W•E•E•K•E•N•D RESULTS LIL'S LAD BACK ON TRACK Lil's Lad (Pine Bluff), Sunday, Chantilly, France one of the early favorites for the Kentucky Derby before LES EMIRATS ARABES UNIS PRIX DU JOCKEY-CLUB being sidelined by a chip in his left front ankle, is ready (French Derby)-G1, $705,980, Chantilly, France, 5-31, to resume training. The colt, second in the Gil Toyota 3yo, c/f, 1 1 /2mT, 2:29.30, gd. Blue Grass S. April 11, underwent arthroscopic surgery 1--DREAM WELL (FR), 128, c, 3, Sadler's Wells--Soul in May. He will go back to the track for the first time Dream, by Alleged. 0-Niarchos Family; B-Stavros since the operation Wednesday at Churchill Downs. Niarchos; T-Pascal Bary; J-C Asmussen; $415,282. "He's right on schedule," said trainer Neil Howard. "We 2--Croco Rouge (Ire), 128, c, 3, Rainbow Quest-- gave him a little extra time, but he has done well. This Alligatrix, by Alleged. ($317,750 yrlg '96 TAHOU). horse really has a brain in his head and he took every­ 0-Wafic Said; B-W Lazy & C H Wacker Ill; $166,113. thing in stride. He'll come back quick." Howard is hop­ 3--Sestino (Ire), 128, c, 3, Shirley Heights (GB)-­ ing to have the three-year-old ready for a fall campaign. Stellina (Ire), by Caerleon. 0-Gerry Oldham; "We are thinking it would be fairly realistic to get him to B-Citadel Stud Establishment; $83,056. a race possibly at the end of Saratoga, with the hopes Margins: NK, 3, 1 1 /2. Winner's Odds: 8.80-1. of prepping him for some of the one-turn races this fall," Also Ran: Saratoga Springs, Prolix (GB), Mountjoy (Fr), he said. Vezing (Fr), Sayarshan (Fr), Thief Of Hearts (Ire), Makaruka, Daymarti (Ire), Roli Abi (Fr), Mudeer (GB). MEADOWLANDS CUP TO RETURN The Meadow­ Trainer Pascal Bary and jockey Cash Asmussen each lands Cup, which was scrapped from the stakes sched­ landed his third French Derby victory here. Making his ule last year so that its purse money could be used to fourth lifetime start after breaking his maiden in the G3 boost the Gii Buick Pegasus H. pot to $1 million, is Prix La Force at Longchamp May 14, Dream Well (Fr) coming back. New Jersey Sports and Exposition Author­ was well back in the field as MAKARUKA (Trempolino) ity Vice President and General Manager of Thoroughbred and PROLIX (GB) (Kris {GB}) set a hot pace. At the top Racing Robert Kulina said yesterday, "We will have both of the stretch, the pacesetters faded and Sestino (Ire) races (the Meadowlands Cup and the Pegasus) this took to the front as Dream Well's stablemate, G1 Prix year, but we haven't figured out yet what we're going Lupin winner Croco Rouge (Ire) launched his challenge. to do with them or where we'll put each one (on the However, Cash Asmussen had timed his move on the schedule). We'll see how everything shapes up and blinkered Dream Well to perfection, closing on Croco whta makes sesnse for us." Past winners of the Mead­ Rouge and edging ahead at the wire. Bary, successful in owlands Cup include Spectacular Bid, Alysheba and this event with Celtic Arms (Fr) in 1 994 and Ragmar (Fr) Creme Fraiche; Dramatic Gold beat Formal Gold by in 199€5, said, "Dream Well showed more staying power three-quarters of a length in the 1996 running. This in the end than Croco Rouge. A furlong out I thought year, the Pegasus and Meadowlands Cup will be worth Croco Rouge would win, but, to be honest, at the top of the straight I didn't think either of them would finish in $1 million between them, but just how that purse money will be divided has yet to be decided. While it's the money; they were so far behind the leaders. Croco too late to make the change this year, Kulina also men­ Rouge then showed his usual turn of foot, but Dream tioned the possibility that Monmouth would close a day Well showed how well he stays. Croco Rouge is still engaged in the (June 6) Epsom Derby and we don't early beginning in 1999, allowing the Meadowlands to open its Thoroughbred season on Labor Day with the have to declare to run until (today). I'm very proud of Meadowlands Cup as the featured race. "It would open my horses." Asmussen added, "Pascal and I were asso­ the meet with some pizzazz," he remarked. ciated with the Niarcho$ family and their late trainer News cont. o3 Francois Boutin for a long time, so this win brings back good memories." Dream Well is owned in partnership by I.I.I WEEKEND RESULTS .................. p1-2 the Niarchos family and Jean-Louis Bouchard, who also Q NEWS CONTINUED . p3 owned both Celtic Arms and Ragmar. Bouchard pur­ CJ') STAKES PREVIEWS .................... p3 chased part of Dream Well after the Niarchos family - bought back the colt from the 1 996 Deauville yearling z RACING REPORTS . p3-8 sales when he failed to reach his reserve of $100 ,4 77. - TOTAL PAGES ........................ 11 Weekend Results cont. p2 =======================================-============================PAGE 2 •THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS• 6-1-98 Weekend Results cont. Prix Jea1n1 Prat cont. Sunday, Rome, Italy Almutawakel (GB), seventh in the G1 Sagitta 2000 DERBY ITALIANO-G1, $411,844, Rome, Italy, 5-31, Guineas May 2 in his seasonal debut, was brilliantly 3yo, elf, 1 1 /2mT, 2:26.30, fm. ridden by Frankie Dettori, who stole the race with easy 1--CENTRAL PARK {IRE}, 128, c, 3, In The Wings (GB)-­ fractions on the front end. On the final turn, Dettori set Park Special (Ire), by Relkino (GB}. ($65, 100 yrlg '96 sail for !home and although challenged on all sides, his TAHOU). 0-Godolphin; B-Lodge Park Stud; T-Saeed mount battled on bravely for the win, his third from six Bin Suroor; J-D O'Donohoe; $205,008. * 1 /2 to starts. It was the jockey's third Prix Jean Prat win in Velvet Moon (Ire) (Shaadi), GSW-Eng. four years. "Frankie has learned to ride Chantilly to 2--Nadour Ai Bahr (Ire), 1 28, c, 3, Be My Guest--Nona perfection," said Godolphin' s racing manager Simon (Ger), by Cortez (Ger). ($59,844 yrlg '96 BBAGA). Crisford. "This horse was outpaced in the 2000 Guineas 0-Stall Mabrouk; B-H H Miebach; $109, 171. and the extra furlong today certainly helped him." 3--Mutawwaj (Ire), 128, c, 3, Caerleon--Himmah, by Habitat. 0-Godolphin; B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd; Sunday, Hollywood Park $65,110. CAUFOHNIAN S.-Gll, $250,000, HOL, 5-31, 3yo/up, Margins: 1, NK, 3/4. 1 1 /Sm, 1 :48, ft. 1--#@MUD ROUTE, c, Strawberry Road (Aus)-­ Also Ran: Mowbray, Aboard (Fr), Calci, Distant Mirage 116, 4, (Ire), Apollo Wells (GB), Mac Black (GB), Crisos II Mo­ Our Suzette {SP}, by Sunny's Halo. O/B-Whitham Janis R (KY); T-Ronald McAnally; J-C J Mccarron; naco (Ire), Circus (GB), First Step (Ger), Carry The Flag (GB), Dancer Shareef (GB), Dashing Chief (Ire), Bold $150,000. Lifetime Record: 11-5-2-1, $461,740. Raparee (Ire). Scratched: Desert Fox (GB). 2--Deputy Commander, 122, c, 4, Deputy Minister-­ Anka Germania (Ire), by Malinowski. ($120,000 wing Central Park (Ire), winner of the G3 Lanson Cham­ '94 K.EENOV; $205,000 2yo 1996 BESAPR). pagne Vintage S. at two, disappointed in the G 1 Thor­ 0-Dollase & Jarvis & Mandysland Farm; B-Crystal oughbred Corporation Dewhurst S. in October when Sprin~1s Farm, Robert Moore, et al (KY); $50,000. only seventh to Xaar (GB), then again when ninth be­ 3--Worldly Ways {GB), 11 7, c, 4, Generous (lre)-­ hind King of Kings (Ire) in the G 1 Sagitta 2000 Guineas Fantaistic Ways, by Secretariat. 0-Golden Eagle Farm; at Newmarket May 2. Making his first start at further B-Mabee John C Mr & Mrs (GB); $30,000. than a mile here, he was sent to the lead by young Margins: 2, 2HF, 7. Odds: 0.90, 1.40, 5.90. Daragh O'Donohoe and was joined up front by stable­ Also Ran: Albaha, Don't Blame Rio, Mountain Bike (Chi). mate Mutawwaj (Ire). The two Godolphin runners set a Scratched: Floriselli. leisurely pace, then quickened early in the stretch. Cen­ Runner-up to Silver Charm in the Gii San Fernando tral Park ran on stoutly, giving his young rider his sec­ Breeders' Cup S. and the GI! Strub S. earlier this year, ond Group 1 success this month, following Cape Cross Mud Route was fourth as the favorite in the GI Oaklawn (Ire) in the Juddmonte Lockinge S. at Newbury May 1 6. H. April 4, but bounced back to score by 10 lengths against Hollywood allowance foes May 3. Looking to Sunday, Chantilly, France pick up his first stakes win, the chestnut shadowed PRIX D'ABU DHABI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & IN­ pacesetter Worldly Ways (GB) through six furlongs, DUSTRY PRIX JEAN PRAT-G1, $112,957, Chantilly, drove to the lead as they straightened into the stretch France, 5-31, 3yo, c/f, 1 1 /8mT, 1 :51.90, gd. and drew away as the odds-on choice. Said winning 1--#@ALMUTAWAKEL {GB}, 128, c, 3, Machiavellian-- jockey Chris McCarron, who also captured Saturday's GI Elfaslah (Ire) (SW-Ire), by Green Desert. 0-Godolphin; Milady Breeders' Cup H. with I Ain't Bluffing, "I figured B-Shadwell Estate Co Ltd; T-Saeed Bin Suroor; J-L if he had a chance to beat Deputy Commander, today Dettori; $66,445.