Deauville August Back With a Bang as Persian King’s Sister Tickle Debuts

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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. Sunday's Observations features a full-sister to Classic winner Persian King.

4.05 Deauville, Debutantes, €45,700, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT
TICKLE (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is a key Wertheimer representative in this Prix des Marettes on the first day of Deauville's August Festival, being a full-sister to the Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Prix du Moulin and Prix d'Ispahan-winning sire Persian King, who began his career in the colts' version, the Prix de Crevecoeur, in 2018. Yann Barberot saddles the blueblood, who is joined by the operation's Lefteye (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), an Andre Fabre-trained daughter of the Vermeille heroine Left Hand (Dubawi). Others to note in the maiden won by Zagora are Al Shaqab, Jean-Claude Seroul and Haras d'Etreham's Mario Baratti-trained Philly Bassett (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), a €420,000 Arqana Deauville August purchase who is a half-sister to the Marcel Boussac heroine Tiger Tanaka (Clodovil); and Craig Bernick's La Carriere (Ire) (No Nay Never), a Francis-Henri Graffard-trained half-sister to the Falmouth winner Prosperous Voyage (Zoffany).

1.56 Deauville, Debutantes, €45,700, 2yo, c/g, 7 1/2fT
REGAL RESOLVE (GB) (Kingman {GB}) is another notable by Juddmonte's sire sensation starting out on the opening fixture of Deauville's August Festival, this time in this often-informative card-opening Prix de Crevecoeur won in 2017 by the subsequent Poule d'Essai des Poulains hero Olmedo and in which Persian King was second in 2018. Juddmonte's 500,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 relative of the St James's Palace Stakes hero Barney Roy is introduced by Francis-Henri Graffard against Gestut Schlenderhan's Torpedo (Ger) (New Bay {GB}), a Victoria Head-trained half-brother to the Prix de Diane third Tasmania (Australia); Baron Edouard de Rothschild's Too Darn Quick (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}), an Andre Fabre-trained half-brother to the Vermeille runner-up Melo Melo (Gleneagles); and the Wertheimers' Elastic (Fr) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), a Christophe Ferland-trained half-brother to Siyouni's highly-regarded three-year-old colt Sinileo.

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