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[email protected] • WWW.BLOODSTOCKNEWS.EU NEW ZEALAND | POINTS OF VIEW | STALLION NEWS | CHELTENHAM SALE PREVIEW 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 LEARNING TO FLY SOARS AT FEBRUARY SALE The second and final day of the Arqana February Mixed Sale saw a top price of €300,000 paid for Lot 245, the Andre Fabre-trained three-year-old Learning To Fly. The colt was knocked down to Stroud Coleman Bloodstock, but in their absence the bidding was conducted by your correspondent! He was bought for an overseas client of Anthony Stroud’s, and reportedly came very highly recommended by Andre Fabre. Bought for €300,000 as a yearling by China Horse Club at the Arqana August Yearling Sales in 2016, this son of Oasis Dream won on his only start at two over nine furlongs on the all-weather The sale-topping Lot 245, Learning To Fly (Oasis Dream), at Lyon La Soie. The colt is a half-brother to the winner and Listed- who was bought by Stroud Coleman Bloodstock for €300,000 placed Astronomy’s Choice (Redoute’s Choice) from the family at Arqana yesterday. of Chicquita. Bertrand Le Metayer went to €260,000 to get the better of out of training by Haras de Castillon. “I bought her for a young underbidder Nicolas de Watrigant for Lot 287, the five-year-old breeder who is just starting out.