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Intello Leads Quesnay Roster

Intello (Ger), sire of four group race winners this year, leads the 2021 roster at Haras du Quesnay and will stand for €10,000. The G1 Prix du Jockey winner’s 2020 highlights include G3 Sovereign S. winner Regal Reality (GB), G3 Prix la Force scorer Pao Alto (Fr), Group 3-winning 2-year-old Noble Heidi (Fr) and Australian Group 3 victor Young Rascal (Fr).

A pair of proven sires will be available for €7,000 at Quesnay: Derby winner Motivator (GB), who is the sire of dual G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Treve and has made a name for himself as a sire both on the flat and over jumps; and Anodin (Ire), a top 10 European third crop sire responsible for four stakes winners.

Completing the Quesnay roster is dual Group 1 winner Recoletos (Fr) (€6,500), whose first foals arrived this year, and Attendu (Fr), whose first yearlings were sold this year. He will stand for €3,000.

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Arqana Releases December Breeding Stock Catalogue

The Dec. 5-8 Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale’s catalogue is now online. A total of 841 mares, fillies and foals will go through the ring in early December, with sessions beginning at 10 a.m. each day. Highlighting the sale are 53 half-sisters to Group 1 winners. Leading the way is G1 Preis Von Europa heroine Donjah (Ger) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 182), who will start in Saturday’s GI Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland. The filly is consigned by Ecurie des Monceaux. Monceaux also offers Anabasis (Ger) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 164) carrying a full-sibling to MGISW A Raving Beauty (Ger) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}).

His Highness the Aga Khan’s consignment is, as ever, not short on quality, and one of the notable lots is 156, Zarza (Fr) (Charm Spirit {Ire}), a 3-year-old half-sister to the undefeated G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar). Among Haras d’Etreham’s consignment is Kazeera (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 77), a full-sister to MG1SW Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) in foal to former Etreham resident Wootton Bassett (GB). Group 1 winner Audarya (Fr) (Wootton Bassett {GB})’s dam Green Bananas (Fr) (Green Tune) (lot 118) will also grace the Deauville ring from Haras de l’Aumonerie. G1 French 1000 Guineas third Mageva (GB) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) (lot 93) will be offered by Fabrice Chappet, while Truth (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 178), a full-sister to G1SW Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), hails from the draft of Haras de Bouquetot. Haras d’Ombreville consigns Saguaro (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) (lot 123), a half-sister to G1 Cheveley Park S. heroine Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never). Golden Lilas (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 152), in foal to Lope de Vega (Ire), is consigned by Gestut Ammerland. The 6-year-old is a full-sister to dual French Classic heroine Golden Lilac (Ire) and is out of G1 Prix du Moulin victress Grey Lilas (Ire) (Danehill).

Weanlings make up 218 lots in the catalogue and are by some of Europe’s top sires like Adlerflug (Ger), Camelot (GB), Kendargent (Fr), Kodiac (GB), Le Havre (Ire), Night of Thunder (Ire), Showcasing (GB), Siyouni (Fr), and Wootton Bassett (GB) etc. First-season sires also feature, among them Cloth of Stars (Ire), Cracksman (GB), Expert Eye (GB), Harry Angel (Ire), Recoletos (Fr), Roaring Lion, Saxon Warrior (Jpn), Sioux Nation, and U S Navy Flag.

La Motteraye Consignment offers a filly by Sea The Stars (Ire) as lot 15. The February foal is out of a half-sister to MG1SW Midday (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), and a full-sister to GSW Sun Maiden (GB) (Frankel {GB}), etc. Frankel (GB)’s son of G2 Prix de la Nonette and G3 Prix Cleopatre heroine Castellar (Fr) (American Post {GB}) will sell as lot 23. Out of a half-sister to MG1SW Recoletos (Fr) (Whipper), the colt is offered by Haras de Saint Isidro.

In 2019, the sale grossed €34,384,500, with 698 horses sold. The average was €49,261 and the median was €19,000. Frankel Light (Ire) (Frankel {GB}), in foal to Dark Angel (Ire), topped last year’s edition at €1.3 million.

After discussions with the Calvados Prefecture, Arqana management has agreed to protocols for the sale, and, access will be based on the model of the Autumn Sale. Only professionals involved in the sale: consignors and their staff, buyers, veterinarians, transporters and Arqana staff will be allowed on the sales grounds in Deauville.

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Goffs Autumn Yearling Sale To Be Live Online Auction

On the heels of a successful live online edition of its Autumn Horses In Training Sale, Goffs will stage its Autumn Yearling Sale on Nov. 17 and 18 in the same format.

All lots will be sold with a pre-sale clinical veterinary certificate and may be subject to a clinical veterinary exam and wind test subsequent to purchase. Walking and conformation videos will be available prior to the sale at Goffs.com.

“We were greatly encouraged by the level of online trade at the Autumn HIT Sale, with 944 bids placed online and 56 horses selling through the Goffs Online platform and a further six by telephone bidding,” said Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby. “Whilst none of this ideal, it is a solution to the current Covid-19 restrictions in Ireland and we are grateful for the positive reaction of vendors and buyers alike who embraced the concept with huge enthusiasm.

“The Autumn Yearling Sale offers buyers serious bang for their buck, with just two examples from last year’s sale being the group winners Laws Of Indices and Elysium who were bought for €8,000 and €15,000 respectively, and this year’s catalogue features plenty more quality and value.”

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Vibrant Trade At Goffs Online Sale

Goffs on Thursday staged the first-ever bloodstock auction in England or Ireland conducted exclusively online, and the result was largely positive in the midst of the country’s second national lockdown. With the Goffs team auctioning virtually in an empty ring at Kildare Paddocks, 86 horses in training were offered, with the clearance rate of 72% for 62 sold matching last year’s figure. Turnover, similarly, was up 3% to €1,019,800 despite fewer offered and sold, and the average climbed 24% to €16,448. The median was down 22% at €7,000.

The top price of €125,000 far exceeded last year’s €70,000 top lot, and taking the honours was Godolphin offering Paso Doble (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) (lot 553), who was bought by Tom Malone. The 3-year-old Paso Doble was previously trained by Jim Bolger and has won twice and been third three times in five runs this year over extended trips.

The Aga Khan consignment was responsible for the next three highest-priced lots, headed by JS Bloodstock and Matt Cumani’s purchase Taramansour (Ire) (Dansili {GB}) (lot 574). The 3-year-old colt heads Down Under after having won in July for Dermot Weld. He was most recently ninth behind Paso Doble in a Fairyhouse handicap on Oct. 1. Also from the Aga Khan draft were 3-year-old geldings Alatar (Ire) (Ruler of the World {Ire}) (lot 572) and Zarzyni (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}) (lot 577). They were bought, respectively, by John McConnell and David Barron for €64,000 and €62,000.

Matt Cumani was not the only Australian trainer active in the online bidding; Chris Waller swooped for Bashiyr (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 575), a 4-year-old gelding also from the Aga Khan draft, for €50,000.

Goffs Group Chief Executive Henry Beeby said upon conclusion of the sale, “2020 is proving to be a year of firsts and the overwhelming majority are largely negative caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However today’s Goffs HIT Sale has been a positive as it has the distinction of being the first live auction conducted purely online in UK or Ireland. Whilst we are not pretending this was by design as we were forced to react to the current restrictions in Ireland, we have been very pleased with the reaction from both vendors and purchasers with plenty of spirited online bidding as well as several telephone bids leading to a very acceptable trade for the catalogue on offer headed by a very respectable six-figure top price that comfortably surpassed last year’s and a proper rise in the average price. Indeed, today’s experience has been encouraging enough for us to decide that our Autumn Yearling Sale will also be run as a live online auction in a couple of weeks’ time.

“We would like to thank those vendors that stood their ground and gave us the chance to prove the worth of our online platform as it was truly a leap of faith for every one of them. We are also very grateful to the large number of purchasers who interacted with us remotely and wish them the very best of luck with their purchases, all of which were offered with veterinary certificates, online films and as much information as we could provide. Indeed, we were overwhelmed by the level of interest with 250 individual registrations to bid online which is quite something for an 86 lot sale.

“I confess that today was quite surreal in many ways as we auctioned to an empty sales arena but it certainly proved that the bloodstock industry is extremely adaptable which gives us all belief that we will navigate a way through this terrible time.”

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