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. Today's Observations features half-siblings to two Group 1 winners.
1.35 Lingfield, Nov, £5,300, 2yo, f, 7f 1y (AWT)
Cheveley Park Stud's hitherto unraced DEGREE (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a homebred half-sister to G1 Falmouth S. and G1 Sun Chariot S. heroine Integral (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) out of G1 Matron S. victress Echelon (GB) (Danehill). Declared to race in a first-time hood, she represents the Sir Michael Stoute stable responsible for those Cheveley Park luminaries and faces a cast of 10 rivals which features Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum's twice-raced Bint Al Anood (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who is a John Gosden-trained half to MG1SW sire Pride of Dubai (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}).
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