Observations: Son of Prize Exhibit Debuts at Gowran

Monday, October 17, 2022 | 5:30 pm

DP Racing's Prize Exhibit and jockey Santiago Gonzalez win the Gr. II, $200,000 Monrovia Stakes Sunday, January 3, 2016 at Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, CA.

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. Tuesday's Insights features a son of MGSW Prize Exhibit (GB).

1.25 Yarmouth, Novice, £9,950, 2yo, f, 8f 3yT
BRIDESTONES (IRE) (Teofilo {Ire}) debuts for Godolphin and John and Thady Gosden and is a daughter of the operation's G1 Fillies' Mile and G2 May Hill S. heroine White Moonstone (Dynaformer). Related to the Breeders' Cup Sprint winner Desert Stormer (Storm Cat), the March-foaled bay encounters nine peers on a tough introduction.

2.00 Gowran Park, Mdn, €16,000, 2yo, 8f 75yT
JOAQUIN SOROLLA (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts for a Balldoyle stable going from strength-to-strength with its juveniles and is a particularly fascinating prospect as a son of the multiple graded-stakes scorer Prize Exhibit (GB) (Showcasing (GB}) whose group 3-winning 3-year-old daughter History (Ire) also by Galileo cost 2.8million gns when selling at the 2020 Book 1. A full-sister to the G1 Sussex S. hero Mohaather (GB), her February-foaled bay is one of a trio from the yard including the Tipperary fifth San Antonio (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a son of the Irish Oaks runner-up Rain Goddess (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).