The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your home or business by fax each morning by 5a.m. For subscription information, please call90B-747-B060. T~9I~~UN~:-;~RE DTM SUN DAY, DEC E M B E R 1 5, 1 996 W-E-E-K-E-N-D RESULTS Saturday, Hollywood Park Four-year­ MECKE TOPS MCKNIGHT WEIGHTS HOLLYWOOD STARLET S.-GI, $288,000, HOl, 12-14, old Mecke (Maudlin), who makes his bid for the 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:44 3/5, gd. Eclipse Award as champion turf horse in Saturday's 1--SHARP CAT, 120, f, 2, Storm Cat--In Neon (SW, Gil W. L. McKnight H. at Calder, has been assigned $111,595t by Ack Ack. ($82,000 wing '94 top weight of 124 pounds for the event. The James FTKNOV; $205,000 yrl '95 FTSAUG; $900,000 2yo Lewis, Jr. colorbearer was second, beaten just a half­ 1996 BESMAR). O-The Thoroughbred Corp; B-Franks length, in this race a year ago. Next in the weights is John (KY); T-D W Lukas; J-C S Nakatani; $172,800. three-time 1996 Grade I winner Diplomatic Jet {Ro­ Lifetime Record: 7-4-1-0, $513,150. *1/2 to Star man Diplomat} with 123 pounds; the colt, also up for Recruit (AI Nasr {Fr}), MGSW & GISP, $807,200. Eclipse consideration, worked a mile in 1 :42 on the 2--City Band, 120, f, 2, Carson City--Wedding Band, by main track at Gulfstream Friday morning. The two top Mighty Appealing. ($42,000 wing '94 KEENOV; runners last met at equal weights in the GI Man o'War $170,000 yrl '95 KEEJUL). O-Overbrook Farm; going a mile and three-eighths at Belmont Park, with B-Murray Thomas M (KY); $57,600. Diplomatic Jet winning by two lengths over a fast­ 3--High Heeled Hope, 120, f, 2, Salt lake--High Heeled closing Mecke on a yielding course. Also expected for Honey, by Gold Stage. O-Paraneck Stable; B-Dobson the mile-and-a-half McKnight are Lassigny {Gone Robert (KY); $34,560, West}, the winner of last year's GI Rothmans Interna­ Margins: 3HF, 10, 1 1/4. Odds: 1.90, 3.90, 3.00. tional, and the five-year-old mare Ampulla (Chief's Also Ran: Critical Factor, Cerita, Queen of Money, Dove Crown), first in four of her last five starts; both will Shell, Wealthy, Making her first start since finishing a discouraging carry 116. ninth in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies October 26, where she was hard to handle through the early PLENTY OF SUGAR RETIRED According to a going and bore out on the first turn in what was her report in today's Daily Racing Form, the multiple two-turn debut, Sharp Cat was the favorite to get back stakes winner Plenty Of Sugar (Ascot Knight) has on track here. The chestnut filly was once again a little been retired and will be bred to Pleasant Colony next rank through the opening fractions, racing just off the year. The five-year-old mare, a winner of 10 races flank of stablemate City Band to the top of the lane, and $781,764, put together back-to-back stakes wins then seized the lead and pulled away to a determined this fall, taking the GIIC Halton S. at Woodbine and victory. City Band was easily second best, giving the Gill Sheraton Meadowlands Violet H" before trainer D. Wayne Lukas the one-two finish. "This is a finishing fifth in her final career start, the Castle very immature filly," he said of the winner. "I told Forbes S. at the Meadowlands November 2. A stakes (jockey Corey Nakatani) that she's very, very sensitive. winner at two, three, four and five going from seven If you snatch her, she'll throw her head in the air ... he to nine furlongs on both turf and dirt, the Canadian­ was smart by dropping his hands and letting her alone, bred's biggest victory came in the GIC Canadian Oaks then she settled nicely. She's going to be very, very in 1994; she was also runner-up in that year's GI tough going these double-turn races at Santa Anita. All Coaching Club American Oaks. she has to do is mature a little bit both mentally and physically." This was lukas' fifth win in the Starlet, a record, and his third in a row following Serena's Song in STAKES CLOSINGS 1994 and Cara Rafaela last year. TOMORROW, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16: 12-28 $150,000 La Prevoyante H,-GII, WEEKEND PREVIEW ........... p1-2 Crc, 3yolup, flm, 12fT ($150) L.U 12-28 $100,000 Virginia H. -Gill, Crc, o RACING REPORTS " ....... , .. p2-5 3yolup, flm, 7f ($100) • rJ') 1-2 $100,000 Tropical Park Derby-Gill, Crc, 3yo, z TOTAL PAGES ................. 8 9fT ($100) - PAGE 2 - THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS -12-15-96 Today, Hollywood Park PREVIEW DAHLIA H.-Gil, $100,OOOa, 3yo/up, flm, 8.5fT • • PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Today, Hollywood Park 1 De Puntillas (Arg) Hess Jr. Desormeaux 8-1 HOLLYWOOD TURF CUP H.-GI, $500,000, 3yo/up, 2 Grafin Noseda C Black 6-1 12fT 3 Admise (Fr) Greenman Smith 3-1 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 4 Radu Cool Shirreffs Stevens 6-1 1 Party Season (GB) Drysdale J Garcia 15-1 5 British Bauble La Croix Atkinson 20-1 2 Running Flame (Fr) Puype McCarron 10-1 6 Antespend McAnally McCarron 4-1 3 Mr. Bluebird Kimmel Smith 3-1 7 Sixieme Sens Frankel Nakatani 12-1 4 Windsharp Dollase Delahoussaye 5-2 8 Miss Lady Bug Dolan Solis 15-1 5 Raintrap (GB) Frankel Solis 8-1 9f Logia (Arg) Delima Flores 1 5-1 6 Wings Bash (Ire) Sahadi C Black 30-1 10 Ribot's Secret (Ire) Noseda Blanc 12-1 7 Talloires Mandella Desormeaux 5-1 11 f Special Eyes Abrams M Garcia 15-' 8 Marlin Lukas Nakatani 6-1 12 Real Connection Stute Almeida 6-1 9 Bon Point (GB) Frankel Stevens 8-1 1 3 Wende Sadler Sorenson 20-1 o Mister Alleged Vienna Blanc 1 5-1 Antespend (Spend a Buck), six-for-eight on the grass, Windsharp (Lear Fan) makes a bid for the distaff turf has never been beaten in two starts over the Hollywood championship facing the boys at her best distance. The turf, including a victory in the GI Santa Anita Oaks at five-year-old missed by just a half-length in the 10-fur­ this distance last March. The three-year-old takes on her long Matriarch against fillies last out, but both her wins elders for the first time after finishing third in the GI in 1996 have come against colts at a mile and a half, Queen Elizabeth II Cup at Keeneland October 5 last out. taking the Gil San Luis Obispo and GI San Luis Rey. Talloires (Trempolino), sixth in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf last out, blew out for the race going three furlongs in EAST :39 4/5 yesterday. • • Friday's Late Result: Today, Hollywood Park MORVEN 5., $40,000, MED, 12-13, 2yo, 6f, 1: 1 0 3/5, sy. HOLLYWOOD FUTURITY-GI, $250,000, 2yo, 8.5f 1--HOOP COYOTE HOOP, 120, c, 2, Once Wild--Lady PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS Jet Setter, by Noble Table. O-Lupoli Jeannette; 1 Constant Demand Bell II Delahoussaye 4-1 B-Stodghill Jason (Fl); T-Cathleen J Rera; J-W S 2f Higher With Fire Sadler Douglas 30-1 Klinke; $24,000. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $90,666. 3 Swiss Yodeler Harrington Solis 6-1 2--For Real Zeal, 120, c, 2, Unreal Zeal--Real Doll Dode, 4 Steel Ruhlr Cardiel Pincay Jr. 20-1 by In Reality. $8,000. 5 Stolen Gold Puhich McCarron 15-1 3--Phil the Grip, 115, g, 2, Crafty Prospector--Ionian 6f Master Marshal Cho Flores 30-1 Bride, by Icecapade. ($62,OOO yrl '95 KEESEP). 7 Flew the City Stute M Garcia 20-1 $4,800. 8 Free House Gonzalez Desormeaux 9-2 Margins: 7 3/4, NK, HD. Odds: 4.80, 1.70, 1.20. 9 In Excessive Bull Baffert Nakatani 3-1 Hoop Coyote Hoop began his career with two straight 10 Leestown Lukas Stevens 12-1 wins, in a March Hialeah maiden race and in the WHAS 11 Mellifont Lukas Smith 15-1 S. at Churchill May 4, but followed that solid beginning 12 Robynhood M F Jones C Black 8-1 with two off-the-board finishes. Off since finishing ninth 13 Carmen's Baby Lage J Garcia 6-1 in the Tyro S. at Monmouth in July, the bay colt stalked Impressive winning the Gil Norfolk by 3 1/12 lengths the leader, took control turning for home and drew off in his two-turn debut, Free House (Smokester) was then to a commanding win. a disappointing ninth as the 4-5 chalk in the restricted East Report cont. p3 Cal Cup Juvenile. The grey has worked sharply since that outing and makes his first start over his home A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will track. Constant Demand (Summer Squall) broke his indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de­ maiden going a mile, then finished a rallying third in the note winners who are first-time starters, an (S) will be Gill Hollywood Prevue at seven furlongs; he should used for state-bred races and an (A) will be used for appreciate the added distance here.