The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call 908-7 47-8060. T~?I~~UN~:!~RE DM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 2, 199 7 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS PULPIT'S TEAM SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT Weekend Stakes Results: Explaining it was important to clear the air, Claiborne NAKAYAMA KINEN-G2-Jpn, $1,067,777, Nakayama Farm confirmed yesterday that their undefeated three­ Racecourse, Japan, 3-9, 4yo/up, 9fT, 1:48.7, fm. year-old sensation Pulpit (A.P. Indy) had suffered a 1--@KING OF DAIYA (JPN), h, 5, Sunday Silence--Will stress fracture of his left front leg as a two-year-old in (Jpn), by Mill George. 0-T lshige; B-Satake Farm; training in South Carolina last March which delayed his T-Toshiaki Shimizu; J-Yoshitomi Shibata. $561, 728. racing debut. While Claiborne spokesperson Dell Han­ 2--0ffside Trap (Jpn), h, 6, Tony Bin (lre)--Toko Carol cock downplayed the significance of the injury, she said (Jpn), by Hospitality (Jpn). 0-Takashi Watanabe; the farm did feel it necessary to set the record straight. $227,441. Claiborne had earlier attributed his absence at two to 3--Rosen Kavalier (Jpn), c, 4, Sunday Silence--Dyna "growing pains," but speculation in the press that he Fairy (Jpn), by Northern Taste. 0-Shadai Race Horse; had suffered a more serious injury led Claiborne to $139,755. schedule a press conference yesterday. Veterinarian Margins: 1 Y:z, NS, 1 Y:z. Odds: 2.50, 7.70, 3.20. Larry Bramlage, who treated the colt at two, said stress King of Daiya, who settled in mid-field until the final fractures in young horses were not uncommon as their turn, showed the most impressive finishing speed on heart and lungs become highly developed early, but their bones develop more slowly. 11 He was making progress the stretch to score his first graded stakes win by 1 Y:z faster than his bones were keeping up," said Bram Iage, lengths. The five-year-old became the fifth graded who explained the injury could have become more seri­ stakes for his sire, Sunday Silence this year and the ous had it not been detected early on. 11 Had he gone on 37th graded stakes winner in the total produce record and trained, he would have gotten what is commonly of Sunday Silence in Japan. King of Daiya was un­ called a condylar fracture in the cannon bone. We sim­ beaten in three starts last year, including the Decem­ ply had to reduce his training schedule to let his skeletal ber S. He was third as the favorite in his graded structure catch up with his heart and lungs." Trainer stakes debut last out in the January G2 Jockey Club Frank Brothers said the injury caused Pulpit to miss Cup. Winning jockey Yoshitomi Shibata said, "I have three months of training. He returned to the track in always thought this horse would be a graded stakes August, and could have been ready to run as early as winner. It just came true today." November, said Brothers, but his connections elected to wait until the opening of the Gulfstream meet in Janu­ Additional Japanese stakes results p.2 ary. Said Hancock, "We felt like it was just a growing pain and it was not a big issue. It kind of got out of hand in the press, and that's why we're meeting every­ STAKES CLOSINGS body head on now." Pulpit makes his next start in this TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12: Saturday's GI Florida Derby at Gulfstream. 3-15 $500,000 Florida Derby-GI, GP, 3yo, 9f ($20,000s) KEENELAND CATALOGUES 246 FOR APRIL 3-22 $150,000 Santa Ana H.-Gll, SA, 2YO SALE Keeneiand has catalogued a total of 246 4yo/up, f/m, 9fT ($50) juveniles for its two-year-olds-in-training sale to be held 3-23 $250,000 San Luis Rey-GI/, SA, 4yo/up, •12fT April 1 5 and 16 in Lexington, Ky. Sessions will begin at ($100) 6:30 p.m. each day. The April 16 session will also in­ 3-23 $75175,000 Oak/awn Breeders' Cup H., OP, clude 13 horses of racing age from Jack Kent Cooke's 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f ($0) complete dispersal. Among the horses in the dispersal is TOMORROW, THURSDAY, MARCH 13: multiple Grade I-winning four-year-old filly Antespend 3-16 $400,000 Louisiana Derby-GI//, FG, 3yo, 81hf (Spend a Buck). Cooke is also selling 1 8 juveniles in the ($7500s) two-year-old sale. Preview shows for the sale will be 3-23 $150,000 Pelleteri Breeders' Cup H., FG, 4yo/up, 6f held April 7 and April 14, starting each morning at ($25) 10:30 a.m. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-12-97 Stakes results cont. HOCHI HAI YONSAI HIMBA TOKUBETSU-G2-Jpn, FLORIDA $874,251, Hanshin Racecourse, Japan, 3-9, 3yo, f, • • 7fT, 1:21.4 (NSR), fm. local News, Gulfstream Park: 1--@KYOEI MARCH (JPN), f, 3, Dancing Brave--lnter Allen E. Paulson's Escena (Strawberry Road {Aus}), Charmant, by Bravest Roman. 0-Masao Matsuoka; seven-length winner of the GI Fantasy S. at Oaklawn in B-lnternational Stud Co. Ltd; T-Akihiko Nomura; 1996, returns to the races for the first time since last J-Mikio Matsunaga; $461,842. September when she goes postward in today's 10th 2--She's Princess (Jpn), f, 3, Cacoethes--Yuwa Candy race at Gulfstream, a 1 1 /16-mile turf allowance. It will {Jpn), by Longleat. 0-Mikio Matsunaga. $461,842. be the four-year-old filly's career debut on grass. To 3--Yamanin Xanadu (Jpn), f, 3, Tony Bin (lre)--One of a date, Escena has a lifetime record of 11-4-5-1 and earn­ Klein, by Danzig. 0-H. Doi. $114,328. ings of $501, 700. Margins: 7, HD, NS. Odds: 2.90, 4.60, 105.30. Dancing Brave produced his first graded stakes winner local News, Florida: in Japan when Kyoei March, a daughter from his second The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' crop in this country, won this event, one of the most Association announced the 1 996 Florida-bred champi­ important prep races for the Japanese 1000 Guineas, by ons yesterday. The winners were: Blazing Sword a devastating seven lengths. Mikio Matsunaga, settled (Sword Dance {Ire}), champion two-year-old colt; How the filly, whose race record was four starts and three About Now (Pentelicus), two-year-old filly; Skip Away wins including the Elfin S. before this race, just behind (Skip Trial), three-year-old colt; J J'sdream (Glitterman), the early pacesetter. When the field came into the three-year-old filly; Wekiva Springs (Runaway Groom), stretch, Kyoei March took the lead without any action handicap male; Jewel Princess (Key to the Mint), handi­ by the jockey and at the wire the horse stopped the cap female; and lite the Fuse (Buckaroo), sprinter. clock in stakes record time. Mikio Matsunaga, the win­ Diplomatic Jet {Roman Diplomat) and Mecke (Maudlin) ning rider, said, "The race was just what you witnessed­ shared the award as champion turf horse. The Florida -very easy effort for the horse. She has already proved horse, breeder, broodmare and stallion of the year will that she stays one mile in the previous start and I be­ be announced at the FTBOA Awards Dinner Monday, lieve she should be very close to the title of 1 000 Guin­ March 24. The awards are chosen by a panel of five eas now." racing secretaries. MARCH S.-G3-Jpn, $705,285, Nakayama Racecourse, Japan, 3-8, 4yo/up, 9f (dirt), 1 :51.5, ft. NEW YORK 1--@WILD BLUSTER (JPN), h, 5, Wild Again--Darling • • local News: Aqueduct Miss Q. (SW), by Alydar. 0-Yoshinobu Hayashi; Racing shifts from the inner track to the main track at B-Hayata Farms; T-Hitoshi Arai!; J-Hiroki Hashimoto; Aqueduct today, with post time returning to 1 p.m. $369, 166. * Yz to Woody Boy Would (Highland Blade), SW, $178, 134; Miss Highland Blade (Highland Blade), GSW, $508,241. EAST 2--Great Charmer (Jpn), h, 6, Mogambo--Black Speck, • • by Seattle Slew. 0-Clover Club; $148,867. local News: Monmouth 3--San M King (Jpn), h, 5, Nagurski--San M. Speed Stall applications for Monmouth Park's 1997 Summer (Jpn), by Steel Heart (Ire). 0-Eiji Nakadate; $96, 129. meet are now available. The meet, which begins Satur­ Margins: 2 % , 1 1 /4, 3/4. Odds: 19.60, 13.00, 14.30. day, May 24 and runs through Monday, September 1, Wild Buster had competed in graded stakes company will offer 16 stakes totaling $2.8 million, highlighted by several times in the past, but had never hit the board the $1 million Buick Haskell Invitational for three-year­ before. Winning rider Hiraki Hashimoto said, "He was olds Sunday, August 3. Stall applications are due March always very relaxed today. I had settled him the mid­ 24 and may be obtained by calling racing secretary Mike field and as I started to drive the horse at the three­ Dempsey at (908) 222-5100. furlongs pole, we were able to draw clear." ADMIRE A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will CALL (Tai Tehm), winner of the Nigawa S., was sent off indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will denote the 2. 70-1 favorite in the field, but finished fourth. winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be used for Jockey Hiraki Hashimoto said his colt didn't handle the state-bred races and an (R) will be used for other restricted small Nakayama track.