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. Friday's Observations features 'TDN Rising Star' Born To Rock (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}).
14.30 Sandown, Listed, £40,000, 2yo, 5f 10yT
BORN TO ROCK (IRE) (Soldier's Call {GB}) was denied the chance to sport her TDN Rising Star badge in the G2 Queen Mary S., but is back in action to prove her emphatic Yarmouth debut was no aberration. Laurence Holder's Jane Chapple-Hyam-trained relative of the GIII Miesque S. winner More Than Love (More Than Ready) faces six peers in this Dragon S.
15.40 Sandown, Novice, £15,000, 2yo, 7fT
ARABIAN CROWN (FR) (Dubawi {Ire}), a €600,000 Arqana Deauville August Yearling Sale graduate, bids to keep up the Charlie Appleby momentum and augment the yard's current strike rate of around 40% with its juveniles. A half-brother to the dual G2 Prix de Royallieu winner The Juliet Rose (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), he encounters a fellow newcomer of note in Juddmonte's Starlore (GB) (Kingman {GB}), a Sir Michael Stoute-trained son of the GII New York S. winner Starformer (Dynaformer) who is responsible for the big-earning stakes-winning stalwart Flavius (War Front) and the dual graded-stakes-placed Oyster Box (Tapit).
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