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Caravaggio Colt Added to Vente d’Elevage

The Christophe Ferland-trained Inuit (Fr) (Caravaggio), a two-time winner from three trips to the races, has been added as lot 240bis to the upcoming Arqana Vente d'Elevage Sale Dec. 4.

A debut second on turf at Bourdeaux Le Bouscat Sept. 19, the gray colt has since put them back-to-back, winning his maiden by three lengths over the all-weather track at Lyon La Soie Oct. 22 ahead of a 1 1/2-length victory in a conditions event over the synthetic track at Chantilly Nov. 19.

Rated 95 at present, Inuit is the first foal out of Prairie Blossom (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), a half-sister to MGSW & G1SP Prairie Star (Fr) (Peintre Celebre) and GSW Pacific Rim (Ire) (Singspiel {Ire}), and is also set to sell at the Vente d'Elevage as lot 62 from Coulonces.

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Zarak Share Leads The Way at Arqana

Charlie Gordon-Watson purchased a 1/50th share in His Highness The Aga Khan's Group 1 winner Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) for €350,000 to top the Arqana Online Sale on Tuesday. Sold as lot 2, the promising young sire already has the Group 1-placed horses Times Square (Fr) and Purplepay (Fr).

Fellow first-season sire Zelzal (Fr) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 3) also proved popular, with Meridian International's Ghislain Bozo extending to €125,000 for a 1/50th share in the G1 Prix Jean Prat winner. The Haras de Bouquetot stallion has 10 winners from his first crop including the listed winner Zelda (Fr).

SARL Lemzar bought a 1/50th share in G1 Prix Jacques le Marois hero Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) (lot 4) for €42,000. The dark bay, who also stands at Haras de Bouquetot, has 13 winners in his first crop.

Breeding rights to Territories (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 5) and lot 9, Havana Gold (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}), brought €36,000 and €35,000, respectively from Jonathan Mitchell.

Rounding out the six lots that sold was a 1/50th share in Masked Marvel (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) (lot 6) for €45,000. Haras d'Enki added that share to their portfolio.

The overall aggregate was €633,000. A 1/50th share in French Champion Sire Siyouni (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) did not sell at €620,000; nor did a breeding right to Showcasing (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) at €120,000.

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Purplepay Among Three Arqana Wildcards

Purplepay (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), the four-length winner of the Criterium Arqana and third in the G1 Criterium International, has been added as a wildcard to the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale and will sell on Dec. 4 as lot 150. The 108-rated filly is from the productive family of Group 1 winners Ectot (GB) and Most Improved (Ire) and Group 3 winner and G1 1000 Guineas third Daban (Ire). Purplepay was offered through an Auctav online sale earlier this month and was bought back at €1.35-million.

Joining Purplepay on the wildcard list are 3-year-old filly Rumbles Of Thunder (Ire) (Night Of Thunder {Ire}) (lot 180), 102-rated and the winner of a pair of listed races this season for Jerome Reynier and a descendant of GI Kentucky Oaks winner White Star Line; and 4-year-old filly Frankel's Magic (Fr) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 190), who was second behind Rumbles Of Thunder in the Listed Prix Panacee on Oct. 4 and is from the productive German line of Goonda (GB) (Darshaan {GB}).

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NH Breeding Stock Session Concludes Arqana Autumn

Arqana's Autumn Sale drew to a close on Wednesday with a single-session National Hunt Breeding Stock Sale that was highlighted by a pair of mares from the dispersal of Magalen Bryant. Topping trade was the 6-year-old stakes-winning AQPS mare Fabulous Dragoness (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}) (lot 743), who was sold in-foal to Doctor Dino (Fr) to Pegase Bloodstock for €300,000. Rupert Pritchard-Gordon swooped for another 6-year-old mare from the dispersal, Laterana (Fr) (Saint Des Saints {Fr}) in foal to Great Pretender (Ire) (lot 703), and her pricetag was €140,000.

The two others to surpass the six-figure threshold on the day were the 7-year-old mare Black Luna (Fr) (Soldier Of Fortune {GB}) (lot 834) in foal to Masked Marvel (GB), bought by Chauvigny Global Equine for €125,000; and the 9-year-old mare Femme En Or (Fr) (Astarabad) (lot 837) in foal to Buck's Boum (Fr). She was bought by Yeo Barton Bloodstock for €120,000.

The National Hunt breeding stock session of the Arqana Autumn Sale was being staged for the second time, and figures were well up on 2020 with 291-head having changed hands for €9,218,500, at an average of €31,679 and a median of €20,000.

Eric Hoyeau, president of Arqana, and Freddy Powell, executive director, said upon conclusion of the sale, “The aim of this week, which we put in place last year, was to encourage reinvestment by creating a sequence of specific sales: horses in training including jumpers, stores and yearlings, ending with a day entirely dedicated to breeding stock. After these three days, we can only be positive. The results exceeded our expectations and we would like to thank all our consignors who have put their trust in this new format. The market was very strong and the majority of the National Hunt professionals were present from start to finish from France, Ireland, England and Eastern Europe.”

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