The final lot in the ring attracted plenty of interest and Newmarket-based agent Federico Barberini had to go to €95,000 to secure the second foal out of the Australian-bred Listed-placed HUNTER FORWARD. The son of Kendargent was consigned by Haras d'Omméel on behalf of breeder Michael Watt and boasts a solid Australian pedigree fearuting the Group winners DANROAD and STRAWBERRY BOY.
I thought he was a gorgeous horse by one of the best stallions in France, commented the Italian-born agent. He is for an existing client and will stay in France to be trained.
Agent Chris Richner has a solid track record of sources horses at ARQANA who go on to winning the best races in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary or Polan before venturing into proper Stakes company in France and Germany at four and above - a pattern illustrated by the likes of SUBWAY DANCER, CACCINI, TRIP TO RHODOS, MY OLD HUSBAND etc.
The ARQANA representative in Eastern Europe will be hoping for a repeat scenario with a son of Nathaniel for which he forked out €80,000. Offered by Charles Brière's Fairway Consignment, the chesnut is a half-brother to six winners including the Listed performer FACE SURFACE, and the second dam LADY VETTORI produced the likes of LOPE DE VEGA and LADY FRANKEL.
I have bought him on behalf of Mr. Odchazel, who has been a client of mine for over ten years, said Richner. He is amongst the biggest owners in the Czech Republic and buys at ARQANA every year. I am a big fan of Nathaniel and this horse is a lovely individual, but we had to stretch our budget to its top end!
The progeny of leading first season sire Dabirsim continued to generate fireworks in the sales ring and it was one of his daughters who commanded the highest price of the day at €105,000. The bay was offered by Mathieu Daguzan-Garros's Haras des Granges, which bred the filly in association with Frederic Bragato. Mocklershill's Willie Browne had the final word and signed the docket on behalf of George Mullins.
I am keen on the sire but above all, the filly appealed to me, the pinhooker explained. She is very correct individual with a lovely walk and a nice head.
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Alain Clavier will remember the date October 19. This small breeder from the West of France led around the ring what became the third-highest priced yearling of the day, a son of Pedro The Great who was knocked down to Jean-Claude Rouget for €90,000. The Pau-based handler already trains Pedro The Great's leading offspring FERALIA, who won the L. Criterium du Becquet.
Clavier started as a breeder in the showjumping business, notably producing GALET D'AUZAY, who was vice European champion under the saddle of Michel Robert in the early 2000s. At about the same time, Clavier and his wife Myriam started to branch out in the thoroughbred industry, initially buying a mare by the name of Double Melody. They sent her to Sagamix as a result of a free nomination they had won at the annual ASSELCO gala (the breeders' association in France's western region). The resulting filly, named Double Mix, failed to sell as a yearling and was leased to trainer Gerard Collet before being claimed and pursuing a long and productive career, winning six races under French and ultimately Spanish ownership.
Ten years after foaling her down, the Clavier couple saw the name of Double Mix pop up in a sales catalogue again. It was at the 2014 February Mixed Sale at Deauville and Mrs. Clavier insisted that her husband bought her back to breed from her. They did so for €7,000, in partnership with their neighbour Roger-Yves Simon of Haras du Saz, and a very emotional Mr. Clavier tells the rest of the story.
Again we won a nomination at the ASSELCO raffle, to Pedro The Great who is a sire we wouldn't necessarily have used. This colt has always been so straightforward and as we have only a couple of yearlings every year, he was the apple of our eyes since the beginning! It is a great achievement for small breeders like us to sell a yearling at that price and to go to such a successful stable.
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A son of Iffraaj from the draft of Jean-Hugues and Bella de Chevigny's Haras de la Perrigne was the centre of a prolonged bidding battle which was ultimately won by Powerstown Stud's Thomas Whitehead who signed the docket at €82,000 on behalf of fellow pinhooker John Collins of Brown Island Stables. The colt is a half-brother to three winners and hails from the family of HALLING.
He is a beautiful colt with a lovely catalogue page and Iffraaj is having a very good season, said Whitehead. He will surely be re-offered at the Breeze Ups.
Bidding rose to €80,000 for a son of Camelot offered by Haras des Capucines, a half-brother to AKIEM, who was placed at Gr.1 level in Germany and whose pedigree page also features TITUS LIVIUS and ZAGORA. Ghislain Bozo's Meridian International, represented by Arnaud Leraitre, was the winning bidder.
He is a very racy colt and we all liked him, explained Leraitre. He will race for Gérard Augustin-Normand and some partners of his.
Just two lots from the close of proceedings, Roger Marley shelled out €140,000 for a Siyouni colt offered by Haras du Quesnay, outbidding Paul Basquin to top day 2. The colt is a half-brother to the Listed-placed juvenile SEA TRIAL, with other luminaries on the page including SILVA, SILVERMINE and SILVER POND.
She will hopefully come back here in May next year, said an elated Marley. For me he was the nicest horse in the sale and by a sire I really like.
A filly by Evasive from the draft of Haras des Capucines broke the six-figure mark as evening fell upon Deauville. Lyon-based trainer had the final word at €115,000 on behalf of up-and-coming owner Fabrice Petit, adding to their four purchases on the opening day. Their shopping list as day 2 drew to a close included six horses for a cumulated €656,000.
Bred by Jean-Pierre Dubois, the filly is a half-sister to this year L. Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles runner-up RED LINE, from the distant family of LOVE DE VEGA and LADY FRANKEL.
This is a lovely Dubois family, commented Pimbonnet, and my client fell in love with the filly when he saw her this morning. He told me: "Should I go crazy on one today, it will be this one"! There is a lot of precocity on both sides of the pedigree and I am looking forward to training her.
A first crop daughter of the Aga Khan Studs' Charm Spirit caught the eye of Chantilly-based trainer Yohann Gourraud who offered €82,000 to sceal the deal. The filly is the second foal out of a full sister to Gr.2 Railway Stakes scorer PROBABLY.
She is a healthy filly with a good walk and good hind quarters, commented Gourraud. The family has produced some good milers. She is for a new syndicate comprising several of my clients.
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Offered by Haras de la Louvière, a half-SISTER to Group 3 performer MC QUEEN went the way of a pair of Nicolas - Lefèvre of Astute Bloodstock and de Chambure of Haras d'Etreham - who offered €77,000 to outbid trainer Philippe Decouz. The filly is descended from the family of Group winners NAHOODH and NOT JUST SWING.
We had a real crush on her, said Lefevre. She is a top filly, very athletic and who looks precocious. I have bought her for a syndicate of friends that will include Haras d'Etreham. She will be trained in Chantilly but we haven't decided on a name yet.
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German-born Carina Fey was forced to relinquish a career in the saddle following a severe accident in 2011 and two year ago she put the bad memories firmly behind her when deciding the start up as a trainer in Chantilly. From a small string, the 29-year-old quickly made her mark under both codes. An early highlight was HELLO MY LOVE's second place in the Gr.2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein while three weeks ago, Eckhard Sauren's IZZO who won the Gr.3 Prix de Maisons-Laffitte at Auteuil.
The winning owner-trainer partnership will be renewed around a well-bred son of Oasis Dream (lot 265) for which Fey paid €75,000. Offered by Coulonces Sales, he is the second foal out of the winning mare LOUVE NATIONALE, who is herself a half-sister to no less than six black type performers headed by Gr.2 scorer and sire LOUP BRETON.
I hadn't yet spent that much on a yearling, she exclaimed. This colt has great charisma, walks well and obviously hails from a wonderful family. For me he really had everything.
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Sylvain Vidal, who manages Gérard Augustin-Normand's stud farm and bloodstock interests, took no time to celebrate the victory of two-year-old colt CRISTOT in the second race at Deauville racecourse as he was already busy building up the stable's next generation. The second day of the October Yearling Sale hadn't been underway for a quarter of an hour when he signed the docket at €75,000 for a filly by Le Havre (lot 230) from the draft of Coulonces Sales. She is out of the winning Dansili mare Influence, herself a daughter of the French champion juvenile Moiava.
Just minutes later, the man at the helm of Haras de Montfort et Préaux was back with the €90,000 purchase of another resident stallion in Rajsaman, offered by La Motteraye Consignment. The colt in question (lot 235) shares his grandam with dual Classic heroine AVENIR CERTAIN and traces back to the family of leading juvenile MEHMAS.
Both yearling were bred by Elisabeth Vidal in partnership with Augustin-Normand's Franklin Finance and Vidal commented:
The Le Havre filly is athletic with good limbs and bred on a cross I like. She looks more like a three-year-old. The colt is obviously by the same sire as our dual Classic winner Brametot and from a great family. Both were born and raised at home and will run for a partnership.
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Simon Springer put his faith in Dabirsim since he laid his eyes on the son of Hat Trick at the 2010 August Yearling Sale and has been handsomely rewarded ever since. After winning the Gr.1 Prix Morny and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère, which resulted in champion juvenile awards, the dark bay started his stud career in Springer's native Germany at the reasonable fee of €9,000. His owner supported him with several of his former colour bearers and one of them, the unraced yet aptly named Amour Eternel, produced a filly which today chattered the previous record for the October Yearling Sale when knocked down to Charles Gordon-Watson for €500,000.
The filly was offered by Eric Lhermite's Haras de Grandcamp, whose association with Dabirsim dates even further back than Springer's as he consigned the colt as a yearling on behalf of breeder Michel Monfort and has stood him for the past two seasons.
Amour Eternel is a half-sister to the Listed scorer and former pacemaker to Goldikova FLASH DANCE, but it was the filly's conformation that really caught the agent's eye.
She is an exceptional individual, a big, strong, very balanced filly with a great attitude, stated Gordon-Watson, before adding the Richard Hannon would take delivery of the bay.
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One of the best-bred individuals in the catalogue as a half-brother to a dual Grade 1 winner by leading sire Siyouni, lot 133 was always going to be a star act. The handsome bay lived up to all expectations and became the second horse to set a new record price for the October Yearling Sale when selling to Anthony Stroud on behalf of Godolphin for €420,000.
He is a gorgeous colt by a fantastic sire, said Stroud. He will stay in training in France.
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Anthony Stroud proved busy on behalf of Godolphin's French arm, making his presence felt with the €210,000 purchase of a son of Iffraaj from the draft of Anna Sundström's Coulonces Consignment. The colt is a half-brother to two black type performers and their dam is a half-sister to the Gr.1 American Oaks Invitational victrix TICKER TAPE as well as 2017 Prix Maurice de Gheest hero BRANDO.
Stroud indicated that the colt would stay in France to be trained.
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Another rarity, the only filly by perennial champion sire Galileo in the catalogue, set a temporary record price at €400,000 after commanding a final bid from Robert Nataf's Horse France. She is a half-sister to Gr.1 Grosse Preis von Bayern SEISMOS and three-parts sister to Gr.3 Grosse Europa Meile SAMBA BRAZIL, with the second dam SACARINA having produced the Gr.1 winners SCHIAPARELLI, SAMUM and SALVE REGINA.
I have bought her on behalf of M.V. Magnier, said Nataf. She was very obvious to us and looks very much like the good Galileo fillies. She will go to Ireland.
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Bred and offered by Haras de Saint-Pair, the sole Frankel colt in the catalogue was an early high price when selling for €250,000 to Lyon-based trainer Marc Pimbonnet on behalf of owner Fabrice Petit. The dark bay is out of the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille heroine PEARLY SHELLS, who has already foaled three black type performers led by Gr.3 winner PEARL BANKS and Stakes scorer PEARLS OF PASSION.
Pimbonnet, who started buying yearlings on behalf of Mr. Petit two years ago, explained:
My client wanted a son of Frankel and this one appealed to us. He is out of a proven mare. I wasn't expecting him to offer that price though!
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