Ti'e ":-Joroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please cali 908-747-8060, T~?I~~UN~~~RE DTM SAT U R DAY, APR ILl 3, 1 9 9 6 S-T-A-K-E-S RESULTS DELAWARE PARK OPENS TODAY Thoroughbred Friday, Oaklawn Park racing returns to the oldest track in the Delaware Valley APPLE BLOSSOM H.-GI, $500,000, OPX, 4-12, 3/4yo, today as Delaware Park opens for its 59th season of flm, 1 1/16m, 1:41 3/5, sy. racing, the first since slot machines were installed at the 1--TWICE THE VICE, 117, m, 5, Vice Regent--Double track last December 29, The 130-day meet will feature Set, by Resurgent. ($34,000 yrl '92 KEESEP; live racing Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Saturdays and $130,000 2yo 1993 KEEAPR). O-Wygod Mr & IVlrs Sundays, with first post at 12:45 p,m. and free Martin J; B-Maclean Angus M (KY); T-Ronald W Ellis; admission and parking daily. Thursdays will be added to J-C J McCarron; $300,000. Lifetime Record: the live calendar in August, and there will also be racing 17-9-4-1, $932,104. * 1/2 to Burgandy Dancer at the track Memorial Day, July 4 and Labor Day. Daily (Marshua's Dancer), SW, $122,532. average overnight purses for the first condition book are 2--Halo America, 115, m, 6, Waquoit--Ameriangel, by set at $132,000, up from $92,000 at the end of the Halo. ($10,500 2yo 1992 FTLAPR). O/B-Franks John 1995 live season. The 1996 stakes schedule, worth (FL); $100,000. over $1 million, will be highlighted by the $200,000 3--Serena's Song, 124, f, 4, Rahy--Imagining, by Delaware H., to be run Sunday, July 14. The Delaware Northfields. ($42,000 wing '92 KEENOV; $150,000 meet closes November 10. yrl '93 KEEJUL). O-Lewis Beverly J & Robert B; B-Baker Howard Dr (KY); $50,000. WINDSHARP PROBABLE FOR SAN JUAN Margins: 1 HF, 1 HF, 2HF. Odds: 3.00, 9.60, 0.60. CAPISTRANO Looking to beat the boys for the third Also Ran: Belle of Cozzene, Alcovy, Bedroom Blues, straight time, Windsharp (Lear Fan) is pointing for the GI Laura's Pistolette. San Juan Capistrano H. at Santa Anita April 21. "We're Turning the tables on last year's champion three-year­ leaning towards running her in the San Juan," said old filly Serena's Song, Twice The Vice avenged a loss trainer Wally Dollase, "but we haven't ruled out the in the GI Santa Maria H. February 17. Trying the slop for Santa Barbara (April 20). We won't make a decision the first time, the winner of the GI Santa Margarita H. in until early next week." The five-year-old Windsharp her last picked up her second consecutive Grade I captured the Gil San Luis Obispo and the GI San Luis victory, closing from just off the pace of the speedy Rey in her last two starts; Wandesta (GB) (Nashwan), Halo America to take command in the stretch and draw the only other distaffer in those events, finished second clear under jockey Chris IVlcCarron. "I had no clue both times but will make her next start in the GI Santa whether this filly would like the mud or not," said Barbara, a race she won last year. McCarron. "Her trainer doesn't even work his horses jf the track comes up sloppy. As we headed into the first ITALIAN CHAMP READY FOR RETURN Glory turn she got splashed and threw her head a little, but then she set her head down and...1 knew she was going Of Dancer (GB) (Shareef Dancer), last year's Highweight to give me her best. The rest of the trip all I did was act Colt at Two in Italy and one of eight colts supplemented like I was earning my money. " Trainer Ronald Ellis said, to the 1996 Epsom Derby at a cost of $12,180 this "This concludes the first half of her campaign. My week, is to make his first British appearance in the G3 plans are to take her home, let her catch her breath, and Thresher Classic Trial at Sandown Park April 27. Glory then we will plan the rest of the year, winding up_owe Of Dancer captured the G1 Gran Criterium at Milan hope--in the Breeders' Cup." The runner-up, who was when trained in Italy last season; he joined the stable of also second in this event last year, turned back a Newmarket-based Paul Kelleway about 10 weeks ago. challenge from odds-on Serena's Song at the quarter­ pole but could not answer when headed by the winner. Serena's Song suffered back-to-back losses for the first U.I STAKES RESULTS ............. p1 time since September 3, 1994. "She didn't have as o WEEKEND PREVIEW ........... p2-3 much energy today," said her jockey, Gary Stevens. "I (I)- RACING REPORTS ............ p3-5 don't know if it was the trip getting here, but she Z wasn't as active in the post parade as normal. I was TOTAL PAGES ................. 6 always in a position to get by the leader (but) she just - didn't give me any late move." PAGE 2. THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 4-13-96 Today, Oaklawn Park PREVIEW ARKANSAS DERBY-Gil, $500,000, 3yo, 9f • • PP HORSE TRAII\IER JOCKEY ODDS Today, Keeneland Racecourse 1 Jewelled Road Wren Gomez 30-1 TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S.-GIL $700,000, 3yo, 9f 2 Calexus Hudson Lovelace 30-1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 3 Pugnacious D Cross Albarado 6-1 1 Louis Quatorze Zito McCarron 8-1 4 Blow Out Keefer Johnson 6-1 2 Ensign Ray Tortora Martinez 12-1 5 Black Tie Dinner Whited Court 30-1 3 Diligence Zito Delahoussaye 2-1 6 Zanferrier McAnally Borel 20-1 4 Draw McGaughey Day 7-2 7 Zarb's Magic Thomas Ardoin 10-1 5 Skip Away Hine Sellers 6-1 8 Halo Sunshine R J Cross Solis 5-2 6 Semoran Baffert Baze 8-1 9 Bunker Hill Road Flint Desormeaux 20-1 7 Editor's l\Iote Lukas Stevens 5-2 10 Dynapopper Van Berg Lester 30-1 Editor's Note (Forty Niner) hasn't visited the winner's 11 Beefchopper Hauswald Perret 12-1 circle since taking the Gill Kentucky Cup Juvenile last 12 Grindstone Lukas Bailey 9-5 September 23, but has been close in his six subsequent THORO-GRAPH ANALYSIS by Jerry Brown starts; he has finished more than five lengths behind the Clearly the horse to beat in the Arkansas Derby is winner only once over that stretch, when second behind Team Lukas' Grindstone (Unbridled), the morning-line buzzsaw Unbridled's Song in the GI Florida Derby last favorite. In his second start this year he won the time out. The tempermental chestnut has worked well Louisiana Derby with a lifetime best figure of 5 1/2. since shipping to the Blue Grass State and should move Three-year-olds tend to pair up top efforts in the spring, to the top of the Team Lukas Triple Crown class here. and with a month's rest, this one should do just that. Draw (Private Account) blew out for the race with a The live longshot in the race is Beefchopper (Farma sharp three-eighths in :34 3/5 yesterday. The Blue Grass Way), who had a nice pattern as a two-year-old, getting will be televised live on ESPN from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. down to a couple of 8s late in the year. He didn't make EDT; post time is set for 4:40 p.m. his '96 debut until March, when he won a two-turn stake with a 6. Lifetime efforts following a layoff are Today, Aqueduct tricky to evaluate, since they sometimes cause a WOOD MEMORIAL S.-GII, $500,000, 3yo, 9f bounce, but at a price we'll take our chances. Although PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS they both got the worst of the draw, the play is a box of 1 Romano Gucci Dutrow Krone 5-2 Grindstone and Beefchopper. The Thoro-Graph 2 Unbridled's Song Ryerson Smith 4-5 handicapper's line offers analyses and suggested plays for 3 Secreto de Estado Callejas Cordova 20-1 six major tracks daily. The number is 1-900-773-3331, 4 Harrowman Reid Velazquez 15-1 $25 per track. For information about Thoro-Graph or a free 5 Feather Box Cordero Jr. Migliore 8-1 introductory kit, including aUdiotape, call 212-741-5065. 6 In Contention Reese Black 7-2 Unbridled's Song (Unbridled) galloped a steady 1 3/8­ Today, Hialeah Park miles at Aqueduct Friday. The gallop represented a BLACK HELEN H.-Gil, $200,000, 3yo/up, flm, 9fT change in plans for the Florida Derby winner, who had PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS been slated to blowout through the lane. "We change 1 Cask (GB) Clement Coa 5-1 plans quite often, given enough time to think about it," 2 Alinam Brittain Velasquez 15-1 smiled trainer Jim Ryerson. "Actually, his schedule was 3 Class Kris Picou Boulanger 8-5 all thrown off with the day we missed because of the 4 Chela,l=lY Flower Margotta No Rider 12-1 snow. I didn't want to blow him out after a day off, 5 Electric Society (Ire) Kimmel No Rider 4-1 which ruled Thursday out, and then we normally don't 6 Majestic Dy Wolfson Toribio 15-1 breeze him that close to a race.