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. Wednesday's Insights features a half-brother to MG1SW Farhh (GB) (Pivotal {GB}).
12.30 Nottingham, Mdn, £8,000, 2yo, 8f 75yT
ROYAL TOUCH (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a notable debutante for Godolphin and Charlie Appleby, being a half-brother to the operation's G1 Champion S. and G1 Lockinge S.-winning sire Farhh (GB) and his Group 1-placed full-brother Racing History (Ire). The February-foaled bay encounters another unraced blueblood in Lady Bamford's Thunder Drum (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a John Gosden-trained daughter of the G1 Irish Oaks heroine Great Heavens (GB) (Galileo {Ire}).
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