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™ M 0 ND A Y, SEPTEMBER 4, 1 9 9 5 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS Sunday, Belmont Park SERENA'S SONG--NUMBER ONE WITH A GAZELLE H.-GI, $1 50,000, BEL, 9-3, 3yo, f, 1 1 /Sm, BULLET And the hits just keep on coming. The 1 :47 1 /5, ft. duet of D. Wayne Lukas and Gary Stevens harmo­ 1--SERENA'S SONG, 124, f, 3, Rahy--lmagining, by nized to take three of the last four Grade I events at Northfields. ($42,000 wing '92 KEENOV; $150,000 Saratoga; they added yet another verse to the victory yrl '93 KEEJUL). 0-Lewis Beverly J & Robert B; march as Serena's Song (Rahy) waltzed to an easy B-Baker Howard Dr (KY); T-D W Lukas; J-G Stevens; seven-length score in yesterday's GI Gazelle H. at $90,000. Lifetime Record: 20-12-3-1, $1,911,435. Belmont Park. "She did a little bit of everything today *Vivid Imagination (Raise A Man), GSW, $194,237. --set a pace and held off a challenge," said Lukas. "I 2--Miss Golden Circle, 113, f, 3, Crafty Prospector-­ think this was one of her better races all year. She River Missy, by Riverman. ($82,000 yrl '93 FTSAUG). was a picture of composure in the paddock and 0-Kimmel Caesar P & Solondz Philip; B-Riordan hardly turned a hair." Lukas and Stevens, who cap­ Michael (KY); $30,000. tured the GI Travers with Thunder Gulch, the GI 3--Golden Bri, 121, f, 3, Gold Alert--Princess Bri, by Hopeful with Hennassy and the GI Spinaway with Briartic. ($19,000 yrl '93 OBSAUG). 0-Schmidt Golden Attraction, have now picked up four of the Hilmer C; B-Franks John (FL); $16,500. last five Grade I stakes in New York. Already a win­ Margins: 7, NK, 4 1 /4. Odds: 0.35, 10.40, 5.80. ner over colts twice this year at nine furlongs and Also Ran: Conquistadoress, Forested, Pretty Discreet. undefeated at the distance, Serena's Song could take At one time held at an overwhelming 1-9, Serena's Song had drifted up to 1-5 by the time the gates sprung on the devastating Heavenly Prize in the mile-and-an­ open but made any price look generous at the wire. eighth Beldame October 7 next out. "Nobody would With jockey Gary Stevens once again in the irons, the be looking forward to facing Heavenly Prize, but I filly broke sharply and pressed Alabama winner PRETTY don't think Shug (McGaughey) is too excited about DISCREET (Private Account) to the far turn, then cruised facing us either," said Lukas, who added that he up to take the lead, shaking off a brief challenge from would also consider the Kentucky Cup September 23 Miss Golden Circle and galloping away from the field to and the Spinster October 7 for his three-year-old diva. her fifth Grade I win of the year. Said Stevens, "She's starting to peak and this is the right time of year to do NUMBERS UP AT MONMOUTH PARK Monmouth it. Inside the eighth pole, I chirped to her twice and she Park, which celebrated its 50th anniversary season just responded. Like Tom Durkin said, it was a champion this year, closed out the '95 meet yesterday with performance. She really put on a show today." Miss gains in both handle and attendance. The total Golden Circle outgamed stablemate Golden Bri for the Monmouth handle was over $113 million, up 11 place spot; it was her fourth straight second in a row. percent over 1994, while on-track attendance was Said her trainer, John Kimmel, "I think my filly ran very 688,732, up slightly from 687,363 a year ago. This well out there today. However, she's no Serena's Song. marked the first year that Monmouth offered full-card There was no beating her today ... she's awesome." simulcasting; over $24 million was wagered on out­ Kimmel will point the runner-up for the Cotillion H. at of-state cards during the summer meet. "We were Philadelphia Park September 23, while Golden Bri, win­ really pleased with our ability to integrate all the full ner of the Coaching Club American Oaks in July, will get a "well-deserved breather." cards signals unobtrusively into our live program," Weekend Results cont. p2 said Executive Vice President Hal Handel. "We were also pleasantly surprised by the acceptance of all the WEEKEND RESULTS ......... p1-2 out-of-state signals we offered." Jockey Joe Bravo WEEKEND PREVIEW . p2-3 led the riders for an unprecedented fifth straight time, NEWS CONTINUED . p2 while Juan Serey fJ)- nosed out last year's champ Danny RACING REPORTS . p3-5 Lopez for the trainer's title; Ebby Novack's New Farm z was the meet's leading owner. TOTAL PAGES ................ 8 News cont. p2 PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 9-4-95 Weekend Results cont. Sunday, Longchamp, France PREVIEW EMIRATES PRIX DU MOULIN DE LONGCHAMP-G1, • • $302,611, 3yo/up, c/f, 1 mT, 1 :36.90, gd. Today, Del Mar 1--RIDGEWOOD PEARL (GB), 120, f, 3, Indian Ridge DEL MAR DERBY-Gii, $300,000, 3yo, 9fT (lre)--Ben's Pearl (Ire), by Tap On Wood (GB). 0-Mrs. PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. A Coughlan; B-S Coughlan (GB); T-John Oxx; J-J P 1 Da Hoss Dickinson Douglas 1 22 Murtagh; $178,006. *Full to Ridgewood Ben (GB) 2 Semi Maar Hollendorfer Pincay Jr. 122 GSW & G1SP-lre, GSP-Eng, $114,118. 3 Tabor Bradshaw Black 1 22 2--Shaanxi, 120, f, 3, Zilzal--Rich And Riotous, by 4 Beau Temps (GB) Sweeney Solis 122 Empery. ($36,000 yrl '93 KEESEP). 0-T Yoshida; 5 Native Regent Bell Kabel 1 22 B-Fares Farm Inc (Ky); $71,203. 6 Sharpest Image (Ire) Collet No Rider 1 22 3--Missed Flight (GB), 128, h, 5, Dominion (GB)-­ 7 Longliner Jones Desormeaux 1 22 Loveskate, by Overskate. 0-W Grubmuller; B-Crest 8 Via Lombardia (Ire) Drysdale D'houssaye 122 Stud Ltd. (GB); $35,601. 9 Pinfloron (Fr) Greenman Mccarron 122 Margins: 3/4, 3/4, NO. Odds: 2.30, 2.40, 1.90. 1 0 Lake George Orman Nakatani 1 22 Also ran: Sayyedati (GB), Smolensk, Miss Satamixa (Fr), Lake George (Vice Regent) came back from his unsuc­ Green Tune, Darnay (GB). cessful Triple Crown campaign to try turf June 26 and The G 1 Queen Elizabeth II S. over a mile at Ascot later took a Hollywood allowance by a length and a ahlf. this month is now the target for Ridgewood Pearl, the Trying turf stakes company in his next start, the champion miler-elect of Europe. The John Oxx-trained Virginia-bred kept his record on the grass unblemished filly cruised along behind SMOLENSK (Danzig) and with a victory in a division of the Oceanside S. July 26. DARNA Y (Darshaan) early on while racing on the rail; Via Lombardia (Ire) (Shardari {Ire}) suffered his first Darnay dropped out of it as they turned into the straight defeat on American soil last out, falling short by just a and it was only a matter of when the winner would take neck in the Gii Arlington Classic after taking back-to­ over. A furlong and a half out, she went through a gap back stakes at Hollywood. Da Hoss (Gone West) returns between Smolensk and the rail and although briefly to the grass after finishing second in the Gil Swaps S. challenged by Shaanxi and Missed Flight inside the final on the dirt; he took the grassy Gii Jersey Derby two furlong, Ridgewood Pearl was always in command. starts back. She adds this to her course record-setting win in the G 1 Coronation S. at Ascot in June and her Irish 1000 Guin­ Today, Belmont Park eas triumph and gives her Irish trainer his first G 1 suc­ JEROME H.-Gll, $200,000, 3yo, 1 m cess in France. "This was her biggest test yet and it PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. was good to see her take on and beat the colts and 1 Reality Road Kelly Chavez 111 older horses in this race," said Oxx. "She also came into 2 Streaking North Blanco Velazquez 107 this race after an 11-week absence--it was a good 3 Excelerate Mills Hernandez 113 performance." 4a Suave Prospect Zito Bailey 119 5a Mr. Greeley Zito Krone 115 News cont. 6 Top Account Howard Day 115 THE MEADOWLANDS OPENS WITH RECORD 7 French Deputy Drysdale Stevens 113 French Deputy (Deputy Minister) makes his first start The Meadowlands launches its 19th Thor­ PURSES since February; the California invader is undefeated in oughbred season this afternoon with record overnight three starts but makes his stakes debut off the layoff. purses, free admission and the meet's only daytime "We don't know where we stand with him because he's card, with first post set for 12:30 p.m. EDT. "We're fairly untried, but this is where we'll start with him," coming into this meet off a strong Monmouth season said trainer Neil Drysdale. "There's no long-range plan, and anticipate that momentum can carry right into The we' re just going to take it race by race." Meadowlands," said Executive Vice President and Gen­ eral Manager Hal Handel.