Poule d'Essai des Poulains victor Style Vendome has his first yearlings at the sales this year and a stocky colt from the draft of La Motteraye Consignment fetched the second-highest price so far when selling to Ghislain Bozo of Meridian International for €135,000. The bay is out of a half-siter to the Gr.3 Sommerville S. scorer Ashram and is set to remain in France as Bozo explained.

He is a handsome colt with good bone, who looks precocious despite his May birthday. I have bought him on behalf of a French client and he will go to Nicolas Clément.

Incidentally, the Chantilly-based conditioner used to train the resident of Haras de Bouquetôt.

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