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Monday, Chantilly, France, post time: 15:05, PRIX RONDE DE NUIT-Listed, €50,300, 3yo, 5 1/2fT Field: Ulymine (Fr) (Penny's Picnic {Ire}), Aurorian Clouds (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Afjan (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}), Exclamation (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), Trinquette (Fr) (City Light {Fr}), Street Show (Fr) (Showcasing {GB}), Baker Blue (GB) (Ardad {Ire}), Kailani (Fr) (Goken {Fr}), Michael The Great (Fr) (Territories {Ire}), Inju (GB) (Blue Point {Ire}), Birdcall (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), Kimi Rey (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Jeudixx (Fr) (Hello Youmzain {Fr}). TDN Analysis: Unravelling interweaving black-type form is the task here with G3 Prix d'Arenberg victor Afjan once again crossing swords with Jeudixx and Kimi Rey. Jeudixx finished behind Afjan in the Arenberg and August's G3 Prix de Cabourg, while Kimi Rey was too good for both in July's Listed Prix Yacowlef. Magne Jordanger and Finn Blichfeldt's G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte runner-up Street Show is the only other contender with black-type form and should not be discounted. Of the remainder, Aurorian Clouds, dual winner Michael The Great and unbeaten former Ollie Sangster trainee Birdcall make most appeal. [Sean Cronin]. The post Black-Type Analysis: Afjan Back in Listed Action at Chantilly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-bred horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Monday's Observations features a newcomer to follow at Chantilly. 3.40 Chantilly, Debutantes, 3yo, c/g, 8f (AWT) MR LOPE CEN (IRE) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) starts out for Yeguada Centurion and the Henri Devin stable in this intriguing affair and as a half-brother to Justify's Prix de la Foret heroine Ramatuelle is the race's key eyecatcher. Among his peers is Haras de Saint Julien's Watch The King (Fr) (Persian King {Ire}), a Fabrice Chappet-trained son of the Coronation Stakes heroine Watch Me (Olympic Glory). The post Ramatuelle’s Half-Brother Mr Lope Cen Debuts at Chantilly appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jockey Umberto Rispoli, sidelined with a broken right ankle since Jan. 24, is "still a ways away" from returning to the saddle, his agent Matt Nakatani said March 15. View the full article

Top 3-year-olds Intrepido and Pavlovian and La Brea Stakes (G1) winner Usha were among the notable horses on the work tab March 15 at Santa Anita Park.View the full article

Blackout Time (Not This Time), most recently fourth in the GII Rebel Stakes, tuned up for an expected start in the Mar. 28 GI Arkansas Derby with a bullet four-furlong drill in :47.00 (1/90) at Oaklawn Park Saturday. Under retired jockey Robby Albarado, Blackout Time worked with stablemate Gould's Gold, a 5-year-old stakes winner who is entered in the Mar. 21 GIII Essex Handicap. Clockers caught Blackout Time in :24.20 for his opening quarter-mile and galloping out five furlongs in :59.60 and six furlongs in 1:13.40. “Everything is still on track for the Arkansas Derby,” co-owner Lance Gasaway said in a text message Sunday morning. Blackout Time was tabbed a 'TDN Rising Star presented by Hagyard' following his 9 3/4-length maiden victory at Ellis Park last August. He concluded his juvenile campaign with a runner-up effort behind champion Ted Noffey in the Oct. 4 GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity. The post Bullet Work for Blackout Time Ahead of Arkansas Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article