S•T•A•K•E•S RESULTS STEVENS STICKS WITH VICTORY GALLOP SUSSEX S.-G1, $276,315, Goodwood, England, 7-29, Jockey Gary Stevens has decided to stick with Victory 3yo/up, 1 mT, 1 :40.23, gd. Gallop (Cryptoclearance) for the Aug. 9 $1 million GI 1--AMONG MEN, 133, c, 4, Zilzal--Questionablevirtue, Buick Haskell at Monmouth Park. After reaching an by Key To The Mint. ($55,000 yrl '95 KEESEP.) agreement to ride first call for trainer Bob Baffert at the O-Mich9el Tabor & Mrs John Magnier; B-Gail Beitz & end of last month, Stevens could have chosen to ride Gainsbtjrough Farm; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-M J Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Real Quiet (Quiet Kinane:j $168,677. American) instead, but he has decided to keep his 2--Almus11tarak (Ire), 133, h, 5, Fairy King--Exciting Belmont Stakes-winning mount. "We pride ourselves in (GB), by Mill Reef. 0-Hamad Al-Mutawa; B-Stonethorn not blowing up bridges or slapping people's faces." said stud Farms Ltd; $63,388. Stevens' agent Ron Anderson. "The Prestons (owners of 3--Lend Al Hand (GB), 1 25, c, 3, Great Commotion-­ Victory Gallop) have been extra nice to us. We won a Janaat (GB), by Kris (GB). 0-Sheikh Maktoum bin Breeders' Cup race for them, we've won races in Cali­ Rashid ~I Maktoum; B-Gainsborough Stud fornia for them, and they, along with (trainer) Elliott Manag~ment Ltd; $30,666. Walden, took Alex Solis off the horse to get us." Ste­ Margins: ~, 1 1 /4, 1 3/4. Odds: 4.00, 20.00, 2.50. vens first rode Victory Gallop to a second-place finish in Also ran: Starborough (GB), Centre Stalls (Ire), Poteen, the Preakness, then spoiled Real Quiet's Triple Crown Tarascon j(lre), Muchea (GB), Porto Foricos, Victory bid with his nose victory in the Belmont. Kent Note. Ser tched: Bold Fact. Desormeaux, who won his first Derby with Real Quiet, Among Men captured his first Group 1 success with spent a few anxious moments waiting for Stevens' this impr ssive score in a quality field. Following an decision. "Who wouldn't be concerned about losing a eight-Ieng h defeat at the hands of lntikhab in the G2 horse like Real Quiet?" he said. "I am delighted to be Queen A ne S. at Royal Ascot June 16, trainer Sir keeping the mount." Michael toute sent him to win a minor conditions race at Yarmo th July 2, where he beat the former South MOSSFLOWER OUT OF GO FOR WAND Unde­ African c ampion filly lgreja. Always handily placed in feated Grade I winner Mossflower (Affirmed) will be third behi d the fierce pace of STARBOROUGH (GB) forced to miss Sunday's GI Go For Wand H. at Saratoga (Soviet S ar) and Lend A Hand (GB), Among Men, who after filling in an ankle was detected. "She got a filling ran fourt here last year, quickened well to grab the in one ankle, but the preliminary X-rays are clean," lead at th three-sixteenths pole and ran on strongly to reported trainer Richard Schosberg. "We detected a little hold of'f t e late finish of Almushtarak (Ire). Stoute said filling that was not there before. We will let it calm of the wi ner, "He's a fine, big colt who needs plenty of down; it will probably take a week to 10 days." hat's why we went to Yarmouth after Ascot, Mossflower, six-for-six lifetime, captured the GI e needed to get him in better shape. They Hempstead H. in her stakes debut in her last trip to the is race is important. There are plenty of op­ post. Schosberg said Mossflower could return in time tions for im in the future, including the (G 1) Prix for the GI Personal Ensign H. at Saratoga August 28. Jacques e Marois at Deauville (August 1 6), the (G 1) Prix du oulin at Longchamp (September 6) and the ORDWAY TO STUD Ordway (Salt Lake), winner of (G1) Que n Elizabeth II S. at Ascot (September 26)." the 1996 GI Champagne S., suffered a non-displaced Michael abor was on hand to see his colt win, and condylar fracture in his left front leg during a workout at said, "He's taken time to come to hand this season. Belmont Park July 21 and has been retired from racing, Michael ( toute) was never confident at Ascot, but he according to a report on the Thoroughbred Times on-line. was confident here today. We can now make some big The four-year-old underwent surgery to repair the frac­ plans for him." ture and is expected to stay at trainer David Donk's barn for three to four weeks before being shipped to ST AK S CLOSINGS Claiborne Farm in Paris, Kentucky to stand the 1999 TODAY THURSDAY JULY 30: breeding season. In the final start of his career, Ordway 8-9 $75 75,000 Thistledown Breeders' Cup was runner-up in the July 4 Gii Suburban H. He retires H. Giii, Tdn, 3yo/up, 9f ($100) with four wins in 14 starts and earnings of $637 ,600. • PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 7-30-98 SCHUYLERVILLE S.-Gll, $110, 100, SAR, 7-29, 2yo, f, TANAKA NAMED TOBA/GAINSBOROUGH 6f, 1 :12 4/5, ft. OWNER OF THE MONTH The Thoroughbred Own­ 1--#@CALL ME UP, 117, f, 2, Miner's Mark--Ring Me ers and Breeders Association and award sponsor Up (SP), by The Minstrel. ($37,000 2yo '98 FTFFEB). Gainsborough Farm in Lexington, Kentucky yesterday 0-Perez Robert; B-White Fox Farm (KY); T-Alfredo announced the selection of Gary Tanaka as Owner of Callejas; J-J F Chavez; $66,060. Lifetime Record: the Month for July. Tanaka, a native of Idaho who 3-2-0-0, $83,460. now resides in London, England, celebrated the July 2--Brittons Hill, 117, f, 2, Gulch--Quick to Quibble, by 4th holiday with a pair of graded stakes victories at Fit to Fight. ($40,000 yrl '97 KEESEP). 0-Melnyk Hollywood Park. First, Tanaka's Magellan (Hansel) Eugene; B-F Eugene Dixon Jr (KY); $22,020. 3--Fantasy Lake, 117, f, 2, Salt Lake--Springtime won the Gii American H., and three races later Fantasy, by Affirmed. ($20,000 yrl '97 KEESEP; Squeak (GB) (Selkirk) took the GI Beverly Hills H. $97 ,000 2yo '98 FTFFEB). 0-Graham William; Tanaka, a 55-year-old investment advisor, purchases B-Teinowitz Daniel; $1 2, 111 . most of his runners after they have proven them­ Margins: NK, HF, NK. Odds: 17.00A, 2.05, 2.55. selves in Europe. "I am willing to forego the 100,000- Also Ran: Round Robin, Twotime, Wedgefield, to-1 chance of having the Epsom or Kentucky Derby Mikeandmegandrew, McKenzie Sue. winner in favor of buying proven stock," Tanaka said. Call Me Up impressed in her debut, winning by nine at He has a total of seven horses in training in Southern Aqueduct April 18 in track-record time, but faltered as Californiaj. the favorite in her next start, finishing seventh in the I Astoria S. at Belmont July 3. After breaking alertly, Call Me Up dueled outside of Canadian shipper Fantasy +j PREVIEW + Lake, stuck a head in front around the turn and gamely fought off the stretch run of Brittons Hill. She is the first Today, G~odwood, England: stakes winner for her freshman sire (by Mr. Prospector). Jockey Jorge Chavez said, "I didn't expect her to be so GOODwJoD CUP-G2, $115, 131, 3yo/up, 2mT close to the lead right away, but since she broke so PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT sharp I just let her do what she wanted out there. Down 1 York$hire (Ire) Cole Quinn 128 the stretch, I knew there was a horse coming on me, 2 Candn Can Cecil Fallon 1 28 but my main concern was to stay straight and finish in 3 KayflTara (GB) Bin Suroor Dettori 133 front. Everything just worked out for us." According to 4 Doutjle Trigger (Ire) Johnston Holland 131 owner Robert Perez, "We'll most likely run her in the 5 Samrraan Dunlop Swinburn 1 28 Adirondack (Gii, August 1 7 at Saratoga) if she comes 6 Brim ning (GB) Cecil Quinn 113 out of this race in good order." Second-place finisher 7 Single Empire (Ire) Chapple-Hyam Reid 1 28 Brittons Hill made an impressive run considering her 8 Thre ~ Cheers (Ire) Gosden No rider 1 28 four-wide trip around the turn. "Our filly ran a big race 9 Cele ic (GB) Dunlop Ecldery 133 for us today to be coming with that kind of run," said 10 Grey Shot (GB) Balding Peslier 128 trainer Todd Pletcher. "It was a good race and I'm very Sires: ) orkshire (Generous {Ire}), Canon Can (Green happy with it." Dancer), ayf Tara (Sadler's Wells), Double Trigger (Ela-Mane -Mou {Ire}), Samraan (Green Dancer), Brim­ (News Cont.) ming (Ge herous {Ire}), Single Empire (Kris {GB}), Three LARRY THE LEGEND RETIRED Larry the Legend Cheers (!:lip Anchor {GB}), Celeric (Mtoto {GB}), Grey (Local Talent), winner of the 1 995 GI Santa Anita Shot (She rrood). Derby, has been retired from racing and will stand the Four-y1 ar-old Kayf Tara (GB), three-for-five lifetime, 1999 breeding season at Pete Valenti's Mira Loma Farm earned a neck victory over Double Tri9!~er (Ire) in the in California. The six-year-old stallion, who underwent 2 1 /4-mile G 1 Ascot Gold Cup June 18.