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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Haras du Mesnil's LADIES WISH came to the ring with some strong credentials and Xavier Papot, bidding alongside Hervé Bunel of Agence FIPS, had to go to €80,000 to bring home the eleven-year-old grey. A winner over fences herself, she is a full sister to three highly talented jumpers including Gr.3 Prix Fleuret scorer LADIES CHOICE and Listed-winning hurdler LADYTOWN. The star of the family is the Gr.1 Prix La Haye Jousselin hero SHANNON ROCK, also by Turgeon, and Ladies Wish's Doctor Dino cover added even more appeal to the package.
The well-travelled three-time Group 1 winner has made quite a splash at stud, producing the Stakes winners on the flat GOLDEN LEGEND, STYLE ICON and PALINODIE as well as several top class jumpers headed by the impressive Gr.1 Prix Cambacérès scorer MASTER DINO, Gr.1 Henry VIII Novices' Chase winner SCEAU ROYAL, progressive racemare LA BAGUE AU ROI etc.
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Shamalgan has become something of an old friend for the grounds men at ARQANA as he was making his sixth appearance in the sales ring today, always to a successful outcome. This time he was offered by Andriy Ostapchuk's Greenfield Consignment, having stood three seasons at stud - at Haras du Lion in France in 2014 and 2015, and in 2017 at Haras de Strelice in the Czech Republic, with a return to training in between!
His first crop of only 31 registered foals has lifted the two-year-old winners ANIMA ROCK, AIYANA ROSE and EPIC ADVENTURE from only 6 runners, and the former has gone on to take 2nd in the L. Criterium du Becquet.
This is quite a remarkable record from very limited opportunities, and a chance that German owner-breeder Simon Springer of Dabirsim fame wasn't going to miss out on. Racing manager Daniel Haeser bid up to €135,000 to get the better of Guy Petit and explained:
Mr. Springer has been following the stallion for two years and was very impressed with his first two-year-old runners. We are delighted to have bought him and will send him to Haras de Grandcamp, where Dabirsim also stands. We will support him with our own mares as well as promote him actively to outside breeders.
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Pinhooker Peter Morgan made his first visit to Deauville worthwhile when forking out €165,000 for a colt by Starspangledbanner bred by the late Marquesa de Moratalla. The ACF Elevage offering is out of the Listed-placed TORENTOSA, herself a half-sister to this year's Derby hero WINGS OF EAGLES who recently returned to his birthplace Haras de Montaigu to stand his first season at stud.
Emerald Bloodstock's Peter Kelly signed the docket and a delighted Morgan said:
We try to buy one or two every year to resell as yearlings and we have been finding the market very hard this year to it is good to finally get one. He has everything we look for in a foal and we look forward to bringing him back to Carmel Stud for the prep.
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The draft of the Aga Khan Studs continued to prove popular on the second day of the Breeding Stock Sale with SHEMDA, a winning filly by Dutch Art, commanding a round €100,000 from Badgers Bloodstock.
The three-year-old is a granddaughter of the Prix de Diane heroine SHEMAKA, whose tremendous record in the breeding shed features the 2017 Gr.1 winner SHAKEEL as well as the talented SHIMRAAN, SHEDIAK, SHEMIMA etc.
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Katsumi Yoshida's Northern Farm will gain another stellar addition in the shape of a half-sister to European champion two and three-year-old filly Zarkava, for whom they paid €450,000 via Emmanuel de Seroux.
A Listed-placed full sister to Champion European three-year-old colt Almanzor was always going to generate interest from a lot of breeders. As it turned out, TROARN will join the top class broodmare band of Cheveley Park Stud after Tim Richardson's Equine Advisory offered €600,000 for the three-year-old.
This is an amazing family that has produced an amazing horse and she will have plenty of options at Chevely Park, said Richardson.
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Haggle had been tagged as the most attractive racing prospect in the catalogue, having won the Gr.3 Prix Fille de l'Air after the catalogue was printed to add to an impressive tally that already featured the Gr.3 La Coupe de Maisons-Laffitte and a 3rd in the Gr.2 Prix Corrida. All these performances were achieved this year under the tutelage of up-and-coming trainer Henri-Francois Devin who took delivery of the daughter of Pivotal after she was purchase by Stephen Hillen.
Haggle is the best foal to date out of Barter, who is a daughter of the blue hen Souk, the foundation mare of Sara and Luca Cumani's Fittocks Stud whose legacy lives on via the likes of PONGEE, CHICQUITA, ALEXANDROVA as well as this year's Gr.1 Melbourne Cup hero REKINDLING.
Bids sparked from all around the ring and it took an offer of €1.3 million from Wertheimer et Frère's Pierre-Yves Bureau to see off all opposition.
This is the most amazing family and Pivotal is flying as a broodmare sire, sighed an emotional Bureau. We need to regroup and have a think but there is a possibility that she could race on at five as her form has only been improving of late. Whatever happens, she will be extremely easy to mate.
Molly Malone achieved greatness on the racecourse by landing the Gr.1 Prix du Cadran, the peak of a career that also included three places at Listed and Gr.3 level. She is on track to complete an equally successful career in the breeding shed with her first foal MORGAN LE FAYE, a daughter of Shamardal, having won impressively on her three-year-old debut this season and taken 2nd in the L. Prix Denisy after the catalogue went to press.
Offered in foal to Golden Horn from the red-hot draft of Ecurie des Monceaux, she attracted a closing bid of €600K from Qatar Racing's Peter Moloney who was acting on behalf of David Redvers.
We are very keen on this family and already bought her close relative Wekeela this week, said Moloney. She is a beautiful mare with a good cover.
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The consistent Lady Paname, twice Listed-placed this season as well as 3rd in the Gr.3 Prix de Royaumont caught the eye of several American interests with Christophe Clément and Hubert Guy quickly finding themselves head to head for the granddaughter of Galileo. She boasts a current rating of 104 under the tutelage of Elie Lellouche a could gain further black type stateside next year.
I have been following her since she won her maiden earlier this season when she came from way back down the field showing a sharp turn of foot, said Guy. She has a big stride and the profile to suit American racing so we hope she can build on this record.
Offered from the popular draft of Ecurie des Monceaux, the Galileo mare Demurely boasts one of the best pedigrees in the stud book to the extent that only her first dam's progeny could fit on the catalogue page. Her siblings are headed by the Gr.1 winners MOONSTONE and CERULEAN SKY as well as Champion three-year-old filly L'ANCRESSE, and they have produced a plethora of black type winners including US ARMY RANGER, HONOLULU, NELSON etc.
Demurely herself was placed at Group 3 level and four more times in Listed company, and she was offered in foal to leading sire Le Havre.
After signing the docket at €480,000, Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown stated:
My client was very keen to get a daughter of Galileo from a strong female family so she really fitted the bill. Her Invincible Spirit foal is very nice and she is a gorgeous mare herself.
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The winning three-year-old filly VICUGNA carried some impressive credentials as a daughter of Pivotal - the broodmare sire of Cracksman, Hydrangea, Rhododendron and Precieuse among many others - and a half-sister to the Stakes winners SOFAST, EYEFUL and SPIRITFIX.
Laurent Benoit of Broadhurst Agency signed the docket at €320,000 and commented:
Daughters of Pivotal are hard to come by these days and she is from a stellar family. She will stay in France for an existing client.
Fillies from Wertheimer et Frère proved in high demand throughout the day and the hottest racing prospect, the Listed-placed GUERRIERE, commanded a final bid of €420,000 from Michel Zerolo's Oceanic Bloodstock. An Invincible Spirit half-sister to this year's Group-winning juvenile SOUSTRACTION, the three-year-old hails from the family that has also produced Arc victress SOLEMIA, dual Group 1 winning miler THE GURKHA and dual Gr.1 heroine SILASOL.
3rd in the Listed Prix de Saint-Cyr on her latest start when the cataogue went to press, whe gained further black type when running 2nd in the Prix Ceres L.
She is for Peter Brant's White Birch Farm and will go to Chad Brown with the view to build on her already exciting race record at four, indicated Zerolo
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Tetsuya Yoshida was on the hunt for quality mares to join Shadai Farm's elite broodmare band and completed a quickfire double with the purchase of MIDNIGHT FLASH (lot 132) for €240,000 and BUGIE D'AMORE (lot 136) for €220,000. The former was bred and raced by Francois Doumen's Haras d'Ecouves, who offered her in foal to Gleneagles via Haras des Capucines.
She never made it to the racces herself but earned her stripes via her first foal, the Excellent Art filly AIM TO PLEASE, who won at Listed level as a juvenile and went on to take the Gr.3 Prix Bertrand de Tarragon the following year. Midnight Flash's pedigree would have been familiar to the Yoshida family as the Japanese Derby hero EISHIN FLASH features high on the page.
Selling minutes later, the Gr.3 winner BUGIE D'AMORE was consigned by Haras de Saint-Pair with an attractive Dark Angel cover.
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Pascal Bary's MONROE BAY counted among the best three-year-old fillies this season, winning the L. Prix Finlande and filling the runner-up spot in both the Gr.3 Prix Chloé and Prix Vanteaux for a partnership comprised of Jean-Louis Bouchard and Lady O'Reilly's Ecurie Skymarc Farm. Competition was strong to secure the daughter of Makfi and it took a bid of €420,000 from Ghislain Bozo to hold off the opposition.
She is for a new partnership between Ecurie des Charmes and Ballylinch Stud explained Bozo with John O'Connor by his side. She has a lot of quality about her, was a very consistent performer and we like the family very much.
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The Godolphin homebred INTERESTING, a Group performer at two and carrying an attractive Iffraaj cover, proved a hot commodity with two French breeding operations in Haras d'Etreham and Haras du Cadran locking horns. Nicolas de Chambure sealed the deal with a €300,000 bid for the daughter of Gr.1 Prix Morny runner-up WITH FASCINATION, herself a half-sister to the the multiple Grade 1 winner WITH ANTICIPATION.
She is for a partnership between Haras d'Etreham and other shareholders in Almanzor, expressed Chambure. We have been busy buying mares to make sure he gets the best chances at stud. She is our second purchase today [in addition to lot 93 VADSARIYA]
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The first Wild Card through the ring, SELYL attracted strong interest all around the ring, but it was Nicolas de Watrigant of Mandore International Agency who landed the daughter of Oasis Dream for €350,000. While she remained unraced, the four-year-old boasts magnificent credentials via her half-sister THE FUGUE who gained champion four-year-old honors courtesy of victories in the Irish Champion Stakes, Prince of Wales's Stakes, Nassau Stakes and Yorkshire Oaks.
Selyl also carried a Le Havre around the ring, which surely did no harm to her price tag.
She is for Mrs. Tsui and will visit Sea The Stars, commented Watrigant. She is obviously a half-sister to a champion and showed promise herself in training although she was unfortunately prevented from racing by an injury.
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Vanzara was one of the many gems in the Aga Khan Studs' draft as a Redoute's Choice half-sister to five black type winners including the Gr.1 Prix Saint-Alary winning pair VADAWINA and VAZIRA. The family is awash with quality performers and its appeal is growing every year as exemplified by the achievements of THE PENTAGON, a son of Galileo out of Vadawina who won this year's Tyros Stakes Gr.3 and ran 3rd in the Racing Post Trophy Gr.1.
The Coolmore team were surely emboldened by such performances and Margaret O'Toole standing next to Paul Shanahan sealed the deal with a €300,000 bid.
She's been bought for David Nagle's Barronstown Stud, commented O'Toole.
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Matt Coleman and Jeffrey Hobby, owner of Brightwalton Stud in Berkshire, went to €210,000 to take home Wertheimer et Frère's GRANDE BLEUE, a winning half-sister to Gr.3 Prix du Bois scorer SNOWDAY and Listed Prix Ronde de Nuit victrix OKANA. The daughter of Oasis Dream is descended from the stellar family that has produced the likes of PAS DE REPONSE, GREEN TUNE DICTON etc.
This is a fast family with plenty of young horses coming through, commented Hobby. The two-year-old [Arecibo] was 4th in a Listed after the catalogue was printed while the dam is in foal to War Front and returns to War Front next year so there is a lot to look forward to.
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The progeny of Haras de Grandcamp's flagship sire Dabirsim have been selling like hot buns all season, and the momentum showed no signs of abating when Godolphin, represented by Anthony Stroud and David Loder, paid €260,000 for a colt offered by Haras du Petit Tellier. The February-born is a half-brother to two Stakes winners in STONE ROSES and STRAIGHT RIGHT, from the family of Australian Gr.1 winner CONTRIBUTER.
He is for Godolphin and will stay in France, confirmed Stroud. We tried to buy one or two Dabirsims over the Summer and coulnd't take one home so we are please to have secured this one, who is from a very good family.
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Brought to the ring by Haras des Capucines, a four-year-old daughter of Galileo out of the great producer PIEDS DE PLUME went the way of Blandford Bloodstock's Richard Brown for €260,000. The winning mare, a half-sister to the black type winners HEARTHSTEAD MAISON, SAIL, FERMION etc. was carrying her first foal by Coolmore's Zoffany. This is the extended family of Wertheimer et Frere's Group 1 winners GROOM DANCER, LEFT HAND, FALCO, etc.
Lester Pigott's son Jamie, standing alongside his boss James Delahooke, brought the bidding up to €600,000 for Ecurie des Monceaux's PHIZ, a Gr.2 placed daughter of champion sire Galileo. Carrying to Le Havre, the German-bred is a half-sister to three black-type winning fillies in PEACE ROYALE, PEACEFUL LOVE and PENNY LANE.
I have bought her for Willie Carson's Minster Stud, explained Delahooke, with my assistant Jamie Pigott doing the bidding so in a way it is from one champion jockey to another. We're very excited to have her as this is a tremendous family and by Galileo. I suppose her next mating with be discussed in the coming days.
Former Champion jockey Willie Carson has enjoyed tremendous results as a breeder of late with the achievements of dual Group 1 winner JACK HOBBS and the sale of his Dubawi half-sister for €750,000gns last week.
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Wertheimer et Frère brought a very consistent draft to the Deauville sales ring and the regally-bred four-year-old FRESH STRIKE brought some early fireworks when commanding a final bid of €190,000 from Richard Frisby. The daughter of Smart Strike is a dual winner and a full-sister to Stakes winner Green Sweet. They are out of the dual Listed scorer and Group 3 performer ONLY GREEN, herself a half-sister to Gr.1 Prix de la Forêt victrix OCCUPANDISTE, who is responsible for such luminaries as Gr.1 hero MONDIALISTE, Gr.2 heroine IMPRESSIONNANTE, the dam of Classic winner INTELLO, etc.
Fresh Strike was offered with a first cover to Haras de Bonneval's newcomer Dariyan.
She will go to the UK for an existing client, commented Frisby. I was particularly attracted by Smart Strike and of course this is a beautiful family that will keep developing in the near future. The dam has a Galileo filly foal and is carrying to Lope de Vega so there is a plenty happening on the page.
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