The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. T ~}?IJ:lL~ UN~~~s~D™ SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1998 $2 Daily W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW FOURSTARDAVE VISITS BELMONT New York­ Today, The Curragh, Ireland bred gelding Fourstardave (Compliance), who came HIBERNIA FOODS IRISH 2000 GUINEAS-G 1, out of retirement after two years and nine months on $280,899, 3yo, c & f, 1 mT the sidelines to finish in the middle of the pack in a PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY charity race at the High Hopes steeplechase meet in 1 Coconut Creek (Ire) O'Brien Heffernan Lexington May 17, is back in trainer Leo O'Brien's 2 Two-Twenty-Two (Ire) Weld Kinane barn at Belmont Park. The 1 3-year-old millionaire 3 Untold Story Weld Smullen made his 1 ooth start the day after the Preakness, 4 Bianconi O'Brien Swinburn carrying 1 75 pounds to finish about seventh in the 5 Fa-Eq (Ire) Bin Suroor Dettori two-mile race. "He came out of the race without any 6 Desert Prince (Ire) Loder Peslier problem," said O'Brien. "That was a one-time event 7 Second Empire (Ire) O'Brien Roche for charity. He's still retired, but he will be here with All runners will carry 126 pounds. me and when we go to Saratoga." A winner of 21 Sires: Coconut Creek (Danehill), Two-Twenty-Two races and $1,636,560, Fourstardave won at least one (Fairy King), Untold Story (Theatrical {Ire}), Bianconi race at Saratoga every year from 1987 to 1994. (Danzig), Fa-Eq (Indian Ridge {Ire}), Desert Prince (Green Desert), Second Empire (Fairy King). MIESQUE'S SON JOINS SHUTTLE ROSTER Second Empire (Ire), last year's Highweight Two­ Miesque's Son (Mr. Prospector), a Group winner out Year-Old Colt in Ireland, is undefeated in three career of champion and two-time Breeders' Cup Mile winner starts, including a score in the G 1 Grand Criterium at Longchamp Oct. 1 2, and will be making his three­ Miesque, will stand the 1998 and 1999 Southern year-old debut in this spot. He will be facing Two­ Hemisphere breeding seasons at Stone Lodge Farm in Twenty-Two (Ire), three-for-three this year including a Australia. "We clearly believe Miesque's Son is a six-length tally in the Leopardstown 2000 Guineas world-class stallion," said George Hofmeister, owner Trial at The Curragh May 2. of Stone Lodge. "I'm most impressed with his first foals, which arrived this year, and he will bring impec­ Today, Belmont Park cable genes to Australia for speed in the middle-dis­ SHUVEE H .. -Gll, $150,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, post tance range, as he was one of the top milers of Eu­ time 4:45 p.m. EDT rope two years ago. We are extremely pleased to PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS announce him as our first new stallion." A full brother 1 Colonial Minstrel Hennig Velazquez 3-1 to one of the top second-crop sires Kingmambo, 2 Show And Tell Pike Lovato 8-1 Miesque's Son stands at Three Chimneys Farm in 3 Mil Kilates Callejas Bravo 20-1 Midway, Kentucky during the Northern Hemisphere 4 Hidden Reserve McGaughey Smith 2-1 season. 5 Dixie Fliag Jerkens Luzzi 1 -1 News cont. p3 Dixie Flaig (Dixieland Band) enters this race off a smashing front-running victory in the Giii Bed o'Roses ST AKES CLOSINGS H. April 1 B at Aqueduct which trainer Allen Jerkens said, "may have been her best race ever." She will be TODAY, SATURDAY, MAY 23: going for her fourth consecutive graded-stakes vic­ 6-6 $ 250, 000 Manhattan-GI, Bel, 3yo/up, tory. Looking to deny the prohibitive favorite is a hot 10fT ($250) filly on a streak of her own, Colonial Minstrel (Pleas­ 6-6 $ 7 517 5, 000 Just a Game Breeders' ant Colony). A dominant winner of three straight Cup, Bel, 3yo/up, f/m, BfT ($75) • races in Florida, she most recently made it four in a 6-6 $125,000 True North H.-Gll, Bel, 3yo/up, 6f row, winning the Gill Humana Distaff May 2 by a ($125) half-length. 6- 7 $150, 000 Acorn-GI, Bel, 3yo, f, Bf ( $150) Weekend Pre~view cont. p2 .PAGE,2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 5-23-98 Weekend Preview cont. Today, Sportsman's Park Today, Hollywood Park NATIONAL JOCKEY CLUB H.-Glll, $200,000, 4yo/up, HONEYMOON H.-Gll, $100,000a, 3yo, f, 1 1/8mT, post 1 1/Sm, post time 4:46 p.m. CDT time 2:30 p.m. PDT The field of nine, from the rail out, is: Bucks Nephew PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS (Bucksplasher), Diaz, 115; Announce (Forty Niner), 1 Chenille (Ire) Gaines Mccarron 6-1 Bourque, 113; Proudly We Hail (Black Tie Affair {Ire}), 2 Phone Alex (Ire) Mitchell Delahoussaye 9-2 Peck, 11 2; Shed Some light (Homebuilder), Sibille, 3 Janine Rose Cecil Valdivia 5-1 112; Battle Mountain (Blushing John), lester, 115; Mr. 4 Country Garden (GB) Greenman Desormeaux 8-5 Groush (Crafty Prospector), Chavez, 114; Polar Expedi­ 5 Ann Arbor lewis Rollins 1 2-1 tion (Kodiack), Guidry, 117; Tejano Red (Tejano), 6 Star's Proud Penny Frankel Gomez 5-2 Laviolette, 114; Gotha (Jade Hunter), Meche, 111. Country Garden !GB) (Selkirk), imported from Britain last September, showed promise at two when winning a Today, Churchill Downs restricted stakes on the Hollywood lawn. After posting a DOGWOOD S.-Glll, $100,000a, 3yo, f, 1 1/16m, post smashing six-length win in the Providencia S. April 5 at time 5:05 p.m. EDT Santa Anita, she was shipped North to tackle the boys The field, in order of the draw, is as follows: Beat in Golden Gate's Giii California Derby on April 18. A the Play (Defensive Play), Albarado, 114; It's An Echo troubled fourth in that race should set her up well for (Eastern Echo), Perret, 11 6; Red Cat (Storm Cat), her first graded score. Challenges could come from Martinez, 114; Victorica (Exbourne), Sellers, 121; Janine Rose (Skywalker) and Ann Arbor (Turkoman), Nickel Classic (Regal Classic), Borel, 114; Bridal Gate who are both undefeated on the grass. (Gate Dancer), Torres, 116; Really Polish (Polish Num­ bers), Day, 116. Today, Golden Gate SAN FRANCISCO MILE H.-Gll, $200,000, 3yo/up, 1 mT, Today, The Curragh, Ireland post time 3:45 p.m. PDT WEATHERBYS IRELAND GREENLANDS S.-G3, PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS $42, 135, 3yo/up, 6fT 1 Hawksley Hill (Ire) Drysdale Stevens 7-5 The field, in post position order, is as follows; 2 Saratoga Seven Morey Carr 8-1 Alarme Belle (GB) (Warning {GB}), Smullen, 127 3 Uncaged Fury Cenicola Pincay 1 2-1 4 Fantastic Fellow Dollase Nakatani 2-1 pounds; Strike Hard (Ire) (Green Desert), Murtagh, 118; Kincara Palace (Ire) (Fairy King), Roche, 122; 5 Native Desert Garcia Delgadillo 8-1 6 Wild Wonder Gilchrist Baze 7-2 lidanna (GB} (Nicholas), Kinane, 127; lady Alexander Since transferring into the care of Wally Dollase, (GB) (Night Shift), Shanahan, 125; Tinker Amelia (GB) Fantastic Fellow (Lear Fan} has reeled off two straight (Damister), McCullagh, 127; Heeremandi (Ire) (Royal wins, most recently setting a course record in Holly­ Academy), Heffernan, 118; Poker-B (Ire) (Shalford wood's Giii Inglewood H on April 26. Still, those creden­ {Ire}), Peslier, 130; Burden Of Proof (Ire) (Fairy King), tials don't make him a standout here as he must face Dettori, 134. Hawksley Hill (Ire) (Rahy), who dominated in two Grade Ii stakes at Santa Anita this winter. Last time out, he Sunday, The Curragh, Ireland finished a rank third to Joyeux Dancer in the GI Early AIRLIE/COOLMORE IRISH 1000 GUINEAS-G1, Times Turf Classic on May 2. The presence of Wild $210,674, 3yo, f, 1mT Wonder (Wild Again) could add a little mystery to the The 13-horse field, in post position order, is as fol­ race. Although untried on turf, his last start was an lows: Time limit (Ire) (Alzao), la Nuit Rose (Fr) (Rain­ impressive victory in the May 2 Gii Mervyn LeRoy H. at bow Quest), Attractive Crown (Chief's Crown), Hollywood Park. Winona (Ire) (Alzao), Cloud Castle (GB) (In The Wings {GB}), Crazee Mental (GB) (Magic Ring {Ire}), Tarascon A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will (Ire) (Tirol {Ire}), Heed My Warning (Ire) (Second Set indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will denote {Ire}), Silca Key Service (GB) (Bering {GB}), Sharp winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be used for Catch {Ire) (Common Grounds {GB}), Kitza (Ire} state-bred races, a (C) will be used for maiden-claiming (Danehill), Shahtoush (Ire) (Alzao), Mempari (Ire) (Fairy races and an (R) will be used for other restricted races. King). All carry 1 26 pounds. GOLD LEGEND Seattle Slew-Gold Beauty, by Mr. Prospector 1st crop now 3YO - 12 Winners, incl. 2 Stakes Horses (1 Graded) & Lexington, Kentucky (606) 255-8537 PAX 233-2373 already a 2YQ Maiden Special Winner this year! PAGE 3 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 5-23-98 Weekend Preview cont. FAST TIMES BACK AT JERSEY SHORE The Sunday, Belmont Park 1998 summer meet at New Jersey's Monmouth Park PETER PAN S.-Gll, $150,000, 3yo, 1 1/8m will open with a special Memorial Day weekend pro­ The field of eight, from the rail out, will be: Grand gram. There will be live racing today, tomorrow and Slam (Gone West), 120; Dice Dancer (Ogygian), 120; Monday, then three dark days before the track swings Parade Ground (Kingmambo), 1 20; Gambino (Java back into action Friday, May 29.