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. Sunday's Insights features the half-brother to a Group 1-winning heroine as well as a well-regarded colour bearer for The King and Queen..
16.45 Sandown, Mdn, £15,000, 2yo, 7fT
SKELLET (IRE) (Kingman {GB}) debuts for Anthony and Sonia Rogers and the Ralph Beckett stable and is the sixth foal out of Dane Street (Street Cry {Ire}), who has already produced the G1 Moyglare Stud S. heroine Skitter Scatter (Scat Daddy) and the G2 Superlative S. runner-up Victory Dance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) as well as the graded-stakes-placed dam of the recent GI Belmont Oaks Invitational winner Aspen Grove (Ire) (Justify). The March-foaled filly meets The King and Queen's Reaching High (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), a Sir Michael Stoute-trained son of the G1 Gold Cup heroine Estimate (Ire) (Monsun {Ger}) and Ben Wong's Endosser (Street Sense), a Marco Botti-trained €260,000 Arqana May Breeze-Up graduate and half-brother to the GI Prioress S. scorer Lighthouse Bay (Speightstown).
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