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Arqana Supports Breast Cancer Awareness at the October Yearling Sale

With October well-known as the month for Breast Cancer awareness, this year Arqana will partner with the François Baclesse Center, inviting all vendors/consigners to participate in a charitable challenge throughout the October Yearling Sale. Arqana will organize its own version of the 'Pink Walk' beginning Monday, Oct. 16 and continue through Friday, Oct. 20.

A limited edition of the Arqana cap will also be available for purchase (boutique, customer service and restaurant) at the price of 15€. All proceeds will be donated to the François Baclesse Center.

For more information, click here or contact Layla Desceliers (ldesceliers@arqana.com)

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Full-Brother To Sottsass Part Of Arqana’s October Yearling Catalogue

A full-brother to Arc hero Sottsass (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) (lot 59) is one of the highlights of the upcoming Arqana October Yearling Sale from Oct. 17-21.

Divided into three parts with a total of 731 yearlings on offer, the sale will feature 228 yearlings beginning at 11 a.m. in Part 1 on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Wednesday's session kicks off Part 2 with 119 lots, and Thursday's session sees another 190 lots set to sell, with both days beginning at 2 p.m. Part 3 begins at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20 with 101 lots, and the sale ends on Saturday, Oct. 21 with 93 yearlings at 11 a.m. Alumni from this sale including this season's multiple Group 1 winner Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Iresine (Fr) (Manduro {Ger})'s tally in the G1 Prix Ganay just to name a few.

Ecurie des Monceaux will consign lot 59, who is also a half-brother to Eclipse champion and Breeders' Cup winner Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}). Haras de la Perelle consigns lot 63, a son of Sea The Moon (Ger), who is a half-brother to German Group 1 winner Simca Mille (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}); while just two lots later, Haras de Castillon's draft contains a Mehmas (Ire) half-brother to the stakes-winning G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains second Texas (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Other lots of note include a filly (lot 79) by Persian King (Ire) out of G1 Premio Vittorio di Capua heroine Waikika (Fr) (Whipper) from Elevage de Tourgeville. Frankel (GB) and Anabasis (Ger) (High Chaparral {Ire})'s colt is lot 95 from La Motteraye Consignment. He is a half-brother to multiple Grade I winner A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}).

All yearlings offered at the five-day stand are eligible for the Arqana Series. For more information and for the complete catalogue, please visit the Arqana website.

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Positive Stats At Arqana’s Yearling Sales

The majority of Arqana's yearlings have now gone through the ring this season, with only the November Yearling Sale's 155 lots left to sell, and indices are positive across a range of categories for the Deauville-based sales company when taken as a whole.

For the first time, more than 1,200 horses were offered, with more than 1,000 of them finding new homes for a clearances rate of 82.7%. The turnover (€80,499,000) and average (€75,871) both increased, while the median settled at €31,000. In addition, 227 (+17%) horses sold for €100,000 or more, up from 193 in 2021. Four horses brought €1 million or more this year, double last year's two. One marked change was the creation of the September Yearling Sale, which replaced and extended the previous v.2 Yearling Sale, with 275 horses catalogued, an additional 100 lots from 2021.

Eric Hoyeau, President of Arqana and Freddy Powell, Executive Director, said of the combined yearling results through Friday, “Each year we reflect on the format of our sales in order to adapt to the offer. Our aim is to ensure that every yearling achieves its best possible value. In particular, we have had to change the v.2 Yearling Sale to accommodate a greater number of horses in September.

“Despite the 150 extra horses sold at the three sales, the market absorption rate remained very satisfactory, testifying to the attractiveness of French breeding at all levels and the quality of the work of our vendors. The 227 yearlings sold for €100,000 or more are further proof of this. We hope that the November Yearling Sale will continue in this vein, as will the Autumn Sale, which this time will welcome the cream of National Hunt yearlings to Deauville.”

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De Treville Filly Highlights Part Three At Arqana

The October Yearling Sale at Arqana came to a close on Friday with respectable Part Three trade highlighted by a €42,000 filly by De Treville (GB) (lot 757) who sold from Ombreville to Antoine de Watrigant.

From the family of G3 Prix Noailles winner and G1 Grand Prix de Paris second Slalom (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) and his stakes-winning and group-placed full-brother Folamour (GB) (Intello {Ger}), the February foal also traces to G3 Prix Perth heroine and quadruple black-type producer Danzigaway (Danehill). The filly's Showcasing (GB) half-brother Empathic (Fr) had won since the catalogue was published.

The last day of the sale saw 142 yearlings go under the hammer. A total of 120 (84%) of them were sold for an average price of €10,875 and a total turnover of €1,305,000. The median was €9,000.

Arqana October's stats at the end of five days' trade stood at €26,188,000 accrued for 597 horses (83%) finding new homes. The average was €43,866 (-5%) and the median was €26,000 (-5.5%).

Following the sale, Eric Hoyeau, Chairman of Arqana and Freddy Powell, Executive Director, said, “We have adapted the format of the sale to the offer, but it is not necessarily definitive. Each year we try to be as close as possible to what we perceive from the market and the production, so that each yearling is valued as much as possible.

“Following an excellent 2021 edition where the turnover had increased by 45%, the sale has gone well. A total of 69 horses were sold for €100,000 or more, compared to 62 in 2021 and 38 in 2020. Demand also remained strong and constant throughout the five days. We can only be satisfied with these results. Maintaining this would not have been possible without the work of all our vendors, whom we must thank, as well as our teams in the offices and in the yards. Let's remember that all the yearlings presented during the five days are eligible for the Arqana Series, which will start next year.”

With 26 colts and fillies sold for a total of €2,047,000, Haras d'Etreham finished at the head of the vendors' table. Second place went to Écurie des Monceaux, vendors of 17 lots for a total of €2,020,000. La Motteraye consignment completed the podium with 34 yearlings sold for €1,928,500.

Stroud Coleman Bloodstock took the top spot on the buyers' list with 10 yearlings purchased for a total of €1,482,000. Nicolas de Watrigant (Mandore International Agency) took second place with 11 yearlings bought for €901,000. Finally, Ghislain Bozo (Meridian International) took third place with 11 yearlings bought for €854,000.

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