Shanon du Berlais combined victory at Listed level over hurdles with the finest French National Hunt bloodlines and an elite cover and that combination was not lost on the many breeders on attendance. It was Highflyer Bloodstock's David Minton who offered the winning bid of €140,000 for the nine-year-old daughter of Turgeon who was carrying to Saint Des Saints. Shanon du Berlais won at Listed level over fences and she is a half-sister to the top class MADISON DU BERLAIS, HILTON DU BERLAIS and JAMESON DU BERLAIS. Another half-sister, HOUSTON DU BERLAIS, commanded €86,000 in this ring a year ago.

She is for one of our clients, John Lightfoot, for whom we consign foals explained Juliet Minton. She is a beautiful mare from a top class family and we will try and breed her to Martaline. She will be boarded at Richard Powell's Haras du Lieu des Champs.

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