N•E•W•S S•A•L•E•S TODAY RESULTS SILVER CHARM WORKS Robert and Beverly RECORD FASIG-TIPTON MIDLANTIC SALE Lewis's Silver Charm (Silver Buck), who is scheduled to CONCLUDES The second and final session of Fasig­ make his return to competition in the June 13 Tipton' s Midlantic Two-Year-Olds in Training Sale $750,000 Stephen Foster S. at Churchill Downs, yesterday in Timonium, Maryland produced record worked a bullet five furlongs Tuesday over the Louisville figures for gross and average. For Tuesday, a total of track. Jockey Donna Barton was in the saddle as the 160 two-year-olds sold for $5, 125,500 and an aver­ Bob Baffert-trained four-year-old colt worked the dis­ tance handily in :59 3/5. "You'd think with all of the age of $32,034. Those figures represent 80-percent accomplishments he has managed to achieve along the and 37-percent increases, respectively, over their way--never being worse than second in all of those 1997 equivalents. Top price of Tuesday's session races--that he'd be very aggressive and drag you around was paid for hip number 410, Two Punch Christy there," Barton, riding the 1 997 Derby winner for the (Two Punch--Air Raid Siren, by Ack Ack). The bay first time commented. "But he's just very professional filly was consigned by Marshall W. Silverman, agent and does what he's asked to do and, after the work, he for Wendy J. Lyons and brought a final bid of pulls up." Silver Charm has not raced since winning the $175,000 from Joe Brocklebank, acting for owner March 28 Dubai World Cup. "It was just a little work Anstu Stable and trainer Todd Pletcher. During the just to keep him there," said Baffert. "I mean, it's a two-day sale, 317 juveniles grossed $9,602,600--up serious work, but for him that's not a super-serious 51 . 6 percent from last year's sale when 248 horses work. The closer he gets we'll put one pretty hard work into him." Baffert said Silver Charm's schedule after the brought $6,334, 700. The 1998 average of $30,292 Stephen Foster is still up in the air. "We'll run him in this was up 18.6 percent from last year's figure of one and play it by ear for the next one," he said. "The $25,543. The 1998 total gross, average and high­ main objective is to get him to the Breeders' Cup in one price offering all represented new records for the piece and healthy. That's a long ways off, so right now Timonium auction. In all, 13 two-year-olds were sold we're just going to take it one race at a time." for $100,000 or more, including Monday's sales topping $360,000 Jolie's Halo filly, hip number 97. CORONADO'S QUEST RECUPERATING Recover­ ing from the bruised right rear foot that caused him to FASIG·TIPTON MIDLANTIC TUESDAY RESULTS miss Saturday's Preakness S., Coronado's Quest (Forty Top Five Two-Year-Olds Niner) walked under tack at Shug McGaughey's Belmont HIP# Sex SIRE DAM PRICE barn yesterday and is scheduled to return to the track 410 f Two Punch Air Raid Siren $175,000 today. McGaughey is expected to reevaluate the colt Consigned by Wendy Lyons, Marshall Silverman, agent today and determine whether or not he can make Mon­ Purchased by Joseph Brocklebank, agent day's GI Metropolitan H. If not, he will not be ready for the June 6 GI Belmont S. "We're cutting it close," assis­ 485 c Two Punch Chief Appeal $165,000 tant trainer Buzz Tenney said. "We're not sure which Consigned by Four Horsemen's Ranch, S Thomas, agent way we're going to go. If we don't make the Met Mile, I Purchased by Buzz Chace, agent imagine the plan will be to gear up for the (Aug. 29, Gil 315 c Allen's Prospect Stay Up Late $140,000 Travers and get there by running in races like the (June ( $23,000 wnlg '96 FTMDEC; $32,000 yrl '97 KEESEP) 6, Gii) Riva Ridge and the (July 12, Gii) Dwyer." Consigned by Tony Bowling and Bobby Dodd, agent Purchased by Greg Rand ST AKES CLOSINGS 478 c Aloha Prospector Cami Gal $125,000 ($25,000 yrl '97 FTKOCT) TODAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20: Consigned by M & H Training and Sales, agent 5-30 $175175,000 Milady Breeders' Cup Purchased by Wesley Ward H.-GI, Hof, 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f ($200) 525 c Two Punch Dixieland Queen $103,000 5-31 $250,000 The Californian-GI/, Ho/, Consigned by Nick de Meric, agent 3yo/up, 9f ($200) • 5-31 $150, 000 Estrapade, Ho/, 3yo/up, f/m, 12fT ($100) Purchased by Florence Patitucci PAGE 2 .. THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-20-98 AMERICAN-BRED WINNERS IN FRANCE: FOREIGN Sopraffino, c, 3, Nureyev--Sierra Roberta (Fr) (GSW-Fr, • • GISP-US, $560,338), by Don Roberto. Saint-Cloud, Stakes Result: 5-19, Prix Basileus, 3yo, c/g, 1 5/16mT, $11,628 to TOTE PREDOMINATES., $64,462, Goodwood, Eng­ winner. 0-H Yokoyama; B-Maylands Stud Ltd & land, 5-19, 3yo, c/g, 9f 192ydsT, 2:08.31, gd/fm. Flaxman Holdings Ltd; T-Elie Lellouche. 1--#RABAH (GB), 120, c, 3, Nashwan--The Perfect Life Zapatafar, g, 5, Lyphard--Viva Zapata (GSW-Fr), by (Ire) (GSW-Fr), by Try My Best. 0-Sheikh Hamdan bin Affirmed. Saint-Cloud, 5-19, Prix Vendange, 4yolup, Rashid al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd; T-John 1 5/16mT, $9, 136 to winner. 0-Wertheimer et Frere; Dunlop; J-Pat Eddery; $42,836. B-Fares Farms; T-C Head. * $1 70,000 yrl '94 KEEJUL. 2--Mutamam {GB), 1 20, c, 3, Darshaan (GB)--Petal Girl (GB), Caerleon. 0-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Local News, England; Maktoum. $12,776. Prince Ahmad Salman's Thoroughbred Corp will not 3--Pegnitz, 1 20, c, 3, Lear Fan--Likely Split, by Little be represented in this year's G 1 Vodafone Derby at Current. 0-B H Voak. $6,096. Epsom June 6 after the decision was made Monday not Margins: 1 /2, NK, 1 1 /4. to enter the Henry Cecil-trained Dr Fong (Kris S.) in the Rabah {GB) led from the gate while favored Mutamam classic. The colt, who suffered his first defeat when (GB) ran fourth. At the three-sixteenths pole, Mutamam fourth in the G2 Grosvenor Casinos Dante S. May 13, ranged up on the outside and looked set to win, but the will be aimed instead at the G 1 Prix Jean Prat over a lack of a previous start this year and the effects of a mile and an eighth at Chantilly on French Derby day May recent setback in training took their toll and Rabah 31. Trainer Geoffrey Wragg said Monday that his G3 fought back along the rail to run out a worthy winner. Chester Vase winner Gulland (GB) {Unfuwain) will miss the Vodafone Derby if the track at Epsom becomes firm. Mutamam had gone into the race as a 1 6-1 shot for the Vodafone Derby, but bookmakers have now extended Gulland is at present one of the favorites for the race. Newmarket Raceourses Trust yesterday unveiled his odds to 33-1, the same as Rabah's, although the plans for the construction of its $26. 7 million Millen­ winner looks unlikely to start in the June 6 event. nium Grandstand on the Rowley Mile racecourse at AMERICAN-BRED WINNERS IN ENGLAND: Newmarket. The new grandstand, which will cater for up to 10,000 spectators and will include a panoramic Forest Ending, c, 3, Green Forest--Perlee (Fr) (GSW-Fr), restaurant and luxury private boxes, is expected to be by Margouillat (Fr). Beverley, 5-1 9, National Riding opened in Spring 2000. The present grandstand will be Week Maiden S., 3yo/up, 9f 207ydsT, $6,446 to bulldozed at the end of this season and all Newmarket winner. 0-Buckram Oak Holdings; B-Buckram Oak race meetings in 1 999 will take place at the picturesque Farm; T-Henry Cecil. * Y2 to Pearl Bracelet (Lyphard), July racecourse. G1SW-Fr, $154,872. Myzomela, f, 3, Kris S--Myza (MSP-Fr), by Danzig. Local News, Ireland: Windsor, 5-18, Rodenstock Club Challenge Maiden According to published reports a new book by con­ Fillies S., 3yo/up, f/m, Sf 67ydsT, $6,550 to winner. victed murderer turned police informant Sean 0-Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum; B-Darley Stud O'Callaghan claims the Irish Republican Army militants Management Inc; T-John Gosden. who kidnaped 1 981 English Derby winner Shergar in China Red, g, 4, Red Ransom--Akamare (Fr), by Akarad 1983 killed the horse within days because they couldn't (Fr). Goodwood, 5-19, Tote Jackpot S., 4yo/up, 1 mT, control him. Shergar, kidnapped from the Aga Khan's $12,425 to winner. 0-Mr N N Browne & Partners; Ballymany Stud in County Kildare on February 8, 1983, B-Robert Masterson; T-John Hills. * $45,000 yrl '95 was never recovered. O'Callaghan brings these new KEESEP. details to light in his book, The Informer, excerpts of which were published in Tuesday's Daily Telegraph. AMERICAN-BRED WINNER IN IRELAND: ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. 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