The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please call90B-747-B060. T~?I~~UN~~~RE DM THURSDAY, AUGUST 1,1996 SeTeAeKeEeS RESULT CIGAR, DRAMATIC GOLD WORK FOR SUSSEX S.-G1, $228,398, Goodwood, England, 7-31, PACIFIC CLASSIC Before 300 or so umbrella-toting 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:37.75, gd/fm. fans who lined the rail and applauded his every move, 1--FIRST ISLAND (IRE)' 133, c, 4, Dominion (GB)-­ Cigar (palace Music) turned in another solid workout at Caymana (Fr), by Bellypha (Ire). O-Mollers Racing; Saratoga Racecourse Wednesday as he continues prepa­ B-Citadel Stud; T-Geoff Wragg; J-lVI. Hills; $139,763. rations for the $1,000,000 Pacific Classic at Del Mar *$183,457 yrl '93 GOOC1. Aug. 10. The reigning Horse of the Year went seven 2--Charnwood Forest (Ire), 133, c, 4, Warning (GB)-­ furlongs in 1 :27.56 with regular jockey Jerry Bailey in Dance of Leaves (GB), by Sadlers Wells. O-Godolphin; the irons. "He went very well; he was very willing," said B-Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid AI Maktoum. Bailey. "I think he might have been a little pumped up $52,376. because of the crowd and worked a little better because 3--Alhaarth (Ire), 125, c, 3, Unfuwain--Irish Valley, by of it." Trainer Bill Mott added, "I've never had a horse Irish River (Fr). O-Hamdan AI Maktoum; B-Shadwell applauded before, during and after a work. It was start­ Estate Company Ltd. $25,216. ing to rain just at that point, or I would have liked to Margins: 1, 1 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 5-1, 1-1, 14-1. give the people a little more time to see him." Clockers Also.Ran: Sorbie Tower (Ire), Restructure (Ire), Mistle caught Cigar in fractions of :24.24, :36.72, :48.48 and Cat, Ali-Royal (Ire), Cayman Kai (Ire), Heart Lake (GB)' 1: 13.94. One more work is on the schedule for the six­ Matiya (Ire). year-old before he ships to California Aug. 8. He will try MISTLE CAT (Storm Cat), a habitual front-runner, to set a modern-day record of 17 straight victories in shot from the stalls and set a fast pace. Hot favorite the Pacific Classic. Dramatic Gold (Slew 0' Gold), sec­ Charnwood Forest and second choice First Island raced ond to Cigar in the Arlington Citation Challenge July 13, at the back of the pack until well into the home also worked Wednesday, drilling seven furlongs at Del stretch. Both started to make a move at the two­ Mar in 1 :24 3/5. Trainer David Hofmans said the deci­ furlong pole, with Charnwood Forest leading the sion on whether Dramatic Gold will run in the Pacific charge and taking the lead with 300 yards to go. But Classic now rests with the gelding's owners, Golden First Island eased past to collect the prize. John Fergu­ Eagle Farm's John and Betty Mabee. son, racing manager to successful owners Moilers Racing, admitted he had his doubts about First Island's BUCKAROO DEAD Buckaroo (Buckpasser) died Tues­ chances before the race. "I'm delighted but in a com­ day of liver failure. The 21-year-old stallion sired 1985 plete state of shock, 11 he said. "I thought he would be Kentucky Derby winner Spend a Buck, MGISW and better suited to ten furlongs than a mile. But (trainer) millionaire Roo Art and two-time GI Carter H. winner Geoff Wragg obviously knows much more than I do Lite the Fuse. Buckaroo stood at Bridlewood Farm in about that and it was entirely his decision to aim at Ocala, Florida. During his racing career, he won the Goodwood. I suppose the Juddmonte International at 1978 editions of the Gill Peter Pan and Gil Saranac S., York (August 20) would be a possibility now, if he while finishing off the board just once in ten starts at comes out of this race well. 11 three. His most famous progeny was Spend a Buck, who won the Derby en route to Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old Colt honors in 1985; Spend a STAKES CLOSINGS Buck earned over $4 million in his two-year career. TOMORROW, FRIDA Y, AUGUST 2: Overall, Buckaroo sired 25 stakes-winners and the earn­ 11-29 $200,000 Hollywood Turf Express-Gill, ers of over $20 million. HoI, 3yolup, 5.5fT ($200) 11-29 $200,000 Miesque-GIII, HoI, 2yo, f, 8fT ($200) u.J STAKES RESULT 1 11-30 $300,000 Citation H.-Gil, HoI, 3yolup, 9fT ($200) NEWS CONTINUED ............ 2 11-30 $250,000 Generous-Gill, HoI, 2yo, 8fT ($200) o 12-01 $ 700,000 Matriarch-GI, HoI, 3yolup, flm, 10fT -rJ) STAKES PREVIEW ............ 2,3 ($1000) 12-01 $500,000 Hollywood Derby-GI, HoI, 3yo, 9fT Z TOTAL PAGES ................. 6 - ($500) PAGE 2· THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS. 8-1-96 News Continued. SUFFOLK DOWNS FALL DATES APPROVED The EXBOURNE EUTHANIZED Exbourne (Explodent), Massachusetts State Racing Commission approved the winner of the 1991 GI Hollywood Turf H. and Gil Suffolk Downs fall racing schedule Wednesday, confirm­ Caesars International H., was euthanized July 13 at ing key provisions of the new circuit agreement be­ owner Khalid Abdullah's Juddmonte Farms in Lexington, tween Suffolk Downs and Rockingham Park. By a 2-0 Kentucky, according to a story in today's Daily Racing vote, the Commission permitted Suffolk Downs' request Form. The 10-year-old stallion had a history of hoof to open Sept. 23 and run five days a week until Dec. 7, problems that included laminitis and resulting infections a total of 54 programs. "It's important for us to be that had gotten bad enough that lithe only humane thing racing in September and to utilize our turf course during was to put him down, II Farm Manager Garrett O'Rourke the fall if we want to attract some of the better outfits told the Form Tuesday. O'Rourke added, liThe infection from New Jersey and Delaware," said Suffolk Downs had gone from his foundered foot into his pastern, and a Chairman James B. Moseley. generalized infection in his bloodstream was the result. II Exbourne won eight of 14 starts for earnings of $999,989. He placed second in the 1989 G1 British PREVIEW 1000 Guineas. His first foals are yearlings of 1996. • • Today, Goodwood, England: SIGNAL TAP RETIRED Signal Tap (Fappiano) has GARRARD GOODWOOD CUP-G2, $93,414, 3yo/up, been retired from racing and although plans have not yet 2mT (in post position order) been finalized, he is expected to enter stud in 1997. STARTER (SIRE) TRAINER JOCKEY Signal Tap raced for a Centennial Farms partnership. Daraydan (Ire) (Kahyasi) Herries K. Darley Bred by William S. Farish, E.J. Hudson and W.S. Kilroy, Persian Punch (Persian Heights) Elsworth Bardwell he was purchased from the Lane's End consignment at Spartan Heartbeat (Shareef Dancer) Brittain B. Doyle the 1992 Keeneland July Yearling Sale for $390,000. Grey Shot (GB) (Sharrood) Balding Pat Eddery His dam South Sea Dancer (Northern Dancer) was a Admiral's Well (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) Akehurst T. Quinn $1.8 million yearling at the 1982 Keeneland July sale. Kalabo (Trempolino) Suroor J. Carroll She is a full-sister to champion and top sire Storm Bird. Lear White (Lear Fan) Kelleway J. Reid Signal Tap won seven of 25 starts for earnings of The Godolphin-owned Kalabo, winner of his last two $429,108. His victories included this year's Gill Hialeah starts over 1 1/2-miles, steps up in distance here. Per­ Turf Cup H. and Gill Bougainvillea H., both over the sian Punch (Ire), who demonstrated his stamina with a win over 14 furlongs at Newmarket recently, is sure to Hialeah turf. He was also third in the 1995 GI Man 0' War S. at Belmont. The five-year-old retires due to a test the rest for courage inside the final quarter. Admi­ ral's Well (Ire) can handle extreme distances--he won slight suspensory injury. over 2 3/4-miles recently--and cannot be ruled out in a difficult contest to predict. Persian Punch and Spartan AKSARBEN CLOSED TO RACING The board of Heartbeat carry 111 pounds; the rest carry 126. Douglas County, which has owned AKsarben since 1992, voted 5-1 in favor of a plan that would eliminate Today, Goodwood, England: the Omaha, Nebraska racetrack and transform the site RICHMOND S.-G2, $62,276, 2yo, c/g, 6f into an office complex for First Data Resources, one of The field, in post position order, is: the world's largest credit card manufacturers. The July STARTER (SIRE) TRAINER JOCKEY 16 vote precludes any future use of the AKsarben facil­ Close Relative (Ire) (Distant Relative) Charlton Eddery ity for racing; however, the plan submitted by FDR Easycall (<;JB) (Forzando) Meehan B. Doyle contained a provision for $2.5 million toward construc­ Roman Imp (Ire) (Imp Society) Jarvis Holland tion costs for a new racetrack in the Omaha area. FDR's Raphane (Rahy) Collins K. Darley offer is contingent upon the passage of a November Blue Ridge (GB) (Indian Ridge) Hannon J. Reid referendum for casino-style gaming at racetracks, which Proud Native (Ire) (Imp Society) Jarvis Hughes had been supported by racing interests and was consid­ Hornbeam (GB) (Rich Charlie) Jenkins Cochrane ered vital to the longevity of Nebraska's horse racing Proud Native, with a perfect three-for-three record, industry. had been expected to miss this contest.