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Thursday’s Racing Insights: Well-Bred 2YO Fillies Take to Belmont Turf

1st-BEL, $64K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:15 p.m.
Gary Barber’s Frankel At Ascot (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) is one of several well-bred juveniles set to square off in this turf dash. The Mark Casse pupil was a €535,000 Arqana August yearling purchase by Justin Casse. She is out of stakes-winning juvenile Ascot Family (Ire), making her a half to precocious MGSW and GISP Family One (Fr) (Dubai Destination). The bay has fired a couple of bullets over the local dirt in preparation for this first go. Steal My Sunshine (Distorted Humor) is Wesley Ward owned, trained and bred. She’s a half to GSW turf sprinter/miler Conquest Panthera (Kitten’s Joy) and a full to MGSW Happy Like a Fool, who sold for $1.85 million in the 2018 Fasig-Tipton November sale. Contained (Flintshire {GB}), from her sire’s first crop, is out of a half-sister to GISW In Lingerie (Empire Maker). Her third dam is champion 2-year-old filly Phone Chatter (Phone Trick). Wertheimer et Frere homebred Alda (Munnings) ran on well to finish a close third–beaten a nose for second–going a furlong shorter than this against males June 12. She’s a half to French Group 2 winner Alignement (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) out of a half to MGSW Exhi (Maria’s Mon). TJCIS PPs

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Logician Returns to Cantering

Connections of Logician (GB) (Frankel {GB}) are keeping their fingers crossed last year’s G1 St Leger hero will return to action later in the campaign. The roan enjoyed an unbeaten run of five races in the space of four months in 2019–progressing from a Newbury maiden win in mid-May to landing the G2 Great Voltigeur S. at York in August and the season’s final Classic at Doncaster in September. Logician was expected to ply his trade at the highest level over middle distances this term, but his comeback was delayed after he suffered a life-threatening infection during the winter. However, he is reported to have made a full recovery and has recently returned to light exercise.

Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah, said, “Logician is back doing good canters now, but has not done any work as yet. He’s progressing nicely and it a case of so far, so good for him, but I’m not going to put a date on it [when he will return to competitive action]. We’ll just see how he comes along and he’ll tell us when he’s ready.”

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Daughter of Natagora Debuts at Donny

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 daughter of MG1SW Natagora (Fr).

1.00 Doncaster, Novice, £6,400, 2yo f, 6f 2yT
ANGHAAM (IRE) (Frankel {GB}) debuts for Shadwell and is the eighth foal out of the G1 1000 Guineas and G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Natagora (Fr) (Divine Light {Jpn}). The March-foaled grey, who is a half-sister to the listed scorer Mankib (GB) (Tamayuz {GB}), is introduced by Richard Hannon in a race dominated by the Gredley’s seven-furlong debut second She Do (GB) (Siyouni {Fr), a relative of the G3 Pinnacle S. winner Manuela de Vega (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) from the Roger Varian stable.

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TDN Rising Star Highest Ground Back With a Bang

The Niarchos Family’s homebred Highest Ground (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who bounded to TDN Rising Stardom after enduring a bloopers moment at the break in his Sept. 23 debut over seven furlongs at Leicester, faced fellow ‘TDN Rising Star’ and Listed Newmarket S. third Waldkonig (GB) (Kingman {GB}) upped to an extended 10 furlongs for his seasonal return in Wednesday’s Racecourse Live Streams On Racing TV Novice S. at Haydock. The homebred bay, from a family featuring GI Shoemaker Breeders’ Cup Mile runner-up and MGSW sire King of Happiness (Spinning World), maintained his perfect record with an impressive 2 1/2-length success. Starting as the 13-8 second favourite and vocal in the preliminaries, Highest Ground did not repeat his debut mishap and was away on terms this time, stalking the leading duo in a patient third initially. Improving into second before halfway, he joined the pacesetting Waldkonig with three furlongs remaining and stayed on strongly under mainly whipless coaxing inside the final quarter mile to win going away from that rival at the line.

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