Observations: Stonehenge Test for Dubawi’s Rising Star Arabic Legend

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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 TDN Rising Star Arabic Legend.

 

15.20 Salisbury, Listed, £40,000, 2yo, 8fT
ARABIC LEGEND (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) lines up for this Listed Irish Stallion Farms EBF Stonehenge S. with a reputation to enhance, having earned TDN Rising Star status on his debut at Newmarket's July Festival. Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's Andrew Balding-trained son of the GI E.P.Taylor S. heroine Sheikha Reika (Fr) (Shamardal) beat one of Charlie Appleby's nicer juveniles in Emperor's Star (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) there and has another to contend with in the Sandown maiden winner Arabian Crown (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}), the €600,000 Arqana Deauville August graduate who is a half-brother to the triple group winner The Juliet Rose (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}).

 

16.30 Salisbury, Listed, £50,000, 3yo/up, f/m, 9f 201yT
CAERNARFON (GB) (Cityscape {GB}) enjoys a class drop, having failed to back up her Oaks third on her last two starts. While this Listed British EBF 40th Anniversary Upavon Fillies' S. is easier than the G1 Nassau S. she contested last time, the Jack Channon trainee still has a serious rival in David Howden's impressive Listed Pretty Polly S. scorer Running Lion (GB) (Roaring Lion). Rested by the Gosdens having been so disappointing in the G1 Prix de Diane shortly after her Epsom stalls debacle, she has time yet to become the classy performer she had looked at Newmarket in the spring.

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