Sandtrap Takes Reservoirs Test

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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. Monday's Observations features a TDN Rising Star stepping up in grade.

16.53 Deauville, Group 3, €80,000, 2yo, f, 8fT
SANDTRAP (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) earned TDN Rising Star status with her impressive debut win at Salisbury last month and heads to Deauville to contest this G3 Darley Prix des Reservoirs for the in-form Ralph Beckett stable. Valmont and Ballylinch Stud's full-sister to Carl Spackler (Ire) encounters 10 rivals, with the standard being set by John Pearce's Ed Walker-trained Miss Tonnerre (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) who was fourth in the G2 May Hill Stakes at Doncaster.

14.30 Gowran, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, 8f 75yT
LIGHT AS AIR (IRE) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) bids to build on his debut third at Navan earlier this month for Masaaki Matsushima and the Coolmore partners in a maiden Ballydoyle have won six times in the last nine years. The half-brother to last year's G1 St Leger hero Continuous (Jpn) (Heart's Cry {Jpn}) from the family of Saxon Warrior (Jpn) is joined by stablemate Saints N Scholars (Ire) (Quality Road), a son of the G1 Nassau Stakes runner-up Wedding Vow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who was disappointing on debut at The Curragh last month.

18.15 Southwell, Novice, £6,300, 2yo, 7f 14y (AWT)
KAIZEN (GB) (Kingman {GB}) was a 425,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase who represents a partnership of Qatar and China Bloodstock, David Howden and Newsells Park and the John and Thady Gosden stable. A half-brother to last year's G1 Fillies' Mile heroine Ylang Ylang (GB) (Frankel {GB}), he encounters 11 rivals.

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