International Sales News
‘I really like the pedigree’ – Criquette Head buys blue-blooded Bursa
The fourth and final day of Arqana’s Breeding Stock Sale was topped by Haras de Bouquetot’s unraced Frankel (Galileo) mare Bursa, who went the way of Haras du Quesnay for €38,000 (approx. AUD$61,500). The five-year-old is out of a winning full-sister to Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (Gr 1, 2400m) heroine Plumania (Anabaa) and was consigned... Read More
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‘She’s from a nice Shadwell family’ – Houldsworth goes to €51,000 for Nafithaa
Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway) mare Nafithaa hails from a Shadwell family that includes 1,000 Guineas (Gr 1, 1m) and Prix Marcel Boussac (Gr 1, 1600m) heroine Shadayid (Shadeed) and duly topped the third day of the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale when making €51,000 (approx. AUD$83,250) to Howson & Houldsworth Bloodstock on Monday. Consigned by Haras du... Read More
‘She’s by a super sire’: Blandford go to €160,000 for Wootton Bassett filly foal
The second day of Arqana’s Breeding Stock Sale was topped by La Motteraye’s Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj) filly foal from the family of star producer In Clover (Inchinor), who sold to Blandford Bloodstock for €160,000 (approx. AUD$261,250) on Sunday. The attractive filly, who has been purchased as a long-term racing and breeding prospect, is out of... Read More
‘She was the one I really wanted’ – James Delahooke nets Durance for €750,000
The high-class filly Durance (Champs Elysees) came to the fore on a day of highly competitive trade at Arqana’s Breeding Stock Sale on Saturday, making €750,000 (approx. AUD$1.22 million) to Pursuit Of Success LC. The German-bred four-year-old is the tenth foal out of the remarkable Djidda (Lando) – the dam of eight black-type performers including... Read More
Banmi tops low-key finish to Tattersalls December Mares Sale at 21,000gns
Banmi tops low-key finish to Tattersalls December Mares Sale at 21,000gns After the first three days of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale saw 114 lots fetch six figures or more, a list headed by the 2,200,000gns (approx. AUD$4,182,000) Beach Frolic (Nayef) bought by MV Magnier, proceedings proved rather more low key during Thursday’s concluding session.... Read More
Sottsass date beckons as Demi O’Byrne lands 360,000gns session-topper
Few offerings draw prospective purchasers to the Park Paddocks ring quite like the draft of Juddmonte fillies and those lots again took centre stage during another solid session of the Tattersalls December Mares Sale on Wednesday. Khalid Abdullah’s operation offered 19 three-year-olds and a single juvenile and the draft duly brought an aggregate of 1,526,000gns... Read More