Observations: Apr. 24, 2016

Dansili has a pair of high-profile firsters Sunday | Juddmonte

1.55 Chantilly, Debutantes, €25,000, 3yo, 12fT
DALDIYNA (FR) (Dansili {GB}) starts out for His Highness The Aga Khan and Alain de Royer-Dupre, who combined so effectively with her full-sibling, last year's G1 Dubai Sheema Classic heroine Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}). Interestingly, one of Dolniya's chief rivals on the track, Flintshire (GB) (Rail Link {GB}), also has a relative in attendance in Khalid Abdullah's colt Unblinking (GB) (Cacique {Ire}) from the Andre Fabre stable.

2.10 Gowran Park, Mdn, €11,500, 3yo/up, 7fT
LANDIKUSIC (IRE) (Dansili {GB}) is a full-sister to the 2010 G1 Phoenix S.-winning sire Zoffany (Ire), who got close to upsetting Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 St James's Palace S. five years ago. Also a half to the G3 Anglesey S. winner Wilshire Boulevard (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) from the family of Spotlight (GB) (Dr Fong), the 700,000gns TATOCT graduate represents the LNJ Foxwoods Partnership and meets another expensive purchase in Derrick Smith's $1.3-million KEESEP buy Schubert (War Front">War Front), the three-times Ballydoyle maiden from the family of the high-class Inside Information (Private Account).

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