The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call908-747-8060. T~?~~~UN~~~RE DM M 0 N DAY, AU GUST 1 5, W· E. E. K. E. N •D RESULTS UNITY CALLED FOR AT JOCKEY CLUB Sunday, Deauville, France ROUND TABLE Unity between owners and race­ PRIX DU HARAS DE FRESNAY-LE-BUFFARD tracks was the theme for the 42nd annual Jockey JACQUES LE MAROIS-GI, $313,335, Deauville, Club Round Table, held Sunday in Saratoga Springs. France, 8-14, 3yo/up, c/f, 8fT, 1:35.70, gd. The moderator for the event, Helen Alexander 1--EAST OF THE MOON, 120, f, 3, Private Account-­ stressed the need for owners to take control, saying (2x Ch. Turf Mare-NA; Ch. 2yo, 3yo Filly, "We have abdicated our responsibilities as owners. It M~esque M1ler, Older Mare-Fr; Ch. 3yo Filly, Miler-Eng; is time for us to step up and reassert ourselves; to MGISW, $1,197,672), by Nureyev. 0-Stavros take back some control of our destiny. If we don't Niarchos; B-Fiaxman Holdings Ltd.; T-Francois racing might not have a future that any of us can ' Boutin; J-C Asmussen; $184,315. *1/2 to recognize." Echoing her sentiments, owner and Jock­ Kingmambo (Mr. Prospector), MGISW, $727,735. ey Club men:ber John Ed Anthony said, "For years we 2--Sayyedati (GB), 127, f, 4, Shadeed--Dubian (GBl have complamed that tracks have failed to promote by High Line (GB). 0-Mohammed Obaida; $73,726. our industry, that tracks have been slow to innovate 3--Mehthaaf, 120, f, 3, Nureyev--EIIe Seule, by Exclu­ and move in sophisticated ways to improve interest in sive Native. 0-Sheikh Hamdan al Maktoum; our sport. I am convinced that the first critical step $36,863. for racing is to coordinate efforts to pass the Thor­ Margins: 1 1/2, 2 1/2, 2. oughbred Horse Industry Promotion and Research Act Also ran: Signe Divin, Ski Paradise, Barathea (Ire), of 1994." The THIPRA is a $25 million marketing Emperor Jones, Fitzcarraldo, Matelot. Scr: Lunafairy. program supported by the Thoroughbred Owners and Fitzcarraldo and Matelot set a good pace, followed Breeders Association. Representing the racetracks, by Ski Paradise and Barathea, with East of the Moon Thoroughbred Racing Associations Commissioner allowed to trail early. The same order was maintain~d Brian McGrath stated, "To unite this industry is a until well into the straight; Sayyedati took the lead daunting but essential task. This leads me to suggest two furlongs out and East of the Moon cruised up to that we do some serious thinking about what it is we challenge. With a furlong to run, Sayyedati still led, can do regionally and locally to reintroduce ourselves but East of the Moon proved too much, getting the to the public. These efforts may, in many cases, take better of her older rival in the drive to the wire. place at the racetracks, but they are not the sole Mehthaaf stayed on well to be third. Both the winner responsibility of the tracks. We must create a cohe­ and the runner-up have the Breeders' Cup Mile as sion between the economic participants in this sport." their year-end targets, with East of the Moon trying to emulate her brilliant dam, dual Breeders' Cup Mile FOURSTARDAVE SUFFERS FRACTURE heroine Miesque. The three-year-old, winner of the Gl Fourstardave (Compliance) suffered a hairline fracture Dubai Poule d' Essai des Pouliches and Gl Prix de . of his left front cannon bone in Friday's Gil Bernard Diane (French Oaks) earlier this year, will be pointed Baruch H., in which he finished third. Trainer Leo for either the Prix du Moulin in France or the Queen O'Brien, who originally thought the nine-year-old Elizabeth II S. in England. gelding had merely twisted an ankle, said X-rays taken Sunday morning revealed the fracture. O'Brien also said Fourstardave will remain at Saratoga for at least one week past the end of the meeting, and will WEEKEND RESULTS ........ p1 be rested in his stall for several months. The gelding's connections will decide next spring whether NEWS CONT. p2 Fourstardave will race again, a possibility of which O'Brien is 75 percent certain. To date, the New York­ RACING REPORTS ........ p2-4 bred has won 13 stakes, five of them graded, for earnings of over $1.6 million. News cont. p2 PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 8-15-94 8th-SAR, $28,000, Alw, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:25 2/5, sy. ITS A STAR (g, 3, Believe It--Festival Star (MSW, $109,302}, by Steady Growth), wire-to-wire winner of his only pre.vio~s .start, a maiden race at Saratoga July 29, wo~ 1n s1m1lar style this time, posting a 1 3/4-length v1ctory as the 7-5 second choice. Both Yesterday's Results: lifetime wins have come over wet tracks. Slight 6-5 chalk HAWAll STAR (Seeking the Gold), coming off a DIANA H.-Gil, $138,350, SAR, 8-14, 3yo/up, f/m, 2. 1/2-month rest, was 3rd in the short 5-horse field. 11/8mT, 1:52, sf. L1fetime Record: 2-2-0-0, $31 ,800. 1--VIA BORGHESE, 115, m, 5, Seattle Dancer-­ 0-Milton Ritzenberg. B-Judy E. Hatley 1987 Trust Angela Serra (GB) (G2-Ity), by Arctic Tern. (OK). T-Bruce Johnstone. ($100,000 wing '89 KEENOV). 0-Malcolm Parrish· B-Panama Foreign Traders, Bedford Farms, et al ' 2nd-SAR, $27,000, Msw, 3yo/up, 9f, 1:51 1/5, sy. (KY); T-Angel Penna Jr; J-J. Santos· $83 010 PRIVATE CODY (g, 3, Private Terms--La Tamborera Lifetime Record: 20-11-4-1, $631 , 2SO. ' · {GSP}, by Drone), 2nd in his last 3 attempts, finally 2--Biazing Kadie, 110, f, 4, Our Native--Majestic mad~ it to the win~ers' drcle with a resounding wire­ Mama, by His Majesty. 0-Ronald Nicholson· to-wire, 7-length tnumph as the 4-1 third choice. B-Kimran Stables (KY); $30,437. ' The 6-5 favorite TIMELESS DREAM (Timeless Native) 3--Coronation Cup, 108, f, 3, Chief's Crown--Glowing was 2nd. A $20,000 OBS April 2yo, Private Cody is Tribute, by Graustark. 0-Rokeby Stables; B-Paul 1/2 to Spanish Drums (MGII, $386,825, by Top Com­ Mellon (VA); $16,602. mand) and Jota (GSP, $127,058, by Stop the Music) Margins: 2, 1, 5. Odds: 4.90, 27.10, 3.80. Lifetime Record: 13-1-5-2, $50,400. Also Ran: Alice Springs, Heed, Elizabeth Bay, Cox 0-Equestar Stable. B-Richard Golden (MD). T-Bruce Orange. Levine. Via Borghese tried a new tactic, going straight to the front out of the gate, and it worked as she led 3rd-SAR, $25,000, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10 3/5, sy. through soft fractions of :24 3/5, :50 1/5 and 1 : 14 NORAQUILON (f, 2, Deputy Minister--Watch Out, by 3/5, leaving herself plenty for the stretch drive. "I'm Mr. Prospector), sent off the even-money choice after glad we decided to send her to the lead today," said finishing 2nd by a neck in her July 23 debut over a winning jockey Jose Santos. "She was strong, and at muddy Saratoga track, went straight to the front and the 3/8ths pole she had plenty left. The track is very never looked back, widening her lead to 8 at the wire. deep today, and I figured that the horses who were 1- SNEAKY QUIET (Seeking the Gold) finished 2nd. 2-3 early had a good chance." Blazing Kadie, the Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $20,500. longest shot on the board, made a run at the leader 0/B-Due Process Stable, Inc. (KY). T-R H. Nobles. from third at the top of the stretch but was second best, while the lone three-year-old in the race Coro­ News cont. nation Cup, rallied from last to get the show.' Alice DEL MAR BREAKS SINGLE-DAY HANDLE Springs, winner of the Gil Matchmaker at Atlantic RECORD Del Mar set a new track record for single­ City in her last, finished a disappointing 4th as the 7- day handle Saturday. A total of $14,779,935 was 5 favorite. "The slow fractions didn't bother her," wagered on the Pacific Classic card, surpassing the said Alice Springs' trainer Jonathan Sheppard. "The old Del Mar mark of $12,461,676., set on Pacific competition was better than us today." Via Classic Day last year. Borghese, who now has three graded stakes victories to her credit, is 1/2 to Miswaki Tern (MGSP-N.A., Promising three­ GSW-Ity, by Miswaki). She will point next for the PATTON RETURNS TUESDAY Flower Bowl (Sept. 24 at Belmont). year-old Patton (Lord at War), who finished just three­ quarters behind Holy Bull in the Gil Hutcheson S. in 7th-SAR, $32,000, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/Bm (off the February, will make his return following knee surgery turf), 1:50, sy. in Tuesday's fifth race at Monmouth, a $20,000 allowance going six furlongs. Prepping for his come­ DAHAR'S BEST (f, 4, Dahar--Epirnay, by Sassafras back, the colt went a bullet five furlongs in :59. "We {Fr}) relished the sloppy going, taking the lead at the start and remaining in front throughout for a 9 1/2- haven't put much pressure on him," said trainer Son­ ny Hine.