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Fourteen Fourteen Vie Vie in in Derby Derby Trial Trial Today; Today; Mameluke Mameluke Accomplishes Accomplishes Fast Fast Move Move tFavor Battle Morn WithArcaroAboard Pur Sang, Bernwood, Fanfare Will Display Wares at Downs In Preview Over One Mile By CHARLES HATTON Staff Correspondent CHURCHILL DOWNS, Louisville. Ky., April 30.— The proposition that all duly registered thoroughbreds, three years of age this spring, are fully quahaed as "Derby horses" will be tested once again in tomorrows thirteenth renewal of the 0,000 Derby Trial. No fewer than 14 were named for this traditional Derby week feature, a flat mile which serves as the final preview of Saturdays 00,000 classic. Probable favorite is Cain Hoy Stables Battle Morn, who will be ridden by Eddie Arcaro and was narrowly beaten in the recent Wood, though he drifted out all during the stretch run. He will be opposed by several colts that have to be taken seriously in such a race, among them Calumets Fanfare, Spring Brooks Pur Sang and Brownell Combs Bernwood. Fanfare has appeared to improve in recent weeks and Pur Sang and Bernwood seem to be as fit as they were when they raced to a photo finish in the mile Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes here last fall. Might Add to Confusion Turf followers hardly can be surprised by anything the Derby colts might do, but King Clover, Brevite, Golden Birch, Fighting Back, Kings Hope, Spur On, Refun, The Gink, Jay Hunter and Abbe Sting arent generally expected to add to the confusion. Under terms of the Trial, Pur Sang and Fighting Back will share top-weight of 118 pounds. Battle Morn and . Kings Hope get in with 115, Abbe Sting 112, the others 110, except for Jay Hunter, the light weight, under 108. The ancient Downs course was never faster, and the weather was pleasant when entries were taken for the Trial, though there were thunderstorms in the area yesterday. President Bill Corum and others . of the local club, delighted with the huge opening day crowd, look forward to an- other large attendance to see the Derby r eligibles perform. The Trial once was run ! as an overnighter, but became a stakes s event in 1938. Though Citation has the distinction of being the only winner of both this prep event and the Derby itself, the race has developed contenders in 1 Bimelech, Faultless and Olympia. There is a possibility that Whirling Doughs new mile track record of 1:35%, established here on Saturday, will be lowered in the Continued on Page Thirty-Eight . - | i ] ] i 1 e c i t £ i i r I c ■ t ■ $ T r l ° a p t a b E fi i] in b v n h he E b o; n c h si Fourteen Seeking Derby Trial Today Favor Battle Morn, With Arcaro Up, Over Pur Sang, Bernwood in Mile Preview Continued from Page One Trial. The Chief holds the stake record I of 1:35%. Battle Morn "blew out" for the Trial this morning, trainer Moody Jolley breez- ! ing him three furlongs in :36%. He has drawn the number six post position, with I Pur Sang just outside him. And he poses pretty much the same problem for Eddie Arcaro that another son of Blenheim II., Whirlaway, did a few years ago, for he has ! developed an unfortunate habit of going : out. Nobody is likely to want to be outside : him from the turn home. Pur Sang may provide a very contentious ! element in the Trial. He likes the Downs ! course and while he hasnt won any of the ! important three-year-old events this spring, : the light chestnut son of the unfashionable Side Boy has proved that he can finish. J And he has a rider who fits him in Johnny ! Adams. Incidentally the Kowall colt has a new trainer today in Johnny Zoeller. Per- | haps his smartest race of the new season J i J came in the Experimental Number 1 at Jamaica, in which he was third to Repe- c toire, beaten a length and coming on at ] the end. * Six-Length Keeneland Victor t Plain Ben Jones didnt think Fanfare a J Derby horse when he shipped to Kentucky J from the coast, but the race since has f opened up and Fanfare has done well, win- ning a Keeneland overnighter of six fur- c longs by six lengths in his latest appear- J ance. A good many patrons will back ■ Fanfare if only because the Missourian is s training him, just as many others will back anything Eddie Arcaro rides. He is a well s bred colt, by the Derby winner Pensive from c Easy Lass, the dam of Coaltown and Wist- ■ ful, and has a competent rider in Dodson. 1], it Bernwood was an abject disappointment J his first 1951 appearance at Jamaica, * but came back with a smart six furlongs in * which he ran Heliowise to a diminishing nose, and trainer John Goode likes the way o has trained since coming to the Downs, ii in He could run this morning, when he c breezed three furlongs in : 36 as a pipe- 1 11 opener for the Trial. Bernwood has drawn K number 5 and will be handled by Ken n Church, one of Americas leading riders. He t; has the dash to be prominent from the d start. ij In Kings Hope probably is the early speed e: o ii in c 1 11 K n t; d ij In e: of the field, and is particularly formidable the mud, but there is a question if he cares for a mile. Fighting Back was beaten lengths by Counterpoint in the mud at Keeneland, then lost his rider in his most recent appearance. He is hardly the most tractable horse in training. Similarly its difficult to enthuse over any of the others. fact it is sheer equivocation to differentiate between them on form.
