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 SUNDAY, MAY 2 5, 199 7 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland QUEEN TO ATTEND QUEEN'S PLATE Her Maj­ AIRLIE/COOLMORE IRISH 1000 GUINEAS-G1 I esty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The $203,309, The Curragh, Ireland, 5-24, 3yo, f, 8fT, Duke of Edinburgh will be on hand at Woodbine Race­ 1 :42.20, yld. track June 29 to attend this year's 138th running of 1--@CLASSIC PARK (GB), 126, f, 3, Robellino--Wanton the Queen's Plate. This will mark the third time the (GB) (GSP-Eng), by Kris (GB). ( $ 51, 111 yrl '95 royal couple have been in Toronto for the Canadian TAOCT). 0-Mrs. Seamus Burns; B-Lady Halifax; Classic, first visiting for the 1 OOth edition in 1959, T-Aidan O'Brien; J-S Craine; $130,256. *1/2 to and then again in 1973. The Queen will present the Rumpipumpy (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}), GSP, traditional 50 guineas and the Queen's Plate trophy to $229, 112. the winning owner. 2--Strawberry Roan (Ire), 126, f, 3, Sadler's Wells--Doff The Derby, by Master Derby. ($408,892 yrl '95 RECORD HANDLE ON '97 PREAKNESS The final TAHOU). 0-Mrs. John Magnier; B-Barronstown Stud figures for the total handle on the 1997 Preakness S. & Ron Con Ltd; $44,450. are in, with wagering both in Maryland and from 3--Caiseal Ros {Ire), 126, f, 3, Roi Danzig--Scapa, by sources around the country reaching all-time highs on Forceten. ( $17,71 2 yrl '95 GOOC 1). 0-Dermot the race. A total of $23,924,000 was bet on the McAuliffe; B-Des Vere Hunt Farming Co; $21,258. Preakness outside of Maryland, with $2,677,000 Margins: 1, 2 1/2, short HD. Odds: 20-1, 4-1, 20-1. Also ran: Ryafan, Oh Nellie, Seebe, Almost Skint (Ire), wagered in state. In addition, a record $8,526,000 Via Verbano (Ire), Dazzle (GB), Royale (Ire). was wagered throughout Preakness Day in Maryland, At odds of 20-1, Classic Park (GB) became the lon­ and a record $8,927,000 was handled on the remain­ gest-priced winner of this Irish Classic since it was first der of Pimlico's Preakness Day card around the coun­ run in 1923. She also gave her young trainer Aidan try. Wagering from all sources on the Pimlico card on O'Brien, who also saddled the much more fancied run­ Preakness Day was $41,377,000, up 16.4 percent ner-up Strawberry Roan (Ire), his first Classic success. from last year. Total attendance at the Maryland As she did in the 1 000 Guineas at Newmarket, OH tracks on Preakness Day also showed gains, with NELLIE (Tilt The Stars) set the pace from the start and 102, 118 visiting Pimlico, Laurel, Rosecroft and still led at the quarter-mile mark, but jockey Stephen Delmarva, up from 97, 751 in 1996. Craine brought Classic Park through along the rail to split Oh Nellie and SEEBE (Danzig) entering the final furlong and go clear, running on strongly to the line. STAKES CLOSINGS Strawberry Roan can be considered unlucky as she TOMORROW, MONDAY, MAY 26: found traffic problems in trying to find a way through 6-8 $ 100/100, 000 Molly Pitcher Breeders' and had to be switched to the wide outside at the Cup H.-Gll, Mth, 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f eighth pole, finishing strongly for the runner-up berth. ($100) Caiseal Ros (Ire) just pipped English challenger RY AFAN • (Lear Fan), the 3-1 favourite, on the line for third. O'Brien said: "I'm delighted my fillies ran so well. We have not worked them together as we were RACING ON TV THIS WEEKEND:[] concentrating on having each of them fresh and at their MONDAY, MAY 26: best for this. Classic Park quickened really well and won on merit, but I think Strawberry Roan was very unlucky 2Day at The Races: GI Met Mile at Belmont as she was hit with a whip at least once when trying to Park; City Of Arlington 5. at Lone Star Park; come between horses and had to be switched to the Soviet Prob/em H. at Golden Gate Fields - outside." Classic Park will be aimed at the G 1 Corona- espn2, 6:30-7 p.m. EDT tion S. over a mile at Royal Ascot June 18, while Straw­ berry Roan is likely for the G 1 Epsom Oaks June 6. "PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-25-97 Weekend Results cont. Saturday, Belmont Park PREVIEW SHUVEE H.-Gll, $1 50,000, BEL, 5-24, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 m, • • 1 :35 1 /5, ft. Today, Rome, Italy 1--HIDDEN LAKE, 115, f, 4, Quiet American--Friendly DERBY ITALIANO-G1, $581,327, 3yo, 12fT Circle (GSW), by Round Table. ($13,000 yrl '94 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. KEESEP). 0-Clay Robert N & Farmer Tracy; B-Charles 1 Badlesmere Cole Quinn 1 28 Nuckols, Jr & Sons (KY); T-John C Kimmel; J-R 2 Hahnio (Ire) Brogi Fiocchi 1 28 Migliore; $90,000. Lifetime Record: MGISP, 18-4-4-6, 3 Risiat (Ire) Borromeo Demuro 1 28 $407,489. *1/2 to Midway Circle (Alydar), MSW, 4 Solitario Wells (lty) Pessi Polito 1 28 $195,024; Ginistrelli (Hoist the Flag), GSW-Eng. 5 Stanton Harcourt J Dunlop Jovine 1 28 2--flat Fleet Feet, 120, f, 4, Afleet--Czar Dancer, by 6 Pariofige Pessi Mezzatesta 1 28 Czaravich. ($32,000 2yo 1995 FTFFEB). 0-Kimmel C 7 Ivan Luis (Fr) Bell Roberts 1 28 P & Solondz LI & P J; B-Cohen Ollie A (KY); 8 Single Empire (Ire) Chapple-Hyam Harrison 1 28 $30,000. 9 Special Star (lty) Guardegnati Corniani 1 28 3--Escena, 116, f, 4, Strawberry Road (Aus)--Claxton's 1 0 Honey Colour (Ire) Colella Fancera 1 28 Slew, by Seattle Slew. O/B-Paulson Allen E (KY); 11 Ungaro (Ger) Blume Hellier 128 $16,500. 1 2 Panama City Chapple-Hyam Dettori 1 28 Margins: 4, 1, 3/4. Odds: 8.80, 6.70, 3.30. 13 Musical Dancer E Dunlop Fallon 1 28 Also Ran: Mil Kilates, Capote Belle, My Flag, Clear 14 Rio Napa (Ire) Camici Pasquale 1 28 Mandate, Chip, Golden Gale. Scratched: Nappelon. 1 5 Yavlensky (Ire) J Dunlop Weaver 1 28 Hidden Lake, first in the Dec. 29 Gii La Brea S., 16 State Fair (GB) Hills Holland 128 was winless in her four prior starts this year but had Sires: Badlesmere (Geiger Counter), Hahnio (Ire) been third in the GI Santa Margarita H. in March and (Slip Anchor {GB}), Risiat (Ire) (Waajib {Ire}), Solitario second in the May 3 Giii Humana Distaff H. at Chur­ Wells (lty) (Sadler's Wells), Stanton Harcourt (Sover­ chill in her latest outing. The bay rated off the pace eign Dancer), Pariofige (Alleged), Ivan Luis (Fr) set by GOLDEN GALE (Summer Squall), then split (Lycius), Single Empire (Ire) (Kris {GB}), Special Star rivals in the stretch to get to the lead and draw away (lty) (Soviet Star), Honey Colour (Ire) (Night Shift), to an impressive score. "Around the turn I had a ton Ungaro (Ger) (Goofalik), Panama City (El Gran Senor), of horse, but I didn't want to commit to the inside or Musical Dancer (Dixieland Band), Rio Napo (Ire) (Law the outside today," winning jockey Richard Migliore Society), Yavlensky (Ire) (Caerleon), State Fair (GB) said. "When the hole opened for her, I knew she'd be (Shirley Heights {GB}). home free." Winning trainer John Kimmel, who also saddled runner-up Flat Fleet Feet, indicated that the Today, The Curragh, Ireland: winner may run next in the June 28 Hempstead H. at LEXUS IRISH 2000 GUINEAS-G1, $309,215, 3yo, c/f, Belmont. The second-place finisher broke slowly and 8fT JOCKEY rallied to grab the place spot. "She ran real good PP HORSE TRAINER C Roche considering how bad she broke out of the gate, " said 1 Desert King (Ire) A P O'Brien 2 Verglas (Ire) K Prendergast W J Supple her rider, Mike Smith. "I had to come from off the 3 Fantastic Fellow (Ire) C E Brittain B Doyle pace with her today because I had no choice. Overall, 4 Yalaietanee (GB) M R Stoute M J Kinane she recovered and finished well." CAPOTE BELLE 5 Bob The Broker (Ire) P J Flynn P V Gilson (Capote), the 7-2 third choice, forced the pace be­ 6 Mosconi (Ire) . J S Bolger K J Manning tween rivals and then took the lead with two furlongs 7 Royal Amaretto (Ire) B J Meehan 0 Peslier to go but weakened in the stretch to finish fifth. MY 8 Revoque (Ire) Chapple·Hyam J Reid FLAG (Easy Goer), the 2-1 favorite, raced from the 9 Musical Pursuit (GB) M H Tompkins Pat Eddery back of the pack early but lacked a response in the 1 O Peartree House (Ire) W R Muir Dane O'Neill stretch. "I don't know what went wrong," said her 11 Sharemono A P O'Brien J Heffernan trainer, Shug McGaughey. "She had trained super, 1 2 Romanov (Ire) Chapple·Hyam R Hughes she looked great, and I thought she warmed up great, All carry 1 26 pounds. too. After the race, I talked to (jockey Jerry Bailey) and he couldn't figure out what happened, either." Weekend Preview cont.