HEADLINE NEWS For information about TDN, call 732-747-8060. FLOWER ALLEY’s ‘08 Offspring are www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2008 Muscular, Athletic, and Correct TDN Feature Presentation GROUP 1 PRIX DU JOCKEY-CLUB Triple Threats TOMCITO OUT OF BELMONT DIXIE UNION Tomcito (Street Cry {Ire}), third behind Big Brown in the GI Florida Derby, has been withdrawn from consid- J “TDN Rising Star” J BOLD UNION WON eration for Saturday=s GI Belmont S. According to trainer HER DEBUT AT MONMOUTH BY 10 3/4 LENGTHS! Dante Zanelli, the colt is suffering from a Areaction,@ but the conditioner did not disclose more information. A HIGHER STATE He was unbeaten going into the race and, after a thrilling renewal of the G1 Prix du Jockey-Club, Vision Tale of Ekati Works... d=Etat (Fr) (Chichicastenango {Fr}) emerged from a GI Wood Memorial S. winner Tale of Ekati (Tale of tussle with Famous Name (GB) (Dansili {GB}) with his the Cat) worked six furlongs yesterday over Belmont=s unbeaten record intact. Kept muddy main track in 1:11.99. The drill follows last close to the early pace by Monday=s slow six-furlong move in 1:18 1/5. AThis was jockey Ioritz Mendizabal, the the move I was hoping for last week,@ trainer Barclay 7-1 shot allowed the eventual Tagg said yesterday. ANow, you can only hope that it third Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light wasn=t too much for him. Everything seems to be going {Jpn}) first run in the straight, well now, and we=re back on schedule.@ Tale of Ekati but quickly had her measure was fourth after a rough trip in the GI Kentucky Derby. Vision d’Etat (red cap) before holding the wide thrust AThe Belmont is a tough race and Big Brown is a tough www.france-galop.com of the 40-1 outsider Famous horse,@ Tagg added. ABut if you=ve got a horse that is Name by a head. AI am on cloud nine,@ commented doing well, you have to take a chance. We=re back on winning conditioner Eric Libaud, who trains in the re- schedule and this horse loves Belmont Park. I hope he gion of La Sarthe, southwest of Paris. Cont. p2 runs his race.@ PRIX DU JOCKEY CLUB-G1, i1,500,000, Chantilly, 6-1, 3yo, c/f, 1 5/16mT, 2:08.60, sf. 1--@sVISION D=ETAT (FR), 128, c, 3, by Chichicastenango (Fr) 1st Dam: Uberaba (Fr), by Garde Royale (Ire) 2nd Dam: Ile d=Amour (Fr), by Montevideo (Fr) 3rd Dam: Old England (Fr), by Wild Risk (Fr) (i39,000 yrl >06 DEADEC). O-Jacques Detre & Mme Eric Libaud; B-Gaetan Gilles; T-Eric Libaud; J-Ioritz Mendizabal; i857,100. Lifetime Record: 5 starts, 5 wins, i928,100. Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Famous Name (GB), 128, c, 3, Dansili (GB)--Fame at Last, by Quest for Fame (GB). O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms Ltd; T-Dermot Weld; i342,900. 3--Natagora (Fr), 125, f, 3, Divine Light (Jpn)-- Reinamixa (Fr), by Linamix (Fr). (i30,000 yrl >06 DEAOCT). O-Stefan Friborg; B-Bertrand Gouin & Georges Duca; T-Pascal Bary; i171,450. Margins: HD, 1HF, 1HF. Odds: 7.20, 39.00, 5.20. Also Ran: High Rock (Ire), Chinchon (Ire), Hello Morning (Fr), Trincot (Fr), Prospect Wells (Fr), Zack Dream (Fr), Thewayyouare, Magadan (Ire), Salsalavie (Fr), Blue Bresil (Fr), Starlish (Ire), Montmartre (Fr), Trois Rois (Fr), Mayweather (GB), Democrate (GB), Achill Island (Ire), Full of Gold (Fr). www.overbrookfarm.com P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/2/08 • PAGE 2 of 8 Tunnel Vision... (cont. from p1) Almost Famous... Vision d=Etat started out at the smaller tracks at two Famous Name=s trainer Dermot Weld was left ruing and his light was hidden despite successful outings at the runner-up=s draw in 17, a full 13 boxes wide of the Les Sables-d=Olonne in September and Fontainebleau in eventual winner=s berth. AHe has run a blinder, but I November. Not even a smooth 1 1/2-length win under a think the draw beat us,@ he said. APat [Smullen] has five-pound penalty in a Saint-Cloud conditions event on ridden a superb race and I=m very proud of the horse.@ his sophomore bow Mar. 8 could give a true indication Those sentiments were echoed by Pascal Bary, whose of his ability. That was first glimpsed in his first real Natagora faded in the final furlong to finish a highly test in the Prix de Suresnes, where he put three lengths respectable third. AI=m very proud of her, if slightly between himself and the highly regarded Magadan (Ire) disappointed not to win,@ he commented. AShe has run (High Chaparral {Ire}), who was demoted from second her heart out and it was probably 100 or 150 yards too that afternoon, and he entered this wide-open Classic far for her. We=ll take our time now and see what hap- pens before deciding where she goes next. High Rock with respectful support behind him. Showing early pace @ (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}) was sent off the 4-1 from his favorable low draw to stalk pacemaker crowd=s choice to provide trainer Jean-Claude Rouget Mayweather (GB) (Nayef), Vision d Etat enjoyed a per- = with a first Classic but it was not to be, as he failed to fect trip sheltered in fourth, with Natagora to his outer. match the acceleration of the main protagonists after Taking a few strides to find top gear as the filly was racing keenly early and stayed on for fourth. sent to the front by Frankie Dettori with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining, he was in full flight by the time Famous R E S U L T S Name arrived in the centre of the track with a potential P P winning move under Pat Smullen. He edged between Sunday, Chantilly, France that duo to get to the front passing the furlong marker, GRAND PRIX DE CHANTILLY-G2, i130,000, Chantilly, and pulled out extra as the game runner-up lunged in 6-1, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:35.40, sf. determined fashion. AWe had a fantastic run around the 1--DOCTOR DINO (FR), 130, h, 6, by Muhtathir (GB) inside and he idled slightly when he hit the front,@ ex- 1st Dam: Logica (Ire), by Priolo plained Ioritz Mendizabal, who was winning his first 2nd Dam: Salagangai (GB), by Sallust (Ire) Classic. AI felt there was always something more there, 3rd Dam: Malagangai (Fr), by Nonoalco and hopefully there is room for improvement.@ Eric (i38,000 yrl >03 DEAAUG). O-Javier Martinez Libaud, holding fire on future plans, added, AI always Salmean; B-Ecurie Pelder; T-Richard Gibson; J-Olivier thought this horse had a lot of potential, but I had been Peslier; i74,100. Lifetime Record: GISW-US, careful not to give him hard races early on in his career G1SW-HK, G1SP-GB, Fr, UAE & Mal, 25 starts, and to give him plenty of time between them. He was a 8 wins, 14 places, i1,868,225. Werk Nick Rating: A++. little bit tender in his mind and not fully mature, so I Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. 2--Zambezi Sun (GB), 130, c, 4, Dansili (GB)--Imbabala didn=t want to damage him. He came here undefeated (GB), by Zafonic. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte and remains so, so I can=t ask for more. We=ll take our Farms Ltd; T-Pascal Bary; i28,600. time before deciding about his future.@ The trainer 3--Not Just Swing (Ire), 123, c, 4, King=s Best-- added, AWe have had some highs and lows, and mainly Misbegotten (Ire), by Baillamont. (i80,000 yrl >05 lows since the days of Ange Gabriel (Fr) and Terre a DEAAUG). O-Thierry Storme; B-Petra Bloodstock Terre (Fr), but you have to take life as it comes and this Agency Ltd; T-Andre Fabre; i13,650. is a marvelous day for the stable.@ Click for the Racing Margins: HF, SHD, 1HF. Odds: 1.20, 4.70, 5.00. Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedi- Also Ran: Noble Prince (Ger), First Stream (Ger), gree. Varevees (GB), Bucintoro (Ire), Galactic Star (GB). P TDN HEADLINE NEWS • 6/2/08 • PAGE 3 of 8 GRAND PRIX DE CHANTILLY-G2 result cont. Sunday, Chantilly, France Third behind Dylan Thomas (Ire) in the G1 Prix Ganay PRIX DE SANDRINGHAM-G2, i130,000, Chantilly, at Longchamp last April, Doctor Dino was sent on his 6-1, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:38.50, sf. travels and showed a remarkable consistency through- 1--MODERN LOOK (GB), 123, f, 3, by Zamindar out a year-long worldwide campaign. Third again in the 1st Dam: Prophecy (Ire) (G1SW-GB, $139,301), by Warning (GB) G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup at Kranji in 2nd Dam: Andaleeb, by Lyphard May, the chestnut was at the bottom of the trifecta 3rd Dam: Bag of Tunes, by Herbager (Fr) once more in the GI Arlington Million in August. Finally O-Khalid Abullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-David gaining the top-level triumph his record deserved when Smaga; J-Stephane Pasquier; i74,100. Lifetime winning a battle royal with Sunriver in Belmont=s GI Record: 7 starts, 4 wins, 3 places, i174,540. *3/4 Man o= War S. the following month, he shipped to to Arabesque (GB) (Zafonic), SW-GB. Click for the Newmarket for the G1 Champion S.