Observations: Nov. 19, 2015
1.10 Lingfield, Mdn, £5,200, 2yo, f, 8f 1y (AWT)
Derrick Smith colorbearer STARS AT NIGHT (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a half-sister to the 2011 G1 1000 Guineas, G1 Irish Oaks and G1 Yorkshire Oaks victress Blue Bunting (Dynaformer), and opens up here for the John Gosden stable. Her nine rivals include fellow debutante Pina (GB) (Dansili {GB}), who is a Roger Charlton trained half-sister to the 2009 G1 Prix du Moulin hero Aqlaam (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}).
1.40 Lingfield, Mdn, £5,200, 2yo, f, 8f 1y (AWT)
DANILOVNA (IRE) (Dansili {GB}) is a sibling of the 2010 G1 Coronation S. and G1 Matron S. heroine Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), and debuts in the silks of breeder Bjorn Nielsen. Among the David Lanigan trainee’s nine opponents is George Strawbridge’s fellow homebred firster Up To You (Giant’s Causeway), who is kin to a trio of group-race winners including 2007 G1 St Leger victor Lucarno (Dynaformer), from the in-form John Gosden barn.
