This year 207 two-year-olds are on offer, including the progeny of leading European stallions such as Dubawi (Ire), Frankel (GB), Sea The Stars (Ire) and Siyouni (Fr), as well as top US-based sires such as Gun Runner and Justify. More than 80 stallions are represented altogether.

The breezes will take place on the grass at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse on Thursday, May 9, followed by a day of inspections on Friday, May 10. The sale takes place on Saturday, May 11, beginning at 11am.

All horses offered at the Breeze-up Sale are eligible for the Arqana Series which boasts guaranteed minimum prize-money of €1.2 million. Four races will be run at Deauville on the Thursday evening before the August Sale starts, including three two-year-old races and one three-year-old race. Another contest for juveniles will be run on the Saturday of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe weekend.

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The 2023 best-turned out winners are as follows:

• Herve Billot and Atlantic Ways (Ire) (Ulysses {Ire}) in the Arqana Series des Pouliches
• Guianand 'Suraj' Bissessur and National Interest (Fr) (Kingman {GB}) in the Arqana Series des Poulains
• Willy Royer and Jasna's Secret (Fr) (Galiway {GB}) in the Arqana Series Criterium d'Ete
• and Ger Wallis with Islandsinthestream (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in the Haras de Bouquetot Arqana Series Criterium d'Autome in Memory Honour of Lady O'Reilly.

The Arqana Series kicks off its second year in 2024.

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Bred by Haras de Quesnay, the daughter of Orpena (Ire) (Orpen) won over six furlongs at Deauville on debut in July, and then followed up with the 1200-metre Arqana Series Criterium d’Ete on Aug. 17 in the colours of Anja Wilde and F & O Hinderze Racing.

“The filly will stay with us,” Lerner, who trains with his father Carlos, told the French publication. “It’s great that his new owner trusts us and that we have the chance to keep the filly in training. She is doing very well, and we will prepare her for October. We will decide if we will go to the G1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac or [the] G1 Cheveley Park S.”

Wathnan Racing has already enjoyed considerable success this season with G1 Gold Cup winner Courage Mon Ami (GB) (Frankel {GB}), G2 Queen’s Vase hero Gregory (GB) (Golden Horn {GB}), and G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains runner-up Isaac Shelby (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}), among others.

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A total of €1.36 million will be distributed to the owners and €140,000 will be allocated to the vendors of the winning horses. Prize-money will be dispersed from first to fifth place. The four races will be held on Aug. 17–the €200,000 Arqana Series des Poulains, the €200,000 Arqana Series des Pouliches, and the €320,000 Arqana Series Summer Criterium–and Sept. 30, the 2-year-old finale–the €320,000 Arqana Series Criterium d'Automne.

In 2024, the first edition of the €320,000 Arqana Series for 3 Years, a 2000-metre conditions race for 3-year-olds, will be conducted for the first time that August. For more information on the series and the purse distributions, please click here.

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This year 185 2-year-olds are on offer, including 38 out of Group winning/producing mares, plus a number of full or half-siblings to Group 1 winners. Additionally, more than 80 stallions are represented. The breezes will take place on the grass at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse on Thursday, May 11, followed by a day of inspections on Friday, May 12, with the sale taking place on Saturday 13 May beginning at 11:00 a.m.

All horses offered at the Breeze Up Sale are eligible for the Arqana Series with a guaranteed minimum prize money of €1.2 million. The five races will take place on the Thursday before the August Sale starts and is for both 2- and 3-year-olds.

For more information or to view the catalogue, visit the Arqana website.

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Eligible sales for the 2023 series are:

• 2022 August Yearling Sale
• 2022 September Yearling Sale
• 2022 October Yearling Sale
• 2022 November Yearling Sale
• 2023 Breeze Up Sale (2-year-olds)

Additionally, foals that enter the ring at the 2022 Vente d'Élevage will also be eligible for the 2024 ARQANA Series.

The owners of a horse eligible for the ARQANA Series must nominate before June 1st, 2023 for an amount of €1,000 for the 2-year-old races. For the 3-year-old race, the nomination amount on June 1st, 2024 will be €500.

Each race in the ARQANA Series program will reward both the owner and the vendor from first to fifth place.

For further information on the Arqana Series, click here or visit www.arqana.com.

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• Three 2-year-old races will take place during an evening meeting on the Thursday before the August Yearling Sale at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse including two for unraced juveniles;
• A 2-year-old race on the Saturday of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe weekend;
• And from 2024, the programme will be further added to with a race for 3-year-olds, that will also be held on the Thursday at Deauville.

Yearlings offered during Arqana's 2022 August, September, October and November sales will be the first crop eligible to participate in the new series.

Eric Hoyeau, President of Arqana, said, “Very much appreciated since its first edition in 2017, the objectives of the Arqana Criterium were to enhance the “owner experience” and to support French breeding. As an auction house, these two subjects are particularly important to us and it is essential for us to continue in this direction, by extending this event with a real programme of richly-endowed races. We are therefore delighted to have succeeded in creating the Arqana Series, after a long period of reflection and discussion with France Galop.

“The four races organised on the Thursday before the August Yearling Sale will create even more synergy between the sales and the meeting and will contribute to the new event dimension of the sale. As both events attract an international audience, this evening meeting on Deauville's floodlit track will also be a unique opportunity to promote our French racing system to many owners. We have also chosen to keep the 2-year-old race on the Saturday of the Arc, meaning that connections could have a runner on one of the most beautiful international race weekends.”

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