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 DM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 0, W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS CALDER CUTS PURSES AGAIN For the second PERTEMPS ST. LEGER S.-G1, $416,306, Doncaster, England, 9-9, 3yo, c/f, 14f 132ydsT, 3:09. 74, gd/sf. time during the current meeting, Calder President Ken 1--CLASSIC CLICHE (IRE), 126, c, 3, Salse--Pato (GB) Dunn has been forced to cut purses. "We've overpaid (SP-Eng), by High Top (Ire). 0-Godolphin; B-Lord Victor the purses by more than $500,000 and there are only Matthews; T-Saeed bin Suroor; J-L. Dettori; $256,974. 40 racing days remaining before we finish the sum­ 2--Minds Music, 1 26, c, 3, Silver Hawk--Misinskie, by mer meeting. I've got to balance the books on this," Nijinsky II. ( $75,000 yrlg '93 KEESEP). 0-Stavros said Dunn. The overpayment could be reconciled Niarchos; B-Flaxman Holdings Ltd.; $95,082. during next year's Calder summer meet, "But I don't 3--lstidaad, 126, c, 3, Chief's Crown--Mazzei Mood, by want to carry a half-million dollar deficit over to next Roberto. 0-Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum; B-Shadwell year," Dunn added. Beginning with Thursday's over­ Farm Inc. & Shadwell Estate Co. Ltd.; $40,994. Margins: 3 1 /2, 2 1 /2, Odds: 10/3, 12/1, 11 /1. night, purses will drop by 13 percent to an average of % . Also Ran: In Camera (Ire), Affidavit, Anchor Clever (GB), $88,000a day, down from $101,000per day. Purses Kalabo, Lusa (GB), Jellaby Ashkir (GB), Jural (GB). were averaging $1 05 ,000 a day at the beginning of Classic Cliche, made the 10-3 favorite after the late the meet. The Calder president remarked, "I don't withdrawal of Presenting, gave the Maktoum family think we would be in this situation if the state would their 8th English Classic win in a row. He also gave his allow us to simulcast. We are hoping to work some­ jockey Frankie Dettori his 1,000th winner in Britain (his thing out with them soon." first was at Goodwood in 1 987). Classic Cliche was always well placed in 2nd or 3rd behind the frontrunning CANADIAN BREEDERS SALES FIRST SESSION filly JURAL (GB) (Kris {GB}), then took the lead with %­ mile to run and from then on was never challenged, The Canadian Breeders' Sales held the RESULTS coming home to win easily. "What a great way to reach first of two sessions of its select Canadian-bred year­ 1 ,000," said Dettori. "I'm very proud to have done it in ling sale at Woodbine Thursday night. There were 63 a classic. This was the first time Classic Cliche had the yearlings sold for a total of $1,567,400 and an aver­ ground to his liking. I knew he would be a St. Leger age of $24,879. The night's highest priced yearling at horse. He is a big, tall horse and has lots of stamina. $115,000 was a chestnut colt by Private Account-­ Sometimes pedigrees can be deceiving. This was a great Reasonable Sin (Sinister Purpose). Consigned by thrill for me." This marked Dettori's third Classic win in Michael C. Byrne, agent, the colt, a half-brother to Britain, following scores with Balanchine and Moonshell. MSW and $227,257-earner Native Factor (Foolish The win, Classic Cliche' s first in a G 1 event, boosted trainer Saeed bin Suroor' s prize money in Britain this Pleasure), was purchased by Edna P. Benson. Byrne, year to $2,826,403 from only 13 wins. No fixed plans as agent, also sold the second highest-priced yearling have yet been made for the colt's next start, although of the session, a dark bay or brown colt by Alwuhush Simon Crisford, Godolphin's racing manager, did sug­ out of the multiple stakes-winning mare Bees 'n' gest he might be campaigned in North America this Honey (Geiger Counter). The colt was purchased for autumn. "He'll definitely stay in training for next year," $73,000 by Stephen Chiu. Crisford added. CHRIS ANTLEY SIDELINED An injury that Weekend Results Continued, p. 2 plagues baseball pitchers primarily has benched jockey Chris Antley for the remainder of the Del Mar UJ WEEKEND RESULTS . 1,2 meet. Antley is suffering from a rotator cuff injury in WEEKEND PREVIEW . 2 his right shoulder. The jockey injured the shoulder in a 0 starting-gate mishap recently. Charlie McCaul, in rJl RACING REPORTS . 3,4,5,6 charge of the Del Mar jockeys' room, said Antley had z TOTAL PAGES ................ 8 complained that he wasn't able to raise his arm - enough to be effective with the whip. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 9-10-95 ~ Weekend Results, Continued. Today, The Curragh, Ireland: MOYGLARE STUD S.-G1, $152,673, 2yo, f, 7fT GUINNESS CHAMPION S.-G1, $234,515, PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Leopardstown, Ireland, 9-9, 3yo/up, c/f, 1 1 /4mT, 1 Catch A Glimpse Weld Shanahan 16-1 2:04.40, gd/fm. 2 Tamnia Dunlop Carson 4-1 1--PENTIRE (GB), 123, c, 3, Be My Guest--Gull Nook 3 Zelzelah Kelleway Weaver 5-2 (GB) (G2-Eng), by Mill Reef. 0-Mollers Racing; B-Lord 4 Rockcorry Rose (Ire) Prendergast Craine 1 6-1 Halifax; T-Geoffrey Wragg; J-M. Hills; $154, 137. * % 5 Rouge Rancon Cole Quinn 5-1 to Spring (GB) (G3-lty, MGSP-Eng & Fr, by Sadler's 6 Orange Walk (Ire) O'Brien Roche 10-1 Wells). 7 In Generosity (Ire) Weld O'Donohue 16-1 2--Freedom Cry (GB), 130, c, 4, Soviet Star--Falling Star 8 Ceirseach (Ire) Bolger Heffernan 1 2-1 9 Priory Belle (Ire) Bolger Gilson 12-1 (fr), by Mount Hagen (fr). 0-D. Wildenstein; B-Dayton 10 Needham Star Kellaway Murtagh 10-1 Ltd.; $47,281. 11 My Melody Parkes Berry Carroll 5-1 3--Flagbird, 127, f, 4, Nureyev--Up The Flagpole, by 1 2 Dance Design (Ire) Weld Kinane 9-2 Hoist the Flag. 0-Godolphin; B-W.S. Farish; $23,641. 1 3 Rithab Prendergast Supple 1 2-1 Margins: short head, 2, % . Odds: 9/4, 9/1, 8/1. Early favorite Zelzelah (Timeless Moment) will be Also Ran: Definite Article (GB), Needle Gun (Ire), making only her second career start; the $22,000 Valanour (Ire), Hernando (Fr). Eased: Kayaara (Ire). Keeneland Sept. Yearling defeated allowance company Pentire, winner of five of his six prior starts this year, at Newbury by three lengths July 15. improved his '95 record to six for seven with his 4th Today, Del Mar Group victory and his first in a Group 1 event. NEEDLE DEL MAR BUDWEISER BREEDERS' CUP H.-Gll, GUN (IRE) (Sure Blade) set a good pace, with $200,000a, 3yo/up, 1 m VALANOUR (IRE) (Lomond) and Flagbird behind, while PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. Pentire and HERNANDO (FR) (Niniski) were well in the 1 Cleante (Arg) McAnally Black 114 back. At the turn Needle Gun remained in front, but was 2 Lykatill Hil Sherman Pincay Jr. 116 soon challenged by Flagbird, who looked the probable 3 Luthier Fever G Jones Stevens 11 5 winner until Freedom Cry took command at the furlong 4 Del Mar Dennis Gonzalez Solis 119 marker. Pentire then made a strong move from the back. 5 l'ma Game Master Bradshaw Delahoussaye 116 Freedom Cry still looked the winner with 25 yards to 6 Tossofthecoin McAnally Nakatani 119 run, but he was passed in the final strides by a flying 7 Criollito (Arg) Baffert Douglas 113 Pentire. 8 Alphabet Soup Hofmans Mccarron 11 5 9 Lucky Bucefalo (Arg) Hess Jr. Desormeaux 113 Del Mar Dennis (Dixieland Band) and Tossofthecoin p--R E I E (Magesterial) are the co-highweights at 119 pounds. I --. v w • I The most recent start for both GSW's was in the GI Hollywood Gold Cup July 2. Cigar won, with Tossofthe­ Today, Longchamp, France: coin 3rd and Del Mar Dennis 7th after bleeding in the race. PRIX VERMEILLE-G1, $250,923, 3yo, f, 1 1 /2mT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Today, Woodbine 1 Carling (Fr) Barbe Thulliez 5-2 SUMMER S.-GIC, $125,300, 2yo, 1 mT 2 Dance Partner (Jpn) Barbe Take 8-1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. 3 Matiara C. Head F. Head 10-3 1 Mr. Monaco Mattine McKnight 122 4a Larrocha (Ire) Cumani Dettori 5-1 2 Border Chief Bowden Sabourin 1 22 5 Fanjica (Ire) Dunlop Pat Eddery 12-1 3 Sir Ebony Knight Cowie Attard 1 22 4 Sea Launch Frostad Penna 1 22 6 Privity Bary Boeuf 1 6-1 5 Captivator Benson McAleney 1 22 7a Valley of Gold (Fr) Fabre Jarnet 5-1 6a Blazing Hot Vella Kabel 11 9 8 Caramba (GB) Hannon Roberts 7-1 7a Ice Bullet Vella Ramsammy 122 9 Musetta (Ire) Brittain Doyle 25-1 8 Gomtuu Polsinelli Swatuk 122 10 Muncie (Ire) Fabre Peslier 4-1 Sea Launch (Relaunch) carries the colors of Sam-Son Japanese Oaks winner Dance Partner (Jpn) (Sunday Farm, which has won this event eight times since 1980; Silence) finished second to Matiara (Bering {GB}) in her four of the stable's colts, Dauphin fabuleux ('84), Grey only appearance outside Japan in the G3 Prix de la Classic ('85), Blue Finn ('86) and Regal Classic ('87) Nanette at Deauville Aug.