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The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. for subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. HOROUG:HBRED™ T D•A•I•L•Y N•E,•W•S ~---- SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1998 -'-'~ $2 Daily W•E•E•K•E•N•D ~W•E•E•K•E•N•D PREVIEW RESULTS Today, Belmont Park: Friday, Epsom, England: BELMONT S.-GI, $1,000,000, 3yo, 1 1 /2m, post time VODAFONE OAKS-G1, $468,369, Epsom, England, 6-5, 5:27 p.m. EDT 3yo, f, ·1 1 /2mT, 2:38.23, gd. PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 1--#@SIHAHTOUSH (IRE), 126, f, 3, Alzao--Formulate 1 Hanuman Highway (Ire) Walsh Santos 30-1 CGB) (Co-Ch. 2yo Filly-Eng, GSW-Eng), by Reform 2 Thomas Jo J Jerkens Mccarron 30-1 (GB). ($95,875 yrl '96 GOOCT). 0-Mrs David Nagle & 3 Basic Trainee Romero Bravo 99-1 Mrs John Magnier; B-Barronstown Stud & Ron Con 4 Chilito Motion Davis 30-1 Ltd; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-M J Kinane; $287,852. * Yz to 5 Parade Ground Howard Day 20-1 Game Plan (GB) (Darshaan {GB}), GSW-lre, $163,886. 6 Classic Cat Cross Velazquez 1 5-1 2--Balhr (GB), 126, f, 3, Generous (lre)--lady Of The 7 Limit Out A Jerkens Samyn 10-1 Sea (GB), by Mill Reef. 0-Godolphin; B-Sheikh 8 Real Quiet Baffert Desormeaux 6-5 Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum; $107 ,335. 9 Hot Wells Amoss Borel 30-1 3--Midniight Line, 1 26, f, 3, Kris S.--Midnight Air, by 10 Raffie's Majesty Bond Chavez 20-1 Green Dancer. 0-HRH Prince Fahd Salman; 11 Victory Gallop Walden Stevens 7-2 B-Nlewgate Stud Farm Inc; $51,228. 12 Yarrow Brae Lukas Smith 20-1 Margins: 3/4, 6, 5. Odds: 12-1, 5-2, 9-4. 13 Grand Slam Lukas Bailey 6-1 Also !Ran: Cloud Castle (GB), Napolean's Sister (Ire), Media Picks ... Tarascon (Ire), High And Low (GB), Trophy Wife (Fr). REID CHERNER, USA Today: Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien landed his second English 1--Grand Slam (Gone West), 2--Parade Ground Classic of the season with this unexpected victory and (Kingmambo), 3--Real Quiet (Quiet American) is now Britain's leading trainer by money won. Shahtoush (Ire), second in the G 1 Sagitta 1 000 Guineas BILL FINLEY, NY Daily News: at Newmarket before a disappointing 10th in the G 1 1--Victory Gallop (Cryptoclearance), 2--Real Quiet, Airlie Coolmore Irish 1000 Guineas May 24, displayed a 3--Classic Cat (Mountain Cat). devastating finish to overtake the previously unbeaten Bahr (Gl3). Jockey Michael Kinane settled Shahtoush JAY PRIVMAN, Calif. correspondent, NY Times: well in the rear as TROPHY WIFE (FR) (Double Bed {Fr}) 1--Real Quiet, 2--Classic Cat, 3--Yarrow Brae (Deputy set the pace for stablemate Midnight Line. At the Minister). half-mile mark, CLOUD CASTLE (GB) (In the Wings {GB}) grabbed the lead, pressed by Midnight Line, who TDN LONGSHOT: Raffle's Majesty (Cormorant) quickened to take over at the quarter-mile pole, with Bahr and Shahtoush now in hot pursuit. Bahr took com mand at the three-sixteenths pole, but Shahtoush quick STAKES CLOSINGS ened brilliantly and swept past her rival. Bahr briefly TODAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 6: fought back, but the Irish filly ran out a deserving win 6-13 $1001100, 000 Baltimore Breeders' Cup ner and the pair pulled six lengths clear of Midnight Line H., Pim, 3yo/up, 9f ($1000s) in third. Kinane said of Shahtoush, "The plan was to 6-20 $250,000 Hempstead H.-GI, Bel, drop her out and get her settled and relaxed. The others 3yo/up, f/m, 8.5f ($250) • set a good pace, which I was glad to see. My filly was always travelling sweetly and I followed Frankie (Dettori, on Bahr) through and I think I took him by RACING ON TV THIS surprise, coming up behind him and grabbing the lead." WEEKEND: O'Brien added, "There wasn't enough pace in the Irish (] 1000 Guineas; they only quickened in the last half-mile and she needs a good level pace to be at her best. But SATURDAY, JUNE 6: she had thrived since that race and so we let her take Belmont Special - ESPN, 2:30 p.m. EDT her chance today." A surprised and disappointed Frankie Belmont S.-GI- ABC, 4:30 p.m. EDT Dettori said, "I thought I'd won, I thought Bahr had Triple Crown Highlights- ESPN2, 6 p.m .. EDT enough left, but he (Kinane) came and did me." PAGE 2_, • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 6-6-98 Today, Belmont Park: PREVIEW MANHATTAN H.-GI, $250,000, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, post • • time 4:40 p.m. EDT Today, Epsom, England: PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS VODAFONE DERBY-G1, $1,696,210, 3yo, 12f 10ydsT 1 a Chief Bearhart Frostad Santos 4-5 PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS 2 Devonwood Bond Bravo 1 2-1 1 City Honours Bin Suroor Reid 9-1 3 Buck's Boy Pridham Fires 5-1 2 Sunshine Street Meade Murtagh 250-1 4 Officious Johnson Gryder 15-1 3 Greek Dance (Ire) Stoute Swinburn 1 0-3 5a Skybound Frostad Leon 4-5 4 Saratoga Springs O'Brien Ryan 22-1 6 Casey Tibbs (Ire) Kimmel Migliore 12-1 5 Cape Verdi (Ire) Bin Suroor Dettori 9-2 7 Blazing Sword Mott Bailey 8-1 6 Haami Dunlop Hills 22-1 8 Kirkwall (GB) Frankel Desormeaux 10-1 7 Sadian (GB) Cecil Fallon 33-1 9 South Salem Bond Chavez 1 5-1 8 The Glow-Worm (Ire) Hills Holland 20-1 1 0 Same Old Wish Barbara Smith 20-1 9 Gulland (GB) Wragg Hills 8-1 Totally compromised by a dawdling pace in his 1998 10 Second Empire (Ire) O'Brien Kinane 3-1 debut, a second in the April 22 Gill Elkhorn S. at 11 Border Arrow (GB) Balding Cochrane 25-1 Keeneland, last year's GI Breeders' Cup Turf winner 12 King Of Kings (Ire) O'Brien Eddery 10-1 Chief Bearhart (Chief's Crown) looms the horse to beat 13 Courteous (GB) Cole Quinn 16-1 in what appears to be a speed-laden race. Earlier this 14 High-Rise (Ire) Cumani Peslier 20-1 year, Buck's Boy (Bucksplasher), fourth in the Breeders' 15 Mutamam (GB) Stewart Roberts 40-1 Cup Turf, ran away with the March 7 Gil Pan American All carry 126 pounds except Cape Verdi at 121. H. at Gulfstream Park. He enters this race off of a 1 Sires: City Honours (Darshaan {GB}), Sunshine Street 1 /4-length score in the Riggs H. at Pimlico May 23. (Sunshine Forever), Greek Dance (Sadler's Wells), Casey Tibbs (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), second in the GI Saratoga Springs (El Gran Senor), Cape Verdi (Caerleon), Secretariat S. last year at Arlington, got back on track Haami (Nashwan), Sadian (Shirley Heights {GB}), The with a three-length allowance score at Belmont May 16. Glow-Worm (Doyoun {Ire}), Gulland (Unfuwain), Second Today, Belmont Park: Empire (Fairy King), Border Arrow (Selkirk), King Of TRUE NORTH H.-Gll, $125,000a, 3yo/up, 6f, post time Kings (Sadler's Wells), Courteous (Generous {Ire}), 2:49 p.m. EDT High-Rise (High Estate {Ire}), Mutamam (Darshaan PP HORSE TRAINER JOCKEY ODDS {GB}). 1 Boundless Moment Walsh Santos 1 0-1 The supplemental fee of $125,208 being paid to run 2 Richter Scale Mott Bailey 5-2 Cape Verdi (Ire) indicates the confidence Godolphin has 3 Johnny Legit Moschera Migliore 1 2-1 in their filly, the winner of the May 3 G1 Sagitta 1,000 4 Say Florida Sandy Serey Bravo 1 5-1 Guineas by five lengths over subsequent G 1 Epsom 5 Laredo Orseno Chavez 1 5-1 Oaks winner Shahtoush (Ire). But the bookmakers, who 6 Gold Token Hushion Gryder 1 2-1 had installed her as the 2-1 favorite, now rate her as the 7 Partner's Hero Lukas Smith 12-1 third choice. Aidan O'Brien's two strongest entries, 8 Kelly Kip Jerkens Samyn 8-5 Second Empire (Ire) and King of Kings (Ire) figure to 9 Trafalger Lukas Day 6-1 present the most formidable challenges. The former was A front-running victory in the Giii Maryland Breeders' the winner of last year's G 1 Grand Criterium at Cup H. May 16 at Pimlico put Richter Scale (Habitony Longchamp, and enters this race off a third in the Irish {GB}) back on the winning track in his 1998 debut for 2,000 Guineas at The Curragh May 23. The latter has his new trainer. He will have to contend with. Kelly Kip won five of six career starts, the most recent a 1 1 /4- (Kipper Kelly), who can be freakishly fast, as he was in length victory in the May 2 Sagitta 2,000 Guineas. a six-length score April 11 in the Giii Bold Ruler H. at Greek Dance (Ire), two-for-two in 1998 against weaker Aqueduct. He races again only a week after his last competition, has also been attracting support. outin\~, a 3 3/4-length victory in the Suffolk Breeders' Cup H. Partner's Hero (Danzig) disappointed in his first A # will distinguish first-time stakes-winners, a @ will indicate (and probably last) turf attempt, checking in last of 11 first-time graded stakes-winners, a + will denote winners who are first-time starters, an (SJ will be used for state-bred races, in the1 Giii Red Bank H.