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 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 199 7 W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW Today, Gulfstream Park Unbri­ STUD FEE SET FOR UNBRIDLED'S SONG DONN H.-GI, $300,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/8m dled' s Song (Unbridled), retired after suffering a frac­ PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS tured right front cannon bone while preparing for the GI 1 Ghostly Moves M. Hennig Santos 20-1 Donn H., will stand his first season at stud at Taylor 2 Diligence Zito Fires 1 5-1 Made Farm in Nicholasville, Kentucky for a fee of 3 Cimarron Secret Hartley Velez Jr. 20-1 $30,000, live foal. The announcement that the four­ 4 Formal Gold Perry Bravo 9-2 year-old, winner of five races and $1,311,800, was 5 Ave's Flag Klesaris Davis 30-1 headed for the breeding shed came only a week ago, 6 Mt. Sassafras B. Minshall Day 1 2-1 but already demand for bookings to the star colt exceed 7 Skip Away Hine Sellers 4-5 the number set for his first year. "The phone has been 8 Crafty Friend M. Hennig Smith 12-1 ringing off the hook--it hasn't stopped ringing since we 9 Mecke Tortora Bailey 5-1 announced his retirement," said Duncan Taylor of Taylor 1 0 Jamies First Punch Barbara Coa 30-1 Made Farm. "We have had a flood of pedigrees to re­ Last year's three-year-old champ Skip Away (Skip view, and have currently approved 40 mares." Trial) will be making his four-year-old debut here off a series of bullet works at Gulfstream. The gray last raced STORM SONG RETURNS SUNDAY Last year's Oct. 5 at Belmont, defeating the great Cigar by a head champion two-year-old filly Storm Song (Summer Squall) in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup. His main challenges in makes her three-year-old debut in Sunday's Giii Davona the Donn are expected to come from Mecke (Maudlin), Dale S. at Gulfstream Park. Winner of the GI Frizette winner of the Giii Mac Diarmida H. over Gulfstream's 1 and GI Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies in her last two sloppy main track Jan. 1 2, and Formal Gold (Black Tie starts at two, the Dogwood Stable runner, trained by Affair {Ire}), away from the races since his fifth-place Nick Zito, is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the mile­ effort in the Breeders' Cup Classic at Woodbine Oct. 26. and-seventy-yard contest. Among her seven rivals in the Others to watch in this strong field include 1 996 Cana­ race are Glitter Woman (Glitterman), 9 1 /2-length win­ dian Horse of the Year Mt. Sassafras (Mt. Livermore), ner of the Gii Forward Gal S. January 22. That filly, who missed by only 3/4-length when fourth in last trained by Shug McGaughey, will blow out for the race year's Breeders' Cup Classic, and Crafty Friend (Crafty today. Prospector), first or second in his last six starts, includ­ ing a victory in the Giii Broward H. at Gulfstream Janu­ HALL OF FAME TRAINER TROTSEK DEAD ary 11. Trainer Harry Trotsek, who saddled nearly 100 stakes winners during a career that spanned seven decades, Today, Santa Anita died Wednesday at Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables, SAN VICENTE-Giii, $100,000a, 3yo, 7f Florida after a brief illness. He was 83. After taking out The field of nine, from the rail out, is as follows: Free his trainer's license when he was just 21 years old, House (Smokester), 1 20 pounds; Esteemed Friend Trotsek conditioned four champions, including 1954 (Gulch), 116; Celtic Warrior (Fast Play), 116; Preakness winner Hasty Road and 1965 Horse of the Funontherun (Runaway Groom), 113; Silver Charm Year Moccasin. Moccasin, the champion two-year-old (Silver Buck), 120; Photarc (Skywalker), 113; Red filly of that year, is still the only two-year-old filly ever (Siyah Kalem), 120; Stolen Gold (Conquistador Cielo), to be named Horse of the Year; only two juvenile colts-­ 116; Latin Dancer (Citidancer), 11 6. Native Dancer and Secretariat--have been so honored. Weekend Preview cont. p2 The native of Illinois also developed champions Oil Capi­ tal and Stan; he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984. WEEKEND PREVIEW . p1-2 CORRECTION: It was incorrectly reported in Thursday1s NEWS CONTINUED . p2 TDN that the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados is owned ti) RACING REPORTS . p2-4 by John Magnier; the actual owners are Dermot z TOTAL PAGES ................. 5 Desmond & J.P. McManus. We regret the error. PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 2-8-97 Weekend Preview cont. 9th-GPX, $50,000, Alw, 4yo/up, a1 mT, 1 :34 (NCR), Sunday, Santa Anita fm. LA CANADA S.-Gll, $200,000a, 4yo, f, 1 1/8m 1--DONTHELUMBERTRADER, 115, c, 4, John Casey-­ The field, from the rail, will be: Belle's Flag (Avenue of Miss Swiss, by Captain Courageous. O/B-Miron Julie Flags), 11 9 pounds; Tuxedo Junction (Black Tie Affair (FL); T-Edward Plesa Jr. Lifetime Record: SW, {Ire}), 115; Kristopher Street (Kris S.), 119; Housa 20-10-4-1, $197 ,830. Dancer (Fr) (Fabulous Dancer), 115; Solana (Sunny's 2--Primitive Hall, 119, h, 8, Dixieland Band--Dame Avie, Halo), 115; Chile Chatte (Storm Cat), 115; Listening by Lord Gaylord. (Night Shift), 119; Colcon (Pleasant Colony), 115. 3--Joker, 115, h, 5, Gentleman Gene--Laughing Keys, by Fast Hilarious. News cont. Margins: 3HF, 2 1 /4, HD. Odds: 1 .40, 6.10, 8.30. INDUSTRY WORKSHOP SET FOR SPRING A i=irst or second in eight of his last nine starts, marketing workshop sponsored by the Thoroughbred Donthelumbertrader just missed in his most recent Racing Associations, American Quarter Horse Racetrack outing, cutting out all the pace before being nailed on Associations and Harness Tracks of America will ad­ the wire by MGISW Awad to lose it by a nose. The dress the theme "racing meets the marketing challenges 7-5 favorite dropping back from that nine-furlong of the future" when it is held at the Embassy Suites affair, the chestnut put a head in front after a half and North in Phoenix March 31-April 2. The three-day work­ opened up on his field down the lane to win impres­ shop will include inter-active sessions on marketing for sively in course-record time. off-track betting and intertrack wagering, local and national marketing strategies, special event marketing, 8th-GPX, $36,000, Alw, 4yo/up, 1 1 /16m, 1 :43 1 /5, corporate sponsors, website management, fan educa­ ft. tion and direct mail. Open to all members of the pari­ BOYHOOD DREAM (c, 4, Nureyev--Smart Angle {Ch. mutuel industry, the fee is $50 for TRA, AQHRTA and 2yo Filly, MGISW, $414,217}, by Quadrangle), third HTA members; non-members can attend for $250 for the first person registered, and $50 for each additional after setting the pace in his '97 bow January 11, registrant from the same company. For more informa­ found himself in front at the start once again but this tion, contact the TRA at (41 0) 392-9200. time stayed there all the way around the oval, pulling away late to win it by 4 3/4 lengths at 2-1 odds. The winner, a 1 /2 to Houston (Seattle Slew), MGSW, FLORIDA $240,632; and Saratoga Classic (Saratoga Six), GSP, • $128,811, was a $90,000 KEESEP yearling. Lifetime • Record: 14-4-3-1, $122,702. Yesterday's Results: 10th-GPX, $50,000, Alw, 4yo/up, a1 1 /8mT, 1 :47 1 /5 0-Ramsey Kenneth L & Sarah K. B-Swettenham Stud, (ECR), fm. John T. L. Jones Jr., et al. (KY). T-William I Mott. 1--GREEN MEANS GO, 117, h, 5, Green Dancer--Missed the Wedding, by Blushing Groom (Fr). 0/B-Pin Oak Local News: Gulfstream Park Stud (KY); T-William I Mott. Lifetime Record: MGSW, Donthelumbertrader (John Casey), a former claimer 13-6-3-2, $315,220. *1/2 to Missed The Storm who missed beating Grade I winner Awad by only a (Storm Cat), GISW, $334,986. nose last out January 24, shattered the course record 2--Homing Pigeon, 1 22, h, 7, Magloire--Bird House, by for "about one mile" at Gulfstream yesterday. Sent Yukon Eagle. off at 7-5 in the day's ninth race, a $50,000 allow­ 3--Carterista, 122, h, 8, Dr. Carter--Bosun's Bride, by ance test, the four-year-old led from gate to wire to Nashua. win by 3 1 /2 lengths in the time of 1 :34, three-fifths Margins: NO, NO, 2 1 /4. Odds: 0.60, 10.30, 20.90. faster than the old mark set by Doublethebettwice Green Means Go, lightly raced but consistent, came just 27 days ago. The course continued to play fast in back from a three-month rest to finish a good third in the next race as multiple graded-stakes winner Green the Gii Canadian Turf H. January 25. Stepping down a Means Go (Green Dancer), the 3-5 chalk in the 10th couple of notches for his second start back, the Pin Oak race, eked out a nose decision in the course record­ homebred closed from third to grab the lead late, then held on gamely to take a tight photo from 10-1 Homing equaling time of 1 :47 1 /5 for "about a mile and an Pigeon in a time equal to the course record.