Observations: Dec. 15, 2015

4.10 Kempton, Mdn, £6,600, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT)
LAUGH ALOUD (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) debuts for Godolphin and the John Gosden stable, who enjoyed success in the 2010 Arlington Million with her half-brother Debussy (Ire) (Diesis {GB}). Also starting out for the boys in blue is the Charlie Appleby-trained Pietrafiore (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a full-sister to the 2012 Dubai World Cup hero Monterosso (GB), while another newcomer of intrigue is Nicholas Jones's Great and Small (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), an Andrew Balding-trained half-sister to Fame and Glory (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}).

4.40 Kempton, Mdn, £6,600, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT)
MANDRELL (Dubawi {Ire}) is another Godolphin debutante to command interest, being a daughter of the 2007 GI Darley Alcibiades S. and GI Hollywood Starlet S. winner Country Star (Empire Maker). Charlie Appleby introduces the blueblood against two from the Gosden stable in the Derrick Smith color-bearer Stars At Night (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a half-sister to the 2011 G1 1000 Guineas, G1 Irish Oaks and G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Blue Bunting (Dynaformer) who was fourth on debut at Lingfield last month and the newcomer Jamaica Inn (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), Egerton House Racing's daughter of another Irish Oaks winner in Vintage Tipple (Ire) (Entrepreneur {GB}).

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