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Zarak Share Knocked Down For €350,000 at Arqana

A 1/50th share in rising sire star Zarak (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) (lot 1) made €350,000 from Peter Brant's White Birch Farm to top the Arqana January Online Sale on Thursday. Already the sire of 18 first-crop winners, the son of Arc heroine Zarkava (Ire) (Zamindar) also has a pair of Group 1-placed runners, with one of them, Purplepay (Fr) bringing €2,000,000 at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.

Paul Harley Bloodstock shelled out €25,000 for a breeding right in Group 1 sire Territories (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) (lot 2) and Xavier Malaviolle acquired a half-share in Group 1 winner Al Wukair (Ire) (Dream Ahead) (lot 3) for €21,000.

Unbeaten, the nine-length hurdle winner Why (Fr) (Tin Horse {Ire}) (lot 5) hammered at €125,000 to Davide Satalia Stables, while Dungarvan (Fr) (Dunkerque {Fr}) (lot 6) made €74,000 to the same buyer. Finally, Becquascenthe (Fr) (Nombre Prmeier {GB}) (lot 4), in foal to Doctor Dino (Fr), changed hands for €72,000 to Ecurie de Cachene.

Six of the seven lots sold for a gross of €667,000. For the full results, please visit the Arqana website.

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Time Test Breeding Right and Nomination Anchor Tattersalls Online

A breeding right (lot 1) and a nomination (lot 4) to promising young stallion Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) will be offered at the Jan. 19 Tattersalls Online Sale of Breeding Rights and Nominations. Bidding will open at 10 a.m. and will close at noon.

The National Stud's Time Test already has the G3 Dick Poole Fillies' S. winner Romantic Time (GB) and the German Group 3 victor Rocchigiani (GB) to his credit. In addition, his Sunset Shiraz (Ire) placed in the G1 Moyglare Stud S. Of his 11 winners, five have earned black type, among them the listed winners Tardis (GB) and The King's Horses (GB). He was the leading European first-crop sire by black-type winners in 2021.

Also selling are breeding rights to first-crop covering sires A'Ali (Ire) (Society Rock {Ire}) (lot 3) and Lope Y Fernandez (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) (lot 2). The former, now residing at Newsells Park Stud, won the G2 Norfolk S., the G2 Prix Robert Papin and the G2 Flying Childers S. during his 2-year-old year. He added the G2 Sapphire S. and G3 Coral Charge S. as a sophomore and is the highest-rated son of the late Society Rock on Timeform.

Now based at The National Stud in Newmarket, Lope Y Fernandez was a €900,000 yearling who placed five times at the highest level including the G1 Irish 2000 Guineas, GI Breeders' Cup Mile and the G1 Queen Anne S. Rated 120 by Timeform last year and a leader of the sprint division in Ireland in 2020, his owners Coolmore retained part ownership in the young stallion, alongside Whitsbury Manor Stud and Nick Bradley Racing

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Ascot to Reduce Attendance at Royal Meeting

Crowd capacity numbers will be reduced at Royal Ascot beginning in 2022, Ascot Racecourse announced on Thursday. After feedback from racegoers attending the smaller scale Royal Ascot in 2021, attendance caps will be instated across the Royal Enclosure, Queen Anne Enclosure, and Windsor Enclosure for the five-day meeting from June 14-18, 2022.

In addition to reducing capacity in the Royal Enclosure by 1,000 guests (-7%) to 12,500, a new area for circulation has been added-the Royal Enclosure Gardens. The Queen Anne and Windsor Enclosures have been reduced by 4,150 (20%) to 16,600and 2,000 (12%) to 15,000 attendees, respectively and new facilities will be introduced. The Village Enclosure, located on the Heath proper in the middle of the course, will be in operation for the first time since the 2019 pre-pandemic meeting and its capacity is 6,500. Royal Ascot was held behind closed doors in 2020 and with reduced attendance last year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Felicity Barnard, Commercial Director at Ascot, said, “We are really pleased to be making these customer-focused changes to Royal Ascot this summer. They will provide an improved experience for all our racegoers across the three main enclosures, ensuring a more enjoyable atmosphere and better access to facilities throughout the site.

“A key message in the feedback from the 2021 Royal Meeting, when attendance was limited to 12,000 per day as part of the Government's Events Research Programme, was that people really appreciated the benefit of additional space.

“This set us on a journey to look at how we could reduce density to improve comfort across the site going forward in a 'normal' scenario. Incorporating feedback from previous years and other racedays, it became clear to us that we needed to make a fundamental change in terms of the capacities across the site.

“This was especially the case in our premier public area–the Queen Anne Enclosure–and reducing the number of people there significantly and investing in improved facilities will deliver a much better environment for people to enjoy the world-class racing on show.

“It is crucial that we protect the unique and very special sense of occasion that people feel when they come to Royal Ascot and we hope that these changes will provide an enhanced experience for all our racegoers.

“Ticket sales have been strong since launch last summer and they will clearly be in higher demand as a result of these changes at what will be a special Royal Meeting in the Platinum Jubilee year.”

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Tattersalls Releases February Sale Catalogue

A 2-year-old half-sister to Classic winner and champion filly Taghrooda (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) by Awtaad (Ire) is among the highlight lots of the Tattersalls February Sale on Feb. 3 and 4, for which the catalogue was released on Wednesday.

Consigned by New England Stud, the daughter of the multiple listed-winning Ezima (Ire) (Sadler's Wells) (lot 82) is part of a continued reduction from breeder Shadwell. Shadwell consigns two broodmares and eight yearlings at the sale under its own banner, with many more spread out among other drafts. New England's draft of 2-year-olds for Shadwell also includes a colt by Sea The Stars out of the G1 Oaks runner-up and multiple stakes producer Tarfasha (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 80); a Dubawi (Ire) colt out of the listed-winning Yaazy (Ire) (Teofilo {Ire}) (lot 81), herself a half-sister to four stakes horses including the Group 1-winning Matterhorn (Ire) (Raven's Pass); and a Cracksman (GB) colt (lot 69) out of a winning full-sister to Group 1 winners Salve Regina (Ger), Schiaparelli (Ger) and Samum (Ger).

Barton Sales's draft of 57-the largest in the book-includes 10 fillies and 30 colts and geldings in and out of training from Shadwell. Among the highlights are Hamaayel (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}) (lot 145), an unraced 3-year-old full-sister to GI E.P. Taylor S. winner Blond Me (Ire); Waajeeha (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 58), a 4-year-old unraced daughter of G3 Cumberland Lodge S. winner Hawaafez (GB) (Nayef); and an unnamed 4-year-old filly by Kingman out of the multiple Group 3-winning Mashoora (Ire) (Barathea {Ire}) (lot 56).

Godolphin offers 47 lots including New Style (Street Cry {Ire}) (lot 170), a half-sister to five-time Group 1 winner and sire Dream Ahead and to the dam of dual Group 1 winner Fairyland (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) in foal to Kodiac; Heaven's Angel (Ire) (Henrythenavigator) (lot 172), a half-sister to Oaks winner Qualify (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) in foal to Siyouni (Fr); Prefer (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) (lot 173), a sister to seven stakes horses including the G1 1000 Guineas runner-up Moth (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in foal to Kingman (GB); Luceita (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) (lot 171), a half-sister to the G2 Rockfel S. winner and multiple Group 1 and Classic-placed Lucida (Ire) (Shamardal) from the family of American champion English Channel in foal to Invincible Spirit (Ire); and Painted Daisy (Ire) (Postponed {Ire}) (lot 163), an unraced 3-year-old half-sister to triple Group 1 winner Hunter's Light (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and to the dam of G2 Hardwicke S. winner Fanny Logan (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}).

The Juddmonte draft includes the unraced 3-year-old filly Laurel (GB) (Kingman {GB}) (lot 138), a descendant of Hasili (GB)'s dam Kerali; and Aquiano (GB) (Equiano {GB}) (lot 139), an unraced 3-year-old filly out of a winning full-sister to Bated Breath (GB).

Additional sisters to Group 1 winners catalogued include Rooful (GB) (Charming Thought {GB}) (lot 124), a winning 4-year-old half-sister to G1 Queen Anne S. winner Accidental Agent (GB) (Delegator {GB}); Gift Horse (GB) (Havana Gold {Ire}) (lot 208), a winning 3-year-old half-sister to G1 Golden Shaheen S. winner Krypton Factor (GB) (Kyllachy {GB}); and Santiki (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) (lot 131), a 4-year-old half-sister to G1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Behkabad (Fr) (Cape Cross {Ire}). G3 Anglesey S. winner and G1 Phoenix S. third Walk On Bye (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}) (lot 37) is catalogued in foal to Without Parole (GB).

“The Tattersalls February Sale continues to be a source of high-quality breeding stock and horses in training, with the dams of three individual Group/Grade 1 winners in 2021 a prime example,” said Tattersalls Chairman Edmond Mahony. “There is no shortage of top-class breeding stock in this year's catalogue headlined by major consignments from Shadwell Estates and Godolphin, which will undoubtedly appeal to the usual diverse mix of domestic and international buyers who have made the Tattersalls February Sale Europe's undisputed leading midwinter sale.”

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