TRe 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~~I~~UN~~~RE DM SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1997 W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW Today, Atlantic City HOLLYWOOD UPS SWAPS ANTE Just after an­ CAESARS INTERNATIONAL H.-GI, $400,000, 3yo/up, nouncing they would move the Gii Swaps S. from July 1 3/16mT 13 to July 20, Hollywood Park officials and the Thor­ PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS oughbred Owners of California yesterday issued a re­ 1 Influent Tesher Samyn 8-5 lease stating they would also raise the purse from 2a Geri Mott Antley 3-5 $500,000 to $700,000 if two of the first three finishers 3a Flag Down Clement Santos 3-5 from this year' s Belmont S. run in the race. The track 4 Ops Smile Boniface Prado 5-2 have already offered a $500,000 bonus to the winner of Geri (Theatrical {Ire}), a Grade I winner on the dirt, the Swaps should Belmont hero Touch Gold (Deputy made his turf debut last time out and captured a mile­ Minister), runner-up Silver Charm (Silver Buck) and third­ and-a-quarter Belmont allowance race by a front-running place finisher Free House (Smokester) all compete. "Not six lengths. The five-year-old was picking up his first only is this an attractive package, it provides an oppor­ win since taking the GI Oaklawn H. in April, 1996. Allen tunity to run at Hollywood Park before we hold the Paulson entrymate Flag Down {Deputy Minister) has Breeders' Cup here in November," said Hollywood Park been first or second in all four 1 997 starts. The veteran Chairman R.D. Hubbard. Silver Charm, currently the top seven-year-old, never beaten more than a half-length three-year-old after winning both the Kentucky Derby this year, was runner-up to Ops Smile (Caveat) by that and Preakness, is still committed to starting in the GI margin despite having to check in the GI Manhattan H. Buick Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park August 3. last out. Influent (Ascot Knight) has never been worse than third in 1 2 turf starts; he had a three-race winning WILD ESCAPADE RETIRED GISW Wild Escapade streak broken when second in the Giii New Hampshire (Wild Again), winner of the GI Hopeful S. at two, suf­ Sweepstakes H. last out June 15. fered a minor injury to his right rear suspensory ligament and has been retired. "Suspensory and soft tissue inju­ Today, Belmont Park ries are very tricky," said trainer Stephen Dunn. "Some HEMPSTEAD H.-GI, $250,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1 /16m horses come back well and some don't. In fairness to PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS the horse, we had to let him go out on a good note. He 1 Twice The Vice Ellis Mccarron 2-1 couldn't do much else to help him in his stud career." A 2 Flat Fleet Feet Kimmel Smith 6-1 winner over Churchill allowance foes in his final two 3 Radiant Megan Jerkens Keim-Bruno 30-1 career starts, the five-year-old set a new track record in 4 Mil Kilates Callejas Chavez 30-1 his very last outing June 4, running six-and-a-half fur­ 5 Cara Rafaela Lukas Velazquez 20-1 longs in 1: 1 5 2/5. Purchased as a stud prospect by 6 Top Secret Arnold Bravo 10-1 Jos~ph Barbazon for $82,000 from the 1996 Keeneland 7 Hidden Lake Kimmel Migliore 5-1 November Sale, the bay goes to the breeding shed with 8 Jewel Princess Dollase Nakatani 9-5 a record of six wins from 37 starts and earnings of 9 Escena Mott Bailey 6-1 $342,996. Plans for his stud career have not yet been Twice The Vice (Vice Regent) has won four of her last finalized. five starts, including three Grade l's. The six-year-old, News cont. p2 who made her final start of 1996 when fourth in the GI Vanity H. in July, came back off a 10-month layoff to STAKES CLOSINGS take the Gii Hawthorne H. May 25. Last year's Eclipse winner Jewel Princess (Key to the Mint) is the only TODAY. SATURDAY. JUNE 28: horse to beat Twice The Vice over that span, handing 7-5 $1001100,000 Baltimore Breeders' Cup her a 4 1 /4-length defeat in the Vanity. The champ has H.-G/11, Lr/, 3yo/up, 9f (1000s) won four of her last six, taking her first two of 1997 7-12 $200,000 New York H.-Gll, Bel, 3yo/up, before running second in the GI Apple Blossom H. in her f/m, 10fT ($200) last start April 11 . 7- 13 $ 150. 000 Bowling Green H. -Gil, Bel, 3yo/•up, 11fT ($ 7 50) Weekend Preview cont. p2 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 6-28-97 News cont. Today, The Curragh, Ireland STEVENS SET FOR POST-GOLD CUP SURGERY INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS PRETTY POLLY S.-G2, Jockey Gary Stevens will undergo surgery to repair torn $75,280, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1 /4mT cartilage in his right knee following Sunday's GI $1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. million Hollywood Gold Cup. Stevens rides Gentlemen 1 Caiseal Ros (Ire) Bolger Manning 1 20 !Arg) (Robin des Bois) in the Gold Cup; he is scheduled 2 Mingling Glances O'Brien Roche 120 for arthroscopic surgery Monday afternoon, and will be 3 Keyboogie Charlton Shanahan 1 20 out of action from two-to-three weeks. "I've got an 4 Chania (Ire) Oxx Murtagh 1 20 opportunity to get it done and get it out of the way," 5 Sadlers Home (Ire) Bolger No Rider 120 said Stevens. "I would hate to ... have it come back and 6 Dance Design (Ire) Weld Kinane 140 haunt me later in the year and risk missing the Breeders' 7 Tout A Coup (Ire) Cusack Smullen 132 Cup or something like that." Sires: Caiseal Ros (Ire) (Roi Danzig), Mingling Glances (Woodman), Keyboogie (Lyphard), Chania (Ire) (In The Weekend Preview cont. Wings {GB}), Sadlers Home (Ire) {Sadler's Wells), Dance Today, Arlington International Design (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) , Tout A Coup (Ire) ARLINGTON CLASSIC-Gii, $125,000, 3yo, 1 1 /8mT {E la-Mana-Mou {Ire}) . PP HO RSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Dance Design, winner of last year's Irish Oaks, has 1 Daylight Savings Mott Guidry 6-1 won both of her starts this year, most recently taking 2 Greed Is Good Bradshaw Martinez 5-2 the G2 Tattersalls Gold Cup here May 25. Caiseal Ros 3 G.W.'s Band Leggio Jr. Trosclair 12-1 was third in G 1 Airlie/Coolmore Irish 1 000 Guineas over 4 Brave Act (GB) McAnally Sibille 7-5 this course May 24. 5 Outside the War Pryor Fires 1 5-1 6 U Know Vanier Silva 12-1 Today, Prairie Meadows 7 Honor Glide Day Gomez 1 5-1 PRAIRIE MEADOWS CORNHUSKER H.-Glll, 8 River Squall Vestal Kutz 5-1 $200,000, 3yo/up, 1 1 /8m Brave Act (GB) (Persian Bold {Ire}) ships in from Cali­ The field, in order of the draw, is as follows: fornia for his fourth American start. The three-year-old, Semoran (Phone Trick), Flores, 113; No Spend No a Group winner at two in England, started his U.S. Glow {Spend a Buck), Lester, 114; Tenants Harbor campaign finishing eighth in the Gii Arkansas Derby on (Badger Land), Torres, 112; Dance for Jove (Northern the dirt but came back to win the Giii Will Rogers H. Jove), 111, Compton; Announce (Forty Niner), over the Hollywood turf May 10. Even-money favorite in Bourque, 114; Come on Flip (Commemorate), Emigh, the Giii Cinema H. last out May 31, the bay was rank 112; Mister Fire Eyes {Ire) (Petorius {Ire}), Warren, early but closed to be third. U Know (Sheikh Albadou 115; Bucks Nephew {Bucksplasher), Toscano, 117; {GB}) has won three of seven grass appearances, in­ Windy's Halo (Present Value), Williams, 113. cluding a pair of Keeneland allowance tests in April. Today, Churchill Downs DEBUTANTE S.-Glll, $100,000a, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f RACING ON TV THIS WEEKEND: D The expected starters, in order of the draw, are: SATURDAY, JUNE 28: Countess Diana (Deerhound), 115, Sellers; Phantasm Rac.ing Across America: Grand Prairie Gold {Runaway Groom), 115, Arguello; Biblionic {Note­ Cup at Lone Star Park; Caesars International book), 1 21 , Peck; La Joya {Capote), 11 2, P Johnson; H. at At/antic. City - ESPN, lf-5 p.m. EDT Frienziedfruitcake (Wild Again), 11 5, Borel; Quick Lap 2Day at The Races: Gil Bashford Manors. at Churc.hi// (Nicholas), 115, Albarado; Delicate Deed {Alydeed), 115, Barton; Truely It Is (Is It True), 112, Steiner; Fair Downs; GI Hempstead H. at Belmont Park; Look (General Meeting), 115, Hebert; Nurse Irving Distaff S. at Lone Star Park; jersey Goodbody (Personal Hope), 115, Melancon; Princess shore Breeders' Cup at Monmouth Park - Willow (Silver Deputy), 115, J Johnson; Silk City espn2, 7:30-8 p.m. EDT {Carson City), 115, Romero; Cutie Luttie (Zuppardo' s Americ.an Championship Harness Series - espnZ, Prince), 115, Bourque; and Love Lock (Silver Ghost), 10:30-11 :30 p.m. EDT 115, Day. Weekend Preview cont. p3 HOUSEBUSTER by Mt. Livermore The Third-Leading 3rd Crop Sire has Lexington, Kentucky 3 0 Winners this year (606) 255-8537 FAX 233-2373 PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 6-28-97 Weekend Preview cont.