MAMBO NUMBER 1 HEADLINE AT BELMONT...p4 NEWS For information about TDN, DELIVERED EACH NIGHT call 732-747-8060. BY FAX AND INTERNET www.thoroughbreddailynews.com MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2004 NO HOLES IN LATICE The rumors were flying early last week. Was Latice (Ire) (Inchinor {GB}) perhaps not at her best for the G1 ROYAL ASCOT Prix de Diane Hermes? The filly quickly quieted her doubters at ROYAL ASCOT GETS UNDERWAY TOMORROW Chantilly yesterday, delivering With over £3 million in prizemoney on offer, the 22 her killer turn of acceleration to stakes races, seven handicaps and one conditions race best Millionaia (Ire) (Peintre Ce- at Royal Ascot are amongst the most hotly contested in lebre) by 3/4 of a length. the European racing calendar. The five-day Royal meet- Switched off in the rear by ing gets underway tomorrow afternoon, and the high- Christophe Soumillon off the light of the opening-day program is the G1 St James’s Latice france-galop.com fast early fractions, the 7-4 pick Palace S. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum’s was full of run at the quarter pole, where she was Haafhd (GB) (Alhaarth {Ire}) will bid to extend the re- asked to quicken on the wide outside. Millionaia got the cord of his owner-breeder in the major events in the better of her private duel with Grey Lilas (Ire) (Danehill) one-mile St James. Sheikh Hamdan has already enjoyed inside the final eighth, but it was Latice who swamped Royal success with past luminaries such as G1 Prince them with speed in the final 150 yards to take the of Wales’s S. scorer Nayef and Marju (Ire), who took French Oaks in the fastest time since 1987. “They this race in 1991. A win for Haafhd would be particu- went a good pace and I always had a lot of horse,” larly poignant for connections, as his dam is none other Soumillon said. “She relaxed perfectly and silenced than Al Bahathri, who was the first to carry the blue those rumors in great style.” Prix de Diane cont. p2 and white silks to victory at this meeting in the G1 Coronation S. in 1985. He faces stiff opposition from Sunday, Chantilly, France the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas scorer Bachelor Duke PRIX DE DIANE HERMES-G1, i500,000, Chantilly, (Miswaki). Triumph for this challenger would ensure 6-13, 3yo, f, 1 5/16mT, 2:07.00, gd. emotive scenes, as he was picked out as a yearling by 1--sLATICE (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Inchinor (GB) Joss Collins and carries the straw silks of the Duke of 1st Dam: Laramie, by Gulch Devonshire, two mighty characters of the turf who 2nd Dam: Light The Lights (Fr), by Shirley Heights (GB) sadly passed away recently. Royal Ascot cont. p4 3rd Dam: Lighted Glory, by Nijinsky II O-Enrico Ciampi; B-Petra Bloodstock Agency Ltd; Tuesday, Royal Ascot, Britain T-Jean-Marie Beguigne; J-C Soumillon; i285,700. ST JAMES’S PALACE S.-G1, £250,000, 3yo, c, 1mT Lifetime Record: 4 starts, 4 wins, i363,700. SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY 2--Millionaia (Ire), 126, f, 3, Peintre Celebre--Moonlight 1 10 Antonius Pius Danzig Spencer Dance, by Alysheba. O-Ecurie Wildenstein; B-Dayton 2 1 Azamour (Ire) Night Shift Kinane Investments Ltd; i114,300. 3 9 Bachelor Duke Miswaki Sanders 3--Grey Lilas (Ire), 126, f, 3, Danehill--Kenmist (GB), by 4 4 Brunel (Ire) Marju (Ire) Holland Kenmare (Fr). O-Gestut Ammerland; B-Azienda 5 3 Byron (GB) Green Desert Dettori Agricola Il Tiglio di Amelia Prevedello; i57,150. 6 7 Castleton (GB) Cape Cross (Ire) Fallon Margins: 3/4, HF, 3/4. Odds: 1.80, 20.20, 12.10. 7 8 Diamond Green (Fr) Green Desert Stevens Also ran: Alexander Goldrun (Ire), Agata (Fr), Barancella 8 6 Haafhd (GB) Alhaarth (Ire) R Hills (Fr), Ask for the Moon (Fr), Dreams Come True (Fr), 9 5 Madid (Ire) Cape Cross (Ire) Supple Asti (Ire), Steel Princess (Ire), Torrestrella (Ire), Love and 10 11 Newton (Ire) Sadler’s Wells Scallan Bubbles, Menhoubah, Colony Band, Ometsz (Ire), Sym- 11 2 Pearl Of Love (Ire) Peintre Celebre Darley phony of Psalms, Prairie Flower (Ire). Scr: Baraka (Ire). All carry 126 pounds. STORM CAT RECORD SIX TIME (859) 273-1514 P Fax (859) 273-0034 www.overbrookfarm.com Leading Sire of 2yos TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/14/04 • PAGE 2 of 5 Prix de Diane cont. Sunday, Chantilly, France A Cut Above... GRAND PRIX DE CHANTILLY-G2, i105,000, Chantilly, Latice suggested she was well above average when 6-13, 4yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:34.90, gd. defeating subsequent G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud and 1--POLICY MAKER (IRE), 128, c, 4, by Sadler’s Wells G1 Prix Lupin hero Voix du Nord (Fr) and G1 Prix du 1st Dam: Palmeraie, by Lear Fan Jockey-Club runner-up Prospect Park (GB) in the G3 2nd Dam: Petroleuse (Ire), by Habitat Prix de Conde at Longchamp in October. She had only 3rd Dam: Plencia (Fr), by Le Haar (Fr) to go through the motions when beating Asti (Ire) O-Ecurie Wildenstein; B-Dayton Investments Ltd; (Sadler’s Wells) by a length in her sophomore debut, T-Elie Lellouche; J-Kieren Fallon; i59,850. Lifetime the G3 Prix Vanteaux at Longchamp May 2 and, with Record: 8 starts, 5 wins, 2 places, i213,325. *1/2 connections resisting the temptation to run in the G1 to Place Rouge (Ire) (Desert King {Ire}), GSW-Eng, Prix Saint-Alary, she entered this Classic a fresh horse. SW-Fr & GSP-Ire, $154,914; and Pushkin (Ire) “She is a top-class filly...I would have been very disap- (Caerleon), GSW & G1SP-Fr, $203,469. pointed if she had lost,” conditioner Jean-Marie 2--Fair Mix (Ire), 123, h, 6, Linamix (Fr)--Fairlee Wild, by Beguigne commented. “She didn’t have a great draw Wild Again. O-Ecurie Week-End; B-Jean-Luc here, but came in for a perfect ride and showed how Lagardere; i23,100. well she can quicken. That was a classy field and she 3--Short Pause (GB), 123, h, 5, Sadler’s Wells--Interval won like a champion. We’ll decide later where she (Ire), by Habitat. O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte goes, but the G1 Prix Vermeille [at Longchamp Sept. Farms; i11,025. 12] could be her next target.” She may renew rivalry Margins: SNK, 2, 1HF. Odds: 7.20, 0.90, 4.00. with the runner-up there, according to trainer Elie Also ran: Kindjhal (Fr), Walkamia (Fr), Loxias (Fr), Lellouche. “Millionaia is a very nice filly and I favored Kalabar (GB). her to Asti, but, unfortunately, she was not experi- Policy Maker showed himself capable of competing at enced enough here,” he said. “She will return in the this level when he was beaten a short neck by Polish Prix Vermeille.” Jockey Gary Stevens had no excuses Summer (GB) in the G2 Grand Prix de Deauville last for Grey Lilas, but was not helped by the pre-race pa- August, but was promoted to first after a lengthy stew- rade. “The post parade got her upset and she wasted a ards’ enquiry. He was no match for Dalakhani (Ire) and lot of energy before the start,” he said. “However, she company in his 2003 finale, running 10th in the G1 Prix stayed on nicely and the winner is a very good filly.” de l’Arc de Triomphe in October, but shaped well under Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or the free a penalty on his return when fifth in the G2 Prix brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. d’Harcourt Apr. 4. Settled in fifth off this steady early gallop in his second outing of the season, he was short of room in the straight, but switched wide for his chal- © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. lenge and quickened to reel in Fair Mix in the shadow of This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by the post. “He was not quite himself last time and has any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior improved a lot since,” commented conditioner Elie written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. Lellouche. “That was a nice performance under his Information as to the American races, race results and penalty and he is proving a very consistent performer. earnings was obtained from results charts published in He will now head for the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the [July 4].” Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or the permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 6/14/04 • PAGE 3 of 5 Sunday, Cologne, Germany Sunday, Chantilly, France 169TH OPPENHEIM-UNION-RENNEN-G2, i100,000, PRIX DU CHEMIN DE FER DU NORD-G3, i73,000, Cologne, 6-13, 3yo, 1 3/8mT, 2:18.94, sf. Chantilly, 6-13, 4yo/up, 1mT, 1:36.10, gd. 1--#@MALINAS (GER), 128, c, 3, by Lomitas (GB) 1--MY RISK (FR), 127, h, 5, by Take Risks (Fr) 1st Dam: Majoritat (Ger) (Ch. 3yo Filly-Ger, 1st Dam: Miss Pat (Fr), by Vacarme MGSW-Ger), by Konigsstuhl (Ger) 2nd Dam: Miss Mood (GB), by Bon Sang (Fr) 2nd Dam: Monacchia (Ger), by Bacchus (Ger) 3rd Dam: Missy (Fr), by Frontin (Fr) 3rd Dam: Monacensia (Ger), by Kaiseradler (Ger) O-Roland Monnier; B-R Monnier, D Forsans & O/B-Stiftung Gestut Fahrhof; T-Peter Schiergen; D Bougarelle; T-Jean-Marie Beguigne; J-Christophe J-William Mongil; i60,000.