Alpinista's Headline-Making Sister Alpinara Debuts at Newbury

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Saturday's Observations features a seven-figure yearling from Tattersalls Book 1.

2.34 Newbury, Novice, 2yo, f, 8fT
ALPINARA (GB) (Frankel {GB}) makes her eagerly-anticipated debut for Amo Racing and Sir Mark Prescott, having cost the operation 2.5million gns at last year's Tattersalls October Book 1. True goldmine material, the full-sister to the trainer's brilliant Arc heroine Alpinista is later getting going than her illustrious sibling whose July two-year-old debut was a winning one as she began her epic saga. In any other race, Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy's 1.7million gns purchase at that auction, My Ophelia (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), would be the headline act given that the William Haggas-trained newcomer is a half-sister to his trio of heavyweights My Prospero (Iffraaj), My Oberon (Dubawi) and My Astra (Lope De Vega).