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Fastnet Foal The Star of Arqana

A colt foal by Fastnet Rock (Aus) (lot 675) starred at Deauville as trade wound down a notch during the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale on Monday. Consigned by Haras de Castillon, who had also offered eventual €2.5-million buy and Group 1 winner Grand Glory (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}), the bay is out of the winning Purple Magic (GB) (Rip Van Winkle {Ire}). He was purchased by Benoit Jeffroy on behalf of Manister House Stud for €60,000.

Besides the top lot, race fillies and broodmares were the most sought after, especially those in foal to promising young sire Zarak (Fr). Zarak already has a pair of Group 1-placed horses and two black-type winners to his credit. One of the former, G1 Criterium International runner-up Purplepay (Fr) brought €2 million during Saturday's session.

Haras de Cercy's Anjella (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}) (lot 782), sold in foal to the son of Dubawi (Ire), made €45,000 from Jeffroy's Ecurie Castillon Bloodstock on behalf of Magic Dream. A full-sister to German listed heroine Ambria (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}), the chestnut 15-year-old has produced Stable Genius (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), who ran third in the G3 Prix la Force. This is also the family of G1 Preis der Diana heroine Amarette (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}).

Joining Anjella at €45,000 is the 3-year-old Siyouni (Fr) filly Dariyla (Fr) from His Highness The Aga Khan's Studs. Also in foal to the Aga Khan's Zarak, lot 832 caught the eye of BBA Ireland. She is a descendant of French champion G1 Prix de Diane victress Daryaba (Ire) (Night Shift), who also landed the G1 Prix Vermeille.

Yet another carrying to the Haras de Bonneval resident, Seemingly (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}) hammered at €36,000 to Guy Pariente. From the Haras du Quesnay draft, lot 658 is out of Listed Prix Vulcain heroine Oh Beautiful (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) and is from the same family as outstanding bluehen Cassandra Go (Ire) (Indian Ridge {Ire}).

Haras du Buff sent Geneva Spur (Distorted Humor) (lot 644), in foal to first-year covering sire Persian King (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), through the ring and the 5-year-old was purchased by Six of Us for €42,000. Group winners Silk and Scarlet (GB) (Sadler's Wells) and Danger Over (GB) (Warning {GB}) are full- and half-sisters to her dam, My Dark Rosaleen (GB) (Sadler's Wells). Silk and Scarlet foaled subsequent Group 1 winners Eishin Apollon (Giant's Causeway) (Japan), Master of Hounds (Kingmambo) (Dubai) and Minorett (Smart Strike) (United States).

The Aga Khan's Studs' Deriyana (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (lot 835) was knocked down to Crispin de Moubray for €36,000 near the end of Monday's session. Although unraced, the 3-year-old is well-bred, being a daughter of the dual listed-placed Deremah (More Than Ready), herself a half-sister to French listed winner Dariyma (Fr) (City Zip), who would also place third in the G2 Prix Dollar. Under the group-placed third dam is the 2006 G1 Prix du Jockey Club winner Darsi (Fr) (Polish Precedent).

At the close of business on Monday, the gross was well up on 2020's at €2,119,500 for 205 sold from 276 offered (74.3%), from an admittedly bigger catalogue. The average and median were slightly off the 2020 marks as well at €10,339 and €7,000, respectively.

The fourth and final session of the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale begins at 11 a.m. local time on Tuesday.

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Son of Oaks Heroine Talent on Deck at Wolves

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Tuesday's Observations features a son of Oaks winner Talent (GB) (New Approach {GB}).
14.25 Deauville, Mdn, €27,000, unraced 2yo, c/g, 9 1/2f (AWT)
Juddmonte's unraced FRACTION (GB) (War Front), a Francis-Henri Graffard trainee, is a half-brother to Listed Finale S. victrix Variable (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) out of G1 Prix Marcel Boussac heroine Proportional (GB) (Beat Hollow {GB}). The March-foaled homebred bay encounters 11 opponents in this debutants' heat.

16.30 Wolverhampton, Nov, £7,000, 2yo, 9f 104y (AWT)
AEROSPACE (IRE) (Sea the Stars {Ire}), one of three Godolphin contenders, is a son of G1 Epsom Oaks heroine Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}) and thus a half-brother to MGSW G1 Prix Jean Romanet runner-up Ambition (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). The John and Thady Gosden incumbent faces one dozen rivals in this first go.

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Arqana Releases December Sale Catalogue

Group 1 winner Grand Glory (GB) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) and G1 French 1000 Guineas runner-up Speak of the Devil (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) are two of the stars in the upcoming Arqana December Sale catalogue, which was released on Wednesday. Consigned by Haras de Castillon as lot 192, G1 Prix Jean Romanet heroine Grand Glory was also third in the G1 Prix de Diane and is due to run in the upcoming G1 Japan Cup on Nov. 28. Third in the G1 Prix Rothschild, Speak of the Devil (lot 172), a three-time listed winner, will be offered by Sumbe.

A total of 1,012 mares, fillies and foals are set to sell at Deauville from Dec. 4-7. More than a quarter of the mares offered have won black-type and/or have already produced at least one black-type horse. There are also 212 siblings or half-siblings to group winners, among them 57 sisters or half-sisters to Group 1 winners in the sale.

There have been 13 group winners in 2021 purchased in utero in the Deauville ring out of past December Sales. Leading the way is three-time Group 1 winner Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never), whose dam Plying (Hard Spun) sold in 2013. Other Group 1-winning graduates include Romantic Proposal (Ire) (Raven's Pass), Trueshan (Fr) (Planteur {Ire}) and 2020 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies scorer Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}).

Arqana foal graduates have also enjoyed great success at racecourses on an international level in 2021, with alumni including dual Group 1 winner Native Trail (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), G1 French 1000 Guineas heroine Coeursamba (Fr) (The Wow Signal {Ire}), G1 Prix Marcel Boussac victress Zellie (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), G1 Prix de l'Opera winner Rougir (Fr) (Territories {Ire}) and Tribhuvan (Fr) (Toronado {Ire}), who was first past the post in the GI United Nations S. in America.

Other lots of note include: Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) (lot 163), who holds an entry in Friday's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf from Ecurie des Monceaux; Wertheimer & Frere's Panthere (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) (lot 194), a half-sister to G1 Prix Saint-Alary heroine Queen's Jewel (GB) (Pivotal {GB}); from Gestut Ammerland are Lady Livonia (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 23), a half-sister to major sire Lope de Vega (Ire) (Shamardal) and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Waldgeist (GB) (Galileo {Ire})'s full-sister Wildfeder (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 188); Deia (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) (lot 202) hails from the draft of Ronald Rauscher as a full-sister to German Group 1 winner Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hallow {GB}); lot 104, Tazma (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}), is a half-sister to Australian Group 1 winner Whisky Baron (Aus) (Manhattan Rain {Aus}) from the Aga Khan Studs; G2 German 1000 Guineas victress Lancade (GB) (Areion {Ger}) (lot 167) will be offered by Haras de Grandcamp; Baroda Stud's Jam And Mam (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 196) is a half-sister to G1 Prix de Diane winner Channel (Ire) (Nathaniel {Ire}) and is carrying her first foal by Night of Thunder (Ire); Star Garland (Ire) (Sea The Stars) (lot 223) represents the Godolphin consignment as a daughter of champion and three-time Group 1 winner Blue Bunting (Dynaformer); Group 3 winner and German Group 1-placed No Limit Credit (Ger) (Night of Thunder {Ire}) (lot 158) will be offered by Andreas Suborics; stakes winner Lightupthenight (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) (lot 52), a half-sister to Group 1 winner Intellogent (Ire) (Intello {Ger}), is in foal to Almanzor (Fr) as part of an Al Shahania Stud reduction from Haras des Cruchettes; Haras de Castillon's Sarvana (Fr) (Dubai Destination) (lot 80) is the dam of Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}) and is in foal to Sottsass (Fr); and German Group 2 winner Satomi (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 177) is in foal for the first time to Lope de Vega (Ire) from Haras de Saint-Pair.

A variety of sires are represented at Arqana by the 290 foals catalogued including the late Adlerflug (Ger), Australia (GB), Camelot (GB), Caravaggio, Dark Angel (Ire), Fastnet Rock (Aus), Frankel (GB), Kendargent (Fr), Kingman (GB), Kodiac (GB), Le Havre (Ire), Lope De Vega (Ire), Mehmas (Ire), New Bay (GB), Night Of Thunder (Ire), No Nay Never, Sea The Moon (Ger), Sea The Stars (Ire), Showcasing (GB), Siyouni (Fr), Starspangledbanner (Aus) and Wootton Bassett (GB).

Some of the foals of interest are: Haras de la Louviere's lot 111, a son of Wootton Bassett out of the dual group winner Top Toss (Ire) (Linamix {Fr}) who has already thrown two-time Group 3 winner Lesstalk in Paris (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}); a full-brother to Classic winner Dream and Do (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) (lot 124) from Haras du Logis Saint-Germain; lot 136, a half-brother by The Grey Gatsby (Ire) to the G2 King Edward S. winner and two-time Group 1-placed Alenquer (Fr) (Adlerflug {Ger}) from La Motteraye Consignment; a three-quarter brother to G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches victress Coeursamba (lot 145) from Haras de l'Aumonerie; Haras de Colleville's lot 154, a full-brother to dual Group 1 winner Sealiway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}); and lot 206, a half-sister by Frankel to dual Group 1 winner Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper) from Haras de Saint Isidro.

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Dubawi’s Erevann A New Rising Star At Deauville

From the mud and the murk of a storm-hit Deauville on Thursday emerged the latest TDN Rising Star as The Aga Khan's Erevann (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) strutted his stuff in the card's opening Prix de Saint-Desir for unraced juveniles. A son of the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, G1 Coronation S. and G1 Prix du Moulin heroine Ervedya (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) racing for the Jean-Claude Rouget stable, the April-foaled bay was patiently ridden by Christophe Soumillon towards the rear early. Making smooth headway in the straight, the 41-10 second favourite was shaken up to challenge at the furlong marker and did it all under mild handling in the closing stages to score stress-free by 3/4-of-a-length from Lev (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}). That Pia and Joakim Brandt-trained half-sister to the G3 Prix Sigy-winning sire Fas (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in turn had 1 1/2 lengths to spare over Etatique (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) in third as the conditions took their toll on most.

Erevann, who is the 18th TDN Rising Star for his sire, is the second of three foals and first scorer out of the high-class miler, who is a half-sister to the Listed Dusseldorf Preis winner Elennga (Fr) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}) and to the dam of the dual listed-placed Ebony (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}). A daughter of the G3 Prix Vanteaux runner-up Elva (Ire) (King's Best), her filly foal is by Kitten's Joy.

1st-Deauville, €27,000, Debutantes, 10-21, 2yo, c/g, 8fT, 1:56.12, hy.
EREVANN (FR) (c, 2, Dubawi {Ire}–Ervedya {Fr} {MG1SW-Fr & G1SW-Eng, $1,465,398}, by Siyouni {Fr}) Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. O-H H The Aga Khan; B-H H The Aga Khan's Studs SC (FR); T-Jean-Claude Rouget. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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