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. Tuesday's Insights features a daughter of Arc heroine Solemia (Ire) (Poliglote {GB}). 11.10 Saint-Cloud, [...]

Like everybody else, Roger Charlton is having to bide his time at present but is able to provide upbeat bulletins on two of his stable's chief hopes for 2020 in TDN Rising Stars Quadrilateral (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Headman (GB) (Kingman {GB}). The former, who carried an unbeaten record into Newmarket's G1 Fillies' Mile in [...]

By Sean Cronin & Christa Riebel Germany's juvenile contingent of 2019 was led with distinction by G1 Criterium International hero Alson (Ger) (Areion {Ger}), who has since transferred stables from Jean-Pierre Carvalho to Andre Fabre; and the Henk Grewe-trained MGSW domestic Horse of the Year Rubaiyat (Fr) (Areion {Ger}), whose ambitions were detailed in these [...]