Smorgasbord of Superbly Bred Newcomers Set for July 25

There is a veritable banquet of blue-blooded newcomers to tickle the taste buds of pedigree connoisseurs July 25.

The main course will likely be the debut of Dhahabi in the seven-furlong maiden at Newmarket.

The colt, trained by Charlie Appleby for Godolphin, is a Frankel half brother to Investec Derby (G1) and Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1) hero Golden Horn and cost connections 3.1 million guineas (US$3,977,357) at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

Dhahabi is also a three-parts brother to the 3-year-old Galileo colt Arrow of Gold, a 450,000 guineas ($618,645) Book 1 buy who won on debut last month but was well beaten in the Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Glasgow Stakes recently, and a half brother to listed winner and grade 2 runner-up Eastern Belle.

The siblings' unraced dam, Fleche d'Or, is a Dubai Destination half sister to Coronation Stakes (G1) winner Rebecca Sharp from a great Hascombe and Valiant Studs family that has been in good form once again this season through the group-winning fillies Dame Malliot and Frankly Darling.

Dhahabi, who was the second-most expensive yearling sold in Europe last year, faces tough opposition on his first start, including from New Mandate, a New Bay gelding who ran third on his debut, and Wild Lion, a son of The Last Lion who finished second on his initial outing.

The Last Lion Sibling Ready to Roar

Speaking of The Last Lion, the first-season sire's half brother State Patrol is set to make his debut against last-time-out winners Final Voyage and Henrik, by Yeomanstown studmates Camacho and Gutaifan, in the seven-furlong novice median auction stakes at York.

State Patrol is entitled to be precocious as he is by Zoffany, a tried and tested source of high-class juveniles, and The Last Lion won the Brocklesby Stakes on debut and later scored in the Racinguk/Daypass Dragon Stakes, Totequadpot Sirenia Stakes (G3), and Juddmonte Middle Park Stakes (G1) at 2.

State Patrol could be a fine flag-bearer for older mares as his dam, Mala Mala, a group 1-placed daughter of Brief Truce, was 20 when he was foaled.

The Richard Fahey-trained State Patrol looks a typically shrewd purchase by Joe Foley, snapped up on behalf of Steve Parkin's Clipper Logistics outfit for €50,000 (US$54,666) at the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale.

Frankel Fillies Abound in Hot Race

Dhahabi is not the only beautifully bred Frankel 2-year-old set to be unleashed Saturday as Richard Hannon is also taking the wraps off Snow Lantern for owners and breeders Rockcliffe Stud.

She is the third foal out of her connections' four-time group 1 winner Sky Lantern.

The gray filly (just like mum) is a sister to 3-year-old Noonday Gun, who finished fourth behind the exciting Darain on his second start at Newmarket Friday, and a half sister to last year's Cork maiden winner Gentile Bellini.

Snow Lantern, whose sire and dam stormed up the Rowley Mile to win the QIPCO Two Thousand Guineas (G1) and QIPCO One Thousand Guineas (G1), respectively, has been declared for a seven-furlong fillies' novice stakes at Ascot.

The race also features the debuts of two other Frankel fillies—Light Refrain, whose dam, Light Music, won the listed Radley Stakes for Queen Elizabeth II, and Zabeel Queen (IRE), out of Dubai Queen, a winning Kingmambo half sister to Dubawi.

Dark Angel Dazzlers in Crocker Bulteel

The Crocker Bulteel Maiden Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings over six furlongs earlier on the Ascot card has also attracted a typically strong turnout.

Inveigle, bred by Godolphin and trained by Michael Bell for the queen, is a Dark Angel colt out of Sand Vixen, who became Dubawi's very first stakes winner when she took the St Hugh's Stakes in 2009.

The mare has already produced Dream Castle (GB), the winner of the Jebel Hatta Sponsored By Emirates Airline (G1).

In opposition is the Roger Varian-trained colt Hamoudi, also by Dark Angel. He is a half brother to listed-winning sprinter Mrs Gallagher and Chasing Dreams.

The likely favorite will be yet another Dark Angel, the William Haggas-trained colt Mayaas, who finished an encouraging fourth on debut at Haydock this month.

Athers Could Bowl Them Over

The smorgasbord of well-bred 2-year-old newcomers continues to Doncaster later in the afternoon, when the Dubawi colt Athers makes his debut in the seven-furlong novice stakes at the South Yorkshire track.

Trained by Varian for Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, he was a 320,000 guineas purchase from his breeder Watership Down Stud at Book 1.

He is a brother to the versatile Aljamaaheer, the winner of the Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile Stakes (G2) and three-times group 1-placed.

Athers' stablemate Raadobarg also makes his debut in the race. He is by hotshot second-season sire Night of Thunder and is a half-brother to TNT July Stakes (G2) winner Classic Blade and the durable sprinter Captain Dunne.

The £200,000 Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sale graduate carries the colors of up-and-coming operation Amo Racing.

Mouthwatering Muhaarar Fillies

Finally, there are still some wonderfully well-bred 3-year-olds who have not had the wraps taken off them but who will finally be seen in the mile novice stakes at Newmarket.

Bizzi Lizzi, trained by John Gosden for Meon Valley Stud, is out of the famed Hampshire nursery's group 1-winning Pivotal mare Izzi Top, whose first three foals have all recorded Racing Post Ratings of at least 110.

Bizzi Lizzi's rivals include another Muhaarar filly with strong credentials in Zahratty, a three-parts sister to listed-winning sprinter Naadirr and half sister to listed scorer Beach Belle out of the group 1-placed High Chaparral mare Beach Bunny.

Zahratty is trained by John Gosden for Hissa Hamdan Al Maktoum after being bought by Shadwell from breeders Skymarc Farm for €500,000 from the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale.

The Newmarket novice stakes also features the debut of Miss Mulligan, a daughter of Gleneagles and dual group 2 winner Banimpire. She is trained by George Scott for Christopher Hanbury.