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. Thursday's Observations features a son of Irish Oaks heroine Chicquita.
5.20 Leopardstown, Mdn, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
CLARET (IRE) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) is one of two Ballydoyle runners in this and the second-string, but as the sixth foal out of the Irish Oaks heroine Chicquita has much to commend him. A half-brother to three black-type performers headed by Dubawi's G2 Curragh Cup winner Emily Dickinson, the newcomer joins the yard's course-and-distance third Montreal (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), the half-brother to Cayenne Pepper (Australia). Juddmonte's unraced Res Ipsa (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is another notable, being a Ger Lyons-trained full-brother to Red Letter.
6.45 Sandown, Mdn, 2yo, 8fT
GAVRIEL (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is an intriguing newcomer in this maiden won in recent times by Pride Of Arras, Arrest, Westover and Too Darn Hot, being the seventh foal out of the Pretty Polly heroine Thistle Bird. John and Thady Gosden saddle George Strawbridge's homebred half-brother to the smart Epictetus (Kingman) and Jumbly (Gleneagles), whose rivals include the stable's course debut fourth Corinth (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Juddmonte's relative of Kingman.
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