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Arqana February Catalogue Features Group Winner Air De Valse

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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Appleby Outlines Targets For Stable Stars In The New Year

Charlie Appleby, fresh off two consecutive UK trainers' titles, will have a host of stars to go to war with in 2023, among them Godolphin's undefeated G2 Gimcrack S. hero Noble Style (GB) (Kingman {GB}). The son of listed winner and Group 3-placed Eartha Kitt (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), named a 'TDN Rising Star' off his winning debut at Ascot in May, is earmarked for the G3 Greenham S. in April, before a possible bid for G1 2000 Guineas glory in May.

He said, “Noble Style has not been seen since winning the Gimcrack impressively. He had the colic setback but he is fine and is back in work. He will probably start off in the Greenham down at Newbury as he has got a lot of natural speed which we have seen.

“Staying is the question mark. On pedigree, there is strong enough evidence that he should stay the mile but at the end of the day he has got to prove on track he can get the extra two furlongs. As we stand at the moment he is a serious Guineas contender.”

Another horse with Classic aims is Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), the winner of the GI Summer S. overseas at Woodbine in Canada last September.

“A horse that we have not seen since he won emphatically in Canada is Mysterious Night,” he added. “I think he is a horse that deserves to put in those trials in the spring to see where we are. The way he has developed and the scope he has puts him in the picture.

“You also have to put Silver Knott (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) in there. He only went down by a short head in the [GI] Breeders' Cup Juvenile [Turf] which is a race we have used with horses that have tasted Classic success, i.e. Modern Games. He is definitely in the Guineas mix.”

Appleby is also blessed with a bevy of potential G1 Derby horses, among them listed winner Local Dynasty (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and G3 Zetland S. hero Flying Honours (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).

“As for the Derby you have Local Dynasty, who won the Silver Tankard at Pontefract and Flying Honours who won the Zetland S. at Newmarket, which can be good 2-year-old races which are good pointers for the Derby.

“There is also Imperial Emperor (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), who won smartly in his maiden at Newmarket and Castle Way (GB) (Almanzor {Fr}) who won the valuable nursery at Newmarket over a mile and a quarter quite impressively. These are all horses that will be in the Derby trials in the spring.”

Quadruple top-level victor Modern Games (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) stays in training, as does G1 Irish 2000 Guineas victor Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}).

He said, “Native Trail looks great and we have him staying in training as does Modern Games in that mile camp and in the sprinting division you have got little Creative Force (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}).

“Stepping up to the mile and a quarter you have Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), who we missed for much of this season, then over a mile and a half you have the likes of Rebel's Romance (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Yibir (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), Hurricane Lane (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) and New London (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). There should be some good war horses there.

“As you know it can be a long winter but they are all doing well. It won't be long until the middle of January then we will be back on the treadmill as they say.”

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Arqana Summer Sale Catalogue Announced

The Arqana Summer Sale in Deauville, featuring 488 lots, will be held from June 30-July 1. Catalogued are 93 2-year-olds in pre-training, 143 2- and 3-year-old stores, 145 horses-in-training and 107 fillies and mares. Flat-bred 2-year-olds will canter at Deauville Racecourse at 1 p.m. local time on June 29. The next day, those Flat-bred 2-year-olds and stores will begin selling at 11 a.m. The breeding stock and horses-in-training session will begin at 11 a.m. on July 1.

Previous sale alumni include the globetrotting Group 1 winner Lord Glitters (Fr) (Whipper), listed winners Chez Pierre (Fr) (Mehmas {Ire}) and Nadette (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}); as well as G1 Irish Derby hero Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}), who was sold in utero.

Some of the sires of 2-year-olds featured are by Bated Breath (GB), Exceed And Excel (Aus), Kodiac (GB), Lope de Vega (Ire), Mehmas (Ire), Siyouni (Fr), Wootton Bassett (GB), Zarak (Fr), Zoffany (Ire) and Le Havre (Ire), while first-season sires like Expert Eye (GB), Havana Grey (Ire), Harry Angel (Ire), and Sioux Nation also have juveniles to sell.

Among the fillies and mares in the breeding stock section of the catalogue are 20 lots from the Aga Khan Studs. Catalogued mares are also in foal to the likes of Earthlight (Ire), Gleneagles (Ire), Sioux Nation, Victor Ludorum (GB), and Wooded (Ire).

A total of 145 horses-in-training on the Flat and over jumps coming from trainers such as Fabrice Chappet, Nicolas Clément, Henri-François Devin, Mikel Delzangles, André Fabre, Christophe

Ferland, Francis-Henri Graffard, Freddy Head, Carlos Laffon-Parias, Edouard Monfort, Jean-Claude Rouget, Mickaël Seror etc. will close the sale.

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Asmussen Seeks Sixth Chick Lang Win

Steve Asmussen looks to take his sixth renewal of the GIII Chick Lang S.–and third straight–Saturday at Pimlico with Cogburn (Not This Time). Graduating at second asking at Churchill Downs in September, he kicked off his sophomore season on a winning note with a decisive optional claimer score at Oaklawn Mar. 25. He came up a neck short of re-opposing Whelen Springs (Street Sense) last time in that venue's Bachelor S. Apr. 30.

That Arkansas-bred rival took five tries to break his maiden, finally doing so against other locals in Hot Springs Mar. 26. He romped in the state-bred Rainbow S. there Apr. 9 and took the Bachelor just three weeks later.

Old Homestead (Overanalyze) looks to take his record to a perfect four-for-four in this event. Earning his diploma by 11 1/2 lengths at Delta Downs in January, the bay captured an allowance there next out Mar. 4. He took his show on the road and proved he could success at a top venue with a win in Keeneland's Lafayette S. Apr. 8.

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