Observations: Oct. 21, 2015

2.25 Deauville, Debutantes, €25,000, 2yo, 6fT
GIRL FRIDAY (FR) (Pivotal {GB}) debuts for Haras de Saint Pair and Andre Fabre and is the first progeny out of the 2011 G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches runner-up and G1 Prix de Diane third Glorious Sight (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}) who sold as a broodmare prospect for €1.7 million at Arqana’s Arc Sale four years ago. In a contest dominated by fillies, she encounters a Jean-Claude Rouget trainee in Marmogah (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), Al Shaqab Racing’s €200,000 ARQUG graduate from the immediate family of a host of black-type performers including the high earner Appel au Maitre (Fr) (Starborough {GB}).

2.35 Newmarket, Mdn, £7,000, 2yo, c/g, 7fT
AUTOCRATIC (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) sports the Cheveley Park Stud silks of his talented half-brother Evasive (GB) (Elusive Quality), a useful sire at Haras de Grandcamp who like this colt raced for the Sir Michael Stoute stable and won the G3 Horris Hill S. before finishing fourth in the 2009 G1 St James’s Palace S. Among the other newcomers in the line-up is Al Mirqab Racing’s 340,000gns TAOCT graduate Dommersen (Ire) (Dutch Art {GB}), a John Gosden-trained colt from the family of Sans Frontieres (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

4.20 Newmarket, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, 8fT
GENERALSHIP (IRE) (New Approach {Ire}) is a notable newcomer as a 600,000gns TAOCT graduate carrying the Godolphin silks for the John Gosden stable. Out of the listed-winning and group-placed Ahla Wasahl (GB) (Dubai Destination) from the immediate family of the 2004 G1 Oaks d’Italia scorer Menhoubah (Dixieland Band), the bay meets a dozen rivals.