Arqana’s August Yearling Sale Catalogue Online

The catalogue has been released for Arqana's August Yearling Sale with 314 yearlings set to sell during the three-day sale, scheduled for Aug. 18-20. Beginning the day after the first running of the Arqana Series and during Deauville's La Touques August race meet, the sale includes 18 siblings to Group 1 winner, including Pearls Galore (lot 11, by Kinsman), Wooded (lot 214, by Dubawi) and Native Trail (lot 308, by Cracksman).

The three sessions are scheduled to take place:

  • Friday, Aug. 18 – 3pm – Lot 1 -134
  • Saturday, Aug. 19 – 5:30pm – Lot 135 – 224
  • Sunday, Aug. 20 – 5:30pm – Lot 225 – 314

Also included during this year's sale are Lot 91, the first foal by Frankel out of G1SW Timepiece; Lot 116, a daughter of Wootton Bassett out of G1SW Was; Lot 172, a colt by Kingman out of Classic winning Channel and Lot 300, a colt by Lope De Vega out of Group 2 winner and Group 1 placed Mission Impassible.

Graduates of the sale include Group 1 winners Ace Impact, Chez Pierre, Gold Trip, Meditate, Place Du Carrousel, Rougir, Sea La Rose and Sweet Lady.

A total of 40% of the yearlings on offer are out of black-type mares and about 1/3 of the catalogue are siblings to black-type winners.

Among the colts and fillies that will be included are lots by Camelot, Churchill, Cracksman, Dubawi, Frankel, Dark Angel, Galiway, Justify, Kingman, Lope De Vega, Mehmas, New Bay, Night Of Thunder, No Nay Never, Sea The Stars, Siyouni, Starspangledbanner, Wootton Bassett and Zarak, as well as the final crop of yearlings by the late Le Havre and yearlings by young sire Blue Point.

To view the complete catalogue, click here.

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Pearls Galore Set To Shine At The Tattersalls Sceptre Sessions

Pearls Galore (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), an outstanding racemare with seven wins, including the G1 Matron S. and over £500,000 in career-earnings to her name, has rightly earned her billing as one of the star attractions at next week's Sceptre Sessions at Tattersalls.

Trained by Paddy Twomey for the majority of her career, the Haras de Saint Pair homebred raced with great distinction in Ireland across four seasons and 17 starts, culminating with that top-flight triumph in September.

Her story is one of fortune favouring the brave, as connections resisted the temptation of retiring off the back of her excellent 4-year-old campaign and were ultimately rewarded with Group 1 success on her final start of this season.

The ink is still wet and the next chapter is ready to be written as Pearls Galore will be sold to continue her career as a broodmare, with Twomey predicting his star performer to make an excellent addition to the successful buyers.

He said, “I think that she would be a good addition to any broodmare band being a Group 1-winning Invincible Spirit out of a Pivotal (GB) mare. You also have a great partner in Andreas Putsch [breeder]. If you buy her, he's breeding the family to the best stallions on a constant basis so you have a great chance of the pedigree continuing to improve.”

Pearls Galore hails from a deep family that has been nurtured by the Haras de Saint Pair team for three generations. Despite not managing to win in two starts as a 2-year-old in France for Freddy Head, Pearls Galore blossomed under the management of Twomey.

The trainer said, “Pearls Galore has been a model of consistency. She came to me as a maiden just when Covid hit and has been great for the yard. She's been great for Andreas as well. He put a lot of faith in us by sending us some nice horses and it has been great to be able to repay that faith.

“Before he sent her to me, he said that he had a feeling the filly might suit our training regime. She came here as a blank canvas and the remit was, if I wasn't happy with her, they were going to cover her. We got to have a good look at her soon after she arrived as there was no racing on with Covid. Anyway, we took her to Limerick for her first start for us and she bolted up from a wide draw.”

He added, “After that, she went and won a handicap off 87, beating some hardened fillies where she made light work of them in winning by six lengths. We knew then that she was pretty decent.”

Pearls Galore earned black-type on her next start when second to Champers Elysees (Ire) (Elzaam {Aus}) in the rearranged G3 Fairy Bridge S. at Gowran Park but it was in her 4-year-old campaign where she began to take off.

After landing back-to-back Group 3 wins, she was then narrowly pipped in the G1 Matron S. at Leopardstown on Irish Champions Weekend before filling the runner-up spot in the G1 Prix de la Foret at ParisLongchamp.

Following her sixth-placed effort at the Breeders' Cup, the connections of Pearls Galore faced a dilemma; roll dice for one more season with the aim of bagging a Group 1 or retire her to the paddocks.

Twomey recalled, “Andreas said at the time that he was probably going to retire her. The plan was to breed her. But when she came back here, she was cantering and in a routine like the rest of them, and I just thought that she was in great form. I said to him that I thought it was worth considering going again in her 5-year-old campaign and that she had the ability to win a Group 1. I thought it would be a pity if we retired her without that Group 1 win under her belt. Luckily, they decided to go with me.”

That Group 1 win was achieved in the Matron S. at Leopardstown, where Pearls Galore had top-notchers Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}), Tenebrism (Caravaggio) and Homeless Songs (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) in the rear-view mirror.

She has a pedigree to match what she achieved on the track and Twomey says that he is confident that she will make an outstanding broodmare.

He said, “She's a very well-bred filly. She's from one of Andrea's best pedigrees and her dam has produced several stakes winners. I think it's a very deep family and she has appeal for anybody, whether it be in Europe, America or Japan.”

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Sceptre Sessions Feature Quintet Of Group 1 Winners As Tattersalls December Mares Catalogue Revealed

The catalogue for the Tattersalls December Mares Sale, headlined by the Sceptre Sessions and featuring five Group 1-winning fillies, is now online. A total of 1,054 lots have been entered to sell from Nov. 28-Dec. 1, with the Sceptre Sessions set for Nov. 28-29.

Leading the high-quality catalogue is four-time Group 1 winner Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) (lot 1904); dual Group 1-winning miler Saffron Beach (Ire) (New Bay {GB}) (lot 1878); G1 Nunthorpe S. heroine Winter Power (Ire) (Bungle Inthejungle {GB}) (lot 1865); and the Group 1 winners La Petite Coco (Ire) (Ruler Of The World {Ire}) (lot 1887) and Pearls Galore (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 1920), both trained by Paddy Twomey.

In addition, Desert Berry (GB) (Green Desert), the dam of G1 Cazoo Derby hero Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}), will also go through the ring as lot 1891 and is in foal again to that Newsells Park Stud sire. Other dams of Group 1 winners set to sell include Roger Sez (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}) (lot 1861), the dam of G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Lezoo (GB) (Zoustar {Aus}); and Luzia (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}) (lot 1873), the dam of G1 Sun Chariot S. victress Fonteyn (GB) (Farhh {GB}), who is in foal to Dream Ahead. There will also be 77 group and listed performers to be offered across both Sceptre Sessions.

Godolphin's 72-strong draft includes Classic heroine Blue Bunting (Dynaformer) in foal to Masar (Ire) as lot 1540. Juddmonte's 28-lot consignment features Atone (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a full-sister to champion Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}) (lot 1830) and Shielding (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 1833), a half-sister to Grade I winner Viadera (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}), are both in foal to Frankel (GB). Dual Grade 1 winner Majmu (Aus) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}) (lot 1757), carrying to Kingman (GB), anchors Shadwell's consignment of nine.

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “The Sceptre Sessions, named after one of the greatest fillies ever to grace the turf, were introduced to showcase the very best race fillies and broodmares and to add a new dimension to the Tattersalls December Mares Sale which is long established as the most prestigious and influential breeding stock sale in Europe. To have catalogued five truly exceptional Group 1 winning fillies as well as the dam of this year's Derby winner Desert Crown (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is the best possible start and suggests that the new 'Sceptre Sessions' have immediately captured the imagination of some of the world's most successful owners and breeders.

“In addition to the array of elite fillies and broodmares in the two 'Sceptre Sessions', the Tattersalls December Mares Sale also features consignments of real quality from Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms, and Shadwell Estates alongside dispersals from Normandie and Southcourt Studs, all of which has combined to produce an outstanding catalogue for Europe's premier sale of breeding stock.”

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Matron S. Heroine Pearls Galore Joins Tattersalls December Catalogue

Group 1 winner Pearls Galore (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) will be offered at the upcoming Tattersalls December Mares Sale from Nov. 28 to Dec. 1. Part of the boutique Sceptre Session on Nov. 29, the G1 Matron S. winner has five group and listed races to her credit for breeder Andreas Putsch's Haras de Saint Pair and trainer Paddy Twomey. A daughter of Group 3 winner Pearl Banks (GB) (Pivotal {GB}), Pearls Galore is a half-sister to G3 Grosser Preis der Mehl-Mulhens-Stiftung winner Lucky Lycra (Ire) (Olympic Glory {Ire}) and listed heroine Pearly Steph (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}), herself the dam of dual group winner Eternal Pearl (GB) (Frankel {GB}).

Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony said, “Haras De Saint Pair's homebred Pearls Galore is another top class Group 1-winning filly coming to this year's Tattersalls December Mares Sale and anyone who saw her recent emphatic victory in the G1 Matron Stakes could not fail to have been impressed.”

Putsch added of the granddaughter of G1 Prix Vermeille victress Pearly Shells (GB) (Efisio {GB}), “Pearls Galore has everything you could want in a broodmare prospect. A May foal, she has progressed throughout her career putting up an exceptional performance on her last start to beat three other Group 1 fillies by three lengths and more in the Matron S. She is sound and healthy after 17 career starts.

“She comes from a great family we have had at Saint Pair since her granddam Pearly Shells won the Prix Vermeille, but which also includes the Classic winners St Mark's Basilica (Fr), Magna Grecia (Ire), Sariska (GB) and Beauty Parlour (GB).”

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