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Racing Industry Honours The Duke Of Edinburgh

The death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and husband of The Queen, on Friday at age 99 will be marked across British racecourses on Saturday.

Two minutes of silence was observed at Aintree on Friday, with jockeys wearing black armbands and flags flying at half-mast, and those measures will be repeated again during Saturday's Grand National meeting at the course. Similar tributes will be held at the fixtures at Chepstow, Lingfield Park, Wolverhampton and Newcastle.

Though never a racehorse owner himself, the Duke of Edinburgh had been an honorary member of the Jockey Club since 1947 and regularly accompanied The Queen at Royal Ascot, where the Duke of Edinburgh H. was staged.

Sir Francis Brooke Bt, Her Majesty's representative at Ascot, said in a statement, “We extend our deepest condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and the Royal Family at this time. We have very happy memories of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh at Ascot where he accompanied Her Majesty The Queen on so many occasions and shared in her successes. One of the most memorable moments was in 2012 when His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh presented Her Majesty The Queen with the Queen's Vase after Estimate's victory.”

Estimate (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) would win the G1 Gold Cup the following year at Royal Ascot, providing The Queen with one of her greatest victories as an owner.

Annamarie Phelps, chair of the British Horseracing Authority, said, “The British Horseracing Authority is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh. We owe him a considerable debt of gratitude for his many years of tireless public service and dedication. We offer our sincere condolences to Her Majesty The Queen and The Royal Family.”

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Daughter Of Talent Steps Out At Kempton

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 Observations features a daughter of Oaks winner Talent.

3.35 Fontainebleau, Mdn, €27,000, 3yo, c/g, 9fT
NINE WEST (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) debuts for the Wertheimers and Andre Fabre and is a G1 Prix du Jockey Club entered half-brother to the operation's star miler Solow (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}). Before Solow managed to bring up a sequence of five Group 1 wins, he broke his maiden in June of his 3-year-old season so time is on this homebred's side.

5.05 Fontainebleau, Mdn, €27,000, 3yo, f, 9fT
STAR GARLAND (IRE) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) is another Fabre representative of note to debut on this card, being Godolphin's daughter of the G1 1000 Guineas, G1 Irish Oaks and G1 Yorkshire Oaks heroine Blue Bunting (Dynaformer). Entered in the G1 Prix de Diane, the February-foaled bay is joined by the stable's Love Child (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), Lady Bamford's 700,000gns Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 graduate who is a half-sister to the G2 Prix Niel and G2 Prix Chaudenay winner Brundtland (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and who was disappointing on her sole start at Deauville in July.

5.40 Kempton, Mdn, £5,300, 3yo, f/m, 10f 219y (AWT)
PRETTY FAIR (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a daughter of the G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) who has already produced a classy individual by this sire in last year's G2 Prix Corrida winner and G1 Prix Jean Romanet runner-up Ambition (GB). Simon and Ed Crisford have charge of Mark Dixon and James Rowsell's homebred, who meets nine rivals on this debut.

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Mishriff, Mystic Guide Top Longines World Rankings

After impressive displays during the Dubai World Cup card, Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) and TDN Rising Star Mystic Guide (Ghostzapper) share the top spot with a 122 ranking in the second edition of the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings for 2021. The rankings are compiled by the Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings Committee and published by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA).

Mishriff, who led the rankings following his victory in the Saudi Cup, switched back to turf and won the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic next time out. Joining Mishriff at the top with a win in the G1 Dubai World Cup, Mystic Guide came into the race having won Oaklawn Park's GIII Razorback H. earlier this season.

Joining Australia's Nature Strip (Aus) (Nicconi {Aus}) at 121 in the co-third spot is Eduardo (Aus) (Host {Chi}), who is a perfect two-for-two this season. Eduardo defeated Nature Strip by a short head in the G2 Hyland Race Colours Challenge S. and then went on to win the G1 Bisley Workwear Galaxy.

TDN Rising Star Charlatan (Speightstown), winner of last December's GI Malibu S. at Santa Anita, is ranked in co-fifth at 120. The chestnut finished second behind Mystic Guide in the Feb. 20 G1 Saudi Cup. Also among those co-ranked in fifth at 120, TDN Rising Star Life Is Good (Into Mischief), Lord North (Ire) who entered the top five after winning the G1 Dubai Turf and Hong Kong's 2020 Horse of the Year Exultant (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) and Golden Sixty (Aus) (Medaglia d'Oro), two for two in Group 1 company in Hong Kong this season.

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Kingman Filly On Top In the Imprudence

There was another minor upset at Deauville in Thursday as the G3 Prix Imprudence went the way of the 18-1 shot Reina Madre (Ire) (Kingman {GB}). Sporting the silks of the Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals and his Yeguada Centurion operation which is set to become a familiar presence in this country, the Mauricio Delcher Sanchez trainee had last been seen finishing fourth in the Premio Gran Criterium in Madrid in October and entered this Classic prep something of an enigma. Settled with two behind early by Christophe Soumillon, the bay who was also runner-up in the Listed Grand Criterium de Bordeaux in early October stayed on strongly to reel in Sky Angel (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) in the last 50 metres for a short-neck success, with Louliana (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) 1 1/2 lengths behind in third. “She was a very useful 2-year-old last year and had run a very good race in Bordeaux, but maybe she was a little bit gone in her last race in Madrid,” Delcher Sanchez commented of the bay, who was under the care of Alvaro Soto Loring in 2020. “She's been with me for only three months and I could appreciate the quality in her morning work–she is definitely a very nice filly and everyone can see she hasn't quite blossomed yet, which leads me to think there is room for improvement. It'll most probably be the [G1 Poule d'Essai des] Pouliches [at ParisLongchamp May 16] next.”

Reina Madre, who was bred by Paddy Burns of Loughtown Stud and was the €350,000 topper of the 2018 Goffs November Foal Sale as Pujals flexed his financial muscle, is out of the Fittocks Stud-bred Splashdown (GB) (Falbrav {Ire}) who captured the Listed Ballymacoll Stud Lord Weinstock Memorial S. and was also responsible for the G3 Solario S. winner and G2 Superlative S. runner-up Aktabantay (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). A half-sister to three other stakes performers headed by the Listed Height of Fashion S. winner Cosmodrome (Bahri), she is a relative of the remarkable Bosra Sham (Woodman) and Hector Protector and the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire Ultra (Ire) (Manduro {Ger}). Her 2020 filly is by Oasis Dream (GB).

Thursday, Deauville, France
PRIX IMPRUDENCE-G3, €80,000, Deauville, 4-8, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:25.12, gd.
1–REINA MADRE (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Splashdown (GB) (SW-Eng), by Falbrav (Ire)
2nd Dam: Space Time (Fr), by Bering (GB)
3rd Dam: Space Ritual (Ire), by Top Ville (Ire)
1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. (€350,000 Wlg '19 GOFNOV). O-Yeguada Centurion SLU; B-P Burns (IRE); T-Maurcio Delcher Sanchez; J-Christophe Soumillon. €40,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, €63,560. *1/2 to Aktabantay (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), GSW-Eng, $383,617. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Sky Angel (Ire), 126, f, 3, Dark Angel (Ire)–Mayhem (Ire), by Whipper. (€800,000 Ylg '19 ARAUG). O-Godolphin SNC; B-C-Squared Investments (IRE); T-Henri-Alex Pantall. €16,000.
3–Louliana (Ire), 126, f, 3, Acclamation (GB)–Rosie's Premiere (Ire), by Showcasing (GB). (€44,000 Ylg '19 AROCT; £80,000 2yo '20 GOFJUL). O-Mbaye Niang SNC & Scuderia Il Fino; B-Haras du Mezeray SA (IRE); T-Frederic Rossi. €12,000.
Margins: SNK, 1HF, SHD. Odds: 17.90, 7.20, 1.90.
Also Ran: See The Rose (Ire), Kennella (Fr), Livachope (Fr), Cassiopea (Fr), Belcarra (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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