Saturday 14th August 2010, Deauville (www.paris-turf.com) The market started to brighten up around the same time as the rainclouds cleared and the sky above Deauville brightened. The top price of the day was €400,000 for a daughter of Teofilo, bought by Sir Robert Ogden. The top lot on the same day last year was €300,000. Twelve lots made more that €200,000 on this second day, which is exactly the same as on the same day last year but with a smaller catalogue.

Top Lots

Lot 105 Filly by Monsun ex. Woman Secret
Charlie Gordon-Watson acquired this filly consigned by Ecurie des Monceaux for €350,000. “She is a very good looking filly, sister to Wild Wind who recently won a maiden at the Curragh. I thought I would have to pay more for her.”

Lot 129 Colt by Montjeu ex. Dancing Lady
Michael Goodbody purchased this colt, first produce of Listed winner (and Group placed) Dancing Lady, for €300,000. “I bought him for an Australian client but he will stay in training in France. It is a very good price for a stallion pedigree. Things didn’t go very well for me yesterday but it is going better today!” The agent also bought Lot 119, a colt by Danehill Dancer out of a daughter of Sadler’s Wells, for €200,000. As with the previous lot he is destined for an Australian client but will stay in France.

Lot 130 Filly by Teofilo ex. Delicieuse Lady

Barry Simpson, on behalf Sir Robert Ogden, bought this sister to the Jockey-Club winner Blue Canari for €400,000. Robert Ogden has been particularly active over the last 2 days buying 6 lots for a total of €1,460,000.

Lot 144 Colt by Shamardal ex. Genevale
John Ferguson went to €360,000 for this brother to the talented Shamalgan (third in the Poule d’Essai), presented by Haras des Granges. “He is a typical Shamardal, who has produced 12 Stakes winners this year.”

Lot 204 Filly by Anabaa ex. The Wise Lady
Sylvain Vidal, on behalf of Gérard Augustin-Normand, bought this sister to Good Bye My Friend (Listed placed for the same colours) for €300,000. “Her brother brought us lots of happy moments, and we decided to buy his sister. She walks well and is very athletic. She is one of the last produce of Anabaa and I think that she will cross well with Le Havre.” He also purchased the next lot through the ring, a colt by Footstepsinthesand for €200,000.

Also of note is the buy back for €290,000 of the daughter of Porlezza, also the sister of Pontenuovo, recent winner of the Prix de Cabourg.

Friday 13th August 2010, Deauville. (www.paris-turf.com) The first day of the Arqana Yearling Sales in Deauville featured an average price of €175,403 in comparison to last year when it was €239,156, which is therefore a decrease of almost 26 %. However it is difficult to draw conclusions after only one day of selling and it will be interesting to see what the market is like on the coming days.

Top Lots

Lot 11 : Colt by Galileo ex. Alta Anna
Sir Robert Ogden purchased this colt for €420,000. “This colt is as close to perfection as possible. We bought him for his physique and his way of moving, not simply for his pedigree. I’m not sure who will train him yet. I still have a lot of horses to see...”

Lot 27 : Colt by Oasis Dream ex. Cap Coz
The Coolmore team (John Magnier) went to €500,000 for this son of Cap Coz, as talented at stud as she was on the track.

Lot 29 : Filly by Galileo ex. Clara Bow

This sister to the very talented, and recently retired due to injury, Age of Aquarius (who made top price here three years ago at €1,400,000), and also to Turle Bow and Turtle Bowl was bought outside of the ring for €600,000 after she went unsold at €650,000. Presented by Haras d’Etreham, she was bought by the bloodstock agent Charlie Gordon-Watson. “I bought her for a new client” he explained. “I’m not yet sure who she will go into training with. She is a superb filly, well bred, who obviously has a lot of value for breeding. The price seems right for her.”

Lot 33 : Colt by Galileo ex. Danaskaya
This son of Danaskaya (third in the Cheveley Park Stakes, Gr1) went for €420,000 when knocked down to the FIPS Agency (Gilles Forien). “I bought him in partnership for the Marquise de Moratalla and a new client. He will stay in training in France.”

Lot 37 : Colt by Dalakhani ex. Elle Galante
Frédéric Sauque paid €370,000 for this colt presented by Lodge Park Stud. “I like him a lot and the fact that he is a son of Dalakhani, with a dam by Galileo. The cross is very interesting. I bought him for a French syndicate and he will go into training with Alain de Royer Dupré. He came to see him this morning and liked him a lot. I didn’t think that he would go for quite so much.”

Lot 55 : Colt by Dansili ex. Lady Elgar
Charlie Gordon-Watson was very active on Friday and he purchased this colt, presented by Haras du Quesnay, for €400,000. “He is the best son of Dansili that I have seen here. I bought him for a new client and he will now be trained by Ed Dunlop.I am a fan of the cross between Dansili and Sadler’s Wells. »

Saturday, May 15th - St.Cloud. The Arqana breeze-up sale ended on Saturday at 10pm on a very positive note as every single indicator improved on the previous record sale of May 2009. Now held on the eve of the French Guineas Sunday, the sale posted a €5.9 million turnover (+ 44%), with a record average of €51,600, up 24%. The clearance rate was highly satisfactory 77%, with 108 of the 140 lots offered sold. "Yet when taking into account the 11 post‐ring private sales it is 85% of the horses on offer that found new homes," noted Arqana in its enthusiastic press release, as the company’s president Eric Hoyeau reflected : “We have improved the quality of the catalogue a great deal thanks to loyal support from our vendors, French, British and Irish, and the market has responded beyond our expectations. Turnover and average have almost doubled over the past two years, which has put this sale firmly on the map, and we are delighted to have attracted new customers as a result. We are now considering moving the breeze session to the Friday from next year in order to give purchasers even more time for inspections.”

The €300,000 top price also set a new record for the French major breeze up sale. That lot 21, from Yeomanstown Stud, was sold to Fiona Shaw acting on behalf of Earle Mack (Citywest Inc.). The French‐bred colt is a member of the first crop by the Breeders’ Cup Turf and Coronation Cup hero Shirocco. As for his distaff side, it is loaded with precocity; his dam Basse Besogne won a Listed race at two and she is out of Baiser Vole, who won two Gr.1 races as a juvenile. The top price is bound to join Jonathan Pease’s yard.

The top vendors were Haras du Saubouas (Paul Basquin) (27 sold for €1.5m), leading Willie Browne’s Mocklershill and Con Marnane’s Bansha House Stables.

“A remarkable feature was the number of prominent buyers who put their names on the score sheet for the first time, including Citywest Inc., Oliver Cole, Ed Sackville (Kern Lillingston), Jamie McCalmont, Narvick International (for Japanese owners), Prime Equestrian as well as new buyers from Eastern Europe,”

Some of the top lots at Saint-Cloud on Saturday

Lot 121: a colt by Shamardal ex. Samerous.

Consigned by Haras du Saubouas, he was knocked down for €210,000 to Chantilly Bloodstock (Gérard Larrieu) acting on behalf of an Abu Dhabi-based client. This colt is the first foal out of the Listed‐placed Samerous, whose halfsister Samando won the Gr.2 Prix de Royallieu and Gr.3 Prix Exbury.

Lot 61: A colt by Tapit ex. Indian Town

Emmanuel de Seroux bought this grey colt for €85,000 for Japanese client, Mr. Takashi, and he is destined for export to Japan. “I like the sire of this colt, Tapit, a lot and his son is very pleasant. He showed a nice action this morning. The price was reasonable for a dual purpose horse of this quality.”

Lot 62 : A colt by Ifraaj ex. Jezebel

Yet another colt destined for export, this time purchased for €135,000 by David Redvers, for Pearl Bloodstock, he will go into training in Newmarket with Sir Mark Prescott. “I liked this horse as a yearling,” confided the agent, “but my vet advised me against buying him as his scope wasn’t great. Everything is okay now and I am very pleased to have bought such a nice colt at what seems to me to be a reasonable price.” The dam of this colt, Jezebel (Owington) is a Listed winner and was placed in the Prix Seine-et-Oise (Gr3). The colt was bought for €55,000 as a yearling at the Arqana August Sale in 2009 by Con Marnane.

Lot 72: A colt by Marju ex. Les Alysées

Bought for €90,000 by Bobby O’Ryan, for his clients Iona Bloodstock, this colt will leave for Ireland where he will be trained on the Curragh, by Ken Condon. “He is a very good looking horse, who I saw at stud two weeks ago. He has a very good temperament”, explained the agent. This is the first product of the mare, who was unraced but is the daughter of a Listed placed mare.

Lot 85: A colt by Medicean ex. Million Wishes

Jean-Claude Rouget bid €110,000 for this colt from the family of Bago, Coup de Génie, Machiavellian etc. “I have bought him for Gérard Laboureau,” announce the trainer. “Everything about him appealed to me. He was quite expensive but he is a quality colt. The fact that he is available for the breeze-up bonus didn’t influence my choice; to be honest I don’t even know what it is!”

Lot 95 : A colt by Aussie Rules ex. Multicolour Wave

The Prime Equestrian team spent €140,000 to acquire this brother of Elusive Wave, winner of the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches. He is from the first crop of Aussie Rules.

Lot 103: A colt by Oasis Dream ex. Paulette

Gérard Larrieu went to €115,000 for this son of Oasis Dream, destined for his client Mr Al Romaithi (the owner of Marinous). “I saw him at Deauville, but I missed out on buying him and I was very disappointed. He has changed a lot since but still has a pleasant action. He is a son of Oasis Dream, the top European stallion at the moment, and he has two champions in his maternal family. The price seems reasonable to me. He will go into training with Freddy Head.”

Lot 154: A Filly by Galileo ex. Tree Tops

Samuel Blanchard, who already owned part of this filly, raised his hand at €180,000 for this sister Martial Law. “I bought back my part of this filly," he explained. “She will go into training with Jean-Claude Rouget.”

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