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Doubledogdare May Start in Coronet At Balmoral Meeting at Washington JoIIey to Have Claiborne Filly and Other Stars in Care at 30Day Session SessionClaiborne Claiborne Farms Doubledogdare cham ¬ pion twoyearold filly of 1955 will be seen in action at the 1956 Balmoral spring meeting at Washington Park The daugh ¬ ter of Double Jay Flaming Top who may make her Chicago debut in the 15000 added Coronet Stakes on May 16 will spearhead a topflight invasion of name horses for Balmroals 30day session open ¬ ing May 14 They will draw bead on one or more of 10 Balmoral stakes worth 255000 in added money moneyA A survey of applications for stalls and a census of the equine population now quar ¬ tered at Washington Park sparkles with the names of Blue Choir Toby B upset victor of Career Boy in the Blue Grass Stakes Swoons Son Tremor Reaping Right winner of the Louisiana Derby and Greatest among others othersTrainer Trainer Moody Jolley plans to ship 26 thoroughbreds for A B Bull Hancocks Claiborne Farm for an extended stay throughout the Balmoral Arlington and Washington season Also in the Jolly draft is Delta royallybred fouryearolddaugh ¬ ter of Nasrullah who in 1954 won both the Arlington Lassie and the Princess Pat Stakes at Washington Park and emerged as one of the nations top filly stars of that year yeari i Scored in Ashland Stakes StakesDoubledogdare Doubledogdare is undefeated in two starts this year latest of which was an impressive threelength victory in Keene lands Ashland Stakes two veeks ago She defeated among others Guard Rail Sup ¬ ple and Queen Margie all of whom also are scheduled for a Balmoral campaign campaignAnother Another arrival on May 11 will be George Van Deren and O S Demings Toby B who last Thursday crashed the turf headlines with a victory over the vaunted Career Boy in the Blue Grass Stakes The speedy son of Alsab Best Yet may make his initial Chicago appear ¬ ance at Balmoral in the 15000 added Domino Stakes May 26 26Already Already on the grounds is Mrs Harry L Nathensons Irish bred Blue Choir one of the nations top grass horses of 1955 aiming at both the 20000 added Conti ¬ nental Turf Handicap May 19 and Bal ¬ morals finale the 50000 added Balmoral Turf Handicap closingday June 16 16It It was during last years inaugural Bal ¬ moral meeting at Washington Park that Blue Choir blossomed into a ranking grass specialist using a sixlength score in the j Balmoral Turf Handicap as a springboard to national fame Blue Choir also is among the eligibles for the 100000 added Arling ¬ ton Handicap on the grass July 28 28Another Another stakeswinner already on the grounds is Jacnot Stables Tremor four yearold Prince Simon filly and recent winner of the Suwannee River Handicap at Gulfstream Park Tremor is one of 14 horses trained by Joe Bollero BolleroFirst First arrivals of a strong foreignbred colony scheduled to campaign at the three meetings are due this week Three foreign bred colts imported by horseman Ray Bell will be bedded down They are Straight Line n Denmir and Menaggio all three yearold colts Last year as a twoyearold Denmir won two of three starts including the Goff Sales Selling Plate at The Cur ragh while Menaggios top effort in seven twoyearold starts was a victory in the Pultenery Plate at Bath England EnglandOther Other trainers already stabled at Washr ington Park for the Balmoral campaign are T W Kelley with 21 horses Phil Johnson who trains for Balmoral presi ¬ dent Russell L Reineman also 21 Louis Taber with 12 Mitchell Silagy Jr 10 John L Oglesby 7 and Lyle Dilger 6
