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. Friday's Observations features a Wootton Bassett daughter of Qemah.
4.10 Doncaster, Mdn, 2yo, f, 7f 6yT
WID (IRE) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) debuts for Al Shaqab Racing in this race won 12 months ago by the sire's Whirl and is a homebred daughter of the Coronation Stakes and Prix Rothschild heroine Qemah (Danehill Dancer). Ralph Beckett has charge of the newcomer, whose peers include the similarly-unraced Fractional (GB) (Frankel {GB}), Dunchurch Lodge Stud's William Haggas-trained daughter of the Prix Marcel Boussac winner Proportional (Beat Hollow) whose daughter First Instinct (Bated Breath) is a Listed winner who was placed in the Sandy Lane. They have it to do taking on experienced fillies including Newsells Park Stud's Classic Cuvee (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a Roger Varian-trained half-sister to Legatissimo (Danehill Dancer).
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