HOLLYWOOD PARK : Lukas’ Agenda All in Order After Victory

One of them would be a threat enough, but for next year’s handicap races trainer Wayne Lukas has a double-barreled lineup to fire at the opposition.

Twilight Agenda, invincible at 1 1/8 miles or less, completed his 1991 campaign Sunday at Hollywood Park, winning the four-horse Native Diver Handicap by 3 1/2 lengths at 2-5 odds before 17,015.

In two weeks, Lukas’ other important older horse, Farma Way, will leave the snow-covered fields of Illinois and rejoin his trainer in California, with March’s $1-million Santa Anita Handicap as their first objective. Farma Way won the Big ‘Cap this year.

Lukas added up their accomplishments as he walked away from the winner’s circle Sunday. “What did Farma Way have, about $2.5 million (in purses)?” the trainer said. “And now with this, Twilight Agenda’s got almost $1.6 million. Not too bad for just two horses.”

They have different owners, Farma Way belonging to George Bunn of Springfield, Ill., and Twilight Agenda racing for Walter Haefner, a Swiss businessman. The only time they ran in the same race, Twilight Agenda finished second to Best Pal in the $1-million Pacific Classic at Del Mar, with Farma Way finishing fifth.

The $103,100 Native Diver, at 1 1/8 miles, was Twilight Agenda’s sixth consecutive victory at nine furlongs or less. His only losses during the streak, which dates to last June, came at 1 1/4-mile distances--the second in the Pacific Classic, a fourth in the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park and the second in the Breeders’ Cup.

Chris McCarron, aboard for Twilight Agenda’s victories in the Meadowlands Cup and the Native Diver, still says that longer distances should be no problem for the 5-year-old son of Devil’s Bag and Grenzen.

“He’ll run all day,” McCarron said after riding the Native Diver winner for the third consecutive year. “Everyone thinks that this horse doesn’t want to go very far because he’s so quick, but the nice thing about him is that he relaxes so well. He breaks sharp, he leaves there flying and just switches off immediately. He doesn’t pull when he runs, and that in itself, along with his ability to get across the ground fast, enables him to carry his speed a long way.”

There was no show betting on the Native Diver after the scratch of Defensive Play. Ibero, who set the pace before Twilight Agenda moved by him on the outside on the turn for home, finished second, a head in front of Cobra Classic, who was a head in front of Stalwart Charger.

Twilight Agenda paid $2.80, earning $60,600 with a time of 1:49 on a track that was fast but slightly sticky.

One of the most successful owner-trainer combinations has broken up. Edmund Gann, of Rancho Santa Fe, has taken his horses away from Bobby Frankel and moved them to other trainers, Frankel confirmed Sunday.

Val Des Bois, runner-up to Opening Verse in the Breeders’ Cup Mile, has been sent to trainer Richard Mandella, along with four other horses. Four of Gann’s other horses will now be trained by Ron McAnally and Eddie Gregson is getting two more.

The Gann-Frankel relationship goes back about 15 years, but was punctuated by one other separation for about two years.

“Gann had a new policy, something he wanted to do and something I didn’t want to do,” said Frankel, declining to elaborate. Attempts to reach Gann were unsuccessful.

Ray Seeley, an outspoken member of the California Horse Racing Board who enlivened many meetings with his debates with fellow commissioners, died Saturday night at the Orange Park Nursing Center in Orange, Calif.

Seeley, 79, was appointed to two four-year terms on the racing board, starting in 1982, and was the board chairman from 1983 to 1985. A resident of Blythe, Calif., Seeley suffered from complications resulting from throat surgery that he had undergone in August.

Seeley was a member of the state assembly and served as chairman of the Agriculture Committee in 1974. He bred and raced quarter horses and had 20 stakes winners.

Horse Racing Notes

Trainer Ron McAnally said that Festin, the Argentine-bred 5-year-old who won the Oaklawn Handicap and the Jockey Club Gold Cup and earned $2 million this year, has been retired and will stand at stud next year at Claiborne Farm in Paris, Ky. In his last start, Festin ran sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Classic. Burt and Nancy Kinerk, who bought Festin for $18,000, contributed 5% of the horse’s earnings to civic groups in Tucson, where they live.

McAnally said that Tight Spot, a candidate for best male grass horse this year, will not need surgery for the bone chip in one of his ankles. . . . Apprentice Jose Fuentes, who rode a horse Saturday that caused interference on the far turn, received a five-day suspension from the stewards, starting Thursday.