Rip Van Winkle horse

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. Saturday's Insights features the son of G1SW Together Forever, the Justify colt City of Troy. 13.40 Curragh, Mdn, €20,000, 2yo c/g, 7fT CITY OF TROY (Justify) looks a significant member of the contingent for this Barronstown Stud Irish EBF Maiden for colts and geldings, being the chosen Ballydoyle representative...

Forced into retreat by injury in 2010, Coolmore's one-time powerhouse Rip Van Winkle (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}--Looking Back, by Stravinsky) has only just begun to show signs of stirring in his residence at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand. In the last month, the pairing of Te Akau Shark (NZ) and Jennifer Eccles (NZ) took his reputation to the next level with the former winning the G1 BCD Group Sprint and G1 Chipping Norton S. and the latter the G1 New Zealand Oaks. That placed him sixth in his county's sires'...