PRESS RELEASE Saturday 7 December 2019

Lot 153 ©ARQANA

TWO MILLIONAIRE MARES HEAD STRONG MARKET ON DAY 1 OF BREEDING STOCK SALE

A quality catalogue had drawn the who’s who of around the ring and was initially led out unsold international breeding to a Christmassy Deauville until Bob Scarborough secured her for €725,000 for the Breeding Stock Sale, and that winning through BBA Ireland’s Adrian Nicoll. combination resulted in a very strong set of figures. Last year’s record-breaking turnover was surpassed, UNAIDED, dam of Breeders’ Cup winner UNI, goes with the 163 filles, mares and foals on offer grossing to Peter Brant for €1.2M €22,997,000 and the clearance rate took a 4 point leap for 82%. Only the average price took a slight The second seven-figure offering of the day came dip while remaining a healthy €141,086 (-6%). from the draft of Haras d’Etreham and was an extremely rare collector’s item: UNAIDED (lot 161), Frankel mare has Too Darn Hot date an unplaced daughter of Dansili whose first foal, UNI, recently won the Breeders’ Cup Mile Gr.1 in a The excitement in the air was palpable when it canter, her third Grade 1 win. It was Michel Zerolo came to FRANKEL LIGHT (lot 153)’s turn in the ring, that had the final say over Jamie McCalmont, which eventually saw her knocked down for €1,3 securing the 10-year-old for €1,25 million. Out of million. Offered by Haras du Mezeray carrying her a half-sister to Prix de Diane winner RAFHA, the first foal by Dark Angel, the Listed winning daughter dam of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and KODIAC, Unaided of Frankel is a half-sister to this season’s Australian hails from the close family of CHINESE WHITE and Group winner LE JUGE from the Niarchos family of PRIDE OF DUBAI. Group 1 scorers AVIANCE, CHIMES OF FREEDOM, and . Zerolo said: « She’s for Peter Brant. He was very It was Charlie Gordon-Watson that had the final say impressed by Uni, and he knows good US turf fillies in company with Watership Down Stud’s manager only too well! All options are open concerning her Simon Marsh who commented: next mating and where she’ll be kept ». « We’ve bought her for Andrew Lloyd-Webber’s Watership Down Stud and she’ll go to Too Darn Hot Earlier in the session, the French-born, American- next year. We’re delighted to have got her as she’s based agent also struck for this season’s Prix from a great family ». Panacee (L.) winner ELIADE (lot 101) for €520,000. Also offered by Haras d’Etreham, the daughter of Frankel Light’s dam MAMBO LIGHT (lot 212) was Teofilo is set to join Chad Brown and race in the another star of the catalogue and was brought White Birch colours. to the ring by Haras d’Ombreville. Raced like her daughter by Rashit Shaykhutdinov, the daughter Etreham ended the day as leading vendor, selling 8 of carried a Sea The Stars covering fillies and mares for a cumulated€ 3,470,000. PRESS RELEASE Saturday 7 December 2019

Almanzor in high demand of Galileo from Fairway Consignment. Carrying for the first time with a covering by No Nay Never, the European 3yo colt of the year ALMANZOR proved daughter of Group 1 winner JUST PRETENDING is a hot commodity as a covering sire as well as a sister to this season’s black-type winners VISAGE through his first crop foals. and PERSIA. Offered in foal to the Haras d’Etreham resident, JUST GORGEOUS (lot 189) was subject to a lot Hawthorne explained: « We love Galileo mares, we’ve of interest before finally being knocked down for been accumulating them for a while and I bought €520,000 to Margaret O’Toole. Out of the top a couple here last year. She had a nice early cover class HALFWAY TO HEAVEN, the mare is also to No Nay Never and is from a lovely, very current a half-sister to Group 1 winners MAGICAL and family. She’s a beautiful mare, I thought she was the RHODODENDRON. most spectacular Galileo type on the sales ground, Three of his first foals sold for an average price of lovely shoulder and length which we like down €137,333, headed by a daughter of the Montjeu under. She’ll eventually head down there, probably mare FRESH AIR (lot 77) who commanded a in September. We have about 80 to 100 mares in closing bid of €260,000 from Ronald Rauscher Australia including 10 to 12 Northern Hemisphere and will race for Christoph Berglar. bred, mainly Galileos. Galileo like anywhere else in The dearest foal of the day was a colt by Sea The the world is turning into a phenomenal broodmare Stars, the first offspring out of the Motivator mare sire ». INNEVERA (lot 92) that was knocked down to Hennessy Bloodstock for €290,000. Jonathan Munz’s GSA Bloodstock has had a tremendous year on the track, notably breeding €510,000 JELLICLE BALL to support recently and racing Caulfield Guineas winner SUPER SETH. retired Phoenix Of Spain Listed winner MADELEINE MUST headed to Beaten on ROYSTONIA (lot 23) at the beginning America of the sale, Phoenix Of Spain’s entourage went to €510,000 for JELLICLE BALL (lot 53). Offered from Three-year-old filly MADELEINE MUST won a Listed Haras de Saint Pair in foal to Siyouni, the Group race at ParisLongchamp Stakes and ran a close sixth placed daughter of Invincible Spirit is from the in the Gr.1 Sun Chariot Stakes on her latest start, same maternal line of dual Group 1 winner SARAH beating the likes of LAURENS and HERMOSA home. SIDDONS. Bidding beside Matt Houldsworth The daughter of Motivator was offered by Ecurie and Geoffrey Howson (Howson & Houldsworth des Monceaux from Henri-Alex Pantall’s stable Bloodstock), Ann Plummer, owner of the new and went the way of New York trainer Christophe stallion, said: « We’ve bought her to support our Clement for €470,000. He said: « I’ve bought her stallion, Phoenix Of Spain. We liked everything for a partnership and she’ll continue her career with about her and she is in foal to a fantastic stallion! me. She is a very good race filly and her form is very We’re delighted to get her. » solid ».

A €490,000 Queen for No Nay Never McStay lands Frankel mare in foal to Siyouni for €480,000 The aptly named QUEEN ISEULT (lot 211) walked like she owned the sales ring and her tremendous Offered by Ecurie des Monceaux, FASHION FAMILY looks combined with her faultless pedigree drew (lot 175) had a lot going for her as a Frankel half- a lot of admirers to the Coulonces Consignment sister to the talented juvenile FAMILY ONE, winner offering. The daughter of Camelot is a half-sister of the Gr.2 Prix Robert Papin and runner-up in the to the Prix Morny winner DABIRSIM and will visit Gr.1 Prix Morny, from the family of Breeders’ Cup another one in No Nay Never after David Reid of Juvenile Fillies’ Turf heroine FLOTILLA. She didn’t Preferred Bloodstock paid €490,000 on behalf make it to the track but was offered carrying to of the Antonacci family. The page is replete with Siyouni, and triggered a closing bid of €480,000 Gr.1 form with Coventry Stakes scorer ARIZONA, from Mark McStay of Avenue Bloodstock. The agent himself a son of No Nay Never, appearing under commented: « She is a beautiful mare, my favorite the second dam and dual Oaks heroine SEA OF in the catalogue, by a top class sire who looks set CLASS a little further down. to become a very good broodmare sire as well. She is in foal to Siyouni who is an international star and €480,000 FLEETING FANCY Australian bound looks like a type that could suit Dark Angel. She is heading to Ireland ». New-Zealand born Dean Hawthorne had to go to €480,000 to secure FLEETING FANCY, a daughter BILISSIE for Haras de la Perelle

Standing beside Ghislain Bozo of Meridian International, Jürgen Winter struck for Listed winner BILISSIE (lot 164), sold in foal to Intello. Part of the coveted Wertheimer et Frère draft, this half-sister to the Gr.1 Prix Vermeille winner LEFT HAND also comes from the family of PLUMANIA and PLUMATIC. After the mare was knocked down for €420,000, the owner of Haras de la Perelle said: « It’s rare to see this family on the market, so we’re really happy to get her. She’ll join our broodmare band. We don’t have a stallion in mind for her yet ».

The sale continues tomorrow from 10:00am.

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