G2 Prix du Petite Couvert heroine and G1 Prix de l'Abbaye-placed Air De Valse (Fr) (Mesnil des Aigles {Fr}) (lot 51) is one of 356 lots in Arqana's February Sale catalogue which was released on Friday.
Slated for 11 a.m. local time on Feb. 14-15, the sale features horses-in-training on the Flat and over jumps, maidens, broodmares, stores, 2-year-olds, and yearlings. There are also five wild card slots available, three for horses-in-training and two for the breeding stock portion.
Joining Air De Valse, is winning debut hurdler Marvin Flight (Fr) (Spider Flight {Fr}) (lot 14), who is from the family of Group 1 winners Golden Flight (Fr) (Saint Cyrien {Fr}) and Sunny Flight (Fr) (Saint Cyrien {Fr}). A select nine-lot dispersal of Ecurie Zingaro is also part of the catalogue, with Prince Gibraltar (Fr) 3-year-old filly Princess City (Fr) consigned as lot 103. She is a half-sister to group winner Peace Garden (Fr) (Kapgarde {Fr}).
There are also seven unraced pre-training 3-year-olds offered by Haras du Chene under court order and sold without reserve. Among them is lot 66, a full-sister to G3 Albany S. heroine and G1 Cheveley Park S. second Different League (Fr) (Dabirsim {Fr}); a Lope De Vega (Ire) half-brother to GI Haskell S. victor Coil (Point Given) and GI Hollywood Derby winner Chiropractor (Kitten's Joy) (lot 72); and lot 78, a Cracksman (GB) half-sister to Group 2 winner Baby Rider (Fr) (Gleneagles {Ire}) from the family of Group 1 scorers Wings Of Eagles (Fr) (Pour Moi {Ire}) and Belle Et Celebre (Fr) (Peintre Celebre).
The breeding portion of the sale includes 82 fillies out-of-training and 115 broodmares, with Wertheimer & Frere offering lot 137, Parole (Fr) (Daiwa Major {Jpn}), who is a half-sister to group winner and dual French Classic-placed Legend War/Dicton (GB) (Lawman {Fr}); Zerziyna (Fr) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) (lot 249), a half-sister to listed winner Zeyrek (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and a granddaughter to Arc victress Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) from the Aga Khan Studs; Bea Remembered (GB) (Doyen {Ire}) (lot 121), the dam of multiple group winner and Group 1-placed Stormy Antarctic (Stormy Atlantic) in foal to Wooded (Ire); and a half-sister to Classic winner Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}), Twelveoclock (Fr) (Sinndar {Ire}) (lot 141) in foal to Zarak (Fr) presented by Haras de l'Aumonerie.
The sale is rounded out by 52 yearlings and 17 2-year-olds under both codes, including lot 116, a son of Zarak and listed winner Hell's Queen (Fr) (Gentlewave {Ire}) from Haras de Sainte Marie aux Anglais; and a son of Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (lot 136) who is out of a half-sister to listed winner Earl Of Leitrim (Ire) (Johannesburg) from the family of Group 1 winner Divine Proportions (Kingmambo) and Whipper (Miesque's Son) offered by Haras de Saint Isidro.
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