Tabor win

Montjeu kept the £269,000 prize for the Emirates Airline Prix du Jockey-Club in France with a decisive victory at Chantilly yesterday.

Cash Asmussen was content to bide his time on John Hammond's colt and his mount burst through in the home straight before galloping away from Nowhere To Exit to win by around five lengths.

Michael Tabor, the winning owner, was clearly delighted and said: "Only time will tell but he's obviously a very decent horse."

John Dunlop's Nowhere To Exit made nearly all the early running and despite having no chance with the winner kept on well to hold off Godolphin's Rhagaas for the runner-up berth, with Andre Fabre's Slickly in fourth.

Aidan O'Brien's raider Tchaikovsky finished fifth after never being in contention, with Mark Johnston's Royal Rebel seventh of the eight runners.

A record Belmont Park crowd of 85,818 and sweltering heat proved the dramatic backdrop in which Charismatic's Triple Crown hopes went up in smoke as his career ended in the Belmont Stakes on Saturday.

The D Wayne Lukas charge finished the race lame in third and, after being vanned off the track, the chestnut was found to have fractured his near fore.

The Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner was due to be operated on yesterday. The sad spectacle gripped the crowd and invariably took some of the sheen off the victory of the battling victory of 30 to 1 shot Lemon Drop Kid.

Vet Larry Bramlage said: "The fracture will invariably mean the end of his racing career, although he should be okay for stud purposes. `'

Charismatic, the former claimer turned king, was pulled up 150 yards after the line by Chris Antley, whose quick reactions undoubtedly prevented further damage.

In nightmare race for the favourites Lemon Drop Kid, back at his favourite course, held 54 to 1 shot Vision and Verse by a short head.