Observations on the European Racing Scene for Tuesday, May 8

[Wandering Eyes]

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. Tuesday’s Insights features a half-sister to 2013 G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Indonesienne (Ire) (Muhtathir {GB}).

3.45 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €25,000, 3yo, c/g, 8fT
DEVILISH (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) represents the Sheikh Abdulla bin Khalifa Al Thani-Freddy Head combination which orchestrated the career of his G1 Prix Jean Prat, G1 Prix du Moulin and G1 Queen Elizabeth II S.-winning full-brother Charm Spirit (Ire). A €650,000 Arqana August graduate, he is one of a clutch of bluebloods awaiting initial assessment along with Godolphin’s Dramatic Device (GB) (Dansili {GB}), an Andre Fabre-trained colt whose dam is a half to the G2 Ribblesdale S. scorer Flying Cloud (Ire) (Storming Home {GB}).

 

4.15 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €25,000, 3yo, f, 8fT
FLOWRIDER (Street Cry {Ire}) is another Godolphin notable to enter the fray as an Andre Fabre-trained daughter of the G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Wavering (Ire) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}). Facing her is the Wertheimers’s Balinaise (GB) (Dansili {GB}), a Carlos Laffon-Parias-trained half-sister to the same connections’s 2013 G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Indonesienne (Ire) (Muhtathir {GB}).

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