Catalogued as lot 344, the gelding Carini (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) was the owner of current stakes form, having recently finished runner-up in the Listed Prix Vulcain (2500m) at Deauville for trainer Francis-Henri Graffard. A three-time winner from his six lifetime starts overall, including conditions events over 10 furlongs at ParisLongchamp in June and July, the dark bay was hammered down to Nicolas Lefevre's Equos Racing on the phone with Astute Bloodstock's Louis Le Metayer for a record-setting session-topping bid of €600,000. Lefevre confirmed that Canisi would continue his career in Australia.

@EquosRacing & @AstuteBldstock go to €600,000 at the #AutumnSale to secure CARINI (lot 3️⃣4️⃣4️⃣), a Listed-placed colt by Siyouni?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Siyouni out of Gr2 winner CANDARLIYA offered by @AgaKhanStuds & trained by @GraffardRacing. pic.twitter.com/x5O8eqWI5D

— ARQANA (@InfoArqana) November 14, 2022

“I bought it with my former boss, Louis Le Metayer, for one of his Australian clients,” Lefevre commented of the wild card entry. “It's been four years since we bought together, there is a lot of competition on horses with profile like his. We had been following him for a long time. We are thrilled that the story will continue with him.”

Carini is a son of Candarliya (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}), three times a winner at group level for the Aga Khan and Alain de Royer-Dupre and runner-up to dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) in the 2016 running of the G1 Qatar Prix Vermeille. The 12 lots from the Aga Khan draft generated €1.48 million in turnover to be the leading vendor.

Shaiyhar (Ire) (Camelot {GB}) (lot 372) is also off to Australia after being purchased via the Arqana online platform by the training duo of Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young for €300,000. Also conditioned by Graffard, the bay gelding was a well-beaten fourth on his 3000-metre debut at Lion D'Angers in July, but improved for the experience to shed his maiden tag going 14 furlongs at ParisLongchamp Sept. 15. He made it two in a row over 2900m at Clairefontaine when last seen Oct. 17.

SHAIYHAR (lot 3️⃣7️⃣2️⃣), a 3yo by Camelot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Camelot (@coolmorestud) winner of 2 of his 3 starts, offered by @AgaKhanStuds & trained by @GraffardRacing goes to @busuttin for €300,000 at the #AutumnSale. pic.twitter.com/b5r2oA2uCq

— ARQANA (@InfoArqana) November 14, 2022

Recent graduates of the Autumn Sale that have trained on successfully in Australia include Mount Popa (Ire) (Maxios {GB}), winner of the G3 Sellwood S. at Rosehill this past March; Arapaho (Fr) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), who caused a 20-1 upset in the Premiers' Cup at Randwick in August; and the Aga Khan-bred Mirann (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), third in listed company at Gosford in May.

The Jean-Claude Rouget galloper Djo Francais (Fr) (Intello {Ger}) (lot was the afternoon's second-dearest seller, as the four-year-old was picked up by the BBA Ireland–also online–for €320,000. A listed winner at Chantilly last season, the 104-rated chestnut was a winner of the Listed Prix Jacques Laffitte first-up for six months at ParisLongchamp in April and two starts later made all the running to scoop the G3 Prix Bertrand de Breuil Longines back at Chantilly June 19. Djo Francais will now go to Saudi Arabia with an eye on one of the valuable races on the Saudi Cup program.

A total of 162 horses were reported as sold for gross receipts of €6,421,000. The average of €39,636 improved by 7.67%, while the median of €15,000 declined by 25%.

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The 2017 concept is the brainchild of Christophe German, the founder of Le Centaure, a horse racing insurance brokerage which went on to become Markel France. German's partners in I Want The Winner are Michel Gasselin, Mehdi Mohammed and Dimitri Gallier. The trio were already involved in the setting up of Club Elevage-an online site which trades in the covering fees and shares of trotting stallions. German is also working with Valentin Adam, who has spent nearly three years at Arqana, and the company has representatives in France, Britain, Ireland (Billy Jackson-Stops), Germany (Tina Rau) and Australia (Louis Le Metayer).

“I witnessed the success of Club Elevage in a sphere, namely that of the trotting, where trading volume is far less than that of the world of flat racing,” said German. “I quickly became convinced that the Flat sector would benefit from a well thought out online sales platform, and one sharing the same values as those that govern Markel France, namely transparency, integrity and clarity. The design of such a platform required a lot of thought and, to bring it to fruition, I was able to draw on the expertise of my three established partners whose Club Elevage website is a proven success story. We are now proceeding towards the activation phase. I Want The Winner has already received the support of renowned professionals such as Francois Nicolle and Francis-Henri Graffard who, like us, believe in the project and which have understood why it's of interest. This type of sale is also a logical step from an animal welfare and also from an economic point of view as there is less travel. A number of developments are in the pipeline for the next few weeks, including online bidding for certain lots.”

Offerings already on I Want The Winner include: the broodmare Suama (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}) with her Goliath du Berlais (Fr) filly at foot, nominations to Le Havre (Ire), Almanzor (Fr), King Edward (Fr), Threat (Ire) and Born To Sea (Ire) and stallion shares in Threat and King Edward.

For more information on I Want The Winner, please view www.iwantthewinner.com or email Valentin Adam at va@iwantthewinner.com or Christophe German at cg@iwantthewinner.com.

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