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TUESDAY, 17 AUGUST 2021 SOLID FINAL SESSION LOVE IN, ST MARK=S BASILICA OUT OF JUDDMONTE WRAPS ARQANA AUGUST Aidan O=Brien has declared Love (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) for Wednesday=s G1 Juddmonte International at York after revealing that St Mark=s Basilica (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) has suffered a setback in training. AYesterday morning he lost a front shoe and it came back and hit his hind leg--his near-hind joint,@ the Ballydoyle handler explained on Monday. AWe didn=t think a lot of it, but this morning there was a little bit of swelling in it and when we took bloods off him, his bloods came back and it was a little bit infected. We were a bit taken aback when we saw it this morning, but when we did the bloods then we didn=t have any choice as he needs to go on antibiotics and the antibiotics that he=s going to go on obviously he couldn=t run on. Hopefully we=ll be back on target towards the end of this week and if we are, we=ll be able to train him for the Irish Champion.@ Cont. p7 Lot 335, a New Bay filly, stole the show late in the session | Zuzanna Lupa IN TDN AMERICA TODAY MUNNINGS FILLY ON TOP AT FASIG-TIPTON By Emma Berry A chestnut filly by Munnings topped Monday’s session of the DEAUVILLE, FranceBBGestut Ammerland, the famed German Fasig-Tipton NY-bred Sale in Saratoga at $350,000. Click or tap nursery of such luminaries of the turf as Lope De Vega (Ire) and here to go straight to TDN America. Hurricane Run (Ire), stole the limelight during the concluding session of Arqana's August Sale with a New Bay (GB) granddaughter of the homebred Deutsches Derby winner and Arc-placed Borgia (Ger) (Acatenango {Ger}). John and Thady Gosden had already left Deauville earlier in the day following Sunday's success of stable star Palace Pier (GB) (Kingman {GB}) in the G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois for the second year running. But, through Arqana's Freddy Powell, Thady placed his bids on the chestnut filly, finally signing her up for Clarehaven Stables at i320,000. "She's a very nice filly from a great farm, with an excellent pedigree, and she has been bought for a client of ours," he said later via text message. The third foal of her dam Borgia's Best (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), the filly (lot 335) hails from a family which has reaped plenty of black type over the years for Dietrich Von Boetticher's Bavarian farm. Borgia's half-brother Boreal (Ger) (Java Gold) also won the Deutsches Derby and followed up a year later with victory in the G1 Coronation Cup at Epsom. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 17 AUGUST 2021 Arqana August Yearling Sale Cont. from p1 will go into training with Christophe Ferland for a partnership in Their dam Brittania (Ger) (Tarim {GB}) was a winner of the G2 which I will also be involved." Deutsches St Leger, while Borgia's Best's half-siblings include the Group 3 winner Bermuda Reef (Ire) (Oasis Dream {GB}) and Born Trade Holds Up Well Wild (Ger) (Sadler's Wells), who Compared to the last is the dam of G1 Prix Vermeille pre-Covid August Sale, figures winner Baltic Baroness (Ger) took a bit of a tumble but not (Shamardal). drastically so, and they certainly The solidity of the final day's held their own against the sets trade remained through to the of figures in the three years penultimate lot (lot 354), which preceding a strong 2019 sale. An became the session's overall clearance rate of 76% second-highest price at was attained from the sale of i270,000. Arthur Hoyeau was 246 yearlings for a total of the successful bidder on the sole i40,229,000 (-8%). The average Caravaggio yearling in the book. of i162,638 was down by 13 % Consigned by Haras des and the median also dipped Granges, she is a half-sister to slightly to i100,000. The second two black-type performers, part of the August Sale staged in including the listed winner Arthur Hoyeau signed for lot 354, a Caravaggio filly | Zuzanna Lupa one session on Monday Yuman (Fr) (Literato {Fr}). accounted for i9,667,000 of "I love Caravaggio and the dam has already produced some that aggregate, at an average price of i75,523 and median of good horses," Hoyeau said. "She was my pick of the day and she i65,000 for 128 sold (76.7%). Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 17 AUGUST 2021 Arqana August Yearling Sale Cont. At the end of the sale, Eric Hoyeau, President of Arqana and Freddy Powell, Executive Director, commented, "The sale remained very international today and the percentage of horses sold was solid, which made the average slip a little compared to 2019. Over the three days as a whole, the results were pleasing. The context was still uncertain when the catalogue was released Senior Vice President Gary King and it is a relief to see that this edition is in line with the August Twitter: @garykingTDN Sales that we have held previously, just behind the exceptional [email protected] year of 2019. This is only the third time the turnover has + 1.732.320.0975 exceeded i40 million and the number of horses sold for i200,000 or more is the same as in 2018. We were fortunate to International Editor experience a sale in a near-normal atmosphere. We would like Kelsey Riley to thank our buyers once again who were active on site and Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN remotely, as well as our vendors for having brought yearlings of [email protected] this quality to the ring. European Editor AAfter a year Aoff@, the v.2 makes its comeback tomorrow at Emma Berry Deauville. This sale has produced some very good horses, such Twitter: @collingsberry as Coeursamba, Teppal and Olmedo, and we hope that it will [email protected] continue on in the same vein following the success of the August Sale.@ Cont. p4 Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen [email protected] ARQANA AUGUST YEARLING SALE Contributing Editors SESSION THREE Alan Carasso Christina Bossinakis SESSION TOTALS 2021 2019 $ Catalogued 184 180 $ Number Offered 167 161 Cafe Racing $ Number Sold 128 117 Sean Cronin $ Not Sold 39 44 Tom Frary $ Clearance Rate 76.6% 72.7% [email protected] $ High Price i320,000 i320,000 $ Gross i9,667,000 i10,194,000 Irish Correspondent $ Average (% change) i75,523 (-13.3%) i87,128 Daithi Harvey $ Median (% change) i65,000 (-1.5%) i66,000 Regular Columnists CUMULATIVE 2021 2019 $ Catalogued 355 338 Chris McGrath | John Berry | Kevin Blake $ Number Offered 324 304 Amy Lynam | Melissa Steele $ Number Sold 246 230 $ Not Sold 78 74 $ Clearance Rate 76% 75.7% $ No. i500K+ 13 20 IN TDN AUS/NZ TODAY $ High Price i2,400,000 i1,625,000 RV BUMPS GROUP 1 PRIZEMONEY $ Gross i40,229,000 i43,019,000 $ Average (% change) i162,638 (-13%) i187,039 Racing Victoria has boosted spring prizemoney, with all Group 1 $ Median (% change) i100,000 (-20%) i125,000 races now worth A$1 million. Click or tap here to go straight to *Sale staged in September in 2020. TDN Aus/NZ. TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 17 AUGUST 2021 Sole Power The colt is the second foal of Fray (GB) (Champs Elysees {GB}), There was a strong start to proceedings, with four six-figure who was bought from Juddmonte by trainer Jim Goldie and prices within the first 10 lots through the ring. The early leader subsequently raced in the colours of Frank Brady. That until the final hour of the sale was lot 182, the sole offering in owner/breeder also races Fray's first foal, Odsonne (Fr) the catalogue from John (Wootton Bassett {GB}), who is Kilpatrick's J. K. Thoroughbreds. in training in France with The colt by Wootton Bassett Francois Monfort. (GB) is from a Juddmonte family which includes the yearling's Siyouni, Siyouni listed-winning grandam Short In France, there's no getting Dance (Hennessy) and the G2 away from the champion sire Windsor Forest S. winner Lolly Siyouni (Fr). The Haras de For Dolly (Ire) (Oratorio {Ire}). Bonneval resident sired a Michael Donohoe of BBA Ireland group-race double across the made his play for the colt online, road from the sales on Sunday with the hammer eventually with 2-year-old filly Who Knows falling in his favour at i210,000. (Fr) and Wally (Fr), and he "I liked everything about him, retained his popularity in the he's an absolutely gorgeous sale ring throughout the three individual and has a super Yann Barberot signed for lot 258 | Zuzanna Lupa sessions. temperament," Donohoe said. It's easy to understand why the "His sire doesn't need much of an introduction, he's the whole stallion is a favourite with trainers, and Yann Barberot and Pia package and I thought he was one of the best colts selling Brandt both signed for sons of Siyouni on Monday. today." Cont. p5 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 5 OF 12 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 17 AUGUST 2021 Bon Ho is very selective about what he buys and he gets very involved in the process. He's a family friend and I'm very fortunate that he has asked me to help him." The May-born colt is out of the dual winner Precious Dream (Mr.