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. Friday's Insights features a full-sister to MGISW Avenge (War Front).
2.00 Newbury, Cond, £10,400, 2yo, 7fT
SHERIFFMUIR (War Front) was a $995,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga August yearling who debuts in the silks of Princess Haya of Jordan for the John Gosden stable. A full-sister to the winner of the last two renewals of the GI Rodeo Drive S., Avenge, the April-foaled bay meets another with immediate relations who made an impact at the top level in Lady Rothschild's Thorn (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a Roger Charlton-trained son of the same connections' G1 Pretty Polly S. winner Thistle Bird (GB) (Selkirk).
2.30 Newbury, Cond, £10,400, 2yo, f, 6fT
MAGNETIC CHARM (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) is another notable Godolphin-bred who races for The Queen, being a half-sister to the G2 Dahlia S. and G2 Duke of Cambridge S. winner Usherette (Ire) (Shamardal). William Haggas introduces the April-foaled bay against Lady Bamford's Love So Deep (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a Richard Hannon trainee whose dam Soinlovewithyou (Sadler's Wells), a half to Duke of Marmalade (Ire) (Danehill) and Ruler of the World (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), cost 950,000gns at the 2010 Tattersalls December Sale.
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