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. Thursday's Observations features a daughter of Venus De Milo.
5.00 Leopardstown, Mdn, €20,000, 2yo, f, 7fT
AMELIA EARHART (IRE) (Camelot) is an intriguing newcomer for Ballydoyle in the maiden won last year by the stable's Group 1 performer Exactly and in 2021 by the eventual Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Homeless Songs, being the seventh foal out of the dual Group winner Venus De Milo (Duke Of Marmalade) who was also placed four times at the highest level including the Irish Oaks. A full-sister to the G2 Moonee Valley Gold Cup winner Cleveland, she encounters some exciting fillies from the country's leading yards including the Niarchos homebred Thenandnow (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Jessica Harrington-trained daughter of the G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Albigna (Zoffany).
4.10 Newmarket, Mdn, £40,000, 2yo, f, 6fT
NIGHT SHINING (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}) debuts in one of the July Festival's intriguing set of maidens and stands out as a 475,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase whose full-sister Dark Liberty was a German Listed scorer. Lady Bamford's newcomer, whose other full-sibling is the Listed Star Stakes third Sunstrike, has Ryan Moore on board with George Boughey sending out a signal loud and clear.
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