‘You Need To Zig When Others Are Zagging’ – Crow On First Trip To Arqana

American bloodstock agent Liz Crow, best known for sourcing GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winners Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) for 280,000gns and British Idiom (Flashback) for $40,000, Jack Christopher (Munnings) for $135,000 and the mighty Monomoy Girl (Tapizar) for $100,000, says that her first trip to Arqana October was a success after picking up four well-bred fillies this week.

Crow bought Aunt Pearl at Book 1 at Tattersalls in 2019 for 280,000gns but, in anticipation of a buoyant trade at Park Paddocks this year, opted to sidestep the sale that has served her so well in the past.

Instead, a maiden trip to Deauville for the October Sale was pencilled into the diary and, after leaving France confident that she secured value during a time when the price of well-bred yearlings have been skyrocketing, Crow insists that Arqana will be factored into plans for the foreseeable future.

She explained, “I really enjoyed the sale and I see us going back next year with more clients. I am trying to think outside of the box here. You need to think of ways to keep developing your business and go zig when others are zagging. This felt like that. It felt like an opportunity.”

Crow added, “I wanted to go to Goffs and Tattersalls but it was record sales and record prices there–it was just too tough. Our clients like to shop at the maximum $300,000 range.”

The influx of American buyers at Goffs and Tattersalls bidding to capitalise on the strength of the dollar may have been excellent news for vendors but the buyers found the going tough.

Revealing that she regretted the fact that she failed to pick any European-bred fillies to bring back to America this season, Crow made the late decision to travel to France and said she is confident that the trip will pay off in the long run.

She said, “I had heard that the Arqana October Sale was a little like the Fasig-Tipton October Sale in that it had a mixed bag of physicals and pedigrees but, if you did the work and were prepared to look at a lot of horses, you could find value.

“I regretted missing out on buying at Goffs and at Tatts so I was thinking if I want to get a few European pedigree fillies, maybe this is the way to do it.”

Crow added, “Freddy [Powell, chief executive at Arqana] was nice enough to accommodate myself and Lindsay Schultz. She's a young trainer who has got off to a fast start in America and she just wanted to experience it. We had never been to Arqana before and we really enjoyed it.

“Deauville is such a beautiful place, full of history and atmosphere. The October Sale was my kind of sale–lots of horses to dig through and a few nice physicals and prices where I felt we got value.

“Everything we bought was in the €160,000 to €170,000 range. That's great value to me because you still have to spend $20,000 to get them over to America. I felt I found value for my clients.”

Well-bred fillies were what Crow came to France for and that's exactly what she got. From a Siyouni (Fr) filly (lot 239) out of Montjeu (Ire) mare Cherriya (Fr) who has already produced two black-type performers, to a more stoutly-bred Waldgeist (GB) filly out of Deauville Shower (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}), who is from the family of Eagle Rise (Ire) (Danehill) and Eye Of The Tiger (Ger) (Tiger Hill {Ire}), the pair amassing four Group 2 victories in Italy and Germany between themselves, Crow thinks she filled the brief.

All bar one of the four fillies she selected have been allocated trainers already and Crow says she is excited about the new recruits.

“We bought a Siyouni, whose yearlings average €400,000, but we bought a filly by him for €170,000. She was really pretty.

Siyouni has done really well in America and we had Etoile (Fr), who we sold, by him. I thought this filly had similar characteristics to Etoile but had some power and speed. That also reminded me of Aunt Pearl–that body shape.”

Crow added, “Almanzor (Fr) was a really interesting sire for me. We kept landing on a bunch of those and learned that he's in a 'wait and see' phase at the moment. I see he had a big winner [Rajapour (Ire)] on Wednesday. I liked a lot of his physicals and was able to buy one [lot 321] for Stuart Grant.

Wootton Bassett (GB) is another sire who has done well in America so we looked at a lot of those and got out bid on several but I was happy to land one. That filly [97, signed for by Steven Rocco for €140,000] will go to Christophe Clement. The Siyouni will go to Chad Brown and is for Peter Brant.

“We also got a Waldgeist (GB) filly [260, signed for by NBS Stables for €160,000]. I had a client looking for a two-turn or three-turn type of filly and I thought that's what she was. She's going to be trained by Kelsey Danner. That's the group.”

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Ballylinch Sires Loom Large During Purple Patch

DEAUVILLE, France–It's beginning to feel as if it's John O'Connor's world and we're just living in it. After selling 27 yearlings for almost 6.5 million gns at Tattersalls last week, Ballylinch Stud, which he manages, was then represented by a Group 1 double at Ascot's Champions Day when first Bayside Boy (Ire) won the Queen Elizabeth II S., followed by the triumph of Bay Bridge (GB) in the Champion S. Both are sons of Ballylinch resident New Bay (GB), and Bayside Boy was bred and is co-owned by Ballylinch, while the stud bought into the James Wigan-bred Bay Bridge.

Though not on the list of consignors in Deauville this week, a strong Ballylinch feel continued at Arqana on Tuesday as Haras d'Etreham's colt by Lope De Vega (Ire) (lot 240) topped the second session and final day of Part I when finally secured at €210,000. He became the latest purchase by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, who bid via telephone through Arqana's Freddy Powell after the partners' earlier departure. The first foal of German listed winner and Classic-placed Cherry Lady (Ger) is very closely related to his dam's fellow stakes-winning half-sister Celebrity (Ger), who is by Shamardal, while Cherry Lady is herself by Soldier Hollow (GB), whose role as a broodmare sire was enhanced this year by the two Group 1 wins of Helmut von Finck's Sammarco (Ire) (Camelot {GB}). The Lope De Vega colt was consigned for his breeder Haras Voltaire by Nicolas de Chambure's Haras d'Etreham, which has enjoyed a decent two days of trade, selling 21 yearlings for €1.9 million to be second on the list of vendors.

Twenty lots later, and acting through Amelie Lemercier, American owner John Ballantyne of NBS Stables went to €160,000 for a daughter of Ballylinch freshman Waldgeist (GB) out of the listed-placed Deauville Shower (Ire) (High Chapparal {Ire}). Consigned by Elevage de Tourgeville on behalf of breeders Thierry Storme and Thierry Lohest, the bay filly (lot 260) was the most expensive of the five yearlings by Waldgeist in the sale, who sold for an average of €83,400. Meanwhile, the sextet of Lope De Vega yearlings sold has brought an average price of €176,667.

With the two days of Part I of the October Sale now in the books, another €6,131,000 was added to the ledger on Tuesday, bringing a running total for the sale to €18,955,000 with three days left to run. Tuesday's clearance rate was 81%, with 82 of the 101 yearlings sold for an average of €74,768 and median of €62,000,

Overall, the average for Part I was €76,741 with a median of €60,000 and healthy rate of lots sold at 81%.

 

Zarak in Demand

Anthony Stroud was back on the phone to Freddy Powell when lot 299 entered the ring and bought the Zarak (Fr) filly for €180,000 from the Haras de Hoguenet consignment. The second foal of the G2 Prix de Malleret runner-up Fuse (Fr) (Teofilo {Ire}), she was bred by Guillaume de Saint-Seine, the co-owner of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf runner-up Malavath (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}), who will return to this year's Breeders' Cup meeting in a bid to go one better. The Wertheimer-bred Fuse hails from the family of G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains winner Falco.

Late in the session, Mark McStay of Avenue Bloodstock was another to opt for a Zarak yearling (lot 325) when buying the half-brother to G3 Firth of Clyde S. winner Queen of Bermuda (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}) for €160,000.

“There was a lot of Dubawi about him and Zarak is really making waves as an emerging young stallion. The mare has done it: she has bred two fast horses and she was fast herself. He'll be going to William Haggas.”

The colt was bred by Yeguada Centurion from the stakes-placed Haafhd (GB) mare Imperialistic Diva (GB) and consigned by Haras de l'Hotellerie. Though he was bought for a different unnamed client, McStay has done well with his purchases for Hong Kong-based owner Bon Ho, who owns the current favourite for the Melbourne Cup, the Guy Heald-bred Deauville Legend (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), who was bought by the agent at Arqana in September 2020.

Asked about the 3-year-old's travels to Melbourne, he replied, “Fingers and toes crossed. The horse travelled really well and James Ferguson is on his way out there right now. His team, led by Alison, have done a great job getting him there. There's a lot of pressure being favourite but it's a great position to be in. Mr Ho and his wife are flying out there and so am I. It's a great experience to be involved in. He's a fantastic horse who has already done us all proud so hopefully he can run well.”

 

French Trainers in Clover

Deauville-based trainer Stephane Wattel signed up the most expensive offspring in the sale of another first-season sire, Calyx (GB). Lot 237, out of the listed-winning Arch mare Cheriearch, is a half-brother to Al Shaqab's G3 Prix de Fontainebleau winner Welwal (Fr) (Shalaa {Ire}) and was bred in partnership by Ariane Gravereaux, OTI Racing and Oceanic Bloodstock, was bought from the Haras des Capucines draft for €170,000 and will race for a syndicate led by Peter Savill. The owner-breeder and former BHB chairman has put together a group of friends from Britain, Ireland, France and Australia with the intention of racing four juveniles in France next season.

Jean-Claude Rouget and Michel Zerolo continued their support for the stock of Wootton Bassett (GB) when signing for lot 289 at €170,000 from La Motteraye Consignment. From the further family of Superstar Leo (Ire) and One Master (GB), the daughter of juvenile winner Fille Du Septembre (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) was bred in partnership by Gwen Monneraye and Lucie Lamotte with Gerard Ferron.

Wootton Bassett has had a strong representation at Arqana so far this week, and 21 members of his final French-conceived crop have proved popular, selling for an average of €134,619.

Christophe Ferland will take charge of lot 272, a Night Of Thunder (Ire) granddaughter of G3 Prix des Reservoirs winner Emily Bronte (GB) (Machiavellian), who was bought by Arthur Hoyeau for €160,000. Bred by Ecurie de Cachene and consigned on their behalf by Edwige Le Metayer's Haras du Buff, the filly is the first foal of Dubai Opera (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), a sister to Group 3 winner Lockwood (GB).

 

At Monceaux, Sharing is Caring

Victor Kiam famously said of Remington shavers, 'I liked it so much I bought the company' and through Peter Brant is unlikely to be able to secure Siyouni (Fr) himself from the Aga Khan, he has invested plenty in his stock over recent seasons and struck for another of his yearlings on Tuesday. The filly (lot 239), bought for €170,000 in the name of White Birch Farm, is out of the unraced Cherriya (Fr), a Montjeu (Ire) half-sister to the treble Group 1 winner Cherry Mix (Fr) (Linamix {Fr}).

She was consigned by Ecurie des Monceaux, the sale's leading vendor who on Monday had sold a Wootton Bassett filly bred by various members of the Monceaux staff for €210,000. Eleven individuals were involved in the breeding syndicate, including former yearling manager Antoine Bellanger–who now runs his own Arcadia Elevage consignment–his successor Jordan Tancrede, Charlotte Andre, and broodmare manager Bruno Dieuaide.

Tancrede, whose job it is to oversee the prep of the Monceaux yearlings, explained, “Henri Bozo bought the mare Avocate for the staff and asked me if I wanted to be involved. We had a Siyouni colt from the first year and sold him in the August Sale for €80,000. But then this was a big surprise, the price the Wootton Bassett filly made. She was a very nice filly but we thought she might make something like €110,000, not €210,000.”

The daughter of the Lawman (Fr) mare Avocate (Fr), from the family of Group 1 winners Ectot (Ire) and Most Improved (Ire), will race in America for Klaravich Stables.

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Back to Deauville as the Arqana October Sale Begins

DEAUVILLE, France–The broodmare shopping spree of Leopoldo Fernandez Pujals several years ago has already resulted in his first homebred Group 1 winner, Blue Rose Cen (Ire) (Churchill {Ire}), a daughter of the Jeremy mare Queen Blossom (Ire) who heads next to the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland. 

It was next door to that track that Fernandez Pujals, who operates as Yeguada Centurion, bought Needmore Flattery (Flatter) from Lane's End Farm in 2019. That same year she had foaled a Gun Runner colt, who was later named Taiba and went on to to win this season's GI Santa Anita Derby and G1 Pennsylvania Derby. His trainer Bob Baffert is not known for scouting the European yearling sales, but it would be no surprise to see some transatlantic interest in Taiba's yearling brother from the first crop of Arc winner Waldgeist (GB), who features on the opening day of Arqana's October Yearling Sale as lot 51.

Consigned by the Garcon family's Haras de l'Hotellerie, which boards mares for the Yeguada Centurion operation, the chestnut colt is the fourth foal for his dam, a hard-knocking multiple stakes winner who claimed 17 victories during a four-season racing career and hit the jackpot with her first foal, Taiba.

The October Sale in Deauville was expanded during the pandemic to incorporate some Osarus yearlings and that larger format has remained, with a five-day auction conducted in three parts, commencing from Monday morning.

Part 1 of last year's sale featured as many international names on the buyers' sheet as one might see during the August Sale and, following solid trade throughout the season, we can expect that to roll on this week to Arqana, which has catalogued 781 yearlings, with 333 of those in Part 1, staged over Monday and Tuesday. 

Included among the early offerings is a half-brother to last season's G1 Prix Marcel Boussac winner Tiger Tanaka (Fr) (Clodovil {Ire}) by the increasingly popular Mehmas (Ire) who is consigned as lot 42 by Haras d'Etreham. In fact consecutive lots from that draft could well attract plenty of interest as the next through the ring will be the Almanzor (Fr) second foal of the G2 Prix de Sandringham winner Mission Impassible (Ire), who is herself a daughter of Galileo (Ire) and the G1 Nunthorpe S. winner Margot Did (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}).

A little later on the opening day, Haras du Logis Saint German will offer lot 157, a full-brother to its Poule d'Essai des Pouliches heroine Dream And Do (Fr), who is one of 19 yearlings by the French champion sire Siyouni (Fr) in the sale.

On of the this season's freshman sires in Europe whose stock will not have been seen too far outside France is Siyouni's fast son City Light (Fr), who is represented by 32 yearlings at Arqana. Trained locally in Deauville by Stephane Wattel, City Light was a dual Group 3 winner in France and runner-up in the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot, and he is now standing at the farm that launched Wootton Bassett, Haras d'Etreham.

Selling begins on Monday at the Elie de Brignac complex at 11am local time.

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From Ten Sovereigns To Waldgeist – The First Season Sires To Note At Arqana 

This is the week where the first serious claims are staked for future bragging rights in the stallion ranks and the season's hopes and waffle that goes with first-season sires are cast aside as the market provides some shape and substance. 

There seems to be a strong whiff of No Nay Never in the air after the devastatingly-good performance of Little Big Bear in Saturday's G1 Phoenix S. at the Curragh.

This, of course, is great news for Coolmore as Ten Sovereigns (Ire), one of No Nay Never's best sons, will be represented by a five-strong draft at the August Yearling Sale at Arqana. 

Hopes are high in the Coolmore camp that Ten Sovereigns, who won Group 1 races at two and three, can lay down a marker in Deauville. 

Mark Byrne of Coolmore said, “Ten Sovereigns has been an extremely busy horse since he retired to stud. He has roughly 140 yearlings in his first crop and we all know how brilliantly-fast he was given he won the Middle Park at two and then came back to win the July Cup as a 3-year-old. 

“We are being reminded of how fast these No Nay Nevers are on an almost weekly basis and we saw one of the best juvenile performances of the past decade from Little Big Bear on Saturday in the G1 Phoenix S. 

“It's fitting that No Nay Never won the G1 Prix Morny in Deauville so we are going back to the scene of the crime with the first crop of Ten Sovereigns. As well as that, Little Big Bear and G3 Albany S. winner Meditate (Ire) (No Nay Never) are graduates of this sale so it's a hugely significant place for us to be launching Ten Sovereigns.”

Byrne added, “The whole sire line is on fire and we're lucky to have so much of that blood around us, both here and in America and Australia. Take Justify for an example. He's got off to an incredible start and is responsible for two TDN Rising Stars already with Statuette and Justique. 

Sioux Nation may not be as high profile as Justify but he just keeps producing the goods and let's not forget there are Caravaggios set to be unleashed in America and his son Maljoom (Ire) was possibly one of the most unlucky horses at Royal Ascot when he got no luck in running in the St James's Palace. I think we're starting to see the influence of that Scat Daddy line which is why we're hugely excited about the future for Ten Sovereigns.”

With Al Shaqab, Ballylinch Stud, China Horse Club, Lady Bamford, Croom House, Juddmonte, the Coolmore partners and the Hyde and Shanahan families having supported Ten Sovereigns, the team has every reason to be optimistic ahead of the yearling sales. 

Byrne revealed, “There's so much excitement involved this week-and a few nerves as well. A lot of effort has been put in by a lot of people, from breeders to everyone here at Coolmore and from Aidan O'Brien and his staff at Ballydoyle for making these horses into stallions in the first place. 

“It's the culmination of a lot of hard work and you just hope that they are received well. No matter how much we like them at home, it will all be decided by the market. Thankfully, the three stallions we're launching have been extremely popular.”

Ten Sovereigns may be the ace in the first-season sire pack at Coolmore but in 2000 Guineas winner Magna Grecia (Ire) and the blisteringly-fast Coventry S. scorer Calyx, they offer something for everyone.

Both stallions hail from the Invincible Spirit sire line while Magna Grecia's page received a noteworthy boost after he retired to stud thanks to the exploits of his half-brother St Mark's Basilica (Fr).

“It's not often that a stallion receives a pedigree update by being a half-brother to a European Champion 2-year-old and a World Champion 3-year-old,” Byrne joked. 

“It's a beautiful-looking family. We all know St Mark's Basilica was a 1.3 million gns yearling but Magna Grecia cost 340,000 gns as a foal which, at the time, made him the most expensive foal by Invincible Spirit. He's the only Invincible Spirit to win a Classic and he has everything going for him, being out of a Galileo mare.”

He added, “His first crop has been well-received and Jamie McCalmont bought a colt foal by him at Newmarket last December for 210,000gns. Looking at the sales entries, I see that there is a yearling colt out of Maria Lee (Ire) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) entered in Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale by Clare Castle Stud. That will be exciting to see.

“He has over 130 yearlings to run for him which is a healthy number. A lot of people would have liked to use St Mark's Basilica this year but maybe they had to go in at a different level so Magna Grecia has been quite popular. He represents value and we're looking forward to seeing how the two fillies [lot 81 and 131] are received by him at Arqana. Like Ten Sovereigns, he's been supported by some of the best breeders around as Al Shaqab, Lodge Park Stud, Highclere Stud, Juddmonte, the Coolmore partners and the Niarchos family all supported him massively.”

Calyx may have only graced the track on four occasions but he left a lasting impression. He will be represented by three yearlings at Arqana this week.

Byrne said, “Like Ten Sovereigns and Magna Grecia, Calyx has been well-supported and has a similar number of yearlings to run for him in his first crop. The three of them have 130-140 yearlings this year. Calyx is a slightly different type to Magna Grecia. He's by Kingman and, I will never forget on the morning of the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, bumping into John Gosden on the street in Deauville. The one thing he kept repeating was the acceleration that Kingman possesed. We saw that explosive turn of foot that afternoon as he won the race at his ease but we are also seeing it in his stock and Calyx is a perfect example. He had brilliance and hopefully he can emulate what his father is doing as a stallion. 

“Again, when you look down through the breeders who supported Calyx, you have the likes of Adam Bowden, breeder of Onesto (Fr) (Frankel {GB}), Al Shaqab, Monceaux, Juddmonte, China Horse Club, Manister House, Oceanic, Moyglare Stud, Noel O'Callaghan and of course the Coolmore partners have been great supporters.”

It is going to take something special to stand out at Arqana this week given the strength and depth of the catalogue with siblings to Treve (Fr), Wings Of Eagles (Fr), Native Trail (GB), Sealiway (Fr) and Sottsass up for grabs.

Nobody knows this better than John O'Connor, managing director at Ballylinch Stud, who feels he has something buyers will appreciate. The first progeny of the brilliant Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Waldgeist (GB), one of the classiest sons of Galileo (Ire), who is now standing at Ballylinch, will go under the hammer this week and O'Connor is cautiously optimistic about how they will be received. 

O'Connor said, “He has undoubtedly been given a good chance by the syndicate. They have supported him from the start. He has covered six Group 1 winners, the dams of 30 Group 1 horses, 58 stakes performers and 144 producers of stakes performers. He's been given a very good chance and, from what we have seen so far, the market has responded pretty well to him. 

I think you are going to see some really nice yearlings by him, not only at Arqana, but at the rest of the yearling sales. We're consigning one ourselves at Arqana. It's a colt out of a mare called New Revenue (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) [lot 63] and I think he's a very good colt. When people see him, they will be taken by him as he's really powerful and is precocious-looking.”

He added, “One of the things that is very significant for Waldgeist is that he's actually a Group 1-winning 2-year-old. Most people will remember him for winning an Arc, a vintage Arc at that, but he also won the Criterium de Saint-Cloud as a 2-year-old. 

“I actually think he'll surprise some people by how precocious his stock will be. He could get some very nice 2-year-olds because he had precocity, class and soundness as a racehorse–he had the full package.”

Not only does O'Connor have his own Ballylinch resident Waldgeist to promote ahead of the sales, but he could also provide some early entertainment at Arqana with another first-season sire, as his Too Darn Hot (GB) filly out of Janicellaine (Ire) (Beat Hollow {GB}) is reported to be quite the looker.

Forming part of a seven-strong draft for the stud, the Too Darn Hot filly will be the third horse through the ring at Arqana, and is predicted to fly the flag nicely for the Darley-owned sire by O'Connor.

“It's a family we have been closely associated with down through the years–it's originally the Ingabelle family. This is a really nice filly, she's a really good example of a nice Too Darn Hot. You can see his influence in her–she's a big filly with a lot of quality and power to her. I think she'll be a good advert for the sire.”

Speaking about his draft in general, he added, “It's very strong. We're bringing a balanced bunch to Arqana and I'd encourage everyone to look at them all. There's two there by first-season sires but the rest are by proven stallions, including our own top stallion, Lope De Vega (Ire), of which there are three.

“Whenever we have a nice young stallion like Waldgeist, whose stock we like the look of, it obviously increases your expectation about what they might do. We like the physicals of his horses and they seem to have a really good temperament, which he does himself. They are also nice and sound and he should be a great influence for soundness.

“We've been lucky with our sires in recent times and there's no doubt that New Bay (GB) is emerging as a top-level stallion now. 

“Waldgeist shares a few things with Lope De Vega in that they were bred, either wholly or in partnership with Gestut Ammerland, who are outstanding breeders, and both were trained by Andre Fabre. Waldgeist has been supported by Gestut Ammerland quite strongly, just like Lope De Vega was, so if lightning can strike twice it would be wonderful.”

Too Darn Hot, the unbeaten Champion 2-year-old who won the Dewhurst and the Prix Jean Prat as well as the Sussex S. at three, will be represented by five yearlings this week. Sue Finley took a closer look at the international appeal of the son of Dubawi (Ire) in Sunday's TDN.

That is three fewer than fellow Darley-owned Blue Point (Ire), the awesome sprinter who boasts the rare achievement of winning the G1 King's Stand S. and the G1 Diamond Jubilee S. at Royal Ascot in 2019. 

Featuring among the draft is the Gestut Ammerland-consigned filly [lot 290] out of triple-Grade 1-winning Golden Lilac (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

Advertise (GB) is another speedster whose first yearlings will go through the ring at Arqana. A three-time Group 1 winner, who stands for £25,000 at the National Stud, will be represented by a filly [lot 308] and a colt [lot 118] apiece. 

There will also be appearances made by the progeny of City Light (Fr), Yoshida (Jpn) and Land Force (Ire), all of whom will be represented by just one horse respectively. 

City Light, who stands at Haras d'Etreham, scored twice at Group 3 level as well as finishing second in the G1 Prix de la Foret on his final start as a 5-year-old. His sole representative is a colt [lot 54] out of black-type performer Moisson Precoce (GB) (Lawman {Fr}).

Yoshida, a son of Heart's Cry (Jpn) who stands at WinStar Farm in Kentucky, won twice at Grade I company in America, and will be represented by lot 150, a colt out of an unraced Gio Ponti mare [Spinworthy] from the family of Planchart.

Like City Light and Yoshida, it will be impossible to judge the prospects Land Force has at stud by just one yearling, but the G2 Richmond S. winner, who now stands at Highclere Stud, will be represented by lot 11, a colt out of a sister to Group 3 winner Kenhope (Fr) (Kendargent {Fr}).

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