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LAVEROCK WINS G1 PRIX D'ISPAHAN HEADLINE ...p. 3 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT BY FAX AND FREE BY E-MAIL TO SUBSCRIBERS OF call 732-747-8060. www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006 BARBARO COMFORTABLE AFTER SURGERY D’TOUR TAKES SHUVEE The racing world turned its focus on the University of A small but talented five-horse field lined up for yes- Pennsylvania=s New Bolton Center yesterday as the terday=s GII Shuvee H. at Belmont, including a cham- clinic=s Chief of Surgery Dr. Dean Richardson labored pion, a Grade I winner and a for more than five hours to try and save Lael Stables= filly that has run some of the Barbaro (Dynaformer). According to Richardson, the best speed figures of her gen- operation went as well as could be expected and the eration. In the end, however, it colt was resting comfortably last night. AThe surgery was perhaps the least accom- was very difficult,@ he admitted, but added, AWe were plished member in the race able to get the appropriate metal implants in the leg to that stole the show, with help hopefully fuse his fetlock joint and stabilize the Florida-bred Take D=Tour (Tour limb to the point where he would be able to be sal- d=Or) earning her first stakes vaged as a stallion. He got up from anaesthesia without Take D’Tour A Coglianese success at the expense of any injuries...and he is, at this very moment, extremely horses of the ilk of Smuggler comfortable on the leg. He practically jogged back to (Unbridled), Balleto (UAE) (Timber Country) and Indian his stall. Right now he=s very happy, he=s eating, things Vale (A.P. Indy). Shuvee cont. p4 are good, but I=ve been doing this too long to think that day one is the end.@ The surgeon remarked that the G FORCE blood supply to the injured limb was good, but his She left it late, but Nelson Radwan=s Germance (Sil- prognosis was still guarded. ANo one=s going to want to ver Hawk) got the better of Sanaya (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}) hear this, but, to be brutally honest, there=s enough of a in the final strides to record a half-length success in chance of things going wrong that it=s still a coin toss,@ yesterday=s G1 Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp. The bay he said, adding, AHorses with this type of injury are filly had bested that rival in the G3 very, very susceptible to lots of other problems, includ- Prix Penelope at Saint-Cloud last ing infection because of the severity of the injury and time Apr. 10, and repeated the dose the amount of metal that=s put in the leg to fix it. The as the 5-6 choice to extend her per- other big problem is that horses are very vulnerable to fect record to four-for-four and book laminitis. He will be monitored very closely in all re- her ticket to Chantilly=s June 11 G1 gards.@ Trainer Michael Matz, who observed the sur- Prix de Diane. AShe=s a real nice gery, was visibly relieved afterwards. AI felt much better filly,@ commented conditioner Jean- Claude Rouget, who was doubling when we were walking him to his stall just now than France Galop photo when we were loading him onto the ambulance to tally after the exploits of Ask for the come here,@ Matz said. ALast night I didn=t know what Moon (Fr) two years ago. AShe will now stay in was going to go on--now I feel he has a chance.@ Chantilly prior to the Diane, as these trips back and Barbaro suffered a condylar fracture in his right hind forth from my base in Pau take it out of them.@ cannon bone, a fractured sesamoid and a dislocated Prix Saint-Alary cont. p2 fetlock, and the long pastern bone had shattered into more than 20 pieces. Richardson remarked that, while ‘WAVE’ SAYS GOODBYE IN DERBY ITALIANO some catastrophic injuries are the result of an existing Gentlewave (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}), a recent addition to condition, that was not the case here. AI could see no the international stable of owner Gary Tanaka, re- evidence of pre-existing injury,@ he said. Barbaro is warded his new connections with an inspired four- expected to remain at New Bolton for a recovery that length win over Storm Mountain (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) in could last several months, and may undergo a second yesterday=s G1 Derby Italiano at Rome. surgery to change the cast in a week or 10 days. Derby Italiano cont. p3 Regal Engagement Scores in REGAL ENGAGEMENT, Black-Eyed Susan S.-G2 3yo daughter of CAT THIEF, (859) 273-1514 scored her second stakes CAT THIEF Fax (859) 273-0034 Storm Cat - Train Robbery, by Alydar www.overbrookfarm.com victory of the year on 5/19. 2006 Fee: $10,000 Stands & Nurses TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/22/06 • PAGE 2 of 9 Preakness Notes cont. Sunday, Longchamp, France Bernardini Exits Race in Good Order... MONTJEU COOLMORE PRIX SAINT-ALARY-G1, A day after his rousing victory in the second leg of i250,000, Longchamp, 5-21, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT, the Triple Crown, Darley Stable=s GI Preakness S. win- 2:05.10, sf. ner Bernardini (A.P. Indy) was 1--sGERMANCE, 126, f, 3, by Silver Hawk reportedly in good order. Condi- 1st Dam: Gaily Tiara, by Caerleon tioner Tom Albertrani said that 2nd Dam: Majestic Role (Fr), by Theatrical (Ire) Team Darley would wait a few 3rd Dam: Autocratic (Ire), by Tyrant days before deciding weather the ($200,000 yrl >04 KEESEP). O-Nelson Radwan; colt would target the Triple B-Edmund J Loder; T-Jean-Claude Rouget; J-Ioritz Crown=s third leg, the GI Belmont Mendizabal; i74,100. Lifetime Record: 4 starts, S. in New York June 10. Should 4 wins, i131,100. Bernardini Horsephotos Bernardini start in the 1 1/2-mile 2--Sanaya (Ire), 126, f, 3, Barathea (Ire)--Sanariya (Ire), race, he would be Albertrani=s by Darshaan (GB). O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The second runner; the trainer confirmed that GIII Tampa Aga Khan=s Studs SC; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; Bay Derby winner Deputy Glitters (Deputy Com- i57,150. mander), eighth in the GI Kentucky Derby, was a proba- 3--Alix Road (Fr), 126, f, 3, Linamix (Fr)--Life on the ble for the Belmont. With the tragic circumstances Road (Ire), by Persian Heights (GB). (i80,000 yrl >04 surrounding the Preakness, Albertrani admitted that it DEAAUG). O-Mme Guy de Chatelperron; B-Francois was 2 a.m. before he fully appreciated his colt=s out- Bayrou; T-Myriam Bollack-Badel; i28,575. standing effort. AThe phone was ringing in our room Margins: HF, SNK, 2HF. Odds: 0.80, 2.90, 14.00. and woke me up,@ he said. AIt was room service. We Also Ran: Chaibia (Ire), Fauvelia (Fr), Mayoress (GB), had ordered an early breakfast, and they called up to Top Wave (Fr), Hollywood Starlet (Fr). make sure they got the order right. I didn=t get back to Germance registered successes at Bordeaux-le- sleep right away. That=s when it hit me: >Hey, we won Bouscat in November and Toulouse Mar. 15 before the Preakness!=@ defeating Sanaya by a length in the G3 Prix Penelope No Belmont for Brother Derek... Apr. 10 at Saint-Cloud. Her margin narrowed this time, but her authority may have been dampened by her own Cecil Peacock=s Brother Derek (Benchmark), fourth in exuberance throughout the early stages. She was re- Saturday=s Preakness, was scheduled to fly back to trainer Dan Hendricks= base in California yesterday and strained out of the gate by Ioritz Mendizabal and was will not return to the East Coast for a tilt in the GI rank without cover before eventually rating towards the Belmont S. "We'll go back to California and regroup,@ rear. Handing her arch-rival more than a two-length said Hendricks. Brother Derek had a less-than-ideal trip start at the top of the straight, the bay quickened im- when he dead-heated for fourth in the GI Kentucky pressively to give chase and, when the stick was ap- Derby, and didn=t have a great trip in the Preakness plied, delivered a final surge to settle the result in con- either, much to the chagrin of Hendricks. "All I wanted vincing fashion. His Highness the Aga Khan revealed was a clean race,@ he said. AHe banged his head pretty that Sanaya may sidestep the Diane since he has the good when he broke from the gate and he got off bad. G1 Poule d=Essai des Pouliches fourth-place finisher When [jockey Alex Solis] had to grab him [to avoid Daltaya (Fr) engaged there, while Alix Road=s condi- Barbaro], he got on the muscle and was never able to tioner Myriam Bollack-Badel will target the Chantilly run his race. It could have been worse. We could have Classic. Click for the Racing Post chart or the free run into him." Preakness Wrap-Up cont. p10 brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 5/22/06 • PAGE 3 of 9 Sunday, Longchamp, France Sunday, Rome, Italy PRIX D'ISPAHAN-G1, i250,000, Longchamp, 5-21, 123RD DERBY ITALIANO-G1, i946,090, Rome, 5-21, 4yo/up, 9f 55ydsT, 1:52.20, sf. 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT, 2:27.40, gd/fm.