Thierry de la Héronnière's Haras d'Ellon led through the ring a colt by leading 2-year-old influence Siyouni and out of the winning juvenile Ponte Di Legno. The latter is a daughter of Porlezza, winner of three Group races including the Gr.1 Prix Maurice de Gheest for Deauville trainer Yves de Nicolay, and she also produced the black type juveniles Pontenuovo and Ponte Vespucci. Roger Marley signed the docket under the name of Margaret O'Toole and explained:

We have two Siyounis that we love at home and this one was my pick of the catalogue. He is a handsome individual with a great page and will be re-offered here at the Breeze Up sale. We paid a bit more than we intended but we really wanted to buy the horse.