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Place Du Carrousel To Sell At Arqana’s Vente d’Élevage

G1 Prix de l'Opera winner Place Du Carrousel (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) will go under the hammer at Arqana's Vente d'Elevage sale in December.

She will be offered by Haras de Bouquetot and boasts a fantastic race record that features G2 Prix Foy success and a pair of Group 3 wins.

Place Du Carrousel accounted for Group 1 winners Nashwa (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and Above The Curve (American Pharoah) when landing the Prix de l'Opera.

The 112-rated Place Du Carrousel is out of Group 2 winner Traffic Jam (Ire) (Duke of Marmalade {Ire}) and from the family of numerous Group 1 scorers including Lillie Langtry (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire})–through her, Minding (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and that one's full-sister, GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf heroine Tuesday (Ire); and G1 Cape Guineas victor Russian Rock (Saf) (Pomodoro {SAf}).

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Group 1 Winner Via Sistina Added To Tattersalls December Mares Sale

Group 1 winner Via Sistina (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) is the latest high-class runner to be added to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale.

Trained by George Boughey, the five-year-old landed the G1 Pretty Polly S. at the Curragh in the colours of Becky Hillen and is sure to add plenty of intrigue to the second edition of the Sceptre Sessions.

Boughey commented, “Via Sistina has been a star for us, very easy to train and an ultra consistent mare who has shown to be very versatile. She won the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh on good ground and was outstanding prior to that in the Group 2 Dahlia Stakes.”

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony commented, “Via Sistina is another high class Group 1 winning filly coming to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale and anyone who saw her emphatic victories in the Pretty Polly Stakes and Dahlia Stakes could not fail to have been impressed.

“Her performances this season have marked her out as a racemare of the highest calibre and she is another wonderful addition to the Sceptre Sessions, which will showcase some outstanding fillies and mares at this year's December Mares Sale.”

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Sons And Lovers Provides Tonic For The Morrisses

Study Of Man (Ire) is making a growing impression with his first crop of runners, not least through his son Deepone (Ire), winner of the G2 Beresford S. for Vimal Khosla and Paddy Twomey.

His latest winner, however, is perhaps the most special to Kirsten Rausing, the owner of Lanwades Stud where the son of Deep Impact (Jpn) stands. On Saturday at Newmarket, the newcomer Sons And Lovers (GB) got up on the line to win the seven-furlong juvenile maiden. Rausing, who bred the colt from the Smart Strike mare So In Love (GB), races him in partnership with her close friends Hugo and Maya Morriss, two immensely popular members of the Newmarket racing fraternity and the former owners of Banstead Manor Stud. Hugo was also a long-serving steward at both Newmarket racecourses.

He and his wife Maya, who has been on long-term dialysis treatment, were able to be at the Rowley Mile thanks to the forethought of Jane Chapple-Hyam, who trains Sons And Lovers and gained special permission for the Morrises to be brought near to the winning line on the far side of the track in a mobility vehicle, which allowed Maya to watch from her wheelchair in the company of her trainer and her friend Wendy Milbank.

Chapple-Hyam explained how she gave the owners an impromptu race-call as their colt made his debut. “I'm not a very good commentator,” she said. “It went something along the lines of 'sat last, now joint-second last, he has pulled out and is third' and then, 'he is coming through', then, 'oh, he's won!'”

The trainer added, “I was expecting him to finish in the first three. He is a lovely horse. He is still a bit raw and he has got bit of maturing to do. He is a lovely mover but I was worried the ground might be too quick. I think we will put him away now and look forward to next season.”

Parading in front of the stands is usually the preserve of Group 1 winners but, before returning to the winner's enclosure, jockey David Egan brought Sons And Lovers partially back down the track to greet the Morrisses. It was a touching move that wouldn't have been witnessed by many on course on Saturday, but meant the world to Hugo and Maya Morriss.

Just over an hour earlier, the brilliant Inspiral (GB) and Frankie Dettori had stolen the show with a dazzling performance in the Sun Chariot, but far and away the most moving moment of the day was seeing that two-year-old, brimming with promise, head over to the far rail to be greeted by his delighted owners. In tough times, these Thoroughbreds have a way of lifting us up. Of helping us dream of better days to come.

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‘It Was Like Winning the Gold Cup’: Ince Salutes Prolific Zarica

There are few nine-year-old winners of claiming races who make the headlines but in the case of Zarica (Fr) it is fully justified. The daughter of Rio De La Plata entered the French racing history books on Friday when equalling the record number of wins in a season, striking at Compiegne for the 11th time in 2023.

In her 15 starts this year stretching back to January, Zarica has never finished out of the first four and has appeared at tracks all over France, from Le Touquet down to Marseille Borely. Trained by Julien Phelippon, Zarica was bred by Julian Ince of Haras du Logis, where her sire stood until his death last year. Having won for the first time at four, she has now accrued 20 victories from her 77 starts.

“She took her time,” said Ince of Zarica, who has really hit her stride at the age of nine, equalling the record held since 1997 of Alips (Fr), who was bred by Ince's friends and former Logis clients, the late Georges and Jacqueline Sandor.

He added, “But it's another great thing to say about the French premiums, that they keep horses in training. She has equalled the record now but I'm sure Julien will try to beat it. He has October, November and December left, and if you look at her record she has an entry every two to three weeks.”

Ince's breeding programme was also seen to good effect at Cholet on Saturday when he was responsible for the first winner of Le Brivido (Fr), the Classic-placed son of Siyouni (Fr) who started his stud career at Overbury Stud in England but is now resident at France's Haras de la Haie Neuve. His daughter Etel (Fr), bred by Ince from the Seeking The Gold mare Angel's Tears, triumphed on her third start for Anne-Sophie Crombez.

Through his Haras du Logis draft, Ince is selling two yearlings by Le Brivido at the Arqana October Sale next week, including a brother to Brio (Fr), who was a close second on debut for Gavin Hernon at Saint-Cloud last week.

“Brio looks to be a very good horse and his full-brother is going through the ring in October,” Ince said.

“It's been a really fun weekend. It was huge fun watching Zarica equal the record. It was like winning the Gold Cup. We were shouting her across the line.”

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