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~?I~~UN~~~RE DM SATURDAY, AUGUST 24,1996 $2 Daily SeTeAeKeEeS RESULTS Friday, Saratoga Race Course DEAUVILLE WRAP-UP The final sessions of the JOHN A. MORRIS H.-GI, $300,000, SAR, 8-23, 3yo/up, 1996 Deauville Yearling Sales, organized by Agence flm, 1 114m, 2:03, wf. Francaise de Vente du Pur-Sang, confirmed the trend 1--URBANE, 119, f, 4, Citidancer--Dumfries Pleasure, by established on the first two days. There was fresh evi­ Pleasant Colony. ($25,000 yrl '93 FTMSEP). O-Siegel dence of the recovery in the bloodstock market up to Jan & Mace & Samantha; B-Frank J Zureick & Violet the last evening; after the six days of the sale, held Cleveland (MD); T-Randy Bradshaw; J-A Solis; August 17-22, the average was $63,076, up 30 per­ $180,000. Lifetime Record: 17-8-4-4, $1,018,568. cent from 1995, while the gross was $20,058,107, up 2--Shoop, 114, m, 5, Double Sonic--Noble Dream 5 percent from a year ago. A total of 326 yearlings Maker, by An Eldorado. O-Davis Barbara J; were sold, 70.4 percent of those offered, and while the B-Petrucione Joseph (Fl); $60,000. market was strong it remained selective, with the pro­ 3--Frolic, 113, f, 4, Cox's Ridge--Arabian Dancer, by portion of yearlings not sold rising on the last two days. Damascus. O/B-Phipps Cynthia (KY); $33,000. Foreign buyers were a strong presence throughout the Margins: 4, 3HF, HF. Odds: 0.60, 7.30, 5.00. sale. Thursday's session topper, a son of Sanglamore-­ Also Ran: Golden Bri, Transient Trend, Head East, Lotta Double Une (What A Guest) consigned by Haras des Dancing, Return of Mom. Capucines, was purchased for $103,834 by Agence Scratched: Restored Hope. Winners on behalf of a Spanish client. Japanese buyers, Urbane fresh from a front-running victory in the Gill who accounted for 18 percent of the market on the first Delaware' H. at this distance, profited from the with­ two days of the auction, were also active, in particular drawal of the speedy Restored Hope. Out of the gate the clients of French agent Patrick Barbe. The Maktoum fast once again, the dark bay this time raced head-and­ family spent more than $2 million, while Khalid A?dull~h head with Shoop through moderate early fractions be­ bought two yearlings for Juddmonte Farms, marking hiS fore putting that rival away at the top of the stretch and return to the yearling market after an absence of several drawing clear. "This seemed like the next logical spot," years. New French buyers were also prominent through­ said her trainer, Randy Bradshaw. "It didn't bother me out the sale, attracted by new premiums and possible at all that Shoop went out there with Urbane, just as purse increases in their country. "1 am very pleased for long as the fractions were slow. She's a tough filly... she breeders who have had a difficult time for at least 10 may not be Serena's Song, but she's close." As for years," said Philippe Augier, preside~t o! ~he Agenc~ future plaos, he offered, "I'm going to bring her back to Francaise. "I think the sale's results Justified our policy California and give her a rest. She has been around the of selection and this, coupled with the international country and deserves a break. I'm considering the Spin­ nature of the French horses in the catalogue, enabled us ster (October 6 at Keeneland) for her next race." to maintain the strong demand throughout the week. II I\lews cont. p3-4 CORRECTION: A report in Wednesday's Thoroughbred STAKES CLOSINGS Daily News listed the top-priced two-year-old at the TODA Y, SA TURDA Y, AUGUST 24: Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale, 9-7 $100/100,000 Belmont Breeders' Cup H.­ held Tuesday, as Hip #637, which sold for $14,000. In GI/I, Bel, 3yo/up, 8.5fT ($ 100) fact, there were three two-year-olds which sold for 9-8 $200,000 Gazelle H.-GI, Bel, 3yo, f, 9f higher and all were consigned by Ontrack Thoroughbred ($200) Training Center Inc., agent, of Gardiner, New York. The three sales toppers were Lotsa T L C, Hip #605, a son of Talc--Thanks To Neva (Duns Scotus) who sold for $25,000 to Sandra Scheff; Smart Crowd, Hip #622, a STAKES RESULTS ............. p1 son of Academy Award--Draws A Crowd (Peace Corps), WEEKEND PREVIEW . .. p2-3 who sold for $24,000 to Mia Comet Bloodstock; and NEWS CONTINUED ........... p3-4 Hip #606, a daughter of Personal Flag--Uncanny Tam -tJ'J (Assert {Ire}) who sold for $20,000, also to Mia Comet Z RACING REPORTS ............ p4-6 Bloodstock. We apologize for the error. - TOTAL PAGES ................. 7 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-24-96 Today, Arlington International PREVIEW BEVERLY D. S.-GI, $500,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 9.5fT • • PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Today, Saratoga Race Course 1 a Khalisa Royer-Dupre Masse 2-1 TRAVERS S.-GI, $750,000, 3yo, 10f 2 Perfect Arc Penna Jr. Velazquez 6-1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 3 Flagbird Noseda D'houssaye 30-1 1 Louis Quatorze Zito Day 2-1 4a Timarida (Ire) Oxx Murtagh 2-1 2 Editor's Note Lukas Smith 9-2 5 Alpride (Ire) McAnally McCarron 12-1 3 Skip Away Hine Santos 9-5 6 Matiara Mandella Nakatani 5-2 4 Will's Way Bond Chavez 4-1 7 Duda Matt Valenzuela 20-1 5a Prince Heaven Callejas C Velasquez 20-1 8 BailOut Becky Matt Perret 5-1 6a Secreta de Estado Callejas Migliore 20-1 9 Memories (Ire) Kessinger Sellers 30-1 7 Dr. Caton Lukas Bailey 6-1 10 Olimpia Dukakis (Ity) McAnally No Rider 30-1 The Travers will be teleVised Jive on ABC Sports, with 11 Auriette (Ire) M F Jones D'meaux 8-1 post time set for 3:35 p.m. EDT: a recap of the race will A classy field of turf mares lines up for the 9th run­ be shown on ESPN's "Racing to the Breeders' Cup" ning of the Beverly D., headed by Matiara (Bering {GB}); from 6-7:00 p.m. EDT. the four-year-old captured the GI Ramona H. last time out, which was the race Eclipse Award winner Possibly THORO-GRAPH ANALYSIS by Jerry Brown Perfect used as a springboard to victory in this event Contested at equal weights, and with the small field last year. The Beverly D. will be televised on ESPN's unlikely to cause a traffic jam on the long run into the "Racing to the Breeders' Cup" from 6-7:00 p.m. EDT. first turn, the 127th running of the Travers will be an equal-opportunity event for the best three-year-olds Today, Saratoga Race Course still standing at midsummer. KING'S BISHOP S.-GII, $100,000a, 3yo, 7f Skip Away (Skip TriaD has put up five huge perfor­ PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS mances since April and has now run his career-best 1 Cliveden Hall Badgett Jr. Migliore 15-1 Thoro-Graph figure of 1 3/4 three times--the 1994 2 Distorted Humor Walden Day 5-2 Travers winner Holy Bull had not run that fast even 3 Honour and Glory Lukas Santos 7-5 once at this point. Giving away weight while winning 4 Elusive Quality Mott Bailey 6-1 the Gil Ohio Derby and GI Buick Haskell Invitational, 5 Delay Of Game Arnold Davis 5-1 the colt won't spot even a pound to his rivals here, 6 Gold Fever McGaughey Smith 7-2 and there's no reason to believe he won't run another Distorted Humor (Forty Niner) came from just off a big one. :44 3/5 half in his last to win the Screen King S. impres­ On the other hand, Preakness winner louis Qua­ sively going six furlongs after a short layoff. The Elliott torze (Sovereign Dancer) took the Jim Dandy while Walden charge will again have plenty of pace in front of giving 12 pounds to runner-up Will's Way (Easy Goer) him, gets an extra eighth to make his run-wand eight and racing outside him on both turns to earn a figure pounds from favored Honour and Glory (Relaunch). of Ow-the best figure for a three-year-old since Risen Today, Goodwood, England Star earned a negative number winning the 1988 TRIPLEPRINT CELEBRATION MILE-G2, $77,495, Belmont S. But Louis has a history of bouncing and 3yo/up, 8fT it's likely he fired his Travers shot three weeks too PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. soon. 1 Alhaal'th (Ire) Hern Carson 121 So Skip Away looks the likely winner and, if we 2 Gothenberg (Ire) Johnston Weaver 124 play Louis Quatorze to run poorly, the betting gets 3 Beauchamp King (GB) Dunlop Reid 121 interesting. The Thoro-Graph play is Skip Away on 4 Distant Oasis H Cecil Ryan 118 top in exactas and trifectas using Editor's Note (Forty 5 Bishop Of Cashel (GB) Fanshawe Swinburn 127 Niner), Will's Way and Dr. Caton (Seattle Slew). The 6 Restructure (Ire) Mrs J Cecil Eddery 127 Thoro-Graph handicapper's line offers analyses and sug­ 7 Mark Of Esteem (Ire) bin Suroor Dettori 127 gested plays for six major tracks daily.