ)- Doncaster. He currently has horses in training in England RACING REPORTS ............ p3-7 with Peter Chapple-Hyam. Z News cont. p3 TOTAL PAGES . .. 10 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 8-5-96 Sunday, Saratoga Sunday, Del Mar JIIVI DANDY-Gil, $150,000, SAR, 8-4, 3yo, 1 118m, EDDIE READ H.-GI, $313,000, DMR, 8-4, 3yo/up, 1:47 1/5, ft. 1 1/8mT, 1:47, fm. 1--LOUIS QUATORZE, 124, c, 3, Sovereign Dancer--On 1--FASTNESS (IRE)' 124, h, 6, Rousillon--City Fortress to Royalty (MGSW, $318,539), by On to Glory. (GB) (SW-Fr), by Troy (GB). O-Evergreen Farm; O-Condren & Cornacchia & Hofmann; B-Hofmann B-Ballymacoll Stud Farm (IRE); T -Jenine Sahadi; J-C S Georgia E (KY); T-Nicholas P Zito; J-P Day; $90,000. Nakatani; $193,000. Lifetime Record: 24-9-6-1, Lifetime Record: 12-5-3-0, $882,908. $1,580,576. 2--Will's Way, 114, c, 3, Easy Goer--Willamae, by 2--Smooth Runner, 114, h, 5, Local Talent--Silken Tentam. ($95,000 yrl '94 KEESEP). O-Clifton William Ripples, by Roberto. ($17,000 yrl'92 KEESEP; Jr & Rudlein Stable; B-Quinichett Robert (KY); $65,000 2yo 1993 BESMAR). O-Allen Herbert; $30,000. B-Gainesway Thoroughbreds Ltd (KY); $60,000. 3--Secreto de Estado, 114, g, 3, General Assembly- 3--Gold and Steel (Fr), 118, c, 4, Shining Steel (GB)- Marchpane, by Go Marching. ($6,000 yrl '94 Horphaly, by Pharly. O-Tanaka Gary A; B-Rollain FTMDEC). O-Perez Robert; B-Capuano Phillip L (VA); Gerard (FR); $36,000. $16,500. Margins: HF, 4, 9. Odds: 0.40, 6.60, 4.10. Margins: NK, 15, 3. Odds: 2.10, 4.40, 40.25. Also: Earl of Barking (Ire), Wavy Run (Ire), Big Sky Jim. Also Ran: Editor's Note, Prince of Thieves, Maria's Mon, Fastness (Ire) is now four-for-four since running sec Prince Heaven, Storm Creek. Scratched: Natural Selec ond in last year's GI Breeders' Cup Mile, and hasn't tion. finished worse than second in eight starts over the last Preakness winner Louis Quatorze was making his first two years. Bet down to 2-5 here, the talented grey sat start since finishing fourth in the June 8 Belmont S. The third for three-quarters, moved to take the lead on the colt stalked pacesetting Will's Way to the quarter pole far turn, then had to dig down deep in the drive to hold and was hard driven to get by that rival in deep stretch. off the late charge of Smooth Runner. "When I asked "There were tense moments in the stretch," admitted him to fire on the turn, he gave it to me," said winning winning trainer Nick Zito. "But I think he has proved he jockey Corey Nakatani, who was picking up his second is the best three-year-old." Belmont champ EDITOR'S Grade I win of the weekend after guiding Matiara to NOTE (Forty Niner) was forced to race wide after an victory in the GI Ramona H. Saturday. "He was all out awkward beginning and finished fourth. "Those two at the finish--he was packing a lot of weight. He worked (Louis Quatorze and Will's Way) kind of got away on the hard and was fully extended to earn this today. II Added lead," explained D. Wayne Lukas. "Going three quarters jockey Chris McCarron on the runner-up, "I gave Corey in 1: 11 over this track--you're not going to run them a scare. I was riding, riding, riding--and hoping. He gave down. TI Louis Quatorze, Will's Way and Editor's Note it a good shot. II will now be pointed toward a rematch in the Aug. 24. Travers. Last year's two-year-old champ MARIA'S MON Sunday, Munich, Germany (Wavering Monarch), making his second start of the GROSSER DALLMAYR-PREIS-BAYERISCHES year, raced in contention for six furlongs but faded ZUCHTRENNEN-G1, $270,893, Munich, Germany, 8-4, badly in the stretch. lilt looked like he just quit running, II 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:06.60, sf. said trainer Rick Schosberg. "Maybe he bled. It looked 1--TIMARIDA (IRE), 128, f, 4, Kalaglow (GB)- like he pulled up perfectly sound.