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5-year-old James du Berlais (Muhtathir) will start for the first time outside France in one of the most competitive races of the 2021 Festival, the Champion Hurdle (Gr1). Robert Collet formerly trained him at Chantilly. In June last year, he was purchased privately by Simon Munir & Isaac Souede after a commanding success at Auteuil[…..]

Hubert Barbe started as an assistant to his father, trainer Jack-Hubert Barbe, a 6-times Jumps champion trainer in France, before settling as a bloodstock agent in 1993. He was one of the first to source French jumpers to Britain and Ireland, mainly for Martin Pipe. They developed a very successful relationship until the trainer’s retirement.[…..]

The breeders of Epatante didn’t make it to the 2020 Festival, and they did not see their mare win the Champion Hurdle for J P McManus. It’s not that they were not willing to go, only that they are a bit superstitious. They had made the trip a year before, and their darling Epatante had[…..]

ARQANA begins 2019 by strengthening its sales and marketing teams with the arrival of Mathieu Legars and Marta Kubicka. Eric Hoyeau, ARQANA’s President explains: “In an increasingly competitive international environment, ARQANA intends to equip itself with all the necessary means to fly the flag high for French breeding, encourage new buyers and vendors and promote[…..]

ARQANA begins 2019 by strengthening its sales and marketing teams with the arrival of Mathieu Legars and Marta Kubicka. Eric Hoyeau, ARQANA’s President explains: “In an increasingly competitive international environment, ARQANA intends to equip itself with all the necessary means to fly the flag high for French breeding, encourage new buyers and vendors and promote[…..]

The final day of the Autumn Sale, comprising 177 yearlings, reached its peak three lots from the end of proceedings when an athletic son of Authorized (lot 632) from the draft of Haras de la Pérelle walked through the ring. Out of a half-sister to leading sire MONSUN, hence closely related to dual Classic scorer[…..]

Bred by Ecurie des Monceaux, the filly DEVANT will go under the hammer at the auction as a Wild Card as lot 170. The two-year-old has a rating of 102, having won the Prix Miesque (Gr.3) with authority for Henri-Alex Pantall in the colours of Team Valor this season after her second placed effort in[…..]

The second day of the 2018 Autumn Sale for the first time featured a revamped offering of two-year-old stores and National Hunt yearlings, having previously exclusively catered for the latter category. Selectivity, a word that has been used so many times to describe the market at recent bloodstock sales, was very much the order of[…..]

The opening session of the 2018 Autumn Sale, which catered for horses in training under both codes, witnessed solid trade illustrated by an 89% clearance rate and average price almost identical to last year at €23,520. There was an air of Babel around the Deauville sales grounds with buyers having flocked from every corner of[…..]

Following their recent eye-catching performances, five horses-in-training have been added to the Autumn Sale catalogue through the Wild Card system. They will go through the ring on November 19. A recent second in the Italian St. Leger (Gr.3) behind the very consistent O’JUKE, VALAJANI is lot 160. Trained by the German handler Markus Klug, he[…..]

From Japan to the United States, fillies and mares bought at ARQANA’s Breeding Stock Sale have shone at the highest level thoughout the 2018 racing season. Out of Haras du Mezeray’s outstanding mare LUNE D’OR, for which Katsumi Yoshida paid €750,000 in 2010, FIEREMENT recently won the Kikuka Sho (Gr.1), the Japanese St. Leger. On[…..]

Ten lots have been added to the 100% NH sale that will be held on 2nd November at Maisons-Laffiitte, including 3YOs: Lot 97a, HAPPY MONARCH (Saint des Saints), easy winner of the Grande Courses de Haies de l’Ouest at Nantes on 4th October, Lot 97b, FUN DES MOTTES (Aqps, f., Martaline), who won a bumper[…..]

The final, abbreviated session of the 2018 October Yearling Sale posted consistent results headlines by a 83% clearance rate. The highest price of €37,000 was paid by BBA Ireland for a colt from the first crop of Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf hero Outstrip, offered by Haras de Beauvoir. The overall average price for the four[…..]

A Group 1 update helped propel the highest price on day three of the October Yearling Sale close to record levels and was exemplary of figures generally holding steady. Over the catalogue’s two-day Part II, the average price rose 1.5% from last year’s renewal to reach €30,335 and the clearance rate almost held up at[…..]

The very first lot through the ring for the two-day Part II of the October Yearling Sale became one of the four six-figure yearlings on the day, commanding a price tag that remained unmatched until the end of the session. Overall results proved marginally down from the record-breaking 2017 renewal with the exact same number[…..]

With every year that passes, the Autumn Sale further confirms its place as one of the best sources of National Hunt performers, with names such as TZIGANE DU BERLAIS, the recent Velka Pardubicka winner, bought as a yearling by Chris Richner from Haras de Grandcamp, FARCLAS, BALKO DES FLOS, MIN, ARKALON, TRAFFIC FLUIDE, AGRAPART, ROI[…..]

The opening session of the October Yearling Sale, making up Part I of the catalogue, returned a set of contrasted figure with a clearance rate of 78.2%, in line with last year’s score, but decreases in average (€66,370, down 10%) and median (€50,000, down 14%) prices. “There was a definite strength in depth at the[…..]

The 2018 Arc Sale saw a final total of 27 horses walk through the ring, of which 24 (65%) changed hands for a cumulated €4,318,000 and an average price of €179,917. Trade was topped by two-year-old colt INSANDI (lot 6), who was snapped up for €470,000 by Nicolas de Watrigant on behalf of Ling &[…..]

As a major player in the racing industry and aware of the importance of taking care of thoroughbreds at the end of their racing careers, the Federation des Eleveurs du Galop (Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association) has shown their support for Au-Dela Des Pistes. This is in the form of an annual donation corresponding to 1/1000th of[…..]

Two more horses with impressive recent performances have been added to the Arc Sale at Saint-Cloud this Saturday when they will go through the ring as Wild Cards. The eye-catching winner by two lengths of the Listed Prix Sacara last week in front of the consistent GOLCONDA, the two-year-old filly HAPPY ODYSSEY will go under[…..]

Three two-year-olds that have created impressions when winning on their most recent starts have been added as Wild Cards to the Arc Sale on October 6 at Saint-Cloud. CONTROVENTO (lot 10), trained by Alessandro Botti, won on his debut by six lengths at Divonne-Les-Bains over 1700m last Sunday. This son of George Vancouver carried the[…..]

Taking place on Thursday, October 4 at Saint-Cloud, the Purebred Arabian Sale will have the addition of three supplementary horses-in-training to the catalogue as Wild Cards. All aged three, two out of these are already Group placed. Trained by Damien de Watrigant, SEA BIRD AL MAURY carries lot 100. This son of Mijdadd most recently[…..]

After two years in Chantilly, the Arc Sale returns to Saint-Cloud Racecourse just a few minutes from ParisLongchamp, where the prestigious Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe also makes its big comeback. Now available online, the catalogue brings together 45 horses-in-training that will go through the ring from 6.30pm on October 6. In addition, 9[…..]

From year to year, the list of Group winners sold at the October Yearling Sale just keeps growing. Just last weekend, the two-year-old ROCQUES won the Gr.3 Prix d’Aumale at ParisLongchamp. Bought for €60,000 by Mandore International and Fabrice Chappet from Haras de Montaigu last year, this daughter of Lawman is unbeaten in three outings[…..]

Just a few weeks after the first Retraining of Racehorses Day that took place at Deauville Racecourse, Au-Dela Des Pistes will hold their second event at Chantilly Racecourse on Saturday, September 15 from 3.30pm. This event is notably supported by DYNAVENA, a leader in the production of high-quality flaked food for horses and also partners[…..]

A full dispersal of leading owners Simon Munir and Isaac Souede’s breeding stock will offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to buy some of the best National Hunt fillies and mares ever to come on the market, when they go under the hammer at ARQANA on December 11.  The very first crops of this young[…..]

Nichée au cœur d’une grande semaine de course, à quelques jours de la Qatar Arabian World Cup, la Vente de Pur-Sang Arabes aura lieu le 4 octobre prochain sur l’hippodrome de Saint-Cloud. Organisée en partenariat avec l’AFAC, elle accueillera 131 sujets dont 58 deux ans, 41 chevaux à l’entraînement, 17 poulinières, 8 yearlings, 6 trois[…..]

The one-day V.2 Yearling Sale was dominated by the progeny of French-based sires Siyouni, Anodin and Dabirsim while the aggregate, which had taken a 37% jump a year ago, readjusted to the level seen in 2016 (-16%). The clearance rate was a healthy 81% but the average price, in a market where pinhookers proved much[…..]

The third and final day of the August Yearling Sale, comprising Part II of the catalogue, returned figures very much on a par with their 2017 counterparts. The aggregate reached €9.4 million for the second year running while the average for the 114 horses sold was €82,693, a 3% slip from a year ago. Honoré[…..]

A diversified, international buying bench ensured for a second night of strong trade at the August Yearling Sale and brought results for the two-day Part I very close to matching last year’s figures. With the average showing a 10% jump on day 2, the cumulated figure for Part I settled at €234,635, just 1.6% down[…..]

A seven-figure son of top stallion Dubawi dominated the second day of trading at the August Yearling Sale, the final of the catalogue’s Part I before Part II unfolds on Monday. The vagaries of alphabetical order had resulted in the catalogue proving stronger on the opening session as opposed to a year ago, thus making[…..]

Organised by the French charity Au-Dela Des Pistes with the support of France Galop, the third edition of the Retraining of Racehorses Day takes place on Saturday, August 25 at Deauville-La Touques Racecourse. MARCHAND D’OR, SOLOW, CIRRUS DES AIGLES, AFRICAN STORY Guest Stars at the Champions Parade The highlight of the day is the now[…..]

Fabrice Foucher’s ERITAGE turned many heads on his first racecourse appearance at Pornichet, July 12. Pushed along early on to keep up with some more experienced opponents, the four-year-old travelled wide before hitting the front with a furlong to run. The son of Martaline then found his stride under a hands-and-heels ride and galloped passed[…..]

ARQANA’s Board of Directors has appointed with immediate effect an Executive Committee spearheaded by President Eric Hoyeau and Executive Director Freddy Powell, who previously acted as Bloodstock Director. Members of the Executive Committee are Ludovic Cornuel, who is promoted to the head of the Bloodstock team of which he has been a member since 2011,[…..]

The second day of the Summer Sale comprising breeding stock and horses in training returned an aggregate of €4,078,000 and average price of €25,573, both on a par with the same session a year ago, while the clearance rate was a healthy 85%. Cumulated figures for the two-day sale also held steady against their 2017[…..]

The inaugural edition of the Show Lumet auction, which included 54 two and three-year-old unraced National Hunt horses, took place under a bright sunshine and tropical temperatures at Bécon-Les-Granits near Angers. From 9:30am, the charges of pre-trainer David Lumet were put through their paces over educational hurdles, as has been the case at the Show[…..]

As a result of ARQANA’s Wild Card system, three very promising horses-in-training have been added to the Summer Sale catalogue, which takes place on Wednesday, July 4. From the yard of Nicolas Clément, the three-year-old gelding STAKING (lot 380) powered to an impressive win on June 28 at ParisLongchamp for his first attempt in handicap[…..]

The day after the August Yearling Sale, Tuesday 21 August, the ARQANA sales complex will play host to the V.2 Yearling Sale comprising 140 youngsters selected for their physical maturity. They may well include the next TEPPAL or OLMEDO, as both 2018 Classic winners were purchased at the 2018 renewal. From the same catalogue, PATASCOY[…..]

ARQANA’s exciting August Yearling Sale catalogue is now available at www.arqana.com. Further underlining the quality of a selection that hails from the top French and European nurseries, this year has seen a plethora of exciting performances from previous graduates, not least 2016 sales topper MAGIC WAND who captured the Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes at Royal Ascot[…..]

A winning filly with an attractive pedigree as well as six exciting horses in training have taken up wild card entries for the upcoming Summer Sale, which will take place in Deauville July 2-4. All 7 lots will go under the hammer Thursday 4 July from 11:00am. Offered from the yard of Jean-Claude Rouget for[…..]