The Thoroughbred Dally News Is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5 am. For subscription Information, please call 908-747-8060. T~?I~~UN~!!~RE D™ SATURDAY, JULY 3 0 , W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW SECOND FASIG-TIPfON SARATOGA TWO­ Saturday, Saratoga YEAR-OLD SALE SHOWS MAJOR GAINS The GI $250,000 Sword Dancer H., 3yo/up, 12fT PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Two-Year-Old in Train­ 1 Kiri's Clown Johnson Luzzi 10-1 ing sale, held for just the second time this year, showed major gains over last year's event. A total of 2 L'Hermine Walden Davis 20-1 78 two-year-olds were sold during the two-day sale 3 Glanville Callejas Chavez 20-1 4 Solar Splendor Kelly Maple 15-1 for a gross of $2,926,000, up 87 percent from the 5 Fraise Mott Smith 5-2 '93 numbers when 74 hips sold in one session for a gross of $1,561,900. The average for 1994 was 6 Pescagini Tagg Krone 8-1 $37 ,513, up 78 percent from last year's average of 7 Square Cut Devereux Perret 20-1 8 Sea Hero Miller Bailey 3-1 $ 21 , 1 07. The sales topper, sold during Thursday 9 Majesty's Darby Toner Samyn 20-1 night's session, was Mystriarch, a filly by Storm Bird 10 Alex the Great Rash Valenzuela 5-1 out of the Secretariat mare Crystal Cream; consigned by Nick de Meric, agent, the dark bay went for a bid 11 Turk Passer Margotta Velazquez 8-1 1 2 Noble Sheba Schulhofer Santos 20-1 of $140,000 to Godolphin. A total of 72 two-year­ 13 Royal Mountain Inn Tagg Krone 8-1 olds that went through the ring were not sold. 14 Binary Light Kelly Leon 15-1 Trainer Phil Johnson wheels Kiri's Clown (Foolish PERCENT OF LURE'S EARNINGS TO BENE­ Pleasure) right back after the five-year-old's fifth­ FIT EQUINE RESEARCH Claiborne Farm and Mrs. place finish in Monday's Daryl's Joy. "He was beaten William Haggin Perry announced yesterday that one five-and-a-half lengths--and it wasn't his distance, n percent of Lure's (Danzig) future racetrack earnings said Johnson. "It' s unusual to run back like this, but will be earmarked to support equine research. Dona­ this horse indicates he needs to run, so we'll give it a tions will go to the Grayson-Jockey Club Research try." Trainer Tony Margotta is hoping Turk Passer Foundation's recently established Racing for Research (Turkoman) can repeat his latest performance, a program, which was launched by William Condren and longshot victory on the front end in the Bowling Joseph Cornacchia, owners of Derby winner Go for Green H. Said Margotta, "This is a horse with a lot of Gin. Lure is scheduled to make his next start in the lung power, a lot of staying power. He's not the kind Bernard Baruch at Saratoga August 12. of turf horse who has to make his big run at the end of the race. We may use him differently this time." RECORD ATTENDANCE FOR OPENING DAY AT DEL MAR A record crowd of 34,697 turned out Sunday, Monmouth Wednesday for opening day at Del Mar. It was not GI $500,000 Haskell Invitational H., 3yo, 9f only a record for a Del Mar opener; it was also the PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. largest single-day crowd in the track's 54-year histo­ 1 Kandaly Roussel No Rider 11 7 ry. The combined total attendance, including ITW 2 Concern Small Gomez 118 sites, was 50,023, an opening-day record. Total 3 Holy Bull Croll Smith 1 26 handle for the day was $9, 166,281, up nearly 18 4 Love Song Gross Thomas 11 2 percent from last year. 5 Sinceilostmybaby Forbes No Rider 11 2 News cont. p2 6 Red Tazz Hine Wilson 112 7 Meadow Flight Ryerson Bravo 118 Holy Bull (Great Above) gives from eight to 16 NEWS . 1,2 pounds to his six rivals; owner/trainer Jimmy Croll is WEEKEND PREVIEW . 1 ,2 pleased with the post position and with the way his RACE REPORTS . 2-~ colt is coming up to the race. "I think he's coming BREEDERS EDITION . 5 into his very best right now," he said. "He's one of the best ones I've had." Preview cont. p2 PAGE 2 • ffiOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 8-5-94 Preview cont. KEENELAND TO HOLD SALE AT RETAMA Saturday, Atlantic City PARK Beginning in 1995, Retama Park in San Anto­ Gil $100,000 Matchmaker S., Jyo/up, f/m, 1 3/16mT nio, Texas will be the site of a Thoroughbred auction PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. conducted by Keeneland, it was announced yester­ 1 Alice Springs Sheppard Krone 11 8 day. Keeneland will hold a two-year-olds in training 2 Via Borghese Penna Jr. Santos 11 5 sale Tues., April 11, during Retama's inaugural Thor­ 3 Logan's Mist Campitelli Prado 113 oughbred race meeting, set to begin April 5. 4 Palace Revolt Goswell Verge 113 "Keeneland is very excited to be affiliated with 5 Bold Ruritana Day Clark 115 Retama Park," said Keeneland President Bill Greely. 6 Cox Orange Clement Bailey 118 The Retama Park sale is the only two-year-old auction 7 Jiving Around Lightsy Luzzi 113 currently scheduled in Texas. It will mark the first 8 Hero's Love Doyle Fires 118 time in over 20 years that Keeneland has conducted a Hero's Love (Hero's Honor), last year's champion sale outside of Kentucky. turf horse in Canada, tries to get back to the winner's circle; the six-year-old mare started her '94 campaign with a victory in the Gii San Gorgonio H. but is win­ less since, finishing fourth against colts in the King Edward Gold Cup H. at Fort Erie last out. Cox Orange (Trempolino) is three-for-three this year, all in stakes; she has only been beaten once since shipping to the States from France, finishing second by three-quarters Yesterday's Results: in her NA debut November 7. Alice Springs (Storm HONORABLE MISS S., $81, 125, SAR, 7-29, 3yo/up, Cat) looks for her fourth win from five starts this f/m, 6f, 1 :09 3/5, gd. year. 1--CLASSY MIRAGE, 122, f, 4, Storm Bird--First Mirage, by Riva Ridge. 0-Middletown Stables; Sunday, Saratoga B-Joseph & William Stavola, Inc (NJ); T-H Allen Gil $125,000a Jim Dandy S., Jyo, 9f Jerkens; J-J A Krone; $48,675. Lifetime Record: PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY WT. 14-9-1-2, $361,845. 1 Pleasant Dancer Campo Sellers 11 2 2--Spinning Round, 119, m, 5, Dixieland Band--Take 2a Unaccounted For Schulhofer Santos 112 Heart, by Secretariat. 0-Kinsman Stable. 3 Tabasco Cat Lukas Day 1 26 3--For All Seasons, 11 7, f, 4, Crafty Prospector-­ 4a Signal Tap Schulhofer Santos 112 Religiosity, by Irish Tower. 0-Aldila Farm. 5 Slew Gin Fizz Kelly Bailey 1 20 Margins: 3, HF, 1 1 /4. Odds: 1.10, 3.50, 8.40. 6 Amathos Mott Velazquez 112 In her first start at Saratoga, Classy Mirage justifies 7 Ulises Callejas Chavez 114 her odds, earning her fourth win in eight starts in '94. "He's a tough, hard-knocking competitor," said train­ The 1 /2 sister to Joey's First Jove (Northern Jove), er D. Wayne Lukas of his Preakness and Belmont S. SW, $298,830; and GISW of $838,894, Missy's Mi­ winner Tabasco Cat (Storm Cat). "He's somewhat of rage (Stop the Music) is a 2xGSW herself who will be an overachiever. When he won (the Fort Springs S.) nominated to the Ballerina S. at Saratoga. at Keeneland at two, we thought he had potential to be a decent horse. I've always liked his action, and 6th-SAR, $32,000, Alw, 3yo/up, 1 3/16mT, 1 :58 we let him develop without pressure." As a result, 2/5, sf. the colt has an impressive career record of 12-7-1-1. ARANDU (c, 3, Bucksplasher--Margot (Col), by Slew Gin Fizz (Relaunch), scratched from Thursday's Kabori) shipped north from Calder with seven in-the­ Screen King S., has been second in both starts at money starts in '94, including wins on the dirt and Saratoga, finishing behind Dehere in the Gii Saratoga turf and closed from far off the pace to earn a 1 3/4- Special and GI Hopeful last year. The grey, a three­ length win at 8-1. Lifetime Record: 9-3-3-2, $55,570. length Belmont allowance winner last out, tries a 0-F M Davidson Jr. B-Echavarria Elkin (FL). T-R Mills. distance beyond a mile for the first time. 7th-SAR, $32,000, Alw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1 :09 2/5, gd. News cont. CARSEY'S PAL (g, 4, Tank's Prospect--llusao, by NATIONAL BEST SEVEN LINE-UP The National Buckpasser), had been off since June 24 but recorded Best Seven races for today are: the Governor's H. three half-mile works in the interim. Sitting just off (Ellis Park), the Little Silver S. (Monmouth), the Old the pace, he took the lead on the turn and drew off to South H. (Louisiana Downs), the Johnny Morris H. a 1 /2-length victory under Julie Krone, her first of two (Arlington), the Sword Dancer H.