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 DM TUESDAY, MAY 2 3, 1995 W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW PAUL DE MOUSSAC DIES Paul de Moussac, one of MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND AT HOLLYWOOD: Europe's leading owner-breeders, died late Saturday Monday evening in Paris after a long illness. He was 71 . Hollywood Turf H-GI, $500,000, 3/up, 1 1 /4mT Moussac, whose major business was in shipping, based A field of nine is expected, headed by Best Pal his racing operation at Haras du Mezeray in Normandy. (Habitony {Fr}), who looks for his first turf victory after Among his best horses were Luth Enchantee (Fr.) (Be two seconds in his only grass outings--one of them in My Guest), Europe's champion miler of 1983, and the '93 Hollywood Turf H. The 7-year-old gelding re­ Trempolino (Sharpen Up {GB}), hero of the Prix de I' Arc turns to California after a 4th in the Oaklawn H. at the de Triomphe in 1 987. "He was a father to everyone," hands of Cigar. He meets Celtic Arms (Comrade in said Antoine Bozo, Moussac's racing manager over the Arms {GB}), a GISW in France; Cocooning (Saras past two decades. "His death is a great loss." The {GB}); Saltgrass (Woodman); '95 San Luis Rey winner family's bloodstock interests--24 horses with Andre Sandpit (Baynoun {Ire}); French import Talloires Fabre, a handful with other trainers as well as mares in (Trempolino); Vaudeville (Theatrical {Ire})) and the four­ England and Kentucky--will pass into the hands of year-old filly Wandesta (Nashwan), already a 2xGISW Charles-Henri de Moussac, who shares his father's against her sex this year. Other possibles include Blaze passion for the sport. O'Brien (lnterco), and Earl of Barking (Ire.) (Common Grounds {GB}). NJ LAYS OFF RACING COMMISSION All 130 staff members of the New Jersey State Racing Commis­ Sunday: sion, including Executive Director Frank Zanzuccki, have Hawthorne H-Gll, $200,000a, f/m, 3yo/up, 1 1/1 Gm been notified that they will be laid off by July 7, accord­ Weights are due out today with the connections of five ing to a report in yesterday's Newark Star-Ledger. The starters confirming they will go to the post. Two-time commission staff is paid through the budget of the champion older mare Paseana (Ahmad {Arg}), 3xSP in Office of the Attorney General, which has been elimi­ '95 is still looking for her first win of the year and nated in Governor Christine Whitman's 1996 budget comes off a 3rd in the Apple Blossom. Standing in her proposal. The Whitman administration hopes to shift the way are: Angi Go (Idaho's Majesty), coming off her burden of financing the commission to the tracks and first graded win in the Gii A Gleam H. at Hollywood horsemen, and has introduced a bill in the state legisla­ May 7; Borodislew (Seattle Slew), a GSW in France ture which would assess one percent of handle (3/4 who has managed only allowance wins in the U.S. and from the track's share and ~ from the horsemen) to was last seen when 4th in the Apple Blossom; Pirate's fund the office, according to the Star-Ledger. Revenge (Pirate's Bounty), a 9-length winner of the April 29 Miss Hollywood Park who takes on tougher SURCHARGE TO AID ARLINGTON? A one-per­ competition here; and Top Rung (Seattle Slew), winner of the Santa Lucia in March at Santa Anita, but 4th last cent surcharge on both live and simulcast wagers at out to Angi Go in the A Gleam. Dick Mandella said that Arlington, starting this year and running through 1997, Fit To Lead (Fit To Fight), who won the May 5 Louisville is expected to be added to the extensive legislative referendum package recommended by Illinois Governor Budweiser Breeders' Cup, was still in Kentucky and Jim Edgar's Task Force on Racing. Arlington owner would not make the race. Dick Duchossois claimed that original recommendations did not go far enough, and that even if they were en­ L.U WEEKEND PREVIEW . 1,2 acted, his track would still be in a perilous financial position as it competes for gambling dollars with 0 NEWS CONTINUED . 2 riverboat casinos. It is estimated the surcharge would rJ"J TOTAL PAGES ................ 3 bring Arlington $2.5 million annually; it remains to be seen if this amount is sufficient to induce Duchossois to z support the Task Force recommendations. - PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 5-23-95 Weekend Preview (cont). DERBY DU MIDI, $48,883, Bordeaux, France, 5-21, Saturday, Hollywood: 12f, 3yo, 12fT, time & condition n/a. $100,000a Railbird S.-Gll, f, 3, 7f 1--MACRUBY (Ire), c, 3, High Estate (lre)--Eight Mile Six starters have been confirmed for Saturday's Rock, (GB), by Dominion (GB). 0-J.C. Gour; B-D. Railbird, headed by Embroidered (Shanekite) and Made Twomey; T-J.C. Rouget; J-J R Dubose; $29,256. to Perfection (Bolger), who have traded stakes wins in 2--Six December, c, 3, Majestic Light--Marie de Russy their last two meetings. After being defeated by Embroi­ (Fr), by Sassafras (Fr.) $10, 142. dered in the March 19 Boo La Boo S., Made To Perfec­ 3--Tabor, c, 3, Tejano--Call Me Goddess, by Prince tion came back with a win over over that rival in the John. $5,071. ($38,000 wing '92 KEENOV). April 8 Santa Paula S. before an 8th-place finish in Margins: 2, 2 1 /2, 2. Hollywood's Senorita on the grass last out. Others include Comstock Queen (Silver Hawk), Predicted Glory American-bred Winners in England'. (On To Glory), Sleep Easy (Seattle Slew) and Easy Listening, c, 3, Easy Goer--Queen of Song Texinadress (Copelan). Brian Mayberry said both Denim (MGSW, $603,405), by His Majesty. Bath, 5-22, Yenem (Ogygian), 3-for-6, including two stakes wins, Timeform Silver Tankard Mdn., 1 OfT, $6,441 to the the last a 6-length triumph in the Crimson Saint last out, winner. 0-Khalid Abdullah. B-Juddmonte Farms. and Valid Symmetry (Valid Appeal) are also possibles. T-Roger Charlton. * % to Lady Ago (Northern Dancer), SW, $116,439. News Cont. HIALEAH CONCLUDES WITH DROPS IN AT­ Rasayel, m, 5, Bering (GB)--Reham, by Mill Reef. Bath, TENDANCE; HANDLE Average daily on-track atten­ 5-22, Timeform Perspective & Ratings Fillies H., dance fell 10% and daily average on-track handle was 13fT, $5, 799 to the winner. 0-Pentons Haulage & down 11 % at the Hialeah meeting which concluded Cold Storage. B-Gainsborough. T-P.D. Evans. * % to yesterday. An average of 5,298 fans attended the races Turbo Thrust (Coastal), MSP, $1 52,854. each day and wagered an average of $657,358. Total average handle was up 15%, buoyed by a $20 million American-Bred Winners in France: (87% increase) in handle at NYRA/OTB due to Hialeah Parme, c, 4, Blushing Groom--Petroleuse (Ire) (GSW­ full-card simulcasts to Aqueduct Racetrack. Eng), by Habitat. Lonchamp, 5-21, Prix de Plaisance H., 12fT, 4/up, $26,331 to the winner. 0-D. Wildenstein. B-Allez France Stables. T-Elie Lellouche. FOREIGN * Yz to Peinture Bleue (Alydar), SW-Fr & GSW-N.A; Yz • • to Provins (Chief's Crown), GSW, $196,275. YUSHUN HIMBA (JAPANESE OAKS)-Gl-Jpn, $2,604,878, Tokyo Racecourse, 5-21, f, 3, 1 1 /2mT, American-bred Winners in Japan: 2:26.70, fm. Einhin Augusta, c, 3, Apalachee--Toy Gun, by Hagley. 1--#@DANCE PARTNER (Jpn), f, 3, Sunday Silence-­ Chukyo, 5-20, 3yo plate race, 5f, $101,010 to the Dancing Key, by Nijinsky. 0-Katsumi Yoshida; winner. 0-Toyomitsu Hirai. B-Penfield Farm. 8-Shadai Farm; T-Toshiaki Shira; J-Yutaka Take. T-Yoshihito Dazai. *$18,000 wing '92 FTMDEC; $1,451,881. * Yz to Air Dublin (Jpn), MSW-Jpn $80,000 2yo '94 FTFFEB. 2-Yuki Vivace (Jpn), Tony Bin--Merci Sunrise, by Maruzensky. $544,678. FOALING NEWS: 3--Wonder Perfume (Jpn), Fotitieng--Lovely Star, by SUL TRY SUN, 15, Buckfinder--Sunny Dame (Damascus) Tosha Boy. $324, 116. Foal born 5-5-95, a colt by Mr. Prospector. Margins: 1 3/4, 1 3/4, 1 1 /4. Will be bred back to Seattle Slew. Owned by Charlotte and John C. Weber's Live Oak FOALING NEWS: Stud. ANGELA'S STARFISH, 10, Secretariat--Jane's Harbour Boarded at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky. (Raise a Native) Accomplishments: Gii winner of $222,277. Dam of Foal born 5-6-95, a colt by Cox's Ridge. Solar Splendor (MGISW, $1,386,468, by Majestic Light) Will be bred back to Lure. and Sultry Song (MGISW, $1,616,276, by Cox's Owned by/boarded at Hermitage Farm in Goshen, Ky. Ridge). Accomplishments: Dam of Shoal Creek (Giii, $135,340, by Demons Begone). GAINESWAY NEW GRADED SW FOR LOCAL TALENT Graham). Beck, President H" 3 Id I CHATQ • G 3 B d B d Inquiries: Bernie Sams ffi . IS -year-0 CO t WtnS - at a en- 8 en 606-293-2676 Fax 606-299-9371 PAGE 3 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 5-23-95 8th-PHA, $21,000, 3/up, f/m, a1 m70yd, 1 :41 2/5, ft. B•R•E•E•D•E•R•S SHOULDNT SAY NEVER (f, 4, Meadowlake--Keys Special, by Chieftain) Lifetime Record: SW, 15-5-0-5, EDITION $92,025.