- 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~9I~~UN~~~RE D™ M 0 ND A Y, MAY 3 0 1 9 9 4 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS HOLLYWOOD WILDCAT SCRATCHED Last Sunday, Belmont year's champion three-year-old filly Hollywood Wild­ PETER PAN S.-Gll, $150,000, BEL, 5-29, 3yo, 1 cat (Kris S.) was scratched from yesterday's Gii Haw­ 1 /8m, 1 :49, ft. thorne H. after she developed a cough. "It's very 1--TWINING, 122, c, 3, Forty Niner--Courtly Dee minor, but she coughed a little bit Friday and a little (Broodmare of the Year}, by Never Bend. bit Saturday. It's strictly precautionary. She'll be all 0-Mohammed Al Maktoum; B-Alexander & Groves right in a few days," said her trainer, Neil Drysdale. (KY); T-Flint S Schulhofer; J-J A Santos; $90,000. The GISW is expected to make her next start in the Lifetime Record: 5-5-0-0, $205, 140. $150,000 Milady H. at Hollywood June 26. 2--Lahint, 112, c, 3, Woodman--Count On Bonnie, ~Y Dancing Count. 0-Maktoum Al Maktoum; B-Marvm Little Jr & Thomas F Vanmeter II (KY); $33,000. BELMONT RUNNERS BREEZE Two of the top 3--Gash, 119, c, 3, Distinctive Pro--Low Cut, by The contenders for the last leg of the Triple Crown Axe II. O/B-Vanderbilt Alfred G (NY); $18,000. worked over the Belmont main track Sunday morning. Margins: 7HF, 2 1 /4, NO. Odds: 0.20, 0.20, 7 .30. Derby runner-up Strodes Creek (Halo) went seven Also Ran: Able Buck, Ulises. furlongs in 1 :28.47, while Santa Anita Derby winner Unhurried early, undefeated Twining cruised up to Brocco (Kris S.) went the same distance in 1 :23.64. the lead on the far turn and galloped home under "He went fine," said Strodes Creek's trainer, Charlie jockey Jose Santos. "I don't really have any com­ Whittingham. "He's a lazy work horse--there's noth­ ments on the race--it speaks for itself," said trainer ing you can do about that. He's just not a good "."'?rk Scotty Schulhofer. "He's a grand little horse and ~he horse unless he has company." Trainer Randy Winick way he ran was pretty impressive. I plan on running said of his Belmont runner, Bracco, "He really seems him in the Dwyer next." The winner is a half to Ali to like the racetrack here. He's worked twice and Oop (Al Hattab), GISW, $174,020; Native Courier both times they were good works." Both colts (Exclusive Native), MGSW, $522,635; Princess Oola skipped the Preakness to await the Belmont S. (Al Hattab), SW, $108,291; Althea (Alydar), Ch. 2yo filly, MGISW, $1,275,255; Aishah (Alydar), GSW, THE WICKED NORTH PREPS FOR $169,340; Aquilegia (Alydar), MGSW, $422,893; and CALIFORNIAN The Wicked North (Far North), Press Card (Fappiano), GISP, $206,499. ranked number one in the Thoroughbred Racing Com­ munications poll and early favorite for next Sunday's Sunday, Hollywood $300,000 Californian H. at Hollywood, worked five­ HAWTHORNE H.-GRll, $102,500, HOL, 5-29, 3yo/up, eighths in :59 1 /5 yesterday in preparation for the f/m, 1 1 /16m, 1 :41 2/5, ft. race. "It was a great work--he galloped out super," 1--GOLDEN KLAIR (GB}, 118, f, 4, Damister-­ said trainer David Bernstein. "Now it's just a matter Woolpack, by Golden Fleece. 0-No Problem Stable of waiting for the race." Jockey Kent Desormeaux & Sido Stable; B-Weissman Steve (GB); T-Darrell was aboard for the move, and owner Philip Hersh was Vienna; J-K Desormeaux; $60,000. Lifetime on hand to watch. "He's something else," said Record: 26-10-2-2, $304,997. Hersh. "He never runs a bad race, and we have no 2--Likeable Style, 119, f, 4, Nijinsky 11--Personable reason to think he's going to--but that's horse racing. Lady, by No Robbery. 0-Golden Eagle Farm; You never take winning for granted." B-Mabee John C Mr & Mrs (KY); $20,000. 3--Andestine, 117, f, 4, Native Prospector--Here's to Love; by Don B .. 0-Klerer & Running R Stable; WEEKEND RESULTS . p1 B-Rosen Raymond Mr & Mrs (CA); $15,000. WEEKEND PREVIEW . p2 Margins: HF, HF, NO. Odds: 3.90, 4.20, 0.80. Also Ran: Potridee (Ar). RACING REPORTS ........ p2-6 The field of four were never more than two lengths apart, but third choice Golden Klair (GB) prevailed at the wire for her fourth stakes win. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 5-30-94 Hollywood Turf Cup cont. W•E•E•K•E•N•D The first thing to remember is that five pounds of PREVIEW weight equals two full lengths at this distance, and the two highweights are giving that much or more to every member of this field. Additionally, while Arcangues' last two figures are huge, he has never Monday, Belmont put two big ones together with less than five months GI $500,000 Metropolitan H., 3yo/up, 8f between them--and he just ran a big one a month ago. PP Horse Trainer Jockey Odds Bien Bien is much more solid, but not quite as good 1 American Chance Carroll Maple 20-1 on his best. 2 Cherokee Run Alexander Perret 9-2 Which brings us to Misil (Miswaki), who ran suc­ 3 Federal Funds Garren Velazquez 30-1 cessfully last year as the highweight against some of 4a Virginia Rapids Jerkens Samyn 5-2 the best grass horses in the world. In his only Ameri­ 5 West by West Arnold Davis 6-1 can grass try, he ran a big figure despite trouble. He 6 Holy Bull Croll Smith 4-1 may have even better races in him, and with a big pull 7a Devil His Due Jerkens Bailey 5-2 in the weights, may not even need to run better. 8 Blare of Trumpets Sciacca Luzzi 12-1 Misil to win. Thora-Graph sheets, state-of-the-art perfor­ 9 Tinners Way Frankel Desormeaux 6-1 mance figures, are used by many horsemen and professional 1 0 Colonial Affair Schulhofer Santos 3-1 handicappers to evaluate the ability of racehorses. For infor­ 11 Northern Trend Pregman No Rider 20-1 mation about Thora-Graph data or consulting services, please Thoro-Graph Analysis by Jerry Brown call (800) 331-3778. For owners and trainers, "The Race" may be the Derby, but for horseplayers it has to be the Met Mile-­ Monday, Arlington always the most interesting, complicated, competitive Gil $200,000 Washington Park H., 3yo/up, 9f race of the year. Where else do you get to analyze PP Horse Trainer Jockey Wt. three-year-olds versus older horses; sprinters versus 1 Antrim Rd. Wismer Arguello Jr.113 routers; and the equalizing effects of weight--all over 2 Valley Crossing Small Seefeldt 114 a one-turn mile that virtually eliminates racing luck? 3 Eequalsmcsquared Amoss Gryder 11 3 It would not be a big surprise if one of six or seven 4 Zeeruler Von Hemel Pettinger 113 horses won this race, and certainly if Holy Bull (Great 5 Brother Brown Goodridge Day 117 Above) runs his race, getting an easy trip and a big 6 Dane' n Jake Goldfine LaSala 11 0 weight pull, he could win off--but the value in the 7 Recoup The Cash Smith Sr. Diaz 114 race is clearly West by West (Gone West). It was at 8 Berillon (GB) Frankel Nakatani 112 this time last year that West by West got real good, 9 Nelson Barnett Romero 11 6 putting in huge figures back to back in May and June. 10 Powerful Punch Vanier Bourque 113 His graph pattern this year says he's ready to do it 11 Forever Whirl Wolfson Martinez 114 again, and at the weights his best is very strong. The consistent Brother Brown (Eminency), third in West by West to win, and protect with an exacta the GI Oaklawn H. last time he ran and a winner of under Holy Bull. Thoro-Graph sheets, state-of-the-art perfor­ 13 of his 18 starts, carries highweight. The gelding mance figures, are used by many horsemen and professional was beaten only a length and a half by top handicap handicappers to evaluate the ability of racehorses. For infor­ horse The Wicked North at Oaklawn. John Franks' mation about Thora-Graph data or consulting services, please Nelson (Seattle Slew). front-running winner of the Giii call (800) 331-3778. Ark-La-Tex H. at a mile and an eighth in his most recent try, goes for his fourth straight. Monday, Hollywood GI $500,000 Hollywood Turf H., 3yo/up, 10fT PP Horse Trainer Jockey Odds 1 Grand Flotilla Sahadi Stevens 8-1 2 Bien Bien Gonzalez Mccarron 8-5 3 Misil Whittingham Black 5-1 4 Navarone Rash Valenzuela 8-1 5 The Tender Track Abrams Solis 20-1 Local News: Hollywood 6 Mashaallah Frankel Pin cay Jr. 1 5-1 The Don MacBeth Memorial Jockey Fund will pres­ 7 Blues Traveller (IRE) Rash Antley 15-1 ent an All-Star Jockey/Celebrity Team Penning Rodeo 8 Arcangues Mandella Delahoussaye 2-1 Exhibition and Hoedown Monday, June 6. The event Thoro-Graph Analysis by Jerry Brown will take place at the Los Angeles Equestrian Center, The whole world seems to have decided that Holly­ 480 Riverside Drive, Burbank, beginning at 6 p.m.