An ebullient sales ring populated with breeders from all around Europe as well as America, Australia and Japan saw the figures on the second day of the Arqana Breeding Stock Sale post impressive gains from the same session a year ago.
The aggregate for the 204 horses to change hands was €7,040,500 representing a 32% hike, while the average price of €34,512 increased by 30%.
The clearance rate of 78% was also up 4.5 points from 2018.
11 fillies, mares and foals reached or exceeded the six figure mark, a feat only achieved by 4 individuals last year.
Buyers gathered around the ring for CITATION ONE (lot 352), a daughter of Oasis Dream in foal to Mastercraftsman from Coulonces Sales. Bidding from the restaurant, it was the American Christian Black (Blackstone Farm) that went to €200,000 to secure the daughter of dual Listed winner CHANTRA, also a half-sister to Group winner CALYXA.
“We’ll bring her over to the States and she’ll probably go to Justify next year”, said Black.
“She has a great German pedigree and is a very nice mare with lots of charisma. We’re delighted to have her.”
There was a notably relentless appetite for foals, with the 66 heads to sell commanding €38,288 on average, up 38%.
Leading vendors during yesterday’s session, Haras d’Etreham was at the fore again on Sunday courtesy of two of their flagship sires. Wootton Bassett was represented by a pair of six-figure fillies headed by a granddaughter of the Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner SPAIN (lot 411) who topped the foal category when falling to Philipp Von Stauffenberg for €190,000.
The La Motteraye Consignment offering is a half-sister to this season’s Listed winning juvenile LADY GALORE.
“She’s a very nice filly, and a half-sister to a Stakes winner, said Stauffenberg. She’ll be re-sold next year”.
Offered from Haras de Grandcamp, lot 239 sold for €140,000 to Hubert Guy. The filly hails from the close family of Gr1 winners PRIDE and SPECIOSA.
Guy said: “She has everything that we are looking for: she’s well made, has a great pedigree and moves well. I’ve bought her for a group of friends and partners including Lavinia Fabre, Louis Baudron and Gaël Lhermite in view to reselling her next year.”
No less than three foals from the first crop of European Champion Almanzor commanded six figure price tags, having been conceived off a €35,000 stud fee. Sold by La Motteraye Consignment, lot 241 is out of a half-sister to multiple Group winner SEA CALISI and was knocked down to Charles Briere of Fairway Partners for €125,000.
“She was the filly of the sale for me,” he commented. “She walks very well and Almanzor appears to produce well. She’ll go through the ring again next year.”
Later in the evening, a colt (lot 499) from the same draft from the family of MY KINGDOM OF FIFE went the way of Peter Kelly on a final bid of €105,000.
He too will be aimed for resell. A filly from Haras d’Etreham (lot 513) commanded €100,000 from American purchaser Flamingo Bloodstock. She is the first foal out of the unraced Pivotal mare QUARA, from the family of Gr1 winner MILLE ET MILLE.
