MONDAY, JUNE 17, 2013 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here HEAD OF THE CLASS ANIMAL NEARS ROYAL TEST Haras du Quesnay=s unbeaten Treve (Fr) (Motivator Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) will face {GB}) routed her rivals in yesterday=s G1 Prix de Diane 12 rivals in tomorrow=s G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Longines at Chantilly to provide her owner-breeder- Ascot, with trainer Graham trainer family with a memorable Motion hoping that the rains success in this Classic in which all stay away for the next few the fancied runners flopped. While hours. Speaking of the 2011 the bay had looked very promising GI Kentucky Derby hero, when winning two mile contests at who recently added this Longchamp in September and at year=s G1 Dubai World Cup Saint-Cloud May 15, she was facing to his enviable tally, the conditioner was taking a some proven Group 1 performers Animal Kingdom here and her odds of 8-1 owed much cautious approach as the big occasion nears. I do feel Racing Post to potential. Held up in rear early by A confident, but if we were Thierry Jarnet, Treve sliced through running at Gulfstream or Belmont I would feel very gaps on the inner to hit the front confident,@ Motion said yesterday. AThere are a lot of passing the quarter pole and unknowns going into this, including the ground. I think stretched clear from the errant he will handle almost anything and I did speak with Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), [Clerk of the Course] Chris [Stickels] this morning and Treve ScoopDyga scoring by four lengths and smashing he feels we should have good going on Tuesday unless the course record by two seconds. we get any rain that we are not expecting. I think it is AThis is a dream come true,@ commented trainer one less tangible to throw in his direction, so I would Criquette Head-Maarek. AIt reminds me of my first Prix rather see him run on firm ground. I would feel more de Diane winner Harbour (Fr) (Arctic Tern), who also comfortable with that, but I do think he would handle carried these colors to success in 1982. She is a lovely softish ground and he worked fine on it the day we filly with a lot of class and I know she was stepping up took him to Ascot.@ Cont. p10 from a >B= race to a Group 1, but she had been working impressively.@ Cont. p3 MAGICIAN MAKES IT Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and Susan Magnier=s VERRAZANO FLIES IN THE PEGASUS Magician (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) has been declared for What appeared to be a two-horse race at Monmouth tomorrow=s G1 St James=s Palace S. at Royal Ascot Sunday quickly became a one-horse romp after GI after overcoming a late setback. Cont. p10 Preakness S. runner- up Itsmyluckyday (Lawyer Ron) was pulled up midway down the backstretch of the GIII Pegasus S., allowing favored J “TDN Rising Star” J Verrazano (More Verrazano Equiphoto Than Ready) to cruise to victory. After breaking well, Verrazano assumed his usual position at the head of affairs as Itsmyluckyday, who was sent from the sixth slot, chased the pace from the outside. Just as the Eddie Plesa trainee was about to challenge for the lead down the backside, pilot Mike Smith pulled him up. AIt felt like a left hind,@ said Smith. AHe actually broke really sharp and was just about to go up to press Verrazano and I felt something behind. 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Led out unsold at a mere i22,000 at the Arqana October Sale in 2011, the homebred had continued to thrive since that rejection and made an instant impact on her debut at Longchamp in September. Avoiding the traditional Pattern-race trials, she crept into this Classic=s picture while enjoying her dress rehearsal in a conditions event at the former Sunday, Chantilly, France venue in the middle of last month and gave all the PRIX DE DIANE LONGINES-G1, i1,000,000, Chantilly, signals that she was ready for the jump in class. 6-16, 3yo, f, 1 5/16mT, 2:03.77 (NTR), gd. Positioned towards the back early by Thierry Jarnet, 1--#@sTREVE (FR), 126, f, 3, by Motivator (GB) she saved vital ground on the rail as the likes of Flotilla 1st Dam: Trevise (Fr), by Anabaa (Fr) (Mizzen Mast) and Esoterique (Ire) (Danehill Dancer 2nd Dam: Trevillari, by Riverman {Ire}) over-raced without cover throughout the early 3rd Dam: Trevilla, by Lyphard stages. As Olivier Peslier moved Silasol (Ire) (Monsun (i22,000 RNA yrl >11 ARQOCT). O/B-Haras du {Ger}) out just ahead of her at the top of the straight, Quesnay; T-Criquette Head-Maarek; J-Thierry Jarnet; she was able to make a decisive strike between the i571,400. Lifetime Record: 3 starts, 3 wins, fading pacemaker Sage Melody (Fr) (Sageburg {Ire}) and i600,400. *1/2 to Trois Rois (Fr) (Hernando {Fr}), Baltic Baroness (Ger) (Shamardal) as Flotilla failed to fire SW & GSP, $194,460. Werk Nick Rating: A+. when committed by Christophe-Patrice Lemaire. Clear Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. by the furlong pole, it was left to Chicquita to chase, 2--Chicquita (Ire), 126, f, 3, Montjeu (Ire)--Prudenzia but the filly who had fallen last time made heavy (Ire), by Dansili (GB). (i600,000 yrl >11 ARQAUG). weather of the pursuit by flashing her tail and veering O-Paul Makin; B-Ecurie des Monceaux & Ecurie left across the track. Skymarc Farm; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; i228,600. AEveryone has been congratulating me and I am so 3--Silasol (Ire), 126, f, 3, Monsun (Ger)--Stormina, by happy for the whole family--it really is a family affair,@ Gulch. O/B-Wertheimer & Frere; T-Carlos Criquette Head-Maarek said. AMy father unfortunately Laffon-Parias; i114,300. could not be here today, but he has done so much for Margins: 4, SNK, 1 1/4. Odds: 8.30, 15.00, 3.60. us all and to offer him this Prix de Diane is a thrill. She Also Ran: Tasaday, Pearlside (Fr), Alterite (Fr), was the best I had in my hard last year and this, but Esoterique (Ire), Flotilla (Fr), Endio (Fr), Baltic Baroness each time I wanted to run her she had small problems (Ger), Sage Melody (Fr). Click for the Racing Post including when she was lame before the G1 Prix Saint- result, the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Alary. I decided to wait and when I said to >Papa= that I Click for Equidia VIDEO. was going to run her in the Prix de Diane they thought I Haras du Quesnay has been a major player on the was a bit crazy, but sometimes you have to be. Two French stage for decades now and the family=s red silks weeks ago, she worked amazingly and she had the have been carried by some high-class performers, but perfect strong pace to run at which really suited her this success will carry extra weight as it is a direct here. >Papa= bought the granddam from Nelson Bunker- advert for the establishment=s new resident Motivator Hunt=s dispersal and it was a fantastic family, so we (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}). bred her to Motivator as we like him and it was a good cross and it worked out very well.@ cont. p4 TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/17/13 • PAGE 4 of 15 • thoroughbreddailynews.com Prix de Diane Longines result cont.