Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features a blue-blooded daughter of Wootton Bassett making her racecourse debut.
5.20 Newbury, Mdn, 2yo, f, 6fT
SPLISH SPLASH (IRE) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) is the second foal out of the high-class Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy), who was successful in the G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes, G2 Debutante Stakes and G3 Silver Flash Stakes. Eve Johnson Houghton has been handed the responsibility of training the homebred, who races in the silks of Anthony and Sonia Rogers and who encounters Jeff Smith's fellow newcomer Stormy Music (GB) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), an Andrew Balding-trained daughter of the G3 Sceptre Stakes winner Foxtrot Lady (Foxwedge).
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