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. Tuesday's Insights features the highly regarded Mare Australis (Ire).
12.10 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €20,000, 3yo, c/g, 8fT
HURRICANE CLOUD (GB) (Frankel%20(GB)#tot">Frankel {GB}) debuts in the silks of his breeder Guy Pariente and is a half-brother to his resident sire Goken (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}), a very sharp juvenile who took the G3 Prix du Bois and went on to be third in the 2016 G1 King's Stand S. Starting out for the Pascal Bary stable, the March-foaled bay encounters several big-yard representatives including the Wertheimers' Whaze (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}), a Freddy Head-trained son of the GII Honeymoon H. winner Sarach (Arch).
12.40 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €20,000, 3yo, f, 8fT
JOYOUS SOUNDS (Medaglia d'Oro cost Godolphin $1million at the 2018 Keeneland September Sale and gets a first airing by Andre Fabre in this fascinating 16-runner heat. Out of the well-connected Moyglare mare Esprit de Vie (Street Cry {Ire}), who had herself fetched $500,000 when purchased by Runnymede Farm and Haras d'Etreham from the operation's draft three years earlier, the February-foaled bay is taken on by another expensive yearling purchase in Arabian Belle (Ire) (No Nay Never). A full-sister to the listed-winning and group-placed No Needs Never (Ire) from the immediate family of the classy Volta (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), the 525,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 graduate debuts in the colours of Al Shira'aa Farms for the Carlos Laffon-Parias yard.
3.00 Saint-Cloud, Cond, €28,000, 3yo, c/g, 10 1/2fT
MARE AUSTRALIS (IRE) (Australia {GB}) makes his debut in the silks of Corinna Baronin von Ullmann for the Andre Fabre stable, having been switched from Jean-Pierre Carvalho during the winter. From the family of another high-class Fabre transfer in Macleya (Ger) (Winged Love {Ire}), the highly-regarded homebred was successful on his sole winning start from an impressive subsequent winner at Munich in November and is entered in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club, G1 Deutsches Derby and G1 Grand Prix de Paris entry. In this informative Prix Tourbillon, he faces 11 rivals with three others similarly unbeaten.
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