The Thoroughbred Daily News Is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription Information, please call 908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE D™ TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 1 9 9 4 T•R•I• P•L•E THREATS KENTUCKY DERBY TO BE BROADCAST LAST WEEK ON THE TRIPLE CROWN TRAIL LIVE OVERSEAS Satellite Information Services, the company beaming live racing pictures into the California's San Felipe provided runner-up Brocco majority of Great Britain's tracks and betting shops, is (Kris S.) and third-place Valiant Nature (His Majesty) planning to provide live coverage of the 1 20th Ken­ with their first race of the season; both ran well and tucky Derby May 7. Spectators at Newcastle Race­ their respective trainers are looking forward to the course, which is set to stage an evening card on that Santa Anita Derby (Apr. 9). But it was a week for date, are among those most likely to benefit from the first-time stakes winners; this Gii event gave Soul Of link with Churchill Downs. Racing at the British track The Matter (Private Terms) his first black-type victory runs from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (local time), and the and the promising colt took a big step toward the events in Kentucky will keep the spectators there until head of the three-year-old class. He is also expected the Run for the Roses at about 10:30 p.m. "It should to make his next start in the nine-furlong Santa Anita be a terrific evening's entertainment," said Newcastle Derby. Racing Clerk David Parmley. "We had very good Another lightly-raced runner, Kandaly (Alydar) got attendance when we showed the Breeders' Cup from the job done in his first stakes try with a rallying vic­ here." tory in the Louisiana Derby; trainer Louie Roussel Ill has not yet decided where his recently-acquired Derby ANOTHER PURSE INCREASE AT FAIR GROUNDS horse will run next, but the Blue Grass (Apr. 16) is a For the fifth time this season, Fair Grounds is increas­ possibility. ing its purses. The new enhancements will be in Mahogany Hall (Woodman) is now three-for-four life­ effect for the final six days of the Fair Grounds meet, time with his initial stakes win in Turfway's John from Wed., March 23 through closing day, March 28. Battaglia Memorial Saturday, a prep for the Jim Beam Through Sun., March 20, Fair Grounds' purse distri­ April 2. bution this season had already averaged $15 7, 756 Oklahoma-bred Silver Goblin (Silver Ghost) impres­ per day, up more than 30% from last year and easily sed winning the mile-and-seventy-yard Great West S. on its way to an all-time record. by 10 1 /2 in his first try at a distance; the next stop is the Remington Park Derby (Apr. 9). That race will be televised nationally on ESPN, giving Triple Crown ALLEGED APPOINTED CHEF-DE-RACE By a watchers their first glimpse of the Sooner State's vote of 7-0, Alleged (Hoist the Flag) has been appoint­ Derby hopeful. ed a chef-de-race by the Advisory Committee on Dosage. A majority of the panel agreed on his pro­ Triple Threats cont. p2 posed and unprecedented classification of Intermediate/ Professional. Alleged has sired 63 stakes winners from 12 crops to race, and has been © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This an important source of stamina both as a sire and newspaper may not be reproduced in any form broodmare sire. or by any means, electronic or mechanical, News cont. p3 without prior written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. Information as to the races, race results and TRIPLE THREATS ........ p1-2 earnings was obtained from results charts pub­ RACING REPORTS . p2 lished in Daily Racing Form and utilized herewith A BUMPER CROP? . p3 with the permission of the copyright owner, NEWS CONT. p4 Daily Racing Form. PAGE 2. moROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 3-22-94 OCALA BREEDERS SALES FILLIES SPRINTS., OTC, E • A • T • E • R• N 3-21, $50,000, 3yo, f, sales graduates, 6f, 1 :11 s • 1 /5, ft. REPORT 1--PAGOFIRE, f, 3, Island Whirl (The Oaks Horse Farm Corporation-FL) --Horsafire, by Hold Your Peace. Yesterday's Results: 0-New Farm; B-Lois C. Harden (FL.); T-Benjamin W. Perkins; ($130,000 two-year-old 1993 Fasig-Tipton OCALA BREEDERS SALES CHAMPIONSHIPS., OTC, February 2yos in training sale at Calder); $30,000. 3-21, $100,000, 3yo, c and g, sales graduates, 8.5f, 2-- Dance Chime, f, 3, Danzatore (Prestonwood 1 :46 (ETR), ft. Farm-KY) --Chime, by Bold Forbes. 0-Richard 1--#CRYSTAL PISTOL, c, 3, Darn That Alarm Hearty, et al.; ($107.000 two-year-old 1993 Ocala (Meadowbrook of Ocala Jockey Club-FL) --Zuppa Breeders' Sales Co. March 2yos in training sale); lnglesa, by Iron Ruler. 0-Francis McDowell; B-Big C $10,000. Farm (FL.); T-Manuel Estevez; ($60,000 3-- Lets Be Alert, f, 3, Gold Alert (Franks Farms, two-year-old 1993 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Feb­ Southland Division-FL) --Lets Be Personal, by *Grey ruary sale); $60,000. Dawn 11. 0-Pedigree Farm; ($30,000 two-year-old 2-- Pad, c, 3, Notebook (Ocala Stud-FL) --Proudest 1993 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. two-year-olds in Duchess, by Proudest Roman. 0-Cobble View Sta­ training sale); $5,000. ble; ($61,000 two-year-old 1993 Ocala Breeders' Margins: 2 3/4, 3 1 /2, 4 1 /2. Sales Co. February sale); $20,000. 3-- Can't Slow Down, c, 3, Dominated (Bourbon Hills FLORIDA BREEDERS AND OWNERS ASSOCIATION Farm-NY) --Erin's Dynasty, by Dynastic. 0-High Five DISTAFF S., OTC, 3-21,$35,000, 3yo/up, f and m, Stable; ($75,000 two-year-old 1994 Keeneland sales graduates, 8.5f, 1 :47 1 /5, ft. January horses of all ages sale); $10,000. 1--SLEW KNEW, f, 4, Show'em Slew (Bridlewood Margins: 1 /2, 6 1 /2, neck. Farm-FL) --New Reality, by In Reality. 0-Mar Vic Stable; B-Arthur Appleton (FL.); T-Diana Cesarini; OCALA BREEDERS SALES FILLIES CHAMPIONSHIP ($3,500 yearling 1991 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. S., OTC, 3-21, $100,000, 3yo, f, sales graduates, January mixed sale); $21,000. 8.5f, 1 :48 3/5, ft. 2-- Show No Fear, m, 5, Show Dancer (Franks Farms, 1--#SHOE BAND, f, 3, Dixieland Band (lane's End-KY) Southland Division-FU --No Fear of Flying, by Super --Other Shoe, by Advocator. 0-Cobble View Stable; Concorde. 0-R. Coto and C. Y. Justi; $7,000. 8-Farnsworth Farms, Sucher Stable, and Perlow 3-- Future of Gold, f, 4, Fountain of Gold (Red Oak (FL.); T-L. Olivares; ($87,000 two-year-old 1993 Farm-FL) --Buy the Future, by Honest Pleasure. 0-D. Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. February sale); $60,000. Vitesse; $3,500. Margins: neck, 4, neck. 2-- British Bauble, f, 3, Kris S. (Prestonwood Farm-KY) --English Trifle, by Protanto. 0-Hap Sta­ Triple Threats cont. bles, et al.; $20,000. THIS WEEKS' TRIPLE CROWN PREPS 3-- Darned Alarming, f, 3, Darn That Alarm Gii $250 000 Gotham S., 3/26, 8f, Aqueduct (Meadowbrook of Ocala Jockey Club-FL) --Muggels, The field includes confirmed starters Bit of Puddin by Distinctive. 0-Brooke D. Lennon; ($20,000 year­ (Obligato), lrgun (Sunny's Halo), Jesse F. (Conquist_a­ ling 1992 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. August sale); dor Cielo), Mr. Meadow (Meadowlake), Mr. Shawkht $10,000. Margins: 1 1 /2, 1 /2, 2 1 /2. (Afleet), Next Wave (Cherokee Fellow), Pop~l's Gold (Strike Gold) and Thrill of Victory (Thrill of Victory). OCALA BREEDERS SALES SPRINTS., OTC, 3-21, Next Wave will ship in from Suffolk Downs. Owned $50,000, 3yo, sales graduates, 6f, 1 :11 3/5, ft. and trained by Gary Larson, the Florida-bred has won 1--#MEADOW MONSTER, c, 3, Meadowlake (Darby three of four races since the addition of blinkers, all at Dan Farm-KY) --Khanbalic, by Vice Regent. 0-New six furlongs. Larson said, "I'm trying to get him in a Farm; B-Donald T. Johnson (KY.); T-Benjamin stake to see what he is." The campaign of Willard Perkins; ($140,000 two-year-old 1993 OBS Co. Thompson trainee Thrill of Victory has been compro­ March 2yos in training sale); $30,000. mised by the weather this winter; he has not raced 2-- Hammermill, c, 3, Notebook (Ocala Stud-FL) since winning a mile allowance at Garden State Feb. --Olduvai by Olden Times. 0-Buckram Oak Farm; 5. Said Thompson. "We were going to run him in ($65,000 two-year-old 1993 Ocala Breeders' Sales the Cherry Hill Mile, but that was cancelled by a Co. March 2yos in training sale); $10,000. snowstorm." 3-- Come On Flip, c, 3, Commemorate (Geret Farm-NY) --Phillippe Dancer, by Sovereign Dancer. $150,000 Tampa Bay Derby, 3/27, 8.5f 0-Ackerman Stable, Bonanza Stable, and Sommer Stable; ( ~ 7, 500 yearling 199 2 Ocala Breeders' $50,000 Bahamas S., 3/27, 7f, Hialeah Sales Co. August sale); $5,000. Margins: 1 /2, 3 1 /2, nose. PAGE 3 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 3-22-94 Why has it become so difficult for a favorite to win W•R•I•T•E•R•S a Triple Crown race? The Trail is far different than it once was; the game has changed drastically. One of UP the oldest sayings in racing is that a "good horse can come from anywhere," and that seems truer now than ever before.