The Th>roughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a1.m .. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. T f!91J:lL~ UN~!t~s~D™ SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1997 ::fi $2 Daily W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW BOSRA SHAM TO BREEDERS' CUP Trainer Henry Today, Leopardstown, Ireland Cecil plans to send English champion filly Basra Sham DIGIFONE IRISH CHAMPION S.-G1, $223,581, 3yo/up, (Woodman) to the U.S. this fall to run in the GI Breed­ elf, 1 1 /4mT ers' Cup Turf, it was revealed yesterday by the Racing PP HORSE TRAINEH JOCKEY WT. Post. The four-year-old, seven-for-10 lifetime with three 1 Pilsudski (Ire) M R Stoute M J Kinane 1 30 Group 1 wins to her credit, has suffered defeats in her 2 Desert King (Ire) A P O'Brien C Roche 123 last two starts, running third in the G1 Coral-Eclipse S. 3 Rayouni (Ire) J M Oxx J P Murtagh 1 23 in July and fourth in the G 1 Juddmonte International last 4 No Slouch (Ire) A P O'Brien Heffernan 123 out August 19. She will stretch out to a mile and a half 5 Swift Gulliver (Ire) J S Bolger K Manning 1 23 for the first time in the Turf. "She is fine but we are 6 Dangerous Diva (Ire) A O'Brien W Supple 120 taking things very gently with her," Cecil told the Racing 7 Alhaarth (Ire) Bin Suroor K Darley 130 Post. "We hope to run her in the Champion S. (which Sires: Pilsudski (Ire) (Polish Precedent), Desert King (Ire) she won last year), and then the Breeders' Cup Turf." (Danehill), Rayouni (Ire) (Zayyani {Ire}), No Slouch (Ire) (Royal Academy), Swift Gulliver (Ire) (Gulch), Dangerous TOUCH GOLD WORKS FOR PEGASUS; TALE Diva (Ire) (Royal Academy), Alhaa1rth (Ire) (Unfuwain). Pilsudski won the G 1 Coral-Eclipse S. at Sandown OF THE CAT TO SKIP Touch Gold (Deputy Minister), July 5, beating Epsom Derby winner Benny The Dip and the favorite for the the Sept. 20 Gii $1 million Buick champion filly Basra Sham, and then ran second in the Pegasus at the Meadowlands, worked a mile yesterday G ·1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond S. at at Hollywood Park. According to assistant trainer Grant Ascot July 26. Desert King won both the G 1 Irish 2000 Hofmans, Touch Gold covered the distance in 1 :43 3/5 Guineas and G1 Budweiser Irish Derby, then was sec­ and will ship to New Jersey Thursday. "Everything went ond to Sin!JSpiel (Ire) in the G 1 Juddmonte International good," said Hofmans, whose father, David, is the S. at York last out August 19. trainer. "He got tired, but that was to be expected. As far as his foot goes, everything is perfect." In other Today, Turfway Park Pegasus news, trainer John Forbes has pulled Tale of KENTUCKY CUP CLASSIC-Giii, $500,000, 3yo/up, the Cat (Storm Cat) out of the race and will run instead 1 1 /8m, post time 5:42 p.m. (all post times are EDT) in the Sept. 27 GI Vosburgh at Belmont, with the PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Breeders' Cup Sprint in mind. "There is not a really 1 Krigeorj' s Gold Hartlage Johnson 1 5-1 outstanding sprinter in the country and the Vosburgh is 2 Regal Discovery Attfield Smith 8-1 a Grade I race, which were things we had to consider," 3 Coup d' Argent Lukas Stevens 4-1 Forbes said. "We also have to consider his value as a 4a Stephanotis Minshall Walls 5-2 stallion. We know sprinting is something he can be 5 Danville Huffman Miller 20-1 successful at. He's awful quick." Forbes may switch 6 Distorted Humor Walden Day 9-5 back to the Pegasus if there are any major defections. 7a IVlt. Sassafras Minshall Martinez 5-2 Keeneland Results, News cont. o2 8 Semoran Baffert Desormeaux 7-2 STAKES CLOSINGS Distorted Humor (Forty Niner), on the board in 11 of his ·14 career starts, makes his first start at Turfway TODAY, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: after finishing third in the Gii Philip H. lselin H. at 9-27 $250,000 Vosburgh-GI, Bel, 3yo/up, 7f Monmouth Park August 23. Stephanotis (Regal Classic), ($250) three-for-five on the year, was most recently first in the GllC Fair Play S. at Woodbine August 4. The four-year­ • old hasn't missed a check while racing in graded-stakes company his last four starts. Sixth after a rough start in RACING ON TV THIS WEEKEND: [J this race last year, Coup D' Argent (Silver Buck) ended SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: his 1 996 season with a third-place finish in the Gill Racing to the Breeders' Cup: Giii Kentucky Clark H. November 29, then returned after nearly nine months on the sidelines to take the restricted Harry F. Cup c/a~~ic and Gil Turfway Breeder~' Cup at Brubaker H. at Del Mar August 18. He makes his sec­ EDT Turfwoy Pork - ESPN, 5-6 p.m. ond start off the layoff. ·PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 9-13-97 FHIDAY'S TOP FIVE FILLIES +KEENELAND+ Hip# Sire Dam Price 1609 Septieme Ciel Willa Joe {Ire) $350,000 KEENELAND SEPTEMBER ON RECORD PACE Consigned by Bayne & Libby Welker, Agent I Through the first five days, the 1997 Keeneland Sep­ Purchased by Robert Quinichett tember Yearling Sale is up more than 11 percent for 1790 Stalwart Joy Returned $155 ,000 both gross and average over the record-setting 1 996 Consigned by Iron County Farms, Inc. sale. At the half-way point, 1,391 horses have sold for Purchased by Jimmy R. Davis, agent $126,526,600, an average of $90,961; after five days 1730 Meadowlake French Oil $122,000 last year, 1,389 yearlings had grossed $113,691,900, Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent an average of $81,852. The median is holding steady at Purchased by J. Bush Williams $52,000. Friday's session topper was a filly by 15'98 Clever Trick Valgravya $120,000 Septieme Ciel out of the mare Willa Joe (Ire) (El Gran Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent Senor), who is a half-sister to Grade I winners Will's Purchased by Century Venture IV Way (Easy Goer) and Willa On The Move (Assert {Ire}). 14.97 Citidancer Prospective Joy $110 ,000 Consigned by Bayne and Libby Welker, Agent I, the dark ($38,000 wnl '96 FTMDEC) bay brought a final bid of $350,000 from Robert L. Consigned by Denali Stud (Craig Bandoroff), Ouinichett of Maryland. A total of 287 hips sold for an Agent XXIV aggregate $11,834,400 Friday, up 21.9 percent over Purchased by Mike Pegram the corresponding session last year when 280 yearlings brought $9, 708,000. The average of $41,235 was up Ne!WS cont. 18.9 percent over the '96 figure of $34,671, while ".A.M[ERICA'S DAY AT THE RACES" A SUCCESS Friday's median was up 18.5 percent, from $27,000 in The inaugural "America's Day at the Races," held Labor '96 to $32,000 in '97. The 10-day sale runs through Day, Monday, September 1, had a positive effect on Wednesday, Sept. 17; bidding begins at 10 a.m. daily. both handle and attendance at the majority of the race­ tracks involved in the promotion. While attendance FRIDAY'S TOP FIVE COLTS fis1urns were not available for four of the tracks (three-­ Hip# Sire Dam Price Colonial Downs, Prairie Meadows and Remington Park-­ 1734 Dehere Gabfest $300,000 were not open on Labor Day, 1 996), 1 2 of the 21 Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, wlhich participated in the event showed increased atten­ Agent for Brylynn Farm, Inc. dance and 1 0 of 18 reporting '96 figures showed in­ Purchased by Equix Biomechanics creased handle over last year. "We are pleased with the 1678 Is it True Clever Monique $ 220 ,000 results of the inaugural America's Day promotion," said {named - ES VERDAD) Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Presi­ Consigned by Eaton Sales, agent dent Drew Couto. "It was a privilege to work with the Purchased by B. T. A. Stable tracks, horsemen and other supporting groups who 1645 Clever Trick Belle of Killarney $17 5 ,000 helped us launch 'America's Day at the Races,' and we Consigned by Lazy E Ranch, Inc., agent look forward to creating an even better event in 1 998 Purchased by Ken Ellenberg with their continued cooperation." 1800 Fortunate Prospect Lake Street $135,000 Consigned by Paternostro & Herbener, agent JRACK ABBREVIATIONS: Purchased by Choctaw Racing Stables APX Arlington BEL Belmont Park 1686 Marquetry Crystany $130 ,000 BMX Bay Meadows CNL Colonial Downs Consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency, CRC Calder DEL Delaware Park Agent for Carmen Pecord IDET Ladbroke DRC DMR Del Mar Purchased by Jan & Mace & Samantha Siegel IFPX Fairplex Park HAW Hawthorne ILAD Louisiana Downs MED Meadowlands ©Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. This newspaper may not be IPHA Philadelphia Park PRM Prairie Meadows reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, Retama Park RKM Rockingham Park without prior written permission of the copyright owner, Media Vista. !RET Information as to the races, race results and earnings was obtained RPX Remington Park TDN Thistledown from results charts published in Daily Racing Form and utilized here­ TPX Turfway Park wox Woodbine with with the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. MAJOR IMP~4~C:T by Roberto 2 Winners, 3 Placed from first 8 starters.