Observations on the European Racing Scene

2.05 Newmarket, Mdn, £10,000, 2yo, 7fT
D'BAI (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is one of two to debut for the boys in blue here, with the Charlie Appleby-trained colt being the most notable as a full-brother to the 2011 G1 English and Irish 2000 Guineas runner-up Dubawi Gold (GB). Also in the line-up is Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's Fujairah Bridge (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), a Roger Varian-trained half-brother to the 2011 G1 Coronation S. fourth I Love Me (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) who cost 310,000gns at Tattersalls October.

2.30 Ascot, Mdn, £14,000, 2yo, 6fT
SEVEN HEAVENS (GB) (Frankel (GB)#tot">Frankel {GB}) is the latest to emerge from the great Juddmonte runner and a rare purchase by his owner-breeders at 620,000gns at Tattersalls in October. Out of Cheveley Park's Heaven Sent (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), a full-sister to Megahertz (GB) who was a dual group winner and three-times placed at group 1 level, the John Gosden-trained May-foaled colt encounters the China Horse Club's Lockheed (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), a William Haggas-trained son of the 2012 G3 Princess Elizabeth S. winner Clinical (GB) (Motivator {GB}) who was also a stand-out at Tattersalls when selling for 450,000gns.

2.35 Deauville, Debutantes, €25,000, 3yo, 9 1/2f (AWT)
MOVING (War Front) is a half-brother to the 2010 G1 National S. hero Pathfork (Distorted Humor) from the immediate family of Spinning World who starts out for the longstanding Niarchos Family-Pascal Bary partnership in this intriguing affair. Meeting him is Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani's Mystery of Qatar (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), a half-sister to the owner's 2012 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and 2013 G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Flotilla (Fr) (Mizzen Mast) trained like her by Mikel Delzangles.

4.05 Deauville, Mdn, €25,000, 3yo, c/g, 7 1/2f (AWT)
REVOLUTIONARY WAR (War Front) debuts for Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier and Joseph Allen and Andre Fabre during the week that his half-brother US Ranger went so close to winning the 2008 G1 July Cup. Fabre has also supplemented Khalid Abdullah's Lawmaking (GB) (Zamindar), who was second in the G3 Prix la Rochette at Longchamp in September and sets a high standard on that form.