TRC THOROUGHBRED NOTEBOOK

July 6, 1995

News and notes from around the Thoroughbred racing world, compiled by Thoroughbred Racing Communications, Inc. (TRC).

DUBAI WORLD CUP TO BE THE WORLD'S RICHEST RACE

The Emirates Racing Association of Dubai has announced the creation of the Dubai World

Cup, an international race which will be run March 27, 1996 on the sand track at the Nad al Sheba Racecourse in Dubai. The race will feature a purse of $4 million, with a winner's purse of $2.4 million, making the 1 1-4 mile event the world's richest race.

A field of 14 horses, ages four and up, will be selected from those nominated to the race.

Nominations are due Oct. 9 at a fee of $5,000 or a late fee of $10,000 on Jan. 2. A starters fee of $30,000 will be charged. The selection of runners will be made by an international panel of handicappers and racing secretaries. Nominations will be sought from North and South America, Dubai, Europe, Oceania and Asia.

'This is a magnificent boost to the concept of international racing,' said Tristram

Ricketts, chief executive of the British Horse Racing Board. 'The opportunity to see some of the best older horses from all parts of the world competing for huge prize money is mouthwatering. I congratulate the ruling family of Dubai on their very generous commitment to racing.'

The runners and reserves will be announced in mid-January to give the connections of all

horses an opportunity to train them in Dubai one month prior to the event. The cost of shipping the horses to the race, as well as all expenses for the connections for each runner will be paid by the Dubai Racing Club.

Post time for the Dubai World Cup is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Dubai time, maximizing the

potential for the race to be televised worldwide.

ARLINGTON INTERNATIONAL'S 'FREQUENT FLYER' CLUB

In addition to good racing and a beautiful facility, regular patrons at Arlington

International Racecourse in Arlington Heights, Ill., now have another reason to go to the track. The 'A Club,' similar to airlines' frequent flyer clubs, rewards fans with prizes and special promotions unavailable to the general public, such as private handicapping sessions and trips to the announcer's booth. 'We've gotten a lot of attention in the local press,' said Allen Gutterman, Arlington's new marketing director. 'Some of these gifts are really priceless.'

Priceless, indeed. One of the prizes allows an A Club member to make a winner's circle

presentation. Others include a backstretch tour, clubhouse box or a cellular telephone. Tickets to Chicago White Sox games and Six Flags Great America amusement park are also part of the prize package.

Prizes may be redeemed after only four visits to the track and no prize (except two 1996

season passes) requires more than 15 trips to Arlington. To date, more than 8,000 fans have signed up, including 4,522 in the first four days.

CHURCHILL DONATION TO AID COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS

Churchill Downs has allocated $11,500 to the Indiana Council on Compulsive Gambling. The

Indiana Council on Compulsive Gambling was established in June of 1994 to disseminate information to the general public and professionals in addiction care about compulsive gambling as a disease. Churchill operates the Fort Wayne Sports Spectrum in Indiana, which opened this past April.

'As a new member of the community, we plan to so our part to help make Fort Wayne and

Indiana an even better place to live,' said Tom Meeker, Churchill's president and CEO. 'We hope this donation will lead to better lives for some of the citizens here.'

The Fort Wayne facility offers parimutuel wagering on horse racing from Indiana's Hoosier

Park in Anderson and Churchill's races from Louisville, Ky. as well as races from other tracks around the country.

IRISH DERBY VICTOR GIVES WINNING PURSE TO CHARITY

Winged Love, winner of Sunday's Budweiser Irish Derby earned more than $547,000 in

prize money. The three-year-old colt's owner, Sheikh Mohammed al Maktoum donated the entire purse to several local charities, including the St. Vincent de Paul Hospice.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY AT MONMOUTH

Sunday, July 9 is St. Patrick's Day at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J. All patrons who

wear green to the track will receive free grandstand admission or half-price clubhouse admission. Festivities will include Irish music and food and the chance to win a trip for two to the Emerald Isle. The event is sponsored by Guinness Import Company.

'SUNDAY MORNING' TO PROFILE HOMEISTER JULY 9

CBS News' 'Sunday Morning' show, hosted by Charles Osgood, will profile jockey

Rosemary Homeister Jr. when it airs Sunday, July 9 on CBS affiliates throughout the country. The segment will include footage and interviews with Homeister and her mother as well as footage of her belated acceptance of the 1992 Eclipse Award as the nation's leading apprentice rider, which took place in Washington, D.C. in January. 'Sunday Morning,' which won Eclipse Awards for national television achievement in 1991 and 1993, airs from 9:00- 10:30 a.m. EDT in the New York metropolitan area.

On Sunday, July 16, 'Sunday Morning' will rerun a feature that originally aired Feb. 26, on

a colt named Ops Smile. The colt was bred, owned and named by Jim Ryan, the Maryland philanthropist who works closely with the Norfolk, Va.-based Operation Smile organization, which funds corrective facial surgery for children throughout the world. Both segments were produced by Bud Lamoreaux.

THE JOCKEY CLUB FOAL BOOK AVAILABLE

The Jockey Club's 'Foals of 1993' book, an addendum to the American Stud Book, is now

available. The cost of the 'Foal Book' is $100. Resident of the U.S. will be charged $5 shipping and handling. Canadian residents will be charged $10 for shipping and handling. Checks or money orders should be made payable to The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc. and sent to: 821 Corporate Drive, Lexington, Ky 40503. Kentucky residents please add six percent sales tax.

CHURCHILL ENDS SUCCESSFUL SPRING MEET

Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., concluded its 121st Spring Meet July 4 by establishing

records in average daily purse distribution and total handle. For the meet, average daily purses rose to a record $333,000 surpassing the previous high of $314,397 from the Fall 1994 meet. Total wagering was a record $241,065,648 an increase of 14 percent over last year's handle. On-track attendance also rose, totaling 731,731 as compared to last year's 729,782.

TELEVISED RACES

July 8 Round Table Stakes, Arlington; Coaching Club American Oaks, Belmont; Long

Branch Breeders' Cup Handicap, Monmouth, 5:30-6 p.m. (EDT), ESPN2

RACING TO HISTORY

July 6, 1975: Locust Hill Farm's undefeated filly Ruffian engaged Kentucky Derby winner Foolish Pleasure in a match race at Belmont Park. Racing on the lead, Ruffian sustained a severe leg injury and was pulled up by jockey Jacinto Vasquez. Ruffian was humanely destroyed the following day.

July 6, 1977: In the second of their 10 meetings, Alydar defeated Affirmed to win the Great American Stakes at Belmont Park. This was the first of Alydar's three victories over Affirmed.

July 10, 1982: Landaluce, a two-year-old daughter of Seattle Slew, won the Hollywood Lassie Stakes by 21 lengths under the guidance of Laffit Pincay Jr. She ran the six furlong race in 1:08, just 3-5 of a second off the track record at Hollywood Park.

July 12, 1971: Bold Ruler, sire of 82 stakes winners, including Secretariat, died at Claiborne Farm.

July 13, 1986: Jockey Kent Desormeaux rode his first winner, a three-year-old filly named Miss Tavern, in the fifth race at Evangeline Downs.

July 14, 1951: In his last race, Calumet Farm's six-year-old Citation won the Hollywood Gold Cup by four lengths, and became racing's first millionaire horse.

July 15, 1966: Dr. Fager won his first race by seven lengths at Aqueduct racetrack. He was sent off at odds of 10-1.

July 15, 1972: After finishing fourth in his racing debut on July 4, Secretariat won his first race, under jockey Paul Feliciano. The six- length victory occurred at Aqueduct.

July 15, 1987: Jack Van Berg became the first trainer to win 5,000 races when he sent Art's Chandelle, a $10,000 claimer, to victory at Arlington Park.

WEEKEND STAKES
SATURDAY

Coaching Club American Oaks, 3yo fillies, $250,000, 1 1-4 Miles, Grade I, Belmont

It will be Serena's Song -- and five others -- in the final leg of New York's Triple

Tiara series. Acorn winner Cat's Cradle is injured while Serena's Song won the Mother Goose. The D. Wayne Lukas trainee has been untouchable against fillies since a narrow loss to champion Flanders in last year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. The main competition may come from Rogues Walk, trained by Hall of Fame jockey Angel Cordero Jr. She has won six of her seven career starts. Others in the field are: Golden Bri, second in the Mother Goose; Change Fora Dollar; Very True; and Forested.

Long Beach Branch Breeders' Cup Stakes, 3yo, $75,000, 1 1-16 Miles, Monmouth

A field of five is scheduled to compete, led by Kentucky Derby runners Suave Prospect and

Pyramid Peak. Suave Prospect was second in three consecutive graded stakes before a disappointing 11th-place finish in the Kentucky Derby. He was subsequently fourth in the May 28 Peter Pan Stakes and has been rested since. Pyramid Peak won the Grade II Flamingo Stakes before a 17th- place finish in the Kentucky Derby. He finished second in the Alabama Derby but was disqualified to fourth. Others entered are: Cherokee Dazzler, winner of four of his last five races, all last year; Northern Ensign, first and second in allowance company in his last two; and Mighty Magee, a dead-heat winner in the Sir Barton Stakes at Pimlico, May 20.

Landaluce Stakes, 2yo fillies, $100,000, 6F, Grade II, Hollywood

Ontario Damsel Stakes, 3yo fillies, $75,000, 6 1-2 Furlongs Turf, Grade IIIC, Woodbine

Round Table Stakes, 3yo, $125,000, 1 1-8 Miles, Grade III, Arlington

SUNDAY

Queen's Plate, 3yo, $400,000, 1 1-4 Miles, Grade IC, Woodbine

The oldest continuosly run stakes race in North America has its 136th running. First run

in 1860, the favored entry will be trainer Dan Vella's three-pronged entry of Freedom Fleet, All Firmed Up and Canada's top two-year-old filly of 1994, Honk Tonk Tune, who will try to become the first of her sex to win the Queen's Plate since 1991 winner Dance Smartly.

Hollywood Oaks, 3yo fillies, $200,000, 1 1-8 Miles, G. I, Hollywood

Nearctic Handicap, 3&up, $125,000, 6F Turf, Grade IC, Woodbine New York H., 3&up

(f&m), $100,000, 1 1-4 Miles Turf, G. II, Belmont