The Thoroughbred Dally 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~9I~~UN~~~RE DM TUES DAY, JULY 1 9 , 1 9 9 4 W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW FIRST DAY OF KEENELAND SELECTED Saturday, Ascot, England YEARLING SALE SHOWS GAINS The first two GI £330,000 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Dia­ sessions of the '94 Keeneland Selected Yearling Sale mon~ S., 3yo/up, 12fT saw 105 hips sold for a total of $24,270,000, up 12 Erhaab (Chief's Crown), easy winner of the Epsom percent over the 1 993 gross for opening day. A total Derby before finishing a disappointing third in the of 54 yearlings were sold in the afternoon session for Eclipse S. at Sandown, is early favourite for a gross of $12,900,000. The average of $238,889 Saturday's GI event at Ascot. Also pre-entered for was up 7 percent from last year. The topper for the the mile-and-a-half race were: Apple Tree (Fr} (Bikala) Bob's Return (Ire} {Bob Back), Chatoyant early session was a Mr. Prospector filly out of the (GB} (Rain- ' GISW Jeanne Jones, consigned by Three Chimney bow Quest), Environment Friend (GB} {Cozzene), Farms as agent, who sold to B. Wayne Hughes for Ezzoud (Ire} (Last Tycoon), Foyer (GB} (Sadler's $675,000. Hip #136, a colt by Forty Niner out of Wells), lonio (Silver Hawk), King's Theatre (Ire} Gana Facil, consigned by Gainesway Farm, agent for (Sadler's Wells), Petit Loup (Danzig), Richard of York F. A. Genter Stable, attracted the high bid of (GB} (Rainbow Quest), Urgent Quest (Ire} (Rainbow Quest), Wagon Master (Fr} {Rainbow Quest) and $900,000 for the evening session. The chestnut, a White Muzzle (GB} (Dancing Brave). half-brot~er to Derby winner and champion three-year­ old Unbridled, and to Grade I winner Cahill Road, was . Early betting has Erhaab at 4-1, with Apple Tree, bought by Aaron Jones. "My wife loved him, my winner of the GI Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud and the GI trainer loved him, and my vet loved him--1 couldn't Ever Ready Coronation Cup this year, at 9-2, and help myself," said Jones. "I'm sending him to Califor­ White Muzzle at 5-1. nia; Neil Drysdale will train him. He trained A. P. Indy, and he likes this colt just as well. I think he's Sunday, Hollywood Park Gii $200,000 Swaps S., 3yo, 10f about letter perfect. He's beautifully bala~ced and he Golden Eagle Farm's Dramatic Gold (Slew o'Gold) seems to have a good disposition. If he 'doesn't run as good as he looks, I'll be disappointed." A total of impressive seven-length winner of a Hollywood allo~­ 51 yearlings went through the ring during the evening ance in his most recent start, heads a probable field session for a gross of $11,370,00; the average of of seven for the race. Also confirmed for the Swaps $222,941 was up 9 percent from the 1993 average are Powis Castle (Rare Brick), Gill Affirmed S. winner R Friar Tuck (Religiously), Silver Music (Silver Ghost), at the same session. last year's GI Hollywood Futurity victor Valiant Nature (His Majesty), Wild Invader (Seattle Slew) and BALANCHINE, ARAZI SHOW PROGRESS Pollock's Luck (Polish Navy). Valiant Nature is look­ Balanchine (Storm Bird) is making good progress ing for his first win of '94; the Kentuck-bred finished following surgery to rectify an impaction in her small second to Holy Bull in the Gii Blue Grass S., but was intestine. The Godolphin-owned filly, winner of this 1 3th in the Kentucky Derby. He came back two year's. Epsom Oaks a~d Irish Derby, is still undergoing weeks later to finish third in the Will Rogers on the intensive post-operative treatment. But her gut has turf May 21 and makes his first start off the two­ now started to function properly and it appears likely month layoff. that she will make a full recovery. "Balanchine has improved a lot," said Godolphin' s Manager Simon Crisford. "'Her condition is no longer critical and she is on the road to good health." Meanwhile, Arazi WEEKEND PREVIEW . p1 (Blushing Groom {FR}), the subject of a life-saving bowel operation last week, has returned to his base at RACING REPORTS . p2 Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall Stud. The stallion winner of the 1991 Breeders' Cup Juvenile, is also ' recovering nicely. PAGE 2 • mOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-19-94 F·O•R•E•I•G• N N•E•W Y•O•R•K REPORT REPORT Weekend- Results: Yesterday's Results: SAPPORO SPRINT S.-Glll-Jpn., $793,483, Sapporo 8th-BEL, $32,000, Alw, 3yo/up, 1 1 /16m, 1 :42 2/5, Racecourse, Japan, 7-17, 3yo/up, 6fT, 1:09 3/10, sy. fm. PARTY MANNERS (c, 3, Private Account--Duty Dance 1--GOLD MOUNTAIN, h, 5, Fotitieng--Empery's Gold, {MGSW, $432, 114}, by Nijinsky II), undefeated and by Empery. 0-Green Farm; B-Nasuno Bokujo (Jpn); unchallenged in two prior starts, rallied from last in T-Masaru Sayama; $421,935. the four-horse field to take command in the stretch 2--News Value, m, 5, Seattle Song--Antique Value, by and gallop away to win by seven at a generous 5-2; Northern Dancer; $164, 196. odds-on UNACCOUNTED FOR (Private Account) was 3--Dominus Crystal, f, 4, Crystal Glitters--Dominus second. Lifetime Record: 3-3-0-0, $51,000. Rose, by Tosho Boy; $102,464. O/B-Ogden Mills Phipps (KY). T-Claude McGaughey Margins: 1 3/4, neck, head. Ill. Yesterday's Results: 6th-BEL, $30,000, Alw, 3yo/up, 1 m, 1 :36 3/5, sy. FLEETHOFF (c, 4, Afleet--Empty Nest, by No Robbery} PRIX MINERVE-G3, $64,614, Evry, France, 7-18, broke his maiden by 13 in the slop at Hialeah, but 3yo, f I 12fT, 2:47 1 /5, gd. hadn't been close in three subsequent allowance 1--#@SHARAMANA (IRE), f, 3, Darshaan (GB)-­ attempts, including a 30-length thrashing in the mud Sharmeen (FR), by Val de Loir. 0-H.H. Aga Khan; at Calder. Sent off at 25-1, the colt found the sloppy B-H.H. Aga Khan's Studs SC; T-Alain de Royer­ going at Belmont more to his liking, sprinting right to Dupre; J-G. Mosse. * 1 /2 to Shergar (IRE) (Ch. 3yo the front and holding on to win by three-quarters over colt in Ire. and Eng., MG1-Eng, G1-lre, by Great COMMODORE ADMIRAL (Talc). The winner is a 1/2 Nephew {GB}) and Shernazar (IRE) (G2-Eng, to King's Nest (Rollicking), GSW, $513,024; and $106,615, by Busted {GB}). Mister S. M. (Rollicking), GSW, $400,098. Lifetime 2--Mutual Consent (IRE), f, 3, Reference Point (GB)-­ Record: 9-2-0-1, $30,685. Musique Classique, by Exclusive Native. 0-D. 0-Reginald B Collier. B-Glade Valley Farms Inc. (MD). Wildenstein; $15,203. T-Patrick L Reynolds. 3--Napoli (GB), f, 3, Baillamont--Bella Senora, by Northern Dancer. 0-Stavros Niarchos; $7,602. Margins: 1 1 /2, head, 1 1 /2. Also ran (in order of finish): Danseuse du Nord (IRE), E • A • S • T • E • R• N Ancara (GB), Freckling Shadows (IRE). REPORT TENNENTS SCOTTISH CLASSIC-G3, $58,742, Ayr, Scotland, 7-18, 3yo/up, 10fT, 2:05 3/5, gd. Yesterday's Results: 1--BENEFICIAL (GB), c, 4, Top Ville (IRE)--Youthful (FR), by Green Dancer. 0-Exors of the late Sir INTERNATIONAL TURF CUP H., $59,400, FEX, 7-18, Robin McAlpine; B-Sir Robin McAlpine; T-Geoffrey 3yo, 1 mT, 1 :35 1 /5, gd. Wragg; J-M. Hills; $35,235. * 1 /2 to Jeune (GB) 1--#GROVELAND, 115, c, 3, Geiger Counter--Livilla (Fr}, by Green Dancer. 0-Meyers Gerald J; (G2-Eng, $288,579, by Kalaglow {IRE}). 2--River North (IRE), g, 4, Lomond--Petillante, by 8-Graham W D (CAN); T-Robert P Tiller; J-J S McAleney; $35,640. Lifetime Record: 10-3-1-4, Riverman. 0-Peter Savill; $13,073. 3--0pera Score, c, 3, Nureyev--Ballinderry (GB), by $73,541. Irish River (FR). 0-K. Abdullah; $6,302. 2--Testalino, 115, c, 3, Sunshine Forever--Jabot, by Bold Ruler. Margins: short head, 1 3/4, 2 1 /2. Also ran (in order of finish): Maroof, Highland Dress 3--St. Clair Winger, 115, c, 3, Play On--Molosylk, by (GB), Great Palm, Mellottie, White Crown, Key to My Fabuleux Dancer. Margins: 1HF, NK, NK. Odds: 50.25, 4.25, 19.75. Heart (IRE), Tapis Rouge (IRE), Revelation (IRE), Also ran: Jet Freighter, *Roche Rock, lntercool, Nice Ballard Ring (IRE). Scratched: Lucky Lindy (IRE). To Know, Smileing Zack, Stark Waving Mad, Rogan, Dynamite Stuff, Tuxedo Landing. DNF: Stalled En­ © Information as to the races, race results and earnings was obtained from results charts published in Daily Racing Form and gine. utilized herewith with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily *Finished fourth, disqualified and placed fifth. Racing Form. PAGE 3 • mOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-19-94 8th-LAD, $19,000, 3yo/up, a7 1 /2fT, 1 :29 2/5, fm. B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S AUTUMN ADVOCATE (h, 5, Advocator--Three EDITION Springs Road, by Darby Creek Road) Lifetime Record: SW 40-8-9-5, $91,944. 0-Geron W Meeks. B-West Win'd Farm (KY). T-Getty Benoit.