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Ultra’s Half-Brother Takes To Yarmouth

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. Wednesday's Observations features a Godolphin blueblood.

2.20 Yarmouth, Novice, £9,950, 2yo, 7f 3yT
MODERN DANCER (GB) (Kingman {GB}) bids to defy a penalty for a smooth debut win over this trip at Doncaster in June for Godolphin's Charlie Appleby team which is starting to fire with its juveniles now. The half-brother to the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire Ultra (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}) from the family of the stable's G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) meets an intriguing newcomer in Qatar Racing Limited's Lion Kingdom (GB) (Roaring Lion), a James Fanshawe-trained half to the Kitten's Joy trio of Kitten's Dumplings, Granny's Kitten and Granny Mc's Kitten with the former successful in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup.

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Dubawi Blueblood Catches The Eye 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. Friday's Observations features a close relative of the Dubawi (Ire) pair of Yibir (GB) and Wild Illusion (GB).

6.35 Newmarket, Debutantes, £8,000, 2yo, 7fT
LOCAL DYNASTY (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is one of two Charlie Appleby-trained newcomers and the pick of James Doyle, being a son of the Listed Montrose Fillies' S. scorer Really Special (GB) (Shamardal) who is kin to Dubawi's high-class duo Yibir (GB) and Wild Illusion (GB). Joined by the stable's City Of Kings (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a 350,000gns Book 1 graduate whose dam is the G2 Lancashire Oaks winner Horseplay (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}), the Moulton Paddocks duo encounter Qatar Racing Limited's John and Thady Gosden-trained Maasai Mara (GB) (Roaring Lion), a son of the G3 Prix Chloe and GIII WinStar Matchmaker S. scorer Wekeela (Fr) (Hurricane Run {Ire}).

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Relative Of Eminent Debuts At Sandown

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. Thursday's Observations features a relative of Group 2 winner Eminent (Ire) (Frankel {GB}).

4.38 Deauville, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 6fT
WILLIAM TELL (FR) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) at €420,000 was the joint-second highest-priced lot at last year's Arqana Deauville October Yearling Sale and debuts days after that auction's topper Denmark (GB) (Camelot {GB}) made an impressive winning racecourse bow. Trained by Andre Fabre for Godolphin, the January-foaled Ecurie Des Monceaux-bred black colt is out of a half-sister to the triple Group 1-winning sire Charm Spirit (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).

6.36 Sandown, Mdn, £9,900, 2yo, 8fT
HIGH HONOUR (GB) (Frankel {GB}) debuts in the maiden won in recent years by the sire's Westover (GB) and also by Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and made a splash at the Book 1 when selling for 900,000gns, being out of a half-sister to Frankel's G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano and G3 Craven S.-winning sire Eminent (Ire). Starting for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby, who have won this twice in the past five years and whose first-string Desert Order (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will be a warm order having been third in a strong Newmarket July Festival maiden, the February-foaled bay is also up against another experienced rival who carries gravitas in Juddmonte's Arrest (GB) (Frankel {GB}). One of three to top the 2020 Goffs November Foal Sale, the John and Thady Gosden-trained colt will give an early indication as to the merit of the operation's TDN Rising Star Nostrum (GB) (Kingman {GB}) who beat him into third over seven here last month.

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Half To Viadera Set For Kempton Bow

18.50 Kempton, Nov, £9,900, 2yo, 7f (AWT)
Juddmonte's homebred PAVISE (GB) (Camacho {GB}) is kin to a trio of black-type performers, headed by 2020's GI Matriarch S. heroine Viadera (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), and encounters a baker's dozen in this debut. The Andrew Balding trainee's rivals include Godolphin's Silver Knott (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), a son of G1 Premio Lydia Tesio victrix God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), who returns off a July 15 debut fourth at Newbury.

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