12.30 Deauville, Cond, €34,000, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2f (AWT)
TAAREEF (Kitten's Joy) bids to build on a winning debut at Bordeaux-le-Bouscat in September for Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Jean-Claude Rouget. The $675,000 KEESEP graduate bred by Dixiana Farm faces seven rivals who lack his unexposed profile.
3.50 Kempton, Mdn, £6,600, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT)
AUSTRALIAN QUEEN (GB) (Fastnet Rock) is a half-sister to this year's shock G1 Juddmonte International heroine Arabian Queen (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) who debuts for her owner-breeder Jeff Smith and the David Elsworth stable. Her one-eyed dam Barshiba (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}) was high-class in her own right, winning the G2 Lancashire Oaks twice after breaking her maiden on the all-weather eight years ago. Among her opponents is Al Shaqab Racing's 300,000 Tattersalls graduate Shaan (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), a Richard Hannon trainee whose dam was a smart performer in black-type company in Ireland.
4.20 Kempton, Mdn, £6,600, 2yo, f, 8f (AWT)
UP TO YOU (Giant's Causeway) bids to build on a promising debut third to Lillie Langtry's half-sister Danilovna (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) on debut at Lingfield 11 days ago for the George Strawbridge-John Gosden partnership. She is bred to improve with time, being a half-sister to Lucarno (Dynaformer) and that 2007 G1 St Leger hero's full-brothers Flying Officer, winner of last month's G2 British Champions Long Distance Cup, and the 2012 Great Voltigeur S. scorer Thought Worthy.
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