Observations On Today’s European Racing Scene

2.00 Tipperary, Mdn, €14,000, 2yo, 9fT

WHIRLWIND (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) is a 600,000gns TAOCT graduate out of Famous (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}), a Group 1-placed full-sister to Mastercraftsman (Ire) who did so much for this colt’s owner Derrick Smith and Ballydoyle. He is one of three from Aidan O’Brien’s stable alongside the twice-raced Cole Porter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), Triermore Stud and Susan Magnier’s son of the 2010 GI Frizette S. winner A Z Warrior (Bernardini), and the newcomer Housesofparliament (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a son of the 2005 GI Las Virgenes S. winner Sharp Lisa (Dixieland Band).