Part of The Castlebridge Consignment, the bay (lot 385) is out of Wild Mix (GB) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) and sold to Johnny Murtagh and Linehan Bloodstock for €50,000. Since the catalogue was published, Caught U Looking won the G3 Park S. Under the second dam are group winners Double Or Bubble (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) and Mix And Mingle (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}).

Lot 447, a colt by Sottsass (Fr) offered by Treadstone Bloodstock, brought €37,000 from Hana Polednikova to take second place on the leaderboard. He is a half-brother to the GIII Sweet Life S. third Nimbostratus (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}).

After the conclusion of the first day's trade, 173 horses sold of 246 offered (70%) for a gross of €1,367,600. Both the average and the median dropped by 16% and 17%, respectively. The average was €7,906 and the median was €5,000.

The sale continues on Thursday and begins at 10 a.m.

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Divided into three parts with a total of 731 yearlings on offer, the sale will feature 228 yearlings beginning at 11 a.m. in Part 1 on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Wednesday's session kicks off Part 2 with 119 lots, and Thursday's session sees another 190 lots set to sell, with both days beginning at 2 p.m. Part 3 begins at 2 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 20 with 101 lots, and the sale ends on Saturday, Oct. 21 with 93 yearlings at 11 a.m. Alumni from this sale including this season's multiple Group 1 winner Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Iresine (Fr) (Manduro {Ger})'s tally in the G1 Prix Ganay just to name a few.

Ecurie des Monceaux will consign lot 59, who is also a half-brother to Eclipse champion and Breeders' Cup winner Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}). Haras de la Perelle consigns lot 63, a son of Sea The Moon (Ger), who is a half-brother to German Group 1 winner Simca Mille (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}); while just two lots later, Haras de Castillon's draft contains a Mehmas (Ire) half-brother to the stakes-winning G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains second Texas (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}). Other lots of note include a filly (lot 79) by Persian King (Ire) out of G1 Premio Vittorio di Capua heroine Waikika (Fr) (Whipper) from Elevage de Tourgeville. Frankel (GB) and Anabasis (Ger) (High Chaparral {Ire})'s colt is lot 95 from La Motteraye Consignment. He is a half-brother to multiple Grade I winner A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}).

All yearlings offered at the five-day stand are eligible for the Arqana Series. For more information and for the complete catalogue, please visit the Arqana website.

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The hammer comes down at €1,250,000 for lot 2️⃣1️⃣, a son of #Dubawi @DarleyEurope as @godolphin buys the beautiful colt offered by @EcurieMonceaux at the #AugustYearlingSale! pic.twitter.com/8dCB4Hgf4L

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John and Thady Gosden had already left Deauville earlier in the day following Sunday's success of stable star Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois for the second year running. But, through Arqana's Freddy Powell, Thady placed his bids on the chestnut filly, finally signing her up for Clarehaven Stables at €320,000.

“She's a very nice filly from a great farm, with an excellent pedigree, and she has been bought for a client of ours,” he said later via text message.

The third foal of her dam Borgia's Best (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), the filly (lot 335) hails from a family which has reaped plenty of black type over the years for Dietrich Von Boetticher's Bavarian farm. Borgia's half-brother Boreal (Ger) (Java Gold) also won the Deutsches Derby and followed up a year later with victory in the G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom. Their dam Brittania (Ger) (Tarim {GB}) was a winner of the G2 Deutsches St Leger, while Borgia's Best's half-siblings include the Group 3 winner Bermuda Reef (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and Born Wild (Ger) (Sadler's Wells), who is the dam of G1 Prix Vermeille winner Baltic Baroness (Ger) (Shamardal).

The solidity of the final day's trade remained through to the penultimate lot (lot 354), which became the session's second-highest price at €270,000. Arthur Hoyeau was the successful bidder on the sole Caravaggio yearling in the book. Consigned by Haras des Granges, she is a half-sister to two black-type performers, including the listed winner Yuman (Fr) (Literato {Fr}).

“I love Caravaggio and the dam has already produced some good horses,” Hoyeau said. “She was my pick of the day and she will go into training with Christophe Ferland for a partnership in which I will also be involved.”

Trade Holds Up Well

Compared to the last pre-Covid August Sale, figures took a bit of a tumble but not drastically so, and they certainly held their own against the sets of figures in the three years preceding a strong 2019 sale. An overall clearance rate of 76% was attained from the sale of 246 yearlings for a total of €40,229,000 (-8%). The average of €162,638 was down by 13 % and the median also dipped slightly to €100,000. The second part of the August Sale staged in one session on Monday accounted for €9,667,000 of that aggregate, at an average price of €75,523 and median of €65,000 for 128 sold (76.7%).

At the end of the sale, Eric Hoyeau, President of Arqana and Freddy Powell, Executive Director, commented, “The sale remained very international today and the percentage of horses sold was solid, which made the average slip a little compared to 2019. Over the three days as a whole, the results were pleasing. The context was still uncertain when the catalogue was released and it is a relief to see that this edition is in line with the August Sales that we have held previously, just behind the exceptional year of 2019. This is only the third time the turnover has exceeded €40 million and the number of horses sold for €200,000 or more is the same as in 2018. We were fortunate to experience a sale in a near-normal atmosphere. We would like to thank our buyers once again who were active on site and remotely, as well as our vendors for having brought yearlings of this quality to the ring.

“After a year “off”, the v.2 makes its comeback tomorrow at Deauville. This sale has produced some very good horses, such as Coeursamba, Teppal and Olmedo, and we hope that it will continue on in the same vein following the success of the August Sale.”

Sole Power

There was a strong start to proceedings, with four six-figure prices within the first 10 lots through the ring. The early leader until the final hour of the sale was lot 182, the sole offering in the catalogue from John Kilpatrick's J. K. Thoroughbreds. The colt by Wootton Bassett (GB) is from a Juddmonte family which includes the yearling's listed-winning grandam Short Dance (Hennessy) and the G2 Windsor Forest S. winner Lolly For Dolly (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}). Michael Donohoe of BBA Ireland made his play for the colt online, with the hammer eventually falling in his favour at €210,000.

“I liked everything about him, he's an absolutely gorgeous individual and has a super temperament,” Donohoe said. “His sire doesn't need much of an introduction, he's the whole package and I thought he was one of the best colts selling today.”

The colt is the second foal of Fray (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), who was bought from Juddmonte by trainer Jim Goldie and subsequently raced in the colours of Frank Brady. That owner/breeder also races Fray's first foal, Odsonne (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who is in training in France with Francois Monfort.

Siyouni, Siyouni

In France, there's no getting away from the champion sire Siyouni (Fr). The Haras de Bonneval resident sired a group-race double across the road from the sales on Sunday with 2-year-old filly Who Knows (Fr) and Wally (Fr), and he retained his popularity in the sale ring throughout the three sessions.

It's easy to understand why the stallion is a favourite with trainers, and Yann Barberot and Pia Brandt both signed for sons of Siyouni on Monday.

Deauville-based Barberot opted for lot 258, the first of five yearlings sold on the day by leading consignor Ecurie des Monceaux. The well-related colt is out of a three-parts sister to the treble Group 1 winner Persian King (Ire)(Kingman {GB}) and bought a final bid of €195,000 from Barberot on behalf of Haras de Bouttemont.

Earlier, Brandt had gone to €190,000 for lot 215 from Haras d'Etreham, the colt out of listed winner Lily Passion (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).

The trainer noted, “I've bought him for one of my owners, Finn Blichfield.”

Siyouni's 15 yearlings sold through the August Sale returned an average of €307,667.

Bon Ho Extends European Investment

The international investment at Arqana continued as Hong Kong-based Bon Ho, acting through Mark McStay's Avenue Bloodstock, bought lot 255, Haras de Castillon's son of Night Of Thunder (Ire) for €185,000.

“Bon Ho is an international owner and owns the Everest winner Classique Legend (Aus) as well as Southern Legend (Aus), who is Group 1 winner in Hong Kong,” said the agent.

The owner has also enjoyed success in Ireland recently with Storm Legend (Ire), a listed winner trained by Fozzy Stack and by the same sire as his most recent purchase. The 3-year-old has joined Caspar Fownes in Hong Kong since his victory at Naas on July 3.

McStay continued, “This colt was well presented by Benoit Jeffroy's Haras de Castillon and we're delighted to get him. There are no specific plans as yet for where he will be trained. Bon Ho is very selective about what he buys and he gets very involved in the process. He's a family friend and I'm very fortunate that he has asked me to help him.”

The May-born colt is out of the dual winner Precious Dream (Mr. Greeley), a daughter of the Oaks winner Lady Carla (GB) (Caerleon {Ire}) who in turn traces back to the Meon Valley Stud foundation mare Odeon (GB).

Haras de Castillon's second big sale of the day came at the same price of €185,000 for lot 342, a Kodiac (GB) first living foal of the listed winner Charm Appeal (Fr) (Canford Cliffs {Ire}). Richard Venn did the bidding on the filly who will go into training in Deauville with Stephane Wattel.

A Quartet For America

Further international representation on Monday came from American trainer Kenny McPeek, who bought four yearlings on his third visit to Arqana.

“I've come two other years and the first couple of days are obviously high-level horses with a lot of pedigree. I'm always fairly active at Fasig-Tipton July and then I'm less active at Saratoga in August and then active again in the second half of the September Sale. I enjoy finding a good horse before the page finds it,” he said.

Two colts and two fillies will be on the plane from France to the United States, including a first-crop daughter of Coolmore's Saxon Warrior (Jpn) offered by Haras des Capucines as lot 283. Bought for €125,000, the filly boasts a fairly international pedigree, being out of Songerie (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}), a half-sister to the dam of Stacelita (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}), a multiple top-flight winner in France and America who went on top produce Frankel's first Group 1 winner, Soul Stirring (Jpn), in Japan.

“Good horses run anywhere and we run so much more turf racing in America now anyway, and I think it's good to have some more outcross pedigrees,” McPeek continued. “Most every horse I've seen here is eligible for the Breeders' Cup and Arqana has done a great job getting us here. Now I just have to figure out how to get home!”

The trainer noted that Three Chimneys Farm and Walking L Thoroughbreds will partner in the fillies. He added, “We will probably do a couple of Magdalena partnerships for the colts and we'll offer them out to some regular clients. Typically those are 20% shares.”

The colts include a second-crop son of the Aga Khan Studs stallion Zarak (Fr), sold by his breeder Domaine de l'Etang as lot 328 for €100,000. He too has a deep pedigree behind him which traces back to the good Wildenstein family of treble Group 1 winner Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill), who is his third dam.

Adding to the global flavour of the sale was Australian owner/breeder Matthew Sandblom, who bought lot 232, a filly from the first crop of crack sprinter Harry Angel (Ire) for €47,000 from Jedburgh Stud.

Smart Colt For Griezmann

The star of the Haras de Montaigu draft on the final day was an elegant dark brown colt very much in the mould of his sire Almanzor (Fr), who fetched €150,000.

The colt's dam Hunza Dancer (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) is a full-sister to Air Chief Marshal (Ire) and half-sister to G1 Irish St Leger winner Flag Of Honour (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who has already produced three winners, including the listed-placed Samothrace (Fr) (Iffraaj {GB}). Sold as lot 197, he was bought by Laurent Benoit of Broadhurst Agency on behalf of football star Antoine Griezmann and will be trained by Philippe Decouz.

Benoit also signed for a statuesque daughter of Camelot (GB) from the consignment of Lady Chryss O'Reilly's Haras de la Louiviere at €160,000. One of the first horses through on Monday, lot 174 is a daughter of the young Wootton Bassett mare Elide (Ire) who is herself a granddaughter of George Strawbridge's In Clover (GB) (Inchinor {GB}), the dam of of a trio of Group 1 winners in Call The Wind (GB), With You (GB) and We Are (GB).

Galiway's Good Sale

Galiway (GB) had five yearlings catalogued for the Arqana August Sale, all from his home farm of Haras de Colleville. One failed to sell but the remaining quartet returned an average price of €183,000: not bad from Galiway's opening fee of €3,000. After his first crop of runners, which included the G3 Prix La Rochette winner Kenway (Fr), the stallion's fee rose to €10,000 and then along came G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere victor Sealiway (Fr) in his second bunch of runners and the price rose again to €12,000. Sisters to both those stakes-winning colts sold on Saturday for €220,000 and €380,000, respectively.

Another two Galiway fillies feature in the V.2 Sale which begins at 3 p.m. on Tuesday and will conclude the sales action in Deauville until October.

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Among the choicest of lots are lot 54, a Sea The Stars (Ire) half-sister to G1 German Derby winners Windstoss (Ger) (Shirocco {Ger}) and Weltstar (Ger) (Soldier Hollow [GB}) from Gestut Rottgen; Gestut Auenquelle presents lot 161, a full-sister to G1 Preis der Diana heroine Turfdonna (Ger) (Doyen {Ire}); a full-sister to champion Genghis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) is sold as lot 180 from Gestut Park Wiedingen; Gestut Karlshof's Australia (GB) colt (lot 181) is a half-brother to champion Donjah (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}); a Red Jazz colt (lot 187) from the draft of Vollblutgestut Lindenhof is a half-brother to Group 1 winners Ivanhowe (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) and Irving (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}); and lot 192, from the Gestut Etzean consignment, is a full-sister to 2020 G1 Preis der Diana victress Miss Yoda (Ger) (SeaThe Stars {Ire}). A pair of yearlings are out of Group 1 winners, with lot 48, a Zarak (Fr) colt from the Gestut Karlshof consignment, out of Sortilege (Ire) (Tiger Hill {Ire}); and an Gestut Wittekindshof-consigned son of Pour Moi (Ire) and G1 Preis der Diana winner Rosenreihe (Ire) (Catcher In The Rye {Ire}) as lot 156.

The BBAG catalogue also features two yearling colts by Frankel (GB) from the draft of Gestut Haus Ittlingen–lot 67 out of Group 3 winner and three-time Group 1 placed Calyxa (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and lot 176, out of Calyxa's multiple stakes-winning dam Chantra (Ger) (Lando {Ger}), who was second in the G3 Prix de la Porte Maillot. In addition, two other stallions that have celebrated Classic success with their progeny this season are Siyouni (Fr), who has lot 60, a son of G2 German 1000 Guineas heroine Akua'da (Ger) (Shamardal), catalogued by Gestut Brummerhof; while from limited representation, Isfahan (Ger) has lot 32, an Gestut Eulenberger Hof-consigned colt from the family of MSW Upper Strata (GB) (Shirley Heights {GB}).

In 2020, 156 horses (66%) found new homes from 236 offered for an aggregate of €6,465,500. The median was €39,000 and the average was €41,446. Topping proceedings was a daughter of Sea The Starts (Ire) at €820,000. For more information, please visit www.bbag-sales.de.

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Lot 11 is a Gleneagles (Ire) half-brother to Angara (GB) (Alzao), winner of the GI Beverly D. S. Stateside from Annshoon Stud. The chestnut is also a half-brother to GSW Actrice (Ire) (Danehill), and SW & GSP Arlesienne (Ire) (Alzao). The last-named is already the dam of three black-type winners and the SP dam of G1 Prix du Moulin second Akatea (Ire) (Shamardal).

Genesis Green Stud offers lot 16, a Pivotal (GB) colt out of a half-sister to G1 French 2000 Guineas hero Landseer (GB) (Danehill), who is also a half to SW and G1 Prince of Wales’s S. third Ikhtyar (Ire) (Unfuwain); and the dam of group winner and G1 Queen Elizabeth II S. bridesmaid I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). South African Grade 1 winner Queen Supreme (Ire) (Exceed And Excel {Aus})’s Caravaggio half-sister sells as lot 27 from the draft of Monksland Stables.

A son of Bungle Inthejungle (Ire) hails from the draft of Rathasker Stud as lot 64. The bay counts GI Garden City S. heroine Alexander Tango (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) as his half-sister. Another lot to keep an eye on is the Sea the Stars (Ire) colt (lot 160) who is a half-brother to Group 2 winner and G1 Prix Jean Romanet runner-up Ambition (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) out of 2013 G1 Oaks victress Talent (GB) (New Approach {Ire}). Consigned by Ashbrittle Stud, he is also a half-brother to the stakes-placed duo of Skilful (GB) (Selkirk) and King Power (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

In 2019, 131 yearlings were marked as sold for an aggregate of 4,149,500gns. The average was 31,676gns and the median was 25,000gns.

“The Tattersalls December Yearling Sale is a consistent source of top-class performers with a well established reputation for combining quality and value for money,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “The catalogue for the 2020 renewal has consignments from many of Britain and Ireland’s most successful nurseries and as well as plenty of outstanding pedigrees, buyers will find a large number of yearlings eligible for valuable £20,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonuses and the ever–popular £150,000 Tattersalls October Auction S., as well as the well-received Great British Bonuses.”

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