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 a half-sister to this year's G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Nezwaah.
1.00 Deauville, Mdn, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2f (AWT)
BROADCAST (Distorted Humor) is out of the 2011 G1 Prix Jean Romanet winner Announce (GB) (Selkirk) and starts out for the same owner-trainer combination of Khalid Abdullah and Andre Fabre. He meets Ecurie La Vallee Martigny's experienced homebred Viridorix (GB) (Dawn Approach (Ire)">Dawn Approach {Ire}), a Jean-Claude Rouget-trained relative of this year's Listed Ascendant S. winner Chilean (GB) (Iffraaj {GB}).
1.15 Wolverhampton, Cond, £5,000, 2yo, f, 8f 142y (AWT)
MONTEJA (GB) (Shamardal) is a half-sister to Nezwaah (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) who struck gold for the same Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum-Roger Varian partnership in this year's G1 Pretty Polly S. She is one of a clutch of intriguing newcomers alongside Lady Bamford's Love Is Enough (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a John Gosden trainee whose dam is a half to Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill) and Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).
1.30 Deauville, Mdn, €27,000, 2yo, f, 7 1/2f (AWT)
AT YOUR PLEASURE (GB) (War Front">War Front) is another notable newcomer to represent the Juddmonte-Fabre axis on this card, being a daughter of the operation's high-class Ventura (Chester House). She is only the third runner for the GI Just a Game S., GI Matriarch S. and GI Santa Monica H. heroine and faces Ballymore Thoroughbred Ltd's experienced Agathe Sainte (GB) (Holy Roman Emperor (Ire)">Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), a Freddy Head-trained filly whose dam is an unraced half to the luminary Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill).
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