Ballydoyle Unveil Newspaperofrecord's Sister

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. Sunday's Observations features a full-sister to a Breeders' Cup winner.

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INTENSIFY (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is the pick of Ryan Moore of a duo representing Aidan O'Brien, with the full-sister to the accomplished Newspaperofrecord (Ire) preferred over Crystal Ball (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), the half-sister to Tepin (Bernstein). Also starting out is The Aga Khan's Studs' Tarima (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), a half-sister to the GI Breeders' Cup Turf heroine Tarnawa (Ire) (Shamardal) from the same Dermot Weld stable.