Brother To Southern France Debuts At Newmarket

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 Insights features a full-brother to Classic-placed runner.

1.05 Newmarket, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, 8fT
BOLSHOI BALLET (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts for Ballydoyle and is a full-brother to the G1 St Leger third Southern France (Ire). The April-foaled bay meets Godolphin’s €500,000 Goffs Orby purchase Mystical Dawn (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), a Charlie Appleby-trained colt whose dam is a half to the high-class Banimpire (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}).

3.55 Newmarket, Mdn, £6,900, 2yo, 7fT
FABRIZIO (GB) (Frankel {GB}) was a 300,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase by Godolphin and debuts for Charlie Appleby on a card which may provide Classic pointers. Out of a half to the Italian luminaries Jakkalberry (Ire) (Storming Home {GB}), Crackerjack King (Ire) (Shamardal) and Awelmarduk (Ire) (Almutawakel {GB}), he has a fair form standard to aim at with Anthony Rogers’s Wise Judgement (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), a Mark Johnston-trained son of the G3 Park Hill S. winner Discreet Brief (Ire) (Darshaan {GB}).

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Hoyeau Launches Windfield Site

Arthur Hoyeau has launched a website for his transatlanic bloodstock advistory and trading service Windfield, which has bases in Lexington, Kentucky and Saint-Cloud, France. Services offered by Hoyeau through Windfield include private acquisitions and public sales work; partnerships for racing, commercial breeding or short-term investments; and portfolio management.

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Newspaperofrecord, Beau Recall Rematch in First Lady

Appearing well on her way to a divisional championship, Klaravich Stables’ Newspaperofrecord (Ire) hit a roadblock named Beau Recall (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) last time out, and the two will face off once more in a six-horse renewal of Saturday’s GI First Lady S. at Keeneland, a Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Filly & Mare Turf.

Runner-up for a Champion Juvenile Filly Eclipse Award after a dominant 2018 campaign that culminated in a 6 3/4-length GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf romp, Newspaperofrecord had a lost 3-year-old campaign, running second as a prohibitive favorite in the GIII Edgewood S. and GIII Wonder Again S. before a disastrous last-place run in the GI Belmont Oaks Invitational S. Returning after 11 months on the shelf, the ‘TDN Rising Star’ looked like her old self with a four-length score in the GIII Intercontinental S. and three-length success in the GI Just A Game S. at Belmont. Left alone on the lead at 1-2 in the GII Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile S. Sept. 5, she was overhauled late with no visible excuse.

The bay faces other speed in here, which could set up Beau Recall for a long overdue Grade I victory. Placing in the GI Del Mar Oaks as a 3-year-old, she added runner-up finishes in the Just A Game and GI Rodeo Drive S. last season and was second to Newspaperofrecord in this year’s Just A Game. Fifth at 6-5 in the GII Yellow Ribbon H. Aug. 8 at Del Mar, she bounced back with an 8-1 upset in the Distaff Turf Mile, her fourth Grade II success.

It’s now or never for champion Uni (GB) (More Than Ready) to get her 6-year-old campaign on track. Annexing the GI Matriarch S. to close out 2018, the chestnut went three-for-four last year, including a score in this race and a fast-finishing triumph over males in the GI Breeders’ Cup Mile to wrap up her Champion Turf Female title in a loaded year for the division. This year though, she ran an even third in the Just A Game at even-money and never made any impact in an uncharacteristically dull seventh in the GI Fourstardave H. Aug. 22 at Saratoga.

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Streaking ‘Sneaking’ to Beat in TCA

KMN Racing’s Sneaking Out (Indian Evening), winner of back-to-back graded stakes on the west coast, will try to punch her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup in Saturday’s GII Thoroughbred Club of America S. at Keeneland, a “Win and You’re In” qualifier for the Filly & Mare Sprint.

Winning three of four to start her career, the California-bred was disqualified out of a score in the Angel’s Flight S. last spring and finished a narrow second in both the GII Summertime Oaks and state-bred Fleet Treat S. Last but one in the GIII Torrey Pines S., the bay was benched for over eight months, returning with a neck allowance triumph Apr. 25 at Oaklawn. Fifth in the GIII Winning Colors S. May 30 at Churchill, the homebred returned home to the Golden State to annex the GII Great Lady M. S. July 4 at Los Alamitos and GIII Rancho Bernardo H. Aug. 21 at Del Mar.

Speedball Lady’s Island (Greatness) figures to go as fast as she can for as far as she can. Last winter’s GIII Sugar Swirl S. romper, the 6-year-old added victories in the Minaret S. and Florida-bred Musical Romance S. this season. Shipped up to Saratoga by Danny Gargan last out, the dark bay set a blistering pace of :21.64 and :43.81 in the GII Honorable Miss H. before settling for second behind MGISW Come Dancing (Malibu Moon).

Tom Durant’s Dos Vinos (Twirling Candy), a winner of three of five in her young career, gets the acid test after a pair of allowance triumphs May 24 at Churchill and over track and trip July 9.

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