Sister To Space Blues, Dance To The Music, Debuts At HQ

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. Saturday's Observations features a half-sister to Darley stallio Space Blues.

2.50 Newmarket, Novice, £40,000, 2yo, f, 6fT
DANCE TO THE MUSIC (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a significant newcomer for Charlie Appleby as the 11th foal out of the G2 Challenge Stakes winner Miss Lucifer, whose gift to Godolphin was Dubawi's triple top-level-winning Breeders' Cup Mile hero Space Blues. Also here is the Sangster colour-bearer Lyrics Of Life (GB) (Pinatubo {Ire}), a Brian Meehan-trained daughter of the 2008 GI E. P. Taylor Stakes winner Folk Opera.

1.30 Navan, Mdn, €18,000, 2yo, 5f 180yT
GSTAAD (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) was taken out of the Naas maiden won by the stable's potentially high-class Albert Einstein and has a big stablemate to deal with here as well in the Listed First Flier Stakes runner-up True Love (Ire) (No Nay Never). Whatever he achieves on this debut, as a 450,000gns Tattersalls December half-brother to the G1 Prix Morny and G1 Middle Park Stakes hero Vandeek he could be one who has a big future.