Graciously, winner of three races, closely related to four top performers and offered in foal to Invincible Spirit was the star act of the Moratalla dispersal. The daughter of Shamardal exceeded the expectations when commanding a sale-topping €500,000.
She is a half sister to GIOFRA who won the Gr.1 Falmouth Stakes and produced the top-priced yearling of the Arqana 2017 August Yearling Sale, who was knocked down for €1 550 000.
The mare is in foal to Invincible Spirit and announced as the newest recruit to DSCHINGIS SECRET, Group winner in Germany and defeating CLOTH OF STARS in the G.2 Prix Foy.
Despite the bids sparking from all corners of the ring, it was Larissa Kneip of Artemis Bloodstock who signed the docket and commented:
I am still in shock! I bought her for the owner of DSCHINGIS SECRET, Horst Pudwill, who was seeking a top mare to support his stallion. He will send him 25 mares, including 7 I bought at the latest Arqana Breeding Stock Sale. Graciously has all the qualities that we are looking for and her dam line will cross very well with Dschingis Secret. Her Invincible Spirit offspring will be offered for sale and we hope that it can pay back for part of the amount spent on this purchase !
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Lot 98, a bay yearling filly from the Haras de Manneville dispersal was knocked down to Anna Sundstrom under High Valley Equine.
She is the fourth foal out of BAINO ROCK, winner of the Prix Charles Laffitte at Chantilly (L.) and placed in the Gr.3 Prix Fille de l'Air, herself a half-sister to Gr.2 Prix de Pomone heroine BAINO HOPE. GLOBAL ROCK, a yet unraced three-year-old full brother to this yearling, commanded the same price tag at the 2017 August Yearling Sale and is now in training with Ed Dunlop in Newmarket.
She is a carbon copy of Laurens ! She has the same walk and the same character. When I saw her yesterday, I knew she was the one, the Swedish-born enthused
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Hot on the heels of her yearling half-sister, BAINOLAND, the first foal out of the top class stayer Baino Hope, commanded €10,000 more when going the way of Jean-Claude Rouget for €190,000. The daughter of Oasis Dream is already in training with the leading professional and will race for a partnership as Rouget indicated.
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The dispersal of Issam Fares's stock, consigned by his Haras de Manneville, caused a quick succession of fireworks in the ring, starting with a Camelot yearling filly who is the second foal out of Gr.2 Prix de Pomone heroine BAINO HOPE. The bay, who is just two days short of her actual first birthday, went the way of Haras des Capucines's Eric Puerari for a final bid of €160,000.
She has a lot of quality about her and I am very fond of Camelot, said Puerari. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to buy such a quality filly. She's been bought with a group of friends and will be re-offered later in the year.
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The dispersal of the Marquesa de Moratalla's breeding stock started in style with the €210,000 sale of Recover Me, a lightly-raced four-year-old daughter of Fastnet Rock out of the Testa Tossa mare Marie Rossa. The athletic grey won impressively at third asking in the care of Alain de Royer-Dupré and was only narrowly beaten for third place in the L. Prix Tantieme at Saint-Cloud on her most recent start, November 23.
Bids sparked from all around the ring for the Channel Consignment offering until Jean-Pierre Dubois, bidding from the restaurant, scealed the deal with a bid of €210,000.
She's been bought on behalf of Michel Zerolo and will go into training with Jean-Claude Rouget but I don't know in whose colours yet, said the master of harness racing.
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