The Thoroughbred Daily News is delivered to your fax each morning by 5 a.m. For subscription information, please call (732) 747-8060. HOROUG BRED™ T D•A•I•L•Y N•E W•S _..:Jlillt.___ _ THURSDAY, JUNE 1@, 1998 ~~ $2 Daily N•E•W•S R·O•Y•A•L TODAY ASCOT REAL QUIET BACK ON TRACK Kentucky Derby Yesterdaf.I' Royal Ascot, England: CORONA ION S.-G1, $336,640, Royal Ascot, England, and Preakness winner Real Quiet (Quiet American) had 6-17, 3y, f, 1mT, 1:43.98, gd. his first work since narrowly losing the GI Belmont S. 1--EXCLUSIVE (GB), 126, f, 3, Polar Falcon--Exclusive June 6 yesterday at Churchill Downs. The three-year-old Order (MGSW-Fr, $127,210), by Exclusive Native. colt breezed three furlongs in :36. "He was just begging O/B-Cheveley Park Stud; T-Sir Michael Stoute; J-W me to move on him," commented jockey Shane Sellers, Swinburn; $206,537. * 1 /2 to Dancing Surpass (Ire) aboard for the work. "He galloped out really good." (Dancing Brave), MSP-Jpn, $2, 740,663; Dance A Trainer Bob Baffert said Real Quiet will start next in Dream (Sadler's Wells), SW-Eng, $145,870; Monmouth Park's GI Haskell Invitational August 9. "I Entrepenuer (Sadler's Wells), G 1 SW-Eng, $307 ,930. had to work him," Baffert said yesterday. "He was 2--Zalaiyka (Fr), 1 26, f, 3, Royal Academy--Zanadiyka getting pretty wild. He came out of the Belmont great." (Fr), by Akarad (Fr). 0/8-The Aga Khan; $77,167. 3--Winona (Ire), 126, f, 3, Alzao--My Potters, by Irish ALBARADO INJURED IN CHURCHILL SPILL River (Fr). 0-Lady Clague; 8-Newberry Stud Company; Jockey Robby Albarado sustained a fractured skull $36,957. during Wednesday's third race at Churchill when his Margins: 1 HF, HF, HD. Odds: 5-1, 5-4, 16-1. mount Presho suddenly fell and Apprehend, ridden by Also ran: 'Lady In Waiting (GB), La Nuit Rose (Fr), Soeur Willie Martinez, collided and fell over the downed horse Ti (Fr), Daunting Lady (Ire), Crazee Mental (GB), and rider. The 24-year-old Albarado was examined by Nanoushka (Ire). track physician Dr. Barbara Sowers and sent via ambu­ While Godolphin's LA NUIT ROSE (FR) (Rainbow lance to Caritas Medical Center where a CAT Scan Quest) set the pace, the Aga Khan's French 1000 Guin­ revealed a depressed skull fracture to his right temporal eas winn~r Zalaiyka (Fr), the hot 5-4 favorite, and Exclu­ area and secondary linear fracture leading to the left sive (GB) settled well in fourth and fifth, respectively. At frontal area. "There is no bleeding and the brain is in­ the quarter-mile pole La Nuit Rose still led with Zalaiyka tact," said Sowers. "With any type of injury like this, making h~r challenge on the outside, but with three­ the first 24 hours are the most important. It takes a sixteenths to run, Swinburn found the perfect split for very severe impact to sustain a fractured skull through a Exclusive and the bright-colored chestnut quickened helmet." Presho, a four-year-old maiden making his third brilliantly and went away from the opposition to score start this year, was euthanized on the track and a her second win in five lifetime starts for earnings of necropsy has been scheduled. Going into yesterday's $278,778. Zalaiyka was hard-ridden to keep the second card, Albarado was the third-leading rider at Churchill spot from fast-finishing Winona (Ire) and LADY IN with a record of 37 wins from 256 starts. WAITING (GB) (Kylian). "This is a great way to cele­ brate," said the recently knighted Sir Michael Stoute. "Exclusive has thrived since the 1000 Guineas, where STAKES CLOSINGS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, JUNE 19: -~ she was <:>nly beaten a short head for second, and she 7-4 $250/50,000 Prairie Meadow Cornhusker I • was specially trained for this. I'm absolutely thrilled. I Breeders' Cup H.-G/11, PrM, 3yo/up, 9f would think a mile and a quarter would suit her well, so ($0) we will think about (stretching her out)." Added jockey 70-10 $200,000 Oak leaf-GI, SA, 2yo, f, Bf Walter Swinburn, "Exclusive was a big, raw filly in the ($100) 1 000 Guineas, but I knew (Stoute) had her in great 10-11 $ 200, 000 Norfolk-GI/, SA, 2yo, Bf ( $100) shape for this race. She was going so well a furlong and a half out that I knew she would win. This is the place to have winners and it's great to be back." A probable ROYAL ASCOT cont. 2-4 target for Exclusive is the 1 1 /4-mile G2 Nassa~ S. at Goodwood August 1. Alain de Royer-Dupre, trainer of STAKES PREVIEWS ..................... 4 the runner-up, said, "No real excuses, but the ground rJ':j- didn't suit her. Every time she runs on this type of z TOTAL PAGES ......................... 7 ground, she hasn't liked it and her jockey (Gerald - Mossel said she was continuously changing her leads." PAGE 2 • THOROUGHBRED DAILY NEWS • 6-18-98 Yesterday, Royal Ascot, England: Queen's ase S. cont. JERSEY S.-G3, $103,854, Royal Ascot, 6-17, 3yo, 7fT, STAR RYSTAL (IRE) (Brief Truce) set the early 1 :28.43, gd. pace, but was overtaken on the final turn, where the 1--#@DIKTAT (GB), 122, c, 3, Warning (GB)--Arvola crowd's hoice Capri (GB) grabbed the lead and looked (GB), by Sadler's Wells. O/B-Sheikh Mohammed bin the probable winner. The favorite was soon challenged Rashid al Maktoum; T-David Loder; J-D Holland; by stable companion Laurentide, but it was Maridpour $62,961. (Ire), wh only broke his maiden at lowly Hamilton Park 2--Bold Edge (GB), 122, c, 3, Beveled--Daring Ditty in Scotia d May 1 5 on his last start, who outfinished (GB), by Daring March (GB). 0-Lady Whent & Friends; them bot , plugging on gamely and gaining the front $23,849. close to ome, winning for the second time in four 3--Lovers Knot (GB), 119, f, 3, Groom Dancer--Nemea, lifetime s arts, all this season. by The Minstrel. 0-Cheveley Park Stud; $11,692. I Margins: 2, 3/4, 3HF. QUEEN l\/lARY S.-G3, $79,850, Royal Ascot, 6-17, 2yo, Also ran: Daring Derek, Bianconi, Headhunter (Ire), f, 5fT, 1~· 2.27, gd. Merlin's Ring (GB), Jalaab (Ire), Bold Fact, Qilin {Ire), 1--@BIN ALLAYL (GB), 120, f, 2, Green Desert-­ La-Faah (Ire), Lorenzo {Ire), Ho Leng (Ire), One Dinar (Fr), Society Lady, by Mr. Prospector. O/B-Sheikh Ahmed Volontiers (Fr), Lone Piper (GB). Non-runner: Rabi (Ire). bin Rashid al Maktoum; T-Mick Channon; J-L Dettori; Group 1 races are on the agenda for the lightly raced $48,422. Diktat (GB) after this impressive display, his first stakes 2--Pipalong (Ire), 120, f, 2, Pips Pride {GB)--Limpopo success and his third straight from as many starts this (GB), by Green Desert. 0-T H Bennett; $18,336. season. Settled in midfield while LA-FAAH {IRE) {Lahib) 3--Coralita (Ire), 120, f, 2, Night Shift--Mumble Peg and BIANCONI (Danzig) set the pace, Diktat made his {GB), bt General Assembly. 0-Mrs John Magnier; move at the quarter-mile mark, quickening well to grab $8,985!. the lead and, despite wandering across the track, was Margins: ~' 3, 1 1 /4. always in command and ran out an easy winner. "He's a Also ran: !Damalis {Ire), She-Wolff {Ire), Little Movie Star very progressive horse," said winning trainer David (GB), Karisa! (Ire), Forante, Tamara (GB), Inca Tern (GB), Loder. "I toyed with the idea of running him in yester­ Amazing Dream (Ire), Atlantic Destiny (Ire), Ivory's day's St James's Palace S., but he'd had only three Promise {GB), Aubrieta, Smittenby (Ire), Black Rocket previous starts and I felt he was too immature and {Ire), Lightning Blaze {GB). green for that test. So we went for this instead and Living up to the great promise she had shown when I • although he still ran rather green when he hit the front, winning the National S. at Sandown May 26, Brnt he still showed that he is potentially a very good horse. I Allayl (GB) was simply sensational here. Having fol­ hope he can run in Group 1 races for the rest of the lowed DAMALIS (IRE) (Mukaddamah) down the center season, with the Sussex S. at Goodwood {July 29) and of the trabk while LITTLE MOVIE STAR (Risk Me {Fr}) the Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville {August 1 6) two and Coral 1ita (Ire) set a hot pace, she quickened bril­ possible targets. He would not want the ground too liantly at the quarter-mile pole, struck the front at the firm, so I would lean towards going to Deauville." eighth pole and was soon clear, being eased down at QUEEN'S VASE-G3, $95,787, Royal Ascot, 6-17, 3yo, the finish[ to take ample revenge on the runner-up 2m 45ydsT, 3:40.23, gd/sf. Pipalong (Ire), who had beaten her in her debut at York 1--#@MARIDPOUR (IRE), 123, c, 3, Shernazar (lre)-­ May 12. 'Winning trainer Mick Channon, a former Eng­ Maridana, by Nijinsky II. O/B-The Aga Khan; T-Sir lish national team soccer star, said, "It's everyone's Michael Stoute; J-W Swinburn; $58,098. dream to ihave a winner at Royal Ascot and this is a 2--Laurentide, 1 23, c, 3, Pleasant Colony--Northern very speqial winner.