Zarak Stores Fill Top Two Spots At Arqana’s Summer Sale

A colt (lot 251) and a gelding (182), both by Zarak (Fr), make €240,000 and €125,000, respectively, to fill the first two places as the Arqana Summer Sale kicked off in Deauville on Wednesday. The pair of stores were both sold by the Channel Consignment.

Thursday's topper, who set a new record top price for a store at the sale, is out of a full-sister to G1 Prix Cambaceres hero Nirvana Du Berlais (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) and went to the session's leading buyer Guy Petit on behalf of Edward James. Sold as Nietzsche Has (Fr), the February-foaled colt is also related to Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed Aubusson (Fr) (Ballingarry {Ire}) and two-time graded-scoring jumper Triana Du Berlais (Fr) (Presenting {GB}).

“He's a lovely well-made colt,” said Edward James. “He'll go to England to be pre-trained and we hope that he can make into a good racehorse and then stallion in the future.”

About midway through the sale, the son of the Grade 3-placed Chata Joana Has (Fr) (Dream Well {Fr}) caught the eye of Bertrand Le Metayer of BLM Bloodstock. Named Nabab Has (Fr), the gelding is out of a half-sister to listed-winning jumpers Na Has (Fr) (Saint Des Saints {Fr}) and Namour Has (Fr) (Doctor Dino {Fr}).

“He's a colt that looks ready made to run at three at Auteuil,” said the agent. “I've bought him with Mr. Rolland and Arnaud Chaille-Chaille.”

The Channel Consignment was the leading vendor, with 16 sold for an average of €77,125 and a gross of €1,234,000.

Fresh off siring Sunday's G1 Deutsches Derby hero Fantastic Moon (Ger), Sea The Moon (Ger) was also the sire of note of the top-priced 2-year-old on the day, lot 36. Consigned by Knockanglass Stables, the son of Apura (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) went to Nicolas de Watrigant's Mandore International Agency and Alessandro Botti for €85,000. His dam is a half-sister to the Domedriver (Ire) horse Three Bodies (Ire), who won the Listed Prix Ridgway and was second in the G2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano. Japanese Oaks heroine Erin Court (Jpn) (Durandal {Jpn}) is under the third dam.

“I think he's one of the best colts in the sale, said Alessandro Botti. “He is by Sea The Moon, a good stallion, and his dam has already produced two winners. We've bought him for Mr. Jathiere and one of my clients. We're very happy and I'm looking forward to him joining my stable.”

Of the 222 offered on Thursday, 182 sold (81.9%) sold for a gross of €6,157,250. The average was €33,831 (+3%) and the median rose to €24,000 (+17%). Nine lots, all stores, sold for six figures.

 

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Breeze-Up Footage For The Tattersalls Online Breeze-Up Session Released

The breeze-up footage for the upcoming Tattersalls Online Breeze-Up Session is now available, the sales company announced on Saturday.

A total of 20 juveniles will be sold as part of the Tattersalls Online June sale from June 7-8. Dundalk hosted the two-furlong gallops on Friday, May 19. The juveniles are by 17 different stallions, including Ardad (Ire), Gleneagles (Ire), Sir Percy (GB), Starspangledbanner (Aus), Sioux Nation, Belardo (Ire), Galileo Gold (GB), Highland Reel (Ire), Tasleet (GB), and Yoshida (Jpn). To view the catalogue and for more information, please visit the Tattersalls Online website.

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Breeze-Up Session Catalogue Unveiled By Tattersalls Online

The first ever Tattersalls Online breeze-up session will feature 24 juveniles, with the initial catalogue released on Tuesday. Part of the Tattersalls Online June Sale on June 7-8, the juveniles will breeze on Friday, May 19, at Dundalk Stadium beginning at 10 a.m.

Some of the notable lots on offer include a colt by Starspangledbanner (Aus) consigned by Katie Walsh's Greenhills Farm; a filly by Highland Reel (Ire) who is a half-sister to G3 1000 Guineas Trial winner Empowering (Ire) (Encosta De Lago {Aus}) from P & C Bloodstock; and a Phoenix Of Spain (Ire) filly out of Dukinta (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), herself a half-sister to Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Grandeur (Ire) (Verglas {Ire}), will be offered by Brown Brothers Bloodstock.

Divided between seven colts and 17 fillies, a total of 21 sires are represented, including Ardad (Ire), Dandy Man (Ire), Gleneagles (Ire), Sir Percy (GB), Teofilo (Ire), Inns Of Court (Ire), Sioux Nation, Belardo (Ire), El Kabeir, Eqtidaar (Ire), Estidhkaar (Ire), Free Eagle (Ire), Galileo Gold (GB), Kuroshio (Aus), Profitable (Ire), Tasleet (GB), and Yoshida (Jpn).

Breeze-up footage will be available on Friday, May 26. Wildcards will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 17.

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Summer Breezes: July 22, 2022

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar and even at Ellis Park, which attracts its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-track previews. Already this year at Saratoga, City Man (Mucho Macho Man), Mo Strike (Uncle Mo) and Empress Tigress (Classic Empire)–each a graduate of the 2-year-old sales–have already struck at stakes level, while the likes of juvenile purchases and 'TDN Rising Stars' Taiba (Gun Runner), We The People (Constitution) and Onesto (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) have also left their mark on graded/group competition this season. To follow are the horses entered for Friday at the three aforementioned venues:

Friday, July 22, 2022
Saratoga 1, 1:05 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price, Breeze
Gods Glory (Collected), OBSMAR, $50,000, click
C-RiceHorseStable (Brandon & Ali Rice); B-John Vaccaro
Inflation Nation (Ire) (Speightstown), OBSAPR, $100,000, click
C-Top Line Sales LLC, agent; B-H R Bloodstock

Del Mar 5, 7:00 p.m. ET
Uncontrollable (Upstart), OBSAPR, $130,000, click
C-Grassroots Training & Sales; B-West B'stock, agt. Repole Stable

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