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. Saturday's Insights features a half-sister to to last month's GI Rodeo Drive S. third Responsibleforlove (Ire).
12.05 Newmarket, Cond, £7,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)
ROCOCO (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) debuts for Prince Faisal Salman's Denford Stud and John Gosden and is a half-sister to the stable's 2012 G1 St Leger third Michelangelo (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) from the excellent family of this partnership's G2 Ribblesdale S. winner Coronet (GB), also by Dubawi. Among the other newcomers is Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum's Hateel (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), a William Haggas-trained 260,000gns TATOCT half-sister to last month's GI Rodeo Drive S. third Responsibleforlove (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}).
12.35 Newmarket, Cond, £7,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)
SARY ARQA (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) starts out for the Hesmonds Stud owner Nurlan Bizakov and the Roger Varian stable and is a half-sister to the 2009 G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Termagant (Ire) (Powerscourt {GB}). John Gosden's juveniles are always to be watched in these end-of-term maidens and one of his duo is Sheikha Al Jalila Racing's unraced Poetic Imagination (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), a half-sister to the useful Come Alive (GB) (Dansili {GB}) from the family of Catcher In the Rye (Ire) (Danehill).
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