Bought as a Store at the Summer Sale by François Nicolle, for whom she went on to perform at the highest level over jumps in the colours of Jean-Claude Rouget, A MI MANERA returned to the ring once again today. The winner of the Grand Steeple-Chase de Compiègne (Gr.2), the daughter of Great Pretender also took the Prix Andre Michel (Gr.3). Very well bred and a half-sister to the talented FIXE LE KAP, she hails from the family of the excellent KOTKIJET, KOTKITA and KOTKIKOVA.
Bidding against Bertrand Le Metayer, Nicolas Bertran de Balanda (NBB Racing) had the winning bid at €120,000. He said:
She’s a lovely filly, expressive and with lots of class. She was very consistent during her racing career and has a lovely pedigree. She’ll go to stud in Ireland.
Three stallions opened today’s session, the final day of the Breeding Stock Sale. The first to go under the hammer was the talented SILVERWAVE, for whom the Deauville sales ring is not unknown. After a long career which includes several Group wins of which the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr.1), the son of Silver Frost, offered from Haras des Capucines, will now go to Ireland.
George Mullins, who signed the docket for €105,000 said,
He’s a lovely horse, a Group 1 winner. He’s shown that he’s still competitive at the highest level as a seven-year-old. He’ll go to stud in Ireland but we don’t know where yet.
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As a 9-year-old daughter of Dansili and already a Group producer with her second foal, OCEANIE (lot 498) was never going to be short of admirers and it took Eric Puerari a final bid of €115,000 to take her home. A half-sister to the Gr.2 winner WATAR, she is the dam of on this year's Gr.3 Preis der Winterkönigin winner OCEAN FANTASY, one of the best juvenile fillies in Germany. She was offered in foal to Cloth of Stars from the draft of Haras du Mézeray.
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Crispin de Moubray was all smiles after the young mare NAMIBIE (lot 463) was knocked down to him for €100,000. Offered from La Motteraye Consignment, the daughter of Dark Angel is out of the Listed winning juvenile MAMBIA from the family of PHOCEENE and OLENDON. She was sold in foal to Le Havre.
I’m so happy to have got her as she was my pick of the day and I wasn’t sure she was in my budget. Mambia is now in Japan and her progeny are running well – her three-year-old was fourth in a Group race this year. It’s a live family. She’ll go to Ireland.
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The vendors of yesterday’s top price FRANKEL LIGHT, Haras du Mezeray also offered MOTIVATION, a daughter of Muhtathir from the family of several top-level winners including BLUSH WITH PRIDE, PEEPING FAWN and AVIANCE. Up against Tomas Janda, Michel Zerolo (Oceanic Bloodstock) had the final say at €160,000 for this black-type mare in foal to Wootton Bassett. She is already the dam of Group 1 placed ROCKEMPEROR.
She’s a young mare in-foal to a very good stallion that has already produced a Group 1 placed performer, said the agent. For the rest, you only need to read her catalogue page!
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A granddaughter of the excellent Breeders' Cup Distaff (Gr.1) winner SPAIN, a Wootton Bassett filly from La Motteraye Consignment was at the centre of a bidding war of which Philipp Von Stauffenberg came out the winner. Sold for €190,000, the filly is a half-sister to this season’s Listed winning juvenile LADY GALORE.
She’s a very nice filly, and a half-sister to a Stakes winner, said Philipp von Stauffenberg. She’ll be re-sold next year.
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Black-type placed when third in the Prix du Grand Camp (L.) since the catalogue was printed, FOREVER YOURS caught the attention Laurent Benoit, who had the final say at €105,000. A seven-time winner, the Stéphane Wattel trained filly is notably from the family of dual Group winner CUT QUARTZ.
She’s Listed placed by Motivator, a good broodmare sire, commented the agent. She’ll go to stud, possibly in Japan.
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Buyers gathered around the ring for CITATION ONE, a daughter of Oasis Dream in-foal to Mastercraftsman from Coulonces Sales. Bidding from the restaurant, it was the American Christian Black (Blackstone Farm) that went to €200,000 to secure the daughter of dual Listed winner CHANTRA, also a half-sister to Group winner CALYXA.
We’ll bring her over to the States and she’ll probably go to Justify next year. She has a great German pedigree and is a very nice mare with lots of charisma. We’re delighted to have her.
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The dam of a son of Dark Angel sold for €135,000 yesterday to Antoine Bellanger’s new entity Arcadia Elevage, VADARIYA was knocked down for €180,000. Part of the dispersal from the Marquesa de Moratalla, the daughter of Sea The Stars from The Channel Consignment was sold to Jeremy Brummitt. She is a daughter of dual Group winner VADAPOLINA, from the well-known Aga Khan family of VADAWINA.
I’ve bought her for an existing client, said the agent. I was beaten on one of her progeny before, so it was a good occasion to buy the dam today!
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Just a few minutes later, the €100,000 mark was hit once again, this time for a daughter of Almanzor out of a half-sister to multiple Group winner SEA CALISI for €140,000. Sold by La Motteraye Consignment, Charles Briere (Fairway Partners) had the final say, commenting:
She was the filly of the sale for me. She walks very well and Almanzor appears to produce well. She’ll go through the ring next year.
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Leading vendors during yesterday’s session, Haras d’Etreham was at the fore once again at the beginning of the second day when a filly by their stallion Wootton Bassett was sold for €140,000 to Hubert Guy. Offered from Haras de Grandcamp, she hails from the close family of Group 1 winners PRIDE and SPECIOSA. He said:
She has everything that we are looking for: she’s well made, has a great pedigree and moves well. I’ve bought her for a group of friends and partners including Lavinia Fabre, Louis Baudron and Gaël Lhermite in view to reselling her next year.
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The aptly named QUEEN ISEULT walked like she owned the sales ring and her tremendous looks combined with her faultless pedigree drew a lot of admirers to the Coulonces Consignment offering. The daughter of Camelot is a half-sister to the Prix Morny winner DABIRSIM and will visit another one in No Nay Never after David Reid of Preferred Bloodstock paid €490,000 on behalf of the Antonacci family. The page is replete with Gr.1 form with Coventry Stakes scorer ARIZONA, himself a son of No Nay Never, appearing under the second dam and dual Oaks heroine SEA OF CLASS a little further down.
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Offered in foal to Almanzor by Haras d'Etreham, JUST GORGEOUS was subject to a lot of interest before finally being knocked down for €520,000 to Margaret O’Toole. Out of the very talented HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, the mare is also a half-sister to Group 1 winners MAGICAL and RHODODENDRON.
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Three-year-old filly MADELEINE MUST won a Listed race at ParisLongchamp Stakes and ran a close sixth in the Gr.1 Sun Chariot Stakes on her latest start, beating the likes of LAURENS and HERMOSA home. The daughter of Motivator was offered by Ecurie des Monceaux from Henri-Alex Pantall’s stable and went the way of New York trainer Christophe Clement for €470,000. He said,
I’ve bought her for a partnership and she’ll continue her career with me. She is a very good race filly and her form is very solid.
Offered by Ecurie des Monceaux, FASHION FAMILY had a lot going for her as a Frankel half-sister to the talented juvenile FAMILY ONE, winner of the Gr.2 Prix Robert Papin and runner-up in the Gr.1 Prix Morny, from the family of Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf heroine FLOTILLA. She didn't make it to the track but was offered carrying to Siyouni, and triggered a closing bid of €480,000 from Mark McStay of Avenue Bloodstock.
She is a beautiful mare, my favorite in the catalogue, by a top class sire who looks set to become a very good broodmare sire as well. She is in foal to Siyouni who is an international star and looks like a type that could suit Dark Angel. She is heading to Ireland.
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Standing beside Ghislain Bozo (Meridian International), Jürgen Winter struck for Listed winner BILISSIE (lot 164), sold in foal to Intello. Part of the coveted Wertheimer et Frère draft, this half-sister to the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille winner LEFT HAND also comes from the family of PLUMANIA and PLUMATIC. After the mare was knocked down for €420,000, the owner of Haras de la Perelle said:
It’s rare to see this family on the market, so we’re really happy to get her. She’ll join our broodmare band. We don’t have a stallion in mind for her yet.
Haras d'Etreham consigned an extremely rare collector’s item in the form of UNAIDED (lot 161), an unplaced daughter of Dansili whose first foal, UNI, recently won the Breeders' Cup Mile Gr.1 in a canter, her third Grade 1 win. It was Michel Zerolo that had the final say over Jamie McCalmont, securing the 10-year-old for €1,25 million. Out of a half-sister to Prix de Diane winner RAFHA, the dam of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and KODIAC, Unaided hails from the close family of CHINESE WHITE and PRIDE OF DUBAI.
Zerolo said:
She’s for Peter Brant. He was very impressed by Uni, and he knows good US turf fillies only too well! All options are open concerning her next mating and where she’ll be kept.
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The excitement in the air was palpable when it came to FRANKEL LIGHT’s turn in the ring, which eventually saw her knocked down for €1,3 million. Offered by Haras du Mezeray carrying for the first time with a covering by Dark Angel, the Listed winning daughter of Frankel is a half-sister to this season’s Group winning LE JUGE from the family of Group 1 winners AVIANCE, CHIMES OF FREEDOM, WAR OF WILL and PATHFORK.
It was Charlie Gordon-Watson that had the final say in company with Watership Down Stud’s manager Simon Marsh.
We’ve bought her for Watership Down Stud, owned by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, said Simon Marsh. She’ll go to Too Darn Hot next year. We’re delighted to have got her and she’s from a great family.
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Haras du Mezeray homebred ENBIHAAR was a flag-bearer for Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum’s Shadwell operation this season, having won no less than three Group 2s across the channel and taken third in the Gr.1 Prix de Royallieu. With this in mind, Richard Brown of Blandford Bloodstock went to €340,000 for her 12-year-old dam CHANTERELLE, already the producer of two other black-type winners and a half-sister to Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner AMONITA. The daughter of Trempolino was offered in foal to Wootton Bassett.
I haven’t managed to buy anything for Sheikh Juma yet this season and he is delighted to have bought this mare. Her first three foals have won black-type, including the very talented Enbihaar, that will stay in training next season, which is very rare for Sheikh Hamdan. Sheikh Juma is very interested in breeding and will choose her next mating himself.
New-Zealand born Dean Hawthorne had to go to €480,000 to secure FLEETING FANCY, a daughter of Galileo from Fairway Consignment. Carrying for the first time with a covering by No Nay Never, the daughter of Group 1 winner JUST PRETENDING is a sister to this season’s black-type winners VISAGE and PERSIA.
Hawthorne explained:
We love Galileo mares, we've been accumulating them for a while and I bought a couple here last year. She had a nice early cover to No Nay Never and is from a lovely, very current family. She's a beautiful mare, I thought she was the most spectacular Galileo type on the sales ground, lovely shoulder and length which we like down under. She'll eventually head down there, probably in September. We have about 80 to 100 mares in Australia including 10 to 12 Northern Hemisphere bred, mainly Galileos. Galileo like anywhere else in the world is turning into a phenomenal broodmare sire.
Jonathan Munz's GSA Bloodstock has had a tremendous year on the track, notably breeding and racing Caulfield Guineas winner SUPER SETH.
David Redvers went to €300,000 to add DANZA CAVALLO to Sheikh Fahad Al Thani’s broodmare band. The daughter of Sunday Break won the Prix Madame Jean Couturie for Joël Boisnard before being exported to the United States where she was notably runner-up in the Gr.1 Flower Bowl Stakes. Bought by SF Bloodstock for $200,000 on the back of her racing career, she was offered by Haras des Capucines this time around, in foal to Almanzor.
This season’s Prix Panacee (L.) winner ELIADE, with a current rating of 44,5 (98), is set to join Chad Brown after being bought on behalf of Peter Brant. Michel Zerolo went to €520,000 for the filly on behalf of the American owner, who has also been successful in the past at ARQANA with purchases SISTERCHARLIE and this year’s Prix du Jockey Club (Gr.1) SOTTSASS. Zerolo said:
She’ll join Chad Brown’s stable. She’s a lovely filly with good performances and a good pedigree. She ticks all the boxes.
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A few minutes later, it was the turn of a son of Sea The Stars to be in the spotlight. Offered by Haras de Montaigu, the colt was knocked down for €290,000 to Hennessy Bloodstock. He is out of a half-sister to Group winners KELTOS, KRATAIOS and LOXIAS.
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An eagerly awaited daughter of Almanzor from Haras d'Etreham was subject to a fierce bidding war in which Ronald Rauscher finally came out on top. The well-bred filly from the family of the very talented SISKIN, CLOSE HATCHES and TACITUS, was sold for €260,000.
She’s a good-looking filly, said Ronald Rauscher. I've bought her on behalf of the Berglar family, who are some of Germany’s best breeders. She’ll come back to Germany where she’ll run before being a broodmare.
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Beaten on ROYSTONIA at the beginning of the sale, Phoenix Of Spain’s entourage went to €510,000 for JELLICLE BALL. Offered from Haras de Saint Pair in foal to Siyouni, the Group placed daughter of Invincible Spirit is from the same maternal line of dual Group 1 winner SARAH SIDDONS. Bidding beside Matt Houldsworth and Geoffrey Howson (Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock), Ann Plummer, the recently retired future stallion’s owner said:
We've bought her to support our stallion, Phoenix Of Spain. We liked everything about her and she is in foal to a fantastic stallion! We’re delighted to get her!
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Offered by Haras d’Etreham carrying her first foal to young stallion Almanzor, black-type mare ROYSTONIA was knocked down for €360,000. Bought under BBA Ireland, Eamonn Reilly had the final say for this daughter of Redoute’s Choice out of a sister to triple Group 1 winner RODERIC O’CONNOR.
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