Press release Wednesday 22 October 2015

STRONG TRADE FROM START TO FINISH AND SIX-FIGURE TRIO ON DAY 2 OF OCTOBER YEARLING SALE

There was a real buzz around the Deauville sales ring throughout the second session of the October Yearling Sale, as reflected in the 84.8% clearance rate. This didn’t affect the average price, far from it as this indicator took a 14% hike to reach €32,693. The turnover also progressed 8% to a level of €3,284,000. The market saw some particularly strong business from French-based agents and trainers, but investors from the UK, , , Spain, , Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Mediterranean Countries also proved active.

A trio of yearlings commanded six-figure prices, a mark that was only reached once a year ago for the same session.

A neat son of Manduro (lot 211) from Anna & Etienne Drion's Coulonces Consignment triggered a protracted duel between trainer John Best and David Redvers, who was bidding over the phone to ARQANA’s Freddy Powell. It was the latter who got the last word at €140,000 for the first foal out of a full-sister to Australian Gr.2 winner PERMIT, and Redvers commented: “For me he was one of the standout horses in the sale. He looks a very good middle-distance horse in the making. I was expecting to pay a fair bit for him as he is such a nice horse, but I had to stretch my budget a bit more! We haven't decided on his future yet.”

A filly from the draft of and by resident sire Motivator (lot 277) commanded a final bid of €120,000 from Patricia Boutin's Suprina. She is out of the Gr.3 Prix winner DALNA, a daughter of , which results in the same cross as dual Arc heroine TREVE. “She is for Edouard de Rothschild and will be trained in ”, commented Boutin. “I like Motivator, Anabaa as a broodmare sire as well as Nureyev further back, and Quesnay have proved that they can breed good daughters of Motivator!”

Anna Sundström's parents Jan and Maya bred under their Team Hogdala banner, and the son of Noverre went on to win the Gr.1 before quickly asserting as a phenomenal sire in France. Wednesday night in Deauville, a new chapter of the family story was written as Anna's daughter, 14-year-old Moa, led around the ring a horse she bred in her own name (lot 255), a son of the Haras de la Cauvinière resident from her mother's Coulonces Consignment. Out of the Gr.3 winner CAMPORESE (Sadler's Wells), who has already produced a Stakes winner, the colt was knocked down for €72,000 to Sylvain Vidal, who manages Le Havre's stud career at his Haras de la Cauvinière. “He is a handsome colt and I think daughters of Le Havre cross well with Sadler's Wells”, said Vidal. “Obviously we are happy to buy from Coulonces as we have enjoyed such thrilling successes together. Let's hope the story continues with this horse!”

Minutes later, another yearling by the same sire and from the same consignment (lot 260) commanded a final bid of €105,000 from Haras de Victot’s manager Alban de Mieulle. The filly is out of the winning Linamix mare Carmelixia, and de Mieulle commented: “I like the cross as Linamix is a great broodmare sire and this is a big, scopey filly who will make a nice breeding prospect. She will go into training with Freddy Head”.

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The sale continues tomorrow starting at 11:00am Full results on www.arqana.com