Observations: Aug. 27, 2017

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1.30 Curragh, Mdn, €17,500, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
CHRISTOPHER ROBIN (IRE) (Camelot (GB)">Camelot {GB}), one of three Aidan O'Brien nominees, is out of a half-sister to 2015 G1 Prix du Jockey Club-winning sire New Bay (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and bids to better an Aug. 17 debut second over this trip at Leopardstown. Rivals to the 400,000gns TATOCT yearling include his hitherto unraced stablemates Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), a son of 2011 G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine and 2012 G1 1000 Guineas third Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), and €230,000 GOFORB yearling Saracen Knight (Ire) (Camelot (GB)">Camelot {GB}), who is out of a half-sister to 2010 GI Arlington Million hero Debussy (Ire) (Diesis {GB}); and the Ger Lyons-trained newcomer The Kid Bobby B (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), who is a son of 2008 G2 Queen Mary S. victress Langs Lash (Ire) (Noverre).

2.55 Yarmouth, Cond, £8,000, 2yo, f, 6f 3yT
Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's debutante GANAYEM (IRE) (Frankel (GB)">Frankel {GB}), an Owen Burrows trainee, is a $900,000 KEESEP half-sister to 2008 GI Hollywood Starlet S. victress Laragh (Tapit) and MGSW five-time Grade I placegetter Summer Front (War Front). She is opposed by a cast of 15, including Sheikh Juma Dalmook Al Maktoum's once-raced Wild Impala (Fr) (Monsieur Bond {Ire}), who is a John Gosden-trained half-sister to 2014 G3 Prix Eclipse victress Souvenir Delondres (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}).

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