Observations: Daughter of Romantica Debuts at Deauville

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 G1SW Romantica (GB).

15.35 Deauville, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, f, 7 1/2f (AWT)
AMBOISE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) takes the eye on debut, being a daughter of the track's G1 Prix Jean Romanet heroine Romantica (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) who was in turn a daughter of the luminary Banks Hill (GB) (Danehill). As in the case of the dam and second dam, Andre Fabre has charge of Juddmonte's April-foaled bay whose opponents include George Strawbridge's Reasonable (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Freddy Head-trained daughter of his high-class producer In Clover (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), responsible for Dansili's With You (GB) and We Are (Ire) and a third group 1 winner in Call The Wind (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

HOW THEY FARED
16.15 Kempton, Novice, £14,000, 2yo, 7f (AWT)
DRAGON ICON (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), the 360,000gns Book 1 full-brother to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Aunt Pearl (Ire), impressed on debut and ran through the line strongly to suggest this win is only the beginning of his story.

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Ultra’s Half-Brother 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 pair of siblings to young Group 1-winning sires.

1.15 Newmarket, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
QUINTILLUS (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) debuts for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby and is a half-brother to the operation’s G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire Ultra (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}). Among his rivals is the similarly-unraced Sir Michael Stoute project Wahraan (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}), Al Shaqab Racing’s homebred whose dam is a 1.5million gns full-sister to the G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Was (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

4.50 Newcastle, Novice, £5,300, 2yo f, 7f 14y (AWT)
BRUNNERA (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the second foal out of the G1 Prix Jean Romanet winner Romantica (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who is herself a daughter of the brilliant Banks Hill (GB) (Danehill). Hugo Palmer has charge of Juddmonte’s regally-bred bay, who is one of a dozen runners on the Tapeta.

5.15 Dundalk, Mdn, €14,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)
MEHNAH (GB) (Frankel {GB}) is a homebred half-sister to Shadwell’s G1 Irish 2000 Guineas-winning first-season sire Awtaad (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) who also races for the Kevin Prendergast stable. The May-foaled bay faces some experienced rivals who set a decent standard in what could prove an informative maiden.

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