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. Today's Observations features a close relative of this year's dual Group 1-winning 2-year-old Perfect Power.
1.58 ParisLongchamp, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 9fT
EPIC POET (IRE) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) starts out for the White Birch Farm and Jean-Claude Rouget connection and is a 450,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 graduate from the immediate family of this year's G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park S. hero Perfect Power (Ire) (Ardad {Ire}). Among his peers is The Aga Khan's Caraghann (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}), one of the last Alain de Royer-Dupre runners and a half-brother to the G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil and G2 Prix de Royallieu winner Candarliya (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}) who was also second in the G1 Prix Vermeille.
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