Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Wednesday's Observations features the return of 'TDN Rising Star' Zelaina.
2.10 Redcar, Novice, £8,000, 2yo, 5f 217yT
HYPNOTISED (GB) (No Nay Never) is a notable Juddmonte newcomer as a half-brother to the dual GI Diana Stakes heroine Whitebeam by Scat Daddy's Caravaggio. Harry Charlton trains the newcomer, as his father did that top-class mare, who is also a half to last year's G3 Autumn Stakes-placed Nightwalker.
4.20 Goodwood, Cond, £75,000, 2yo, f, 5fT
ZELAINA (GB) (Mehmas {Ire}) bids to bounce back from a disappointing show in the Queen Mary for Wathnan Racing and Karl Burke in this valuable British Stallion Studs EBF Alice Keppel Fillies' Conditions Stakes won in recent times by the sprinting heavyweights Flora Of Bermuda and The Platinum Queen. At £650,000 the top-priced filly of the Goffs UK Breeze-Up, she meets another key member of a major operation in King Power Racing's Revival Power (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}), the Tim Easterby-trained full-sister to the Nunthorpe heroine Winter Power who was also unplaced in the Queen Mary.
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