Observations: Unquestionable Kicks Off Big Day for Ballydoyle

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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. Saturday's Insights features the unusual step down in class when Unquestionable tries a maiden off a Listed stakes placing.

15.20 Curragh, Mdn, €20,000, 2yo, 6fT
UNQUESTIONABLE (FR) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) takes the unusual step of dropping in class for a maiden on his second start, having caught the eye when third in the Listed First Flier S. here at the start of the month. Sent off the favourite of the Ballydoyle duo in that five-furlong contest, Al Shaqab Racing, Coolmore and Westerberg's €340,000 Arqana Deauville August graduate is joined by the stable's newcomer City Of Troy (Justify), a son of the G1 Fillies' Mile winner Together Forever (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) whose 3-year-old full-brother Bertinelli won Saturday's London Gold Cup.

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