Debut For Midday’s Daughter Regal Chime At Saint-Cloud

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 daughter of Midday (Oasis Dream).

3.40 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, 3yo, f, 10fT
REGAL CHIME (GB) (St Mark’s Basilica {Fr}) is the ninth foal out of Juddmonte’s outstanding racemare and high-class producer Midday (Oasis Dream), whose previous progeny include the dual Group 3 winner Midterm (Galileo) and Ribblesdale runner-up Mori (Frankel) and the dam of the G3 Prix la Rochette and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere runner-up Nighttime (Wootton Bassett) and G3 Prix Cleopatre winner Halfday (Lope De Vega). Andre Fabre has charge of the homebred, whose peers include The Aga Khan Studs representative Azamita (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), a Francis Graffard-trained half-brother to last year’s G3 Prix Hocquart runner-up Asmarani (Sottsass) who captured last week’s Prix Bering.