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Wednesday’s Observations: Nariko Rerouts and Cuts Back

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 this season's Tattersalls Craven Breeze Up top filly Nariko skipping Thirsk in favor of a Newcastle novice.

19.20 Newcastle, Nov, £15,000, 2yo, 5f (AWT)
Having skipped a six-furlong test at Thirsk yesterday, Kevin Ryan trainee NARIKO (IRE) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) is rerouted further North for her debut over this shorter trip. She was the highest-priced filly at Tattersalls' Craven Breeze-Up Sale when selling for 600,000gns and is a half-sister to G3 Molecomb S. winner Rumble Inthejungle (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}). The May-foaled bay faces five rivals in this straight dash.

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Racing Staff Week Returns Saturday

Racing Welfare's Racing Staff Week returns for its seventh year this Saturday, June 24, the charity announced on Monday. The industry's annual celebration of people who work in British horseracing brings together the racing business and its followers to recognize the workers inside the industry. Sponsored by Betfair, this year will see five charity races specifically for stable staff, as well as a number of community events and a competitions with prizes of £500 in vouchers awarded to the winners. Races will be held at Ayr, Chepstow, Newbury, Nottingham and Newcastle throughout the week.

“Racing Staff Week is the highlight in our community calendar,” Racing Welfare's Head of Community Engagement Adam Ferguson said. “It provides a brilliant opportunity for everyone in the industry to celebrate the dedication, passion and skill of racing's people, whether that be through supporting our stable staff riders, attending or hosting a community event or entering the thank you competition. We're looking forward to getting started on Saturday and encourage anyone working in racing to get involved if they can.”

Click here for more information on Racing Staff Week.

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Observations: Wuheida’s Half-Sister Debuts At Newcastle

14.45 Newcastle, Novice, £8,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 10f 42y (AWT)
SAHARA MIST (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) is the fifth foal out of Godolphin's G1 Fillies' Mile and GI Yellow Ribbon S. winner Hibaayeb (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), who provided the operation with the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Wuheida (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Charlie Appleby also saddles last month's Wolverhampton fourth Joyful Act (GB) (Frankel {GB}), a homebred daughter of the G1 1000 Guineas, G1 Irish Oaks and G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Blue Bunting (Dynaformer).

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Walking On Clouds earns £100K HOTY Bonus Prize

As part of the ARC £1,000,000 All-Weather Bonus initiative, the Horse of The Year bonus has been won by the Grant Tuer-trained Walking On Clouds (Gale Force Ten), who will receive £100,000 after accruing 48 points on the Horse of The Year leaderboard. The 4-year-old's All-Weather season included five wins, four seconds, two thirds and one fifth-placed effort.

In its inaugural season, the ARC £1,000,000 All-Weather Bonus began Oct. 18 before ending on All-Weather Finals Day, Apr. 7. There are cash prizes for horses, who finish in the first 20 positions on the Horse of The Year leaderboard. The full results for the Horse of The Year competition will be confirmed Good Friday.

“I think it's been a great competition,” said Tuer. “The rules of the competition, the makeup of the competition and the monthly prizes with 20 prizes in the Horse of The Year competition has been fantastic. It's got everybody interested, certainly in the North where I am. Everybody is talking about it and it has been great fun. The extra money is fantastic.”

He added, “We're going to try and get into the six-furlong race at Lingfield on All Weather Championships Finals Day. It is a 0-95, so we're not guaranteed a run. If we did get a run we would definitely go there.”

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