Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features another well-bred auction purchase for Godolphin.
2.30 Doncaster, Cond, £6,000, 2yo, f, 7f 6yT
ARABIAN GIFT (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) cost Godolphin 525,000gns at Tattersalls October and starts out for Charlie Appleby in one of the first of the country's seven-furlong maidens for 2-year-olds in 2017. Out of a full-sister to the high-class Ballymacoll pair of Golan (Ire) and Tartan Bearer (Ire), the March foal faces another newcomer of note in Marc Keller's Quivery, a Jeremy Noseda-trained colt from the first crop of Violence">Violence who cost $360,000 at the Ocala Breeze-Ups.
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