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Sunday, Thoroughbred Daily News June 2, 2002 TDN For information, call (732) 747-8060. HEADLINE NEWS TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW MACHO MAN All of France are ready to welcome the grey Act One Showing an impressive turn of foot, Macho Uno (GB) (In the Wings {GB}) into their hearts. He heads to (Holy Bull) extricated himself from behind a wall of post a warm favourite for today’s G1 Prix du Jockey- horses to win the GII Massachusetts H. yesterday at Club at Chantilly and he certainly deserves to be. His Suffolk. The 2000 champion two-year-old colt won the record is faultless; he is unbeaten, was a top-class two- GIII Pennsylvania Derby on Labor Day and concluded year-old and has won all the right trials in the right his three-year-old season with a solid fourth in the GI manner. Act One was rated the best French juvenile on Breeders’ Cup Classic. A sharp winner of a Gulfstream 117 pounds in allowance Mar. 23 in his only previous start this sea- the 2001 Inter- son, the Stronach homebred was sent off as the 2-1 national Classi- second choice. Gary Stevens settled the grey colt on fications after the rail in fourth through a solid pace and turned for he sprinted home with a horse full of run, but no place to go. He away from the wheeled to the outside, nearly impeding Evening Attire talented (Black Tie Affair {Ire}), but straightened himself out, Landseer (GB) in the G1 quickly took charge and was geared down in the final Criterium Inter- strides. “This was a powerful performance,” said national at Stevens. “He is a much more professional horse than Saint-Cloud in earlier in his career. I don’t want to say he will be Horse Act One at Two APRH photo November. He of the Year, but I hope he stays the way he is.” De- returned with a fending champ Include (Broad Brush) ran third. smooth success in the G2 Prix Greffulhe at Longchamp Click here for the brisnet.com chart. Apr. 14, a trial which Montjeu (Ire) in 1999, Peintre Celebre in 1997 and Ragmar (Fr) in 1996 won before Saturday, Suffolk Downs striking here. On the same afternoon that Landseer took MASSACHUSETTS H.-GII, $500,000, SUF, 6-1, the G1 Gainsborough Poule d’Essai des Poulains, Act 3yo/up, 1 1/8m, 1:50 2/5, ft. One strode nearer his goal with a powerful display in 1--MACHO UNO, 117, c, 4, by Holy Bull the G1 Prix Lupin, beating Secret Singer (Fr) by a com- 1st Dam: Primal Force (Broodmare of the Year), fortable two-length margin. Although no winner of that by Blushing Groom (Fr) contest has followed up here since Celtic Arms (Fr) in 2nd Dam: Prime Prospect, by Mr. Prospector 1994, both Montjeu and Anabaa Blue (GB) last year 3rd Dam: Square Generation, by Olden Times went close there before winning this event. Act One O/B-Stronach Stables (KY); T-Joseph Orseno; J-G L will bid to become owner/breeder Gerald Leigh’s second Stevens; $300,000. Lifetime Record: Ch. 2yo Colt, Classic winner in a week, following Gossamer (GB)’s GISW, 10-6-1-2, $1,659,803. *1/2 to Awesome success last week in the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas. Aidan Again (Deputy Minister), MGISW, $4,374,589. O’Brien has a strong hand with which to challenge Act 2--Evening Attire, 114, c, 4, Black Tie Affair (Ire)-- One’s dominance. Castle Gandolfo (Gone West), Black Sam Bellamy (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Diaghilev (Ire) Concolour, by Our Native. O-Mary & Joseph Grant & (Sadler’s Wells) will attempt to take the French Classic Thomas J Kelly; B-Thomas J Kelly & Joseph M Grant back to Ballydoyle for the first time since Caerleon’s (KY); $100,000. success in 1983. Alain de Royer-Dupre, who took this 3--Include, 120, h, 5, Broad Brush--Illeria, by Stop the three times between 1984 and 1987, will be hoping the Music. O/B-Robert E Meyerhoff (MD); $50,000. compact Khalkevi (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}) can end a long Margins: 1 3/4, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 2.10, 5.20, 1.50. dry spell for His Highness the Aga Khan. Also Ran: Special Terms, John Little, Compelling World, Full Field, p2. Click here for Racing Post PPs. Griffinite, Mongoose, Soes Bandit. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/2/02 • PAGE 2 of 7 P F R E N C H D E R B Y P P R E S U L T S P Sunday, Chantilly, France, post time: 5:35 p.m. Saturday, Eagle Farm, Australia PRIX DU JOCKEY-CLUB (FRENCH DERBY)-G1, QUEENSLAND OAKS-G1, A$325,000, Eagle Farm i1,100,000, 3yo, c/f, 1 1/2mT (Brisbane), 6-1, 1 1/2mT, 3yo, f, 2:28.80, gd. SC PP HORSE OWNER TRAINER 1--sMON MEKKI (AUS), 119, f, 3, Mukddaam 1 15 MARTALINE (GB) Khalid Abdullah Fabre 1st Dam: Makepeace (NZ), by Ace of Aces (Linamix {Fr}--Coraline {GB}, by Sadler’s Wells) 2nd Dam: Stenorette (NZ), by My Friend Paul 2 14 KHALKEVI (IRE) H H The Aga Khan Royer-Dupre 3rd Dam: Better Comment (Aus), by Minor Portion (Ire) (Kahyasi {Ire}--Khalisa {Ire}, by Persian Bold {Ire}) O-R Tayton; B-Hill Holme Lodge; T-Gerald Ryan; 3 5 ALVARINHO (FR) A Cardoso de Oliveira Costes J-Paul Hammersley; A$208,000. *1/2 to Make A (FF100,000 yrl ‘00 DEAOCT) Scene (Aus) (Scenic {Ire}), MSW & MGSP-Aus. (Saint Estephe {Fr}--Jastarnia {Ire}, by Junius) 2--Night Chaser (Aus), 119, f, 3, Encosta de Lago 4 10 POLITIES Ecurie I M Fares Rouget (Aus)--Irish Belle (NZ), by Matins (GB). O-W J, W D & (Atticus--Spectacular Face, by Spectacular Bid) Mrs B L Schwarzenberg; B-Mr B F Hunt; A$65,000. 5 7 WITHOUT CONNEXION (IRE)Ec. Jean-Louis Bouchard Bary 3--Quays (Aus), 119, f, 3, Royal Academy--Pontal Lass (FF450,000 yrl ‘00 DEAOCT) (Aus), by Marauding (NZ). O-Newhaven Park Stud Ltd (Rainbow Quest--Flabbergasted {Ire}, by Sadler’s Wells) Synd & Wilkes Thoroughbreds Synd; B-Newhaven 6 2 LOUVETEAU Ecurie Wildenstein Lellouche Park Stud Ltd & N Curtis; A$32,500. (Bahri--Louveterie, by Nureyev) Margins: 1, HF. Odds: 50-1, 8-1, 6-1. 7 9 SIMEON (GB) Jumeirah Racing Johnston Saturday, Eagle Farm, Australia (Lammtarra--Noble Lily, by Vaguely Noble {Ire}) QTC SIRES' PRODUCE STAKES-G1, A$250,000, Eagle 8 13 ACT ONE (GB) Gerald W Leigh Gillet Farm (Brisbane), 6-1, 7fT, 2yo, 1:21.40, gd. (In The Wings {GB}--Summer Sonnet {GB}, by Baillamont) 1--sLOVELY JUBLY (AUS), 117, f, 2, by Lion Hunter (Aus) 9 1 CASTLE GANDOLFO Susan Magnier A O’Brien 1st Dam: Jaboulet (NZ), by Vice Regal (NZ) (Gone West--Golden Oriole, by Northern Dancer) 2nd Dam: Avadell (NZ), by In The Purple (Fr) 10 4 BLACK SAM BELLAMY (IRE) M Tabor & S Magnier A O’Brien 3rd Dam: Mordello (NZ), by Copnehagen (GB) (Sadler’s Wells--Urban Sea, by Miswaki) O-C D C & Mrs J V Throsby; B-Carnation Lodge; 11 3 TEMPLE OF ARTEMIS (GB) Susan Magnier A O’Brien T-David Throsby; J-Brett Prebble; A$160,000. (75,000gns wnlg ‘99 TATDEC; Ir£140,000 yrl ‘00 GOFORB) *1/2 to Sir Howard (Aus) (Alannon {Aus}), MGSW & (Spinning World--Casessa, by Caro {Ire}) G1SP-NZ. 12 11 SULAMANI (IRE) Niarchos Family Bary 2--Sir Breakfast (Aus), 122, g, 2, Breakfast Creek (Aus)-- (Hernando {Fr}--Soul Dream, by Alleged) Reviewed (Aus), by Double Century (Aus). O-L H 13 6 GREAT PRETENDER (IRE) Robert C Strauss R Collet Chan; B-Glen Avon Lodge Pty Ltd; A$50,000. (King’s Theatre {Ire}--Settler {GB}, by Darshaan {GB}) 3--Saddler's Silk (Aus), 117, f, 2, Barathea (Ire)-- 14 8 DIAGHILEV (IRE) Tabor, Magnier & Lloyd-Webber A O’Brien Portview (Aus), by Handy Proverb (Aus). O-Paulyn (3,400,000,000gns yrl ‘00 TATHOU) Investments Pty Ltd Synd; B-Mr J R & Mrs P D Cribb; (Sadler’s Wells--Darara {Ire}, by Top Ville {Ire}) A$25,000. 15 12 LE FOU (IRE) Tsega Ltd Hammond Margins: 1 3/4, 2HF. Odds: 2-1, 9-1, 12-1. (Polish Precedent--Floripedes {Fr}, by Top Ville {Ire}) All carry 128 pounds. CURRENCY CONVERSIONS While Castle Gandolfo has undertaken an unorthodox preparation, as he was 12th in the GI Kentucky Derby at Unit/US$ Unit/GB£ Churchill Downs May 4 last time, Diaghilev boasts a Australian dollar 0.567100 0.390081 more satisfactory program. Last time, he outgunned British pound 1.45380 1.00 Montjeu’s half-brother Le Fou by a short neck in the G3 Euro 0.933300 0.641973 Prix La Force here May 6 and bids to become the third Japanese yen 0.00805802 0.00554272 winner of that trial to succeed here in the last five U.S. dollar 1.00 0.687852 years. New Stakes Winner! Never off the board, COWBOY STUFF won the $68,000 Gray’s Lake S. on Memorial Day. EVANSVILLE SLEW Slew City Slew S Shape Shifter, by Fappiano 2002 Fee: $3,500 live foal, due September 1 Winning the world over 859 299.0473 • www.walmac.com TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/2/02 • PAGE 3 of 7 Saturday, Belmont Park Saturday Louisville SHEEPSHEAD BAY H.-GII, $150,000, BEL, 6-1, 3yo/up, LOUISVILLE H.-GIII, $115,500, CDX, 6-1, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 3/8mT, 2:13 3/5, gd.