The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. T ~911:lL~ UN~!t~s~D™ M 0 ND A Y AUGUST 4, 19 9 7 $2 Daily W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS "GOLDEN" SUNDAY FOR HOFMANS, BUICK HASKELL INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $990,000, MTH, 8-3, 3yo, 1 1 /Sm, 1:47 3/5, ft. STRONACH Sunday was a banner day for trainer 1--TOUCH GOLD, 125, c, 3, Deputy Minister--Passing David Hofmans, owner Frank Stronach and 1997 lead­ Mood (SW), by Buckpassier. ($180,000 wing '94 ing sire Deputy Minister. For starters, the three com-. KEENOV; $375,000 yrl 'B5 KEEJUL). 0-Stonerside bined to send out Queen's Plate hero Awesome Agam Stable Ltd & F Stronach; B-Holtsinger Inc, Hill 'N Dale (Deputy Minister) to a three-length triumph in the Gii Farm & Star Stable (KY); T-David Hofmans; J-C J Jim Dandy at Saratoga. Only 52 minutes later at Mccarron; $850,000. Lifetime Record: 9-5-2-1, Monmouth Park, Belmont Stakes champ Touch Gold $1,525,627. *1/2 to Sweeping Change (Secretariat), (Deputy Minister), trained by Hofmans and owned by SW, $157,986; With Approval (Caro {Ire}), Ch. 3yo Stronach and Stonerside Stable, overpowered his four Colt & Horse of the Year-Can, GSW, $2,863,540; Bar rivals to win the $1 million Buick Haskell. As physics U Mood (Saratoga Six), MSW, $291,666; and Fullto prevented Hofmans from being in two places at once, Daijin (Deputy Minister), MSW, $164,044. the conditioner watched Awesome Again's effort on 2--Anet, 1 20, c, 3, Clever Trick--Romantic Story, by T.V. from Monmouth Park, where he took in Touch Quadratic. ($85,000 yrl '95 KEESEP). 0-Dizney Gold's dramatic victory live. "I've never seen a three­ Donald R; B-Frazier D W (FL); $200,000. year-old run !Jy Free House (Smokester) like that," 3--Free House, 125, c, 3, Smokester--Fountain Lake, by Hofmans said of Touch Gold's Buick Haskell perfor­ Vigors. O/B-John Toffan & Trudy Mccaffery (CA); mance. "I think it will be close for champion three-year­ $100,000. old. This couldn't have gone any better. It was a great Margins: 1 1 /4, 3/4, 1 HF. Odds: 1.20, 5. 70, 1.30. lunch, a great place, with great people and I'm driving a Also Ran: Tale of the Cat, Frisk Me Now. Buick." Touch Gold's jockey Chris Mccarron added, "If Scratched: Affirmed Success. you saw this horse's first and third work after the Touch Gold was sent off the slight favorite here after Belmont you would say he had no chance. He took a big winning the Belmont S. in his last start June 7. The only step towards the Eclipse Award. I have to give all the question mark was fitness, as he was coming off a two­ credit to David Hofmans to get this horse ready for his month hiatus. That question was answered as Touch last two races. This may be the best horse I've been Gold ridden for the third straight time by Chris on." McC~rron, trailed the tightly-bunched field of five until the top of the stretch, where Mccarron guided him CHANGE OF PLANS FOR SANDPIT Sandpit !Brzl through an opening and past his rivals to win going (Baynoun {Ire}), whose seven U.S. graded stakes win.s away. ANET, who set the pace early through fractions have all come on turf, will return to that surface for his of :22 3/5 and :46 1 /5, held on to be second. "He got next start, the GI Arlington Million Aug. 24. The chest­ beat by a better horse, plain and simple," said Anet's nut third in his most recent outing, the GI Hollywood trainer Bob Baffert. FREE HOUSE, coming into the Buick Gold Cup on the dirt June 29, had been pointing to Haskell off only two weeks rest after taking the Gii Saturday's GI Pacific Classic over Del Mar's main track. Swaps S. at Hollywood July 20, raced up near the Assistant trainer Gary Mandella explained the change of leaders throughout but lacked a closing bid. The gray's plans: "Mr. Meneces (owner Sergio Meneces of Sierra trainer Paco Gonzalez contended, "You did not see the Thoroughbreds) decided he'd like to have a fresh horse real Free House today. Yes, I'm very disappointed be­ in the Arlington Million. He believes a win could salvage cause he didn't run his race." Previously undefeated (an Eclipse Award as) top grass horse for Sandpit." TALE OF THE CAT (Storm Cat), trying stakes company for the first time, reached the lead after six furlongs but News Continued, o. 3. conceded it in midstretch, settling for fourth. "The more WEEKEND RES UL TS . 1,2 they run the better they get," said trainer John Forbes. "I'm so proud of him. He ran a phenome~al race .. He's NEWS CONTINUED . 3 the fastest horse I've ever trained. We might go in the STAKES PREVIEW ........ · · · · · 3 (Aug. 23) Travers. We just have to wait and see." TOTAL PAGES ................ 12 Weekend Results Continued, p. 2. PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-4-97 EDDIE READ H.-GI, $300,000, DMR, 8-3, 3yo/up, Jim Dandy Result Continued. 1 1 /8mT, 1 :48 3/5, fm. Also Ran: Behrens, Banker's Gold, Fala, Universe, 1--EXPELLED, 113, h, 5, Explodent--Social lesson, by Leestown, Barretodo. Forum. O/B-Juddmonte Farms (KY); T-Robert Frankel; Awesome Again lived up to his name here for the J-J Garcia; $180,000. Lifetime Record: GSW-Fr, second straight time after capturing the June 29 GIC 11-6-0-2, $341,302. * 1 /2 to Top Socialite (MG3-Eng, Queen's Plate at Woodbine in only his third career start. MSW-N.A., G1 SP-Ire & Fr, $522,627, by Topsider) Sent off the 3-1 second choice, the eventual winner and full to Exbourne (Gl-N.A., G1 SP-Eng, $993,043). raced well back early, moved up along the rail around 2--EI Angelo, 119, h, 5, El Gran Senor--Angela Serra the far turn and then angled! outside to make a powerful (GB), by Arctic Tern. 0-Evergreen Farm; B-Panama stretch rally which swept him to the lead to win going Foreign Traders & Skymarc Farm Inc. (KY); $60,000. away. "It's really amazing what this horse has done 3--Marlin, 122, c, 4, Sword Dance (lre)--Syrian Summer, considering he's only had four starts so far, 11 winning by Damascus. ($30,000 yrlg '94 OBSAUG). 0-Mi­ jockey Mike Smith said. "Ea1ch situation that comes up chael Tabor; B-Gilbert G. Campbell (FL); $36,000. is a new one and he handle:; it without a problem. He Margins: 1, 1, NK. Odds: 23.90, 5.90, 1.50. ran such a good race, and !-e's still running a little Also Ran: Smooth Runner, Naninja, Labeeb (GB), Perim (Fr). green. He made up so much ground in the stretch and Expelled began his racing career in France, where he the last sixteenth, he was just playing out there." Fa­ won the G3 Prix du Bois in June, 1994. He then trav­ vored BEHRENS (Pleasant Colony), winner of all three of elled to the U.S. for his 1996 campaign, and has re­ his previous starts including the July 5 Gii Dwyer S., mained here ever since. Coming into this event, the dark never threatened the leader;;, finishing fourth. "He broke bay had made only six Stateside starts--all against al­ in at the start and hit the side of the gate hard," said lowance company--with three victories. Trying North jockey Jerry Bailey. "We had some trouble, but all-in-all, American stakes company for the first time here, he I think it was a good effort that he will improve off of." sprinted to the early lead, was permitted to crawl on the Trainer H. James Bond indicated that Behrens will run front end through fractions of :25 and :48 4/5, then had next in the Aug. 23 GI Travers. S. at Saratoga. Third­ plenty left in the late stages to pull off the upset. "We place finisher Affirmed Success also remains a possibil­ figured out that he needed to be on the lead so we ity for the Travers. started sending him to the lead," said winning trainer Bobby Frankel. "I thought he was beat in the middle of GROSSER DALLMAYR-PREIS BAYERISCHES the stretch when they came to him, but he found an­ ZUCHTRENNEN-G1, $217, 782, Munich, Germany, 8-3, other gear and finished very well. I don't think we'll go 3yo/up, 1 1 /4mT, 2:04.60, sf. to the Arlington Million, but we may go in the Breeders' 1--0XALAGU (GER), 132, h, 5, Lagunas (GB}--Oxalis Cup Mile." Expelled's victory was Frankel's 7th in the (Ger}, by Ashmore (Fr}. O/B-Gestut Rietberg; T-Bruno Eddie Read. 3-2 favorite MARLIN was Expelled's closest Schutz; J-A Starke; $11 9 ,780. *5th group stakes win pursuer throughout much of the race, but couldn't pro­ in a row for Oxalagu. **1st Group 1 victory for both vide the necessary late response to propel himself past Oxalagu and his sire, Lagunas. the first two finishers. "He wasn't handling it (the turf 2--Dance Design (Ire), 128, f, 4, Sadler's Wells-­ course)," said Marlin's jockey Corey Nakatani.