Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Sunday's Observations features a full-brother to a Breeders' Cup heroine.
14.30 Leicester, Novice, £9,000, 2yo, 7fT
MATAURI BAY (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) debuts for the Ralph Beckett stable which has won the last two renewals and is a significant newcomer as a full-brother to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf heroine Aunt Pearl (Ire). Valmont, along with the colt's breeders Ballylinch and Ecurie des Charmes, hold shares in this 500,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase who encounters the similarly-unraced Nightwalker (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Juddmonte's half-brother to their two-times GI Diana Stakes heroine Whitebeam (GB) (Caravaggio) from the Sir Michael Stoute stable.
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