Th!! ThorougJibred 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 MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1997 W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS Sunday, Oaklawn Park: TRAITOR DEFECTS FROM TRIPLE CROWN FANTASY S.-Gll, $250,000, OPX, 4-6, 3yo, f, TRAIL Off his feed recently, Traitor 1 1 /16m, 1 :42 3/5, ft. (Cryptoclearance) has been removed from the Triple 1--BLUSHING K. D., 121, f, 3, Blushing John--Lilac Crown trail. Trainer Mary Eppler reported yesterday Garden, by Roberto. ($25,000 2yo 1996 LOUMAR). that her horse has not been eating well and has lost a 0-Burns James & Sue; B-Foxfield (KY); T-Sam B David considerable amount of weight in recent weeks. "He's Jr; J-L J Meche; $150,000. Lifetime Record: 7-6-0-0, not eating properly," Eppler said, "I would say he's $424,386. lost 200 to 300 pounds You can't go into a race if 2--Valid Bonnet, 121, f, 3, Valid Appeal--Miss Cox's you're not 110 percent. If we were going to make the Hat, by Cox's Ridge. ($30,000 yrl '95 OBSAUG). Derby, he wasn't going to be able to miss any of the 0-Ackerley Brothers Farm; B-Mangurian Harry T Jr preps." Eppler said she believes Traitor has lost the (FL); $50,000. weight because the stable had been rushing to try and 3--Ajina, 1 21, f, 3, Strawberry Road (Aus)--Winglet, by make the Derby after the horse was injured in an Alydar. 0/B-Paulson Allen E (KY); $25,000. incident on the Hialeah backstretch. "He missed three Margins: 6, 8, 6. Odds: 0. 70, 8. 70, 1.90. weeks and we had to play catch-up and condense his Also Ran: Alyssum, Hooten Annie. training. By doing that, he slowed down in his eating Blushing K.D. captured her fourth straight stakes and lost weight." Eppler said the entire Triple Crown victory after winning three stakes at the Fair Grounds series is out and that Traitor may return to the races including the Mar. 15 Giii Fair Grounds Oaks in her by June. previous start. The favorite disputed the pace be­ tween rivals early, grabbed the lead before going a JACK KENT COOKE DEAD Sports and business half-mile, opened up around the far turn and increased mogul Jack Kent Cooke died yesterday of congestive her advantage through the stretch. "The (May 2) heart failure at George Washington University Hospi­ Kentucky Oaks has been our plan all along, and we tal. He was 84. Cooke had announced in January the are sticking with it," winning trainer Sam 8. David Jr. complete dispersal of his Thoroughbred racing and said. "We were going to take her back a little (off the pace), but that horse (Ajina), came out and bumped breeding stock and at the same time had put his 500- acre Elmendorf Farm near Lexington, Kentucky up for us on the far turn, but ours jumped into the bridle and went on." Valid Bonnet, winner of the Giii Honeybee sale. Cooke, involved in sports for more than 40 years, was the majority owner of the NFL' s Washing­ in her last outing, sat just off the early speed battle, tried to challenge the winner turning for home but ton Redskins and recently oversaw the building of a could not get by the winner. "I'm going to have to new stadium for the team in Raljon, Maryland. He stop following that other filly (Blushing K.D.)," Steve also owned the Los Angeles Daily News and the Asmussen, trainer of Valid Bonnet, said. "She's too Chrysler Building in New York. In racing since 1980, much. On the (far) turn, I could see we had a lot left, Cooke purchased Elmendorf in 1984 and raced such but so did the winner." Multiple graded stakes winner top homebreds as 1996 MGSW Antespend and Ajina held a short lead early but tired to third in the MGSW Flying Continental. stretch. TELL IT TO THE TON ... WEEKEND RESULTS . 1 ,2 Want to send a "Letter to the Editor" of the LU Thoroughbred Daily News? Our address is 811 0 NEWS CONTINUED . 2 River Rd., Fair Haven, NJ, 07704; or send a fax to: RACING REPORTS . 3-7 (908) 747-8955; or an e-mail to: MediaVista TOTAL PAGES ................. 9 @AOL.com. PAG~ 2 • TIJOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 4-7-97 Weekend Stakes Results cont. MCGAUGHEY MULLS OPTIONS FOR GLITTER SAN BERNARDINO H.-Gll, $157,650, SAX, 4-6, WOMAN Coming off a 6%-length win in Saturday's 4yo/up, 1 1 /Sm, 1 :48 1 /5, ft. Ashland at Keeneland, Glitter Woman (Glitterman) is 1--@#BENCHMARK, 114, h, 6, Alydar--Winters' Love likely to make her next start in the May 2 GI Kentucky (MGSP), by Danzig. ($475,000 wing '91 KEENOV). Oaks, but trainer Shug McGaughey is still keeping an 0-Wygod Mr & Mrs Martin J; B-North Central eye on the Triple Crown trail. While McGaughey has not Bloodstock (KY); T-Ronald W Ellis; J-C J Mccarron; ruled out starting the 3-year-old filly in the Kentucky $97,650. Lifetime Record: 9-5-1-1, $218,875. Derby, he admitted yesterday he's more inclined at this 2--Kingdom Found, 115, h, 7, The Bart--Amiga La G., point to look at the May 17 Preakness. "The Preakness by Delaware Chief. 0-Dilbeck Family Trust; 8-Dilbeck makes a lot of sense," he said. "We could run her in the Ray (CA); $30,000. Kentucky Oaks, and, if she runs good there, that gives 3--PrivatG Song, 112, c, 4, Private Account--Oueen of us something to look at. Unless something outstanding Song, by His Majesty. 0/8-Juddmonte Farms (KY); happens in the Derby, we could look at running her in $18,000. the Preakness. I'd be more inclined to go in the Oaks Margins: 1 HF, HF, NO. Odds: 3.60, 1 .90, 12.30. and then the Preakness, than in the Derby." Glitter Also Ran: Region, Big Sky Chester, Del Mar Dennis, Far Woman has won four straight, but has never run beyond Easter. a mile and a sixteenth. McGaughey admitted he has Benchmark, a lightly-raced six-year-old making only reservations about her getting a distance, but Glitter his ninth career start here, came off a ten-month layoff Woman continues to handle every challenge thrown her to win a March 13 optional claiming race at Santa Anita way. "I was surprised when she ran long in the first in his last start. The bay, last after three-quarters, rallied place," McGaughey said. "Now, I think she's better sharply through the stretch to earn his first stakes vic­ going long than short. But going a mile and a quarter in tory. "This is a very nice horse," winning rider Chris Louisville is a long way and it's a long year." Mccarron said after the race. "He hasn't had a chance to run very many times because he's been kind of prone SANTA ANITA DERBY WRAP-UP The connections to injury. He's a very talented racehorse, though." of Free House (Smokester) and Silver Charm (Silver Trainer Ron Ellis added, "He had shin (problems) when Buck), the first two finishers in Saturday's GI Santa he was younger--a lot of small problems, but he looks Anita Derby, are making plane reservations for a trip to like he's ready for a good year this year." the 123rd Kentucky Derby. "He came out of the race in good order," trainer Paco Gonzalez said of Free House. News cont. "We're planning on going to Kentucky next." Bob GRAND NATIONAL TO RUN TODAY Merseyside Baffert, trainer of Silver Charm, admitted his charge police have given racing officials the green light to stage was, "pretty tired after the race," but added, "Silver the Grand National Steeplechase today. The race was Charm has so much heart and he'll really move forward originally scheduled for this past Saturday, but bomb after this." Trainer Ron McAnally listed the Kentucky threats forced the abandonment of the race meeting at Derby "a possibility" for Santa Anita Derby third-place Aintree. Police are now satisfied that the racecourse is finisher Hello (Ire) (Lycius). Also possible for the Run for safe and the Grand National Steeplechase will be run the Roses, is fourth-place finisher Steel Ruhlr this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. local time. However, it will (Ruhlmann). Trainer D. Wayne Lukas expressed some be the only race to take place, the final two scheduled doubt that his filly, Sharp Cat (Storm Cat), sixth as the races on the program have been canceled. It is not yet favorite Saturday, would make the Derby line-up. "It's certain that all 38 intended runners in the Grand Na­ more likely we'll go next in the Kentucky Oaks (May tional will be in the line-up. All wagers taken on the race 2)," Lukas said. "But we can wait until the last minute will stand, unless fans request their money back before to make the decision." the race. Most trainers have shown willingness to run their horses, but some have expressed concern that the track may have been damaged by the public walking A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will over it after Saturday's emergency evacuation of the indicate first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will de­ grandstand areas.