Godolphin’s Lope De Vega Homebred Catches The Eye At Newbury

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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. Friday's Observations features Godolphin homebred Words Of Truth.

3.00 Newbury, Mdn, £12,000, 2yo, c/g, 6fT
WORDS OF TRUTH (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is one of the key members of a fascinating race which hosts several Royal Ascot hopefuls. Representing the Charlie Appleby stable which has started brightly with its juveniles, Godolphin's homebred is a son of the G2 Prix du Calvados winner Beyond Reason whose Dubawi colt Ancient Truth was successful in last year's G2 Superlative Stakes and was third in the G1 Dewhurst Stakes. Coolmore's similarly-unraced Title Role (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), a Simon and Ed Crisford-trained son of the GIII My Charmer Handicap winner Valiant Girl, is out quickly after fetching 500,000gns at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up.

4.20 La Teste-Bassin Arcachon, Debutantes, €21,000, 3yo, 9fT
MOONLIGHT ROSE (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) appears belatedly at one of France's provincial circuits, which would perhaps not have been the original plan for Godolphin after winning the bidding war at 725,000gns at the 2023 Tattersalls October Book 1 Sale. A year later, the relative of New Approach's half-brother to Wootton Bassett went for 4.3million as the auction's top-priced colt. Henri-Alex Pantall introduces this blueblood, whose peers include Alpha Vase (Ire) (Sottsass {Fr}), White Birch Farm's son of the dual Grade I-placed Thais representing the Jean-Claude Rouget yard.

4.45 Newbury, Mdn, £12,000, 3yo, 10fT
CROWN IMPERIAL (GB) (Frankel {GB}) debuts in the maiden won in recent times by Logician and Ulysses and in which William Haggas has twice been successful since 2018. Out of the accomplished mare Waldlerche, whose son Waldgeist by Frankel's sire Galileo achieved immortality by winning the Arc, he runs in the Newsells Park Stud colours having been sold for 450,000gns at Tattersalls Book 1.

4.55 York, Novice, £40,000, 3yo/up, 7f 192yT
BOWMARK (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is put back into a novice by the Gosdens to boost confidence after his second in Newcastle's Listed Burradon Stakes last month and it is probably significant that the yard won this for the last two years with Lead Artist and Mostabshir. Lordship Stud's TDN Rising Star from the family of the runaway Derby hero Serpentine still holds huge potential as well as a G1 St James's Palace Stakes entry and we will learn a lot as he has to give six pounds to Tony Bloom and Ian McAleavy's highly-regarded Crown Of Oaks (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). From an excellent Car Colston Hall Stud family, A the William Haggas trainee was unlucky not to finish better than third at Newbury behind the re-opposing Point Of Contact (Ire) (Blue Point {Ire}), Saeed Suhail's relative of Distant Music from the Andrew Balding stable.

5.05 Leopardstown, Mdn, €20,000, 2yo, 7f 52yT
ITALY (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) debuts for Ballydoyle 10 minutes after his 3-year-old half-brother Bowmark runs at York and is chalked up at odds-on for this race which played host to the subsequent G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes hero Scorthy Champ 12 months ago. Aidan O'Brien saddled Mount Kilimanjaro in the most recent renewal, which also boasted Hotazhell, so close attention is essential to this 200,000gns Tattersalls Book 1 purchase who has the weight of carrying one of Susan Magnier's more prominent titles.

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