TUESDAY, 11TH DECEMBER 2018 Monday, January 7 to Thursday, January 10 EBN EUROPEAN BLOODSTOCK NEWS FOR MORE INFORMATION: TEL: +44 (0) 1638 666512 • FAX: +44 (0) 1638 666516 • [email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU TATTERSALLS ASCOT | JAPANESE RACING | POINTS OF VIEW | RACING REVIEW TODAY’S HEADLINES SALES ARQANA REPORT by SALLY ANN GRASSICK EBN Sales Talk Click here to is brought to contact IRT, or you by IRT visit www.irt.com IN-FOAL MARES STILL IN DEMAND ON DAY THREE The third and penultimate day at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale always has a “changing of the guard” feel to it as the major Flat buyers make way for the arriving National Hunt fraternity. There is a stronger presence of the latter than usual thanks in large part to the Munir/Souede dispersal which takes place today and Richard Powell’s team were kept very busy all day long with inspections in Yard D. The top price yesterday was for Lot 660, Lykea (Oasis Dream), who was consigned by Haras du Logis Saint Germain in foal to the popular Charm Spirit. This eight-year-old Listed-placed mare It was another busy day of trade on Day 3 of the Arqana was knocked down to Elisabeth Ribard for €55,000. Lykea has December Breeding Stock Sale yesterday. © Zuzanna Lupa already produced a two-time winner in Qatar Sunshine z FIRST FOALS 2019 IVANHOWE Bay 2010 1.70m Soldier Hollow - Indigo Girl (Sternkoenig) MULTIPLE GR.1 WINNER ON TWO CONTINENTS Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Baden (2400m), Baden-Baden beating Sea The Moon (Gr.1) by 3 lengths, Sirius (Gr.1), Lucky Lion (Gr.1), Lucky Speed (Gr.1), etc. Gr.1 Grosser Preis von Bayern (2400m), Munich beating Earl Of Tinsdal (Gr.1), Feodora (Gr.1), Girolamo (Gr.1) and 7 other Group winners. Gr.1 Ranvet Stakes (2000m), Rosehill, beating Hartnell (Gr.1), The United States (Gr.1), Sofia Rosa (Gr.1), Stratum Star (Gr.1), He’s Our Rokkii (Gr.1), etc. Gr.1 Doomben Cup (2000m), Doomben, beating Hauraki (Gr.1), € (LF) Volkstok’n’barrell (Gr.1) and 5 other Group winners. 2019 FEE: 4,500 THE BIGGEST EARNER BY FAR BY LEADING INTERNATIONAL SIRE SOLDIER HOLLOW Haras d’Annebault (Vita & Niccolo Riva), 14430 ANNEBAULT, France Niccolo Riva +33 (0)6 209 136 59 • Email: [email protected] • David Baker: [email protected] CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 1 SALES TALK EBN: TUESDAY, 11TH DECEMBER 2018 (Kendargent). She also has an unraced two-year-old filly by Another new sire who has made us all sit up and take Charm Spirit in training with Freddy Head for Sheikh Abdullah bin note this year is Australia (GB). This son of Galileo has a Khalifa Al Thani, a yearling filly by Makfi and produced a Charm “best-10 average of 96.8, which is excellent for one whose Spirit colt foal this year. A three-time winner herself, she is out of stock should thrive as 3-year-olds. To put his Listed winner and Gr.3-placed Alyzea (King Charlemagne). achievements in perspective, his best 10 juveniles have Ribard was very active on the day, purchasing a total of five fillies and mares. She went to €32,000 for Lot 652, the unraced two-year- the same average rating as New Approach (Ire)’s; and his “ old filly Awaara (Rip Van Winkle) from Haras des Capucines. This is included three Royal Ascot winners. Australia's first a strong Wildenstein family, as the second dam of this filly is none youngsters include group winner Beyond Reason, plus other than Gr.3 winner and Gr.1-placed Agathe (Manila), who three Group 1 colts all rated 110 or more by Timeform. produced the triple Gr.1-winning filly Aquarelliste (Danehill). th 24 Nov. 2018 SEEHARN IN DEMAND John Kilpatrick of JK Thoroughbreds got the better of Matthew Houldsworth for Lot 534, the Listed Balanchine Stakes winner Seeharn (Pivotal), for €53,000. Consigned by Haras de Castillon in foal to Al Wukair, who began his career as an Al Shaqab stallion this year, this mare has produced one winner from four foals of racing age and is a half-sister to Yellow Rosebud (Jeremy), winner of the Gr.3 Concorde Stakes and Gr.3 1,000 Guineas Trial, and the Listed-placed Megan Lily (Dragon Pulse). “The mare will join my stud in Normandy. She will foal there so the foal will be qualified for French premiums and will be sold at auction either next year or as a yearling. Al Wukair has been very popular in his first year at stud. I like that she is a daughter of Pivotal. I run my stud as a commercial farm and have around 20 broodmares there,” Kilpatrick explained. KNEIP SWOOPS FOR GALILEO MARE Lot 773, the dual winning eight-year-old mare Brigh (Galileo), from the family of Gr.1 Derby winner Shahrastani, was sold by Coulonces Sales carrying one of the first crop of foals by Balios, and caught the eye of Haras de Saint Arnoult’s Larissa Kneip, who eventually bought the mare for €52,000 through Chris Richner. “I have bought her for the owners of Dschingis Secret,” explained Kneip. “I don’t need to explain why everyone needs a Galileo mare in A far better start with his first their broodmare band and her dam is also black type. There was an 2YO’s than his sire GALILEO! important update to the catalogue, as her two-year-old filly Benazir GALILEO - 11 first crop 2YO winners including was an impressive winner of her maiden since the catalogue was st printed and is due to run in a Listed race at Deauville this Saturday. INNOCENT AIR 1 Washington Singer Stakes-L.R. Hopefully she can pick us up some black type. It is great to see an nd Galileo’s Star 2 Washington Singer Stakes-L.R. owner supporting a stallion so much, as I have bought seven mares Global Genius 2nd Chesham Stakes-L.R. for Dschingis Secret at this sale and have 13 more already at home.” Indeed, there was a joke made that maybe the young stallion AUSTRALIA - 16 first crop 2YO winners including was sitting in his stable at Haras de Saint Arnoult treating the BEYOND REASON 1st Prix du Calvados-Gr.2 Arqana Breeding Sale catalogue as a sort of equine dating app! 1st Prix Six Perfections-Gr.3 Larissa Kneip previously spoke to EBN about her new stallion nd recruit who will join a roster that includes Sommerabend Sydney Opera House 2 Criterium de Saint-Cloud-Gr.1 (Shamardal) and other new addition Seabhac (Scat Daddy), nd 2 Royal Lodge Stakes-Gr.2 when she noted: “He was a fabulous racehorse winning multiple Broome 2nd Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Gr.1 Group races in both France and Germany and beat horses such as Western Australia 3rd Futurity Trophy-Gr.1 Hawkbill and Cloth Of Stars along the way. His owner decided to keep him for his stallion career despite offers to buy him from studs in France and Ireland. The horse has a fabulous pedigree; his full- brother Destino was second in the Gr.1 Deutsches Derby this year and his two-year-old brother is entered in the same race next year. Christy Grassick, David O’Loughlin, Eddie Fitzpatrick, Tim Corballis, Maurice Moloney, Gerry Aherne, Now a five-year-old, he has proven himself in good races in both Mathieu Legars, Jason Walsh, Tom Miller or Neil Magee Tel: +353-52-6131298. David Magnier, Tom Gaffney, Joe Hernon, John Kennedy or Cathal Murphy. Tel: 353-25-31966/31689. Kevin Buckley (UK France and Germany. He will stand for €4,000 next year.” Rep.) Tel: +44-7827-795156. E-mail: [email protected] Web site: www.coolmore.com 2 CALL: +44 (0) 1638 66 65 12 SALES TALK EBN: TUESDAY, 11TH DECEMBER 2018 ZEROLO SNAPS UP STAND-OUT FILLY Lot 634, the three-year-old dual winner Epouville (Footstepsinthesand) clearly stood out in today’s session as a filly to potentially return to training and that is just what her eventual purchaser Michel Zerolo of Oceanic Bloodstock is intending to do. “She will go into training with Fabrice Vermeulen in the hope of getting some black type for her,” he said. Zerolo had to go to €45,000 to see off the underbidder, Australian agent Paul Moroney, for this filly from the family of dual Gr.1 Prix Royal Oak winner Vazirabad (Manduro). Epouville was trained by Jean-Claude Rouget for Gerard Augustin Normand and achieved a rating of 92, including a fifth place in Listed company but has been absent from the track since July. Her winning dam Vidiyna (Danehill Dancer) went through the ring two lots later and was sold for €24,000 in foal to Le Havre. Win and win SHALAA COLT WORTH THE WAIT Geoffrey Howson and Matt Houldsworth of Howson and Houldsworth Bloodstock had to wait until the end of the day to pounce for the top-priced foal of the day, a colt from the first crop of Al Shaqab stallion Shalaa (Lot 818). Consigned by Haras de Doumy, the son of the winning mare Mistress Greeley (Mr. Greeley) was finally knocked down to the pair for €45,000 after a long bidding war. Matt Houldsworth explained: “He has been bought for an existing client and will be re-offered next year as a yearling. He is the second Shalaa foal we have bought this year; the other one was at Goffs and we were keen to get this one.” big Mistress Greeley has produced two winners from five foals of racing age, including the very consistent Zorba The Greek The rewards for sending (Invincible Spirit).