2.10 Maisons-Laffitte, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2fT
TOP DECK (FR) (Frankel {GB}) is a half-brother to the classy Godolphin pair French Navy (GB) (Shamardal) and Sea Lord (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}) who debuts for Khalid Abdullah and Criquette Head-Maarek. Also featuring is George Strawbridge's Stunning Spirit (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), a Freddy Head-trained colt whose dam is a full-sister to the G1SW Rainbow View.
3.10 Maisons-Laffitte, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT
PACHINKO (Tapit) starts out for Khalid Abdullah and Andre Fabre, who enjoyed G1 Prix Jean Romanet glory with her half-sister Announce (GB) (Selkirk), while her other half-sibling Mexican Gold (Medaglia d´Oro) was third in last year's G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Ettisaal (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is another connected with a luminary, being a half-sister to the operation's fellow Freddy head-trained dual group 1-winning sire Tamayuz (GB).
4.20 Newmarket, Mdn, 25,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
ALOUJA (IRE) (Raven's Pass) debuts for Saleh Al Homaizi and Imad Al Sagar and Hugo Palmer, having cost 420,000gns at Tattersalls October. A half-sister to the MGSW Magic Artist (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}) who was also fourth in last year's G1 Emirates S., the chestnut encounters the China Horse Club's Dream of Joy (Ire) (Dream Ahead), a Roger Varian-trained €290,000 GOFORB half-sister to the GI Northern Dancer Turf S. hero Wigmore Hall (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}).
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