T»he TDl9 Is delivered each morning by 5 a.m. Eastern. For subscription information, please call {732) 747-8060. ' ^ THOROUGHBRED Monday, DAILY NEWS" October 4, 1999 •a INTERNATIONAL A MONTJEU EST MAGNIFIQUE! SOARING SOFTLY SPRINTS TO VICTORY The script for yesterday's G1 Prix de I'Arc de Soaring Softly (Kris S.) sashayed through her first Triomphe Lucien Barriers at Longchamp was written to five turf starts, capping the quintet with a 5 1/2-length determine who would be crowned the middle-distance romp in the May 31 Gil Sheepshead Bay H. at 1 3/8 champion of Europe: Montjeu (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), El miles and a game nose decision in the July 17 Gil New Condor Rasa (Kingmambo) or Daylami (Ire) (Doyoun York H. going 1 1/4 miles. The chestnut saw her win {Ire}). It was a sporting decision of the highest order by ning streak snapped last time out, coming back after a Sheikh Mohammed to allow Daylami to run on clearly short break to be fifth in the nine-furlong Gil Diana H. unsuitable going and it was no surprise to see him play Sept. 5 at Saratoga, but she got back on track in yes only a minor role as the race unfolded. El Condor Rasa's terday's Gl Flower Bowl Invitational. With jockey Jerry bold bid to lead from start to finish would have suc Bailey getting the call this time, the four-year-old settled ceeded but for Montjeu, whose lightning acceleration off fractions of :25.09, :50.83 and 1:16.01, came up inside the last quarter-mile took him not only from to join the leaders after a mile in 1:38.66 and drove second to first, but to a European championship. El past Coretta (Ire) (Caerleon) in the stretch to run her Condor Rasa set such a strong pace that Montjeu's grass record to six-for-seven. "There were negatives in intended rabbit, Genghis Khan (Ire) (Sadler's Wells), had the Diana with the way the track was playing," trainer to be content in second with Tiger Hill (Ire) (Danehill) Jimmy Toner said. "It was speed conducive, it was third as Montjeu and Croco Rouge (Ire) (Rainbow Quest) pretty well chopped up, she had an outside post and were settled in seventh and ninth, respectively. Turning was cutting back in distance off a layoff. Soaring Softly into the straight. El Condor Rasa still maintained a vindicated our faith in her by the way she came back three-length advantage over the field, which was now and performed today. She showed she can kick with headed by Tiger Hill and Greek Dance (Ire) (Sadler's the best of them." As for what's next, Toner said, "The Wells), as Montjeu had to check after becoming mo Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf was our goal early in mentarily boxed in on the rail. Approaching the final the year and it is now. She'll go to Rayson Rark, then to quarter, Masayoshi Ebina kicked El Condor Rasa into a Gulfstream." The runner-up also will head to the Nov. 6 seemingly insurmountable four-length lead as Montjeu, Breeders' Cup. Wlossflower (Affirmed), runaway winner having been extricated from his situation on the rail, of the Gl Hempstead H. on the dirt last year, but now gave chase with Croco Rouge traveling well on the winless in four tries this season, ran on well to get third outside. "I did not think he [Montjeu] would catch El in her second turf try. Trainer Rick Schosberg said, Condor Rasa when that horse went so far clear after "We'll go to the Breeders' Cup, but I don't know which turning for home," said winning trainer John Hammond. race." The 5-2 choice Heritage Of Gold (Gold Legend), El Condor Rasa's advantage had been reduced to two winner of the Diana, set those slow fractions, but lengths by Montjeu by the furlong marker and Mick weakened in the final furlong and finished fourth. "I Kinane's repeated urgings began to pay dividends as think...coming here, with a heavier course and higher Montjeu got on terms in the last half-furlong. His mo grass, compromised her chances of getting a mile and a mentum carried him to the lead in the last 50 yards and quarter," jockey Shane Sellers said. "Hopefully, the he crossed the line to rapturous applause. Kinane said, course at Gulfstream will be a bit harder." (Chart P. 2) "I had to be patient because I had Richard Quinn [aboard Leggera (Ire) (Sadler's Wells)] on my outside CURRENCY CONVERSIONS and he was entitled to hold his ground...but I wasn't US$/unit GB£/unit patient for long, and once I got into the clear, I was British pound 1.65650 1.00 always confident that I was going to pick him [El Con French franc 0.163425 0.098657 dor Rasa] up. 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M WkJH Winning the worid over wlripmki eoe 299.0I73 • eoe 299.1259 Fax TDN ^ INTERNATIONAL ♦ 10/4/99 ' PAGE 2 Sunday, Longchamp, France: Sunday, Santa Anita Park: PRIX DE L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE LUCIEN BARRIERE-G1, OAK TREE TURF CHAMPIONSHIP-GI, $300,000, SAX, FF8,750,000, Longchamp, 10-3, Syo/up, c/f, 1 1/2mT, 10-3, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 1:59, fm. 2:38.50, vhy. 1-MASH ONE (CHI), 124, h, 5, Mashkour-Exing (Chi) 1-MONTJEU (IRE), 123, c, 3, by Sadler's Wells (MSP-Chi), by Exceller. 0-Amerman Racing Lie & 1st Dam: Floripedes (Fr)(GSW&G1SP-Fr),byTopVille(lre) Palumbo; B-Haras Santa Eladia (Chi); T-Robert Frankel; 2nd Dam: Toute Cy (Fr), by Tennyson (Fr) J-D R Flores; $180,000. Lifetime Record: 16-6-4-3, 3rd Dam: Adele Toumignon (Ire), by Zeddaan (GB) $369,583. *1/2 to Reciclada (Chi) (Rictorious), 0-Michael Tabor; B-Sir James Goldsmith; T-John SW-Chi & US. Hammond; J-Mlchae! Kinane; FF5,000,000. Lifetime 2-Lazy Lode (Arg), 124, h, 5, Lode-Lazy Fables (Arg), Record: 8 starts, 7 wins, 1 place, FF12,069,354. by Babas Fables. 0-The Thoroughbred Corporation; *1/2 to Le Paillard (Ire) (Sanglamore), SW-Fr, GISP- B-Haras San Ignacio de Loyola (Arg); $60,000. US, $184,638. 3-Bonapartiste (Fr), 124, h, 5, Kendor (Fr)-Fab's 2~EI Condor Pasa, 131, c, 4, Kingmambo-Saddlers Gal Melody, by Devil's Bag. O-Ouaki Ecurie F; B-Ecurie (Ire), by Sadler's Wells. 0-Takashi Watanabe; Fabien Ouaki (Fr); $36,000. B-Kihachiro Watanabe; T-Y Ninomiya; J-M Ebina; Margins: 2, 2 1/4, NK. Odds: 11.90, 2.90, 2.20. FF2,000,000. Also Ran: Sayarshan (Fr), Majorien (GB), Docksider. 3~Croco Rouge (Ire), 131, c, 4, Rainbow Quest- The longest shot by far in this six-horse field. Mash Alligatrix, by Alleged. (205,000gns yrl '96 TAHOU). One had not visited the winner's circle since Dec. 28, 0-Wafic Said; B-W Lazy & Charles H Wacker III; 1997, when he won the G2 Gran Clasico Coronacion in T-Pascal Bary; J-Thierry Jarnet; FF1,000,000 his native Chile. His two U.S. starts were on opposite Margins: HF, 6, 5. Odds: 3-2A, 7-2, 14-1. coasts, a second in the Gil San Gabriel H. at Santa Also ran: Leggera (Ire), Tiger Hill (Ire), Greek Dance Anita last Dec. 28 and a badly beaten sixth in the Gl (Ire), Borgia (Ger), Cerulean Sky (Ire), Daylami (Ire), Man o' War S. at Belmont Sept. 11 on soft turf. Back Flamingo Road (Ger), Fantastic Light, Albaran (Ger), on a firm surface. Mash One challenged right from the Daryaba (Ire), Genghis Khan (Ire). start, but was taken back slightly by David Flores, settling in third behind Lazy Lode and Docksider (Diesis Sunday, Belmont Park: {GB}). He continued to fall back, dropping three off the FLOWER BOWL INVITATIONAL H.-GI, $500,000, BEL, leaders, but charged up the rail through the stretch to 10-3, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/4mT, 2:01 2/5, fm. win going away. "He came out of [the gate] really 1-SOARING SOFTLY, 118, f, 4, by Kris S. sharp," said Flores, who saw that Gary Stevens and 1st Dam: Wings of Grace (GSW, $121,157), Lazy Lode were keen for the lead. "I just took a nice by Key to the Mint hold and was patient to see what they were going to 2nd Dam: Far Beyond, by Nijinsky II do. At the three-eighths pole, I asked to him pick it up 3rd Dam: Soaring, by Swaps and this guy moved really nice." About Mash One's 0-Phillips Joan G& John W; B-Galbreath/Phillips future, trainer Bobby Frankel said, "He's not eligible, so Racing Partnership (KY); T-James J Toner; J-J D we won't consider the Breeders' Cup. We could go to Bailey; $300,000. Lifetime Record: 15-8-1-3, Japan if they invite us. We've also got the [Gl Carleton $714,033.