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BBA Ireland Buys Txope For €1.2 Million On Behalf Of Yulong At Arqana

Demand for horses-in-training under both codes and breeding stock was at a premium in Deauville, as the Arqana Summer Sale wrapped its two-day stand on Friday. Towering over the proceedings was the €1.2-million purchase Txope (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) (lot 421), who caught the eye of BBA Ireland's Michael Donohoe acting on behalf of Yulong Investments.

The daughter of three-time French listed-placed mare Power of The Moon (Ire) (Acclamation {GB) was bred by Haras Voltaire and consigned by trainer Philippe Decouz. Formerly an Ecurie Griezmann colourbearer, the relative of dual group winner Zinziberine (Zieten) captured the G2 German 1000 Guineas earlier this year. She cost Broadhurst Agency €310,000 when selling in this ring during the 2020 September Yearling Sale.

Donohoe said, “We can't wait to see her run – it is possible that we might send her over for the Del Mar Oaks in California in August but nothing is decided yet, we can't wait to discuss options. She's a racing prospect and a breeding prospect, and she will be a lovely broodmare in Australia.”

 

Txope was not the only filly to join the Yulong Investments fold Friday, as BBA Ireland also snapped up lot 240, the juvenile winner Kesariya (Fr) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) from The Aga Khan Studs, for €150,000, as well as Follow The Rainbow (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) (lot 316) for just €56,000 from La Riviere. The former is out of the Listed Prix Hampton winner Kerasona (Fr) (Oasis Dream {GB}), who is a half-sister to G3 Prix du Bois victress Keratiya (Fr) (Iron Mask). A daughter of Arch Of Colours (GB) (Monsun {Ger}), Follow The Rainbow is from the same family as G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest winner Signs Of Blessing (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}).

“We'll decide on her next steps in the coming weeks,” said Sam Fairgray of Kesariya. “She could stay to be bred in the Northern Hemisphere or come to Australia.

Havana Grey (GB) has gotten off to a bright start with his first juveniles and the Whitsbury Manor Stud resident leads all European first-season sires by winners with 20. One of those, the Group 3-placed Havana Angel (Ire) (lot 471), was offered by Amy Murphy and proved popular on Friday. Out of the winning Claramara (Ire) (Epaulette {Aus}), who is a half-sister to listed winner Sweet Cecily (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}), the grey hammered to Narvick International Inc. for €320,000. A €10,000 Goffs November foal turned €20,000 Goffs Sportsman's Sale yearling, Havana Angel is a member of the same family as GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity S. and GI Toyota Blue Grass S. hero Brody's Cause (Giant's Causeway).

“She'll come back to California,” said Emmanuel de Seroux of Narvick International. “I've bought her for Marsha Naify. I saw her at Chantilly and was impressed by her race. She also ran very well at Dieppe just beforehand. We think she has a lot of talent. The choice of trainer is up to her owner but there is a big chance that it will be Leonard Powell.”

In foal to Victor Ludorum (GB), Lyra Star (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) (lot 247) was the priciest broodmare on Friday, with MAB Agency signing for the 4-year-old at €135,000. Her dam, the G3 Prix de Psyche third Light The Stars (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), is a half-sister to standout sire and Classic winner Lope de Vega (Ire) (Shamardal), as well as three other black-type winners.

 

Not to be outdone by their Flat brethren, jumps trainers were also out in force during the second session and Willie Mullins, buying with Harold Kirk and Pierre Boulard, shelled out €360,000 for the gelded Spanish Harlem (Fr) (Spanish Moon) (lot 493) from Gabriel Leenders. A winner of his only start at Auteuil, the 4-year-old's dam is a half-sister to Grade 2 chase winner Roi des Francs (Fr) (Poliglote {GB}).

The same buying trio also gave €260,000 for lot 473, the Fastnet Rock (Aus) gelding Absurde (Fr), who was multiple stakes-placed from Wertheimer & Free; and €210,000 for Nicolas Clement representative Daddy Long Legs (Fr) (Almanzor {Fr}) (lot 443), who was placed from his only start to date.

“We've bought him [Absurde] for clients of Willie Mullins that like dual-purpose horses that can go over jumps or over long distances on the flat, and Absurde really fits this profile,” explained Pierre Boulard.

 

Tom Malone and Paul Nichols put up €255,000 for lot 444, the Camelot (GB) gelding Afadil (Fr). Consigned by The Aga Khan Studs, the bay has a win and a placed effort from three starts. His dam is a half-sister to the stakes winner Ashiyla (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}).

Mombasa (Fr) (Martaline {GB}) (lot 500) and Zertakt (Fr) (Walzertakt {Ger}) (lot 502) were both snapped up by Guy Petite for €250,000 and €195,000, respectively. Undefeated over obstacles, Mombasa was consigned by Francois Nicolle. His granddam is the listed winner Monika (Fr) (Dernier Empereur), responsible for three black-type winners, among them G1 Prix Renaud du Vivier winner Moises Has (Fr) (Martaline {GB}). Thrice a winner over fences, the Lageneste & Macaire-consigned Zertakt last won an Auteuil 3600-metre race on June 16.

At the close of trade, 212 sold from 235 offered for a gross of €7,563,300. The average rose to €35,676 (+70.4%) and the median also ticked up to €11,000 (+57%). Overall, 380 horses found new homes for a clearance rate of 86.4%. Grossing €13,091,300, the average over two days was €34,451 (+65.3%), while the median was €16,000 (+60%).

Eric Hoyeau, Chairman of Arqana and Freddy Powell, Executive Director, commented following the sale, “The figures speak for themselves, we have just experienced an outstanding sale. We are obviously grateful to our vendors without whom this would not have been possible and to our buyers who stayed to the end. The percentage of horses sold is a testament to the strong market in all segments over the two days of the sale and the international demand. We are now looking forward to August!”

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Observations: Daylami’s Relative Debuts at Compeigne

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 Insights features a half-brother to G1SW Dolniya.

12.05 Compiegne, Debutantes, €27,000, 3yo, 8fT
DALMAR (FR) (Siyouni {Fr}) is a notable newcomer, being a half-brother to the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic winner Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}) out of a half-sister to the brilliant Daylami (Ire) and Dalakhani (Ire). Francis-Henri Graffard trains The Aga Khan's chestnut, a G1 Grand Prix de Paris entry whose relatives also include the stable's G3 Prix Quincey winner and G2 Prix du Muguet runner-up Dilawar (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}).

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Siyouni’s Txope Powers To German 1000 Guineas Glory

Ecurie Griezmann's battle-hardened 3-year-old filly Txope (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}–Power of the Moon {Ire}, by Acclamation {GB}) had made seven consecutive starts in stakes company leading into Sunday's G2 Wempe 102nd German 1000 Guineas at Dusseldorf and emerged with a career high to add to a victory in last term's Listed Winterkonigin Trial at Cologne. The €310,000 Arqana September yearling went postward for this second start in Germany coming back off a fifth in Deauville's Apr. 7 G3 Prix Imprudence and a runner-up finish in ParisLongchamp's May 1 Listed Prix du Pont Neuf. Txope broke swiftly from the inside stall and was steadied to track the leaders in a close-up third going into the first turn. Cutting loose once inside the quarter-mile marker, she quickened in impressive fashion to poach a decisive advantage approaching the eighth pole and was ridden out in the closing stages to hold the late rush of Mylady (Ger) (The Grey Gatsby {Ire}) by 3/4-of-a-length.

“This is a very special moment for me and also for the filly, the owner and the trainer,” winning rider Aurelien Lemaitre told GaloppOnline. “She is an iron-hard filly and has improved with every race. She has a very good action and a very good turn of foot.” Trainer Philippe Decouz, watching on from ParisLongchamp, added, “Aurelien [Lemaitre] gave her the perfect ride from behind and, when he let her loose, she was gone too far clear for Mylady's late finish to make any difference to the result. We will carefully consider our plans and she might have a break over the summer, but there's still the option to go to Deauville. She's able to handle smaller, tighter tracks, so we might try our luck in a Grade I race in the Unites States in the second half of the season.”

Txope, full-sister to a 2-year-old filly, is the third of four foals and lone stakes scorer from two winners and as many runners produced by MSP Listed Prix de la Vallee d'Auge and Listed Prix Ronde de Nuit runner-up Power of the Moon (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}), herself a half-sister to G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G3 Prix Eclipse victrix Zinziberine (Zieten). Zinziberine has four stakes performers to her credit, headed by the G3 Prix de Cabourg victor Zanzibari (Smart Strike), as well as being the second dam of the stakes-winning Zylpha (Ire) (Elusive City). The April-foaled bay's second dam Amenixa (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}) is a full-sister to dual G1 Prix Royal-Oak hero Amilynx (Fr) and Listed Prix Ceres winner Amie de Mix (Fr). Amenixa is also half to G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte victor Amiwain (Fr) (Unfuwain) and hails from the family of MGISW distaffer Life's Magic (Cox's Ridge).

Sunday, Dusseldorf, Germany
WEMPE 102ND GERMAN 1000 GUINEAS-G2, €125,000, Dusseldorf, 6-12, 3yo, f, 8fT, 1:35.82, gd.
1–TXOPE (FR), 128, f, 3, by Siyouni (Fr)
1st Dam: Power of the Moon (Ire) (MSP-Fr), by Acclamation (GB)
2nd Dam: Amenixa (Fr), by Linamix (Fr)
3rd Dam: Amen, by Alydar
1ST GROUP WIN. (€310,000 Ylg '20 ARQSEP). O-Ecurie Griezmann; B-Haras Voltaire (FR); T-Philippe Decouz; J-Aurelien Lemaitre. €70,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Fr, 12-3-5-1, €154,450. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Mylady (Ger), 128, f, 3, The Grey Gatsby (Ire)–Minoris (Fr), by Dabirsim (Fr). (€20,000 RNA Ylg '20 BBAGO). O/B-Gestut Karlshof (GER); T-Markus Klug. €28,000.
3–Dishina (Ger), 128, f, 3, Soldier Hollow (GB)–Dhaba (Ger), by Areion (Ger). 1ST BLACK TYPE; 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. O/B-Gestut Park Wiedingen (GER); T-Peter Schiergen. €15,000.
Margins: 3/4, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 5.70, 3.10, 37.30.
Also Ran: Mythicara (Ire), Fast Attack (Ire), Jumbly (GB), Villefranche (Ger), Goldana (Ire), La Estrellita (Ire), Lacuna (GB), Nandina (Ger). Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.

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Observations: Aga Khan Royalty Graces Saint-Cloud

2.25 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €27,000, 3yo, c/g, 10fT
DOLAYLI (FR) (Siyouni {Fr}) is the latest progeny of the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic heroine Dolniya (Fr) (Azamour {Ire}) to hit the track, with Christophe Soumillon on The Aga Khan's half-brother to last year's G3 Prix Quincey winner Dilawar (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). Francis-Henri Graffard also saddles Edzel (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}), a son of the G3 Give Thanks S. scorer Edelmira (Ire) (Peintre Celebre).

3.35 Saint-Cloud, Debutantes, €27,000, 3yo, f, 10fT
ZARKA (FR) (Dubawi {Ire}) is a standout on the day as the 10th foal out of The Aga Khan's legendary Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar), whose only prior offering by Dubawi was the G1 Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud-winning sire Zarak (Fr). Francis-Henri Graffard saddles the April-foaled bay, whose rivals include the Wertheimers' Kind Juliet (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), an Andre Fabre-trained daughter of the dual G2 Prix de Royallieu winner The Juliet Rose (Fr) (Monsun {Ger}).

5.10 Curragh, Mdn, €16,500, 2yo, c/g, 7fT
AUGUSTE RODIN (IRE) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) is the latest product of a mating between Deep Impact and a selected Coolmore broodmare, this time being the triple Group 1 winner Rhododendron (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Aidan O'Brien introduces the January-foaled bay, whose opponents include Zhang Yuesheng's Dubawi Spectre (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a Jessie Harrington-trained son of the G3 Prix Imprudence winner Spectre (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) who cost 410,000gns at the Book 1 Sale.

6.15 Curragh, Mdn, €13,000, 3yo, f/m, 12fT
OVER THE RAINBOW (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the first foal out of the G1 Irish and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Seventh Heaven (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who holds an entry in the former Classic. Also from Ballydoyle is the fellow newcomer Butterfly Rose (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of the GI Ogden Phipps S. winner Awesome Maria (Maria's Mon).

HOW THEY FARED

14.10 Newbury, Mdn, £6,500, 2yo, 6 1/2fT

Bresson (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), the son of Shutter Speed (GB) (Dansili {GB}), put up an encouraging debut display and only gave best late to be third.

13.35 Newbury, Mdn, £6,500, 2yo, 6 1/2fT
Jeff Smith's homebred Stormbuster (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), a full-brother to G1 Juddmonte International heroine Arabian Queen (Ire), made late headway from the pace to finish a never-nearer third.

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